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"A really friendly bar, I went in alone and everybody spoke to me. Smiles all round!! Love the Art work in the exhibition!!!"
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18 Jul '08
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1	Amsterdam Bar & Bistro : Relax & Unwind!
2	Bulldog : Therapy
3	Legends Bar : Relax - it's Thursday
4	The London Hotel, Southampton : Thursday at The London
5	Queen's Arms : Lucky Dip Karaoke
6	The Star Inn : Quizgo
7	The Aquarium Theatre Bar : Who Dares Sings
8	Vavoom Video Bar : Thirsty Thursday
9	Charles Street Bar : Mad Cow
10	Charles Street Bar/Charles Street Club : Religion

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11	Revenge : GirlsOnTop
12	The Basement Club (below Legends) : Jukebox
13	R-Bar : I Can't Wait For The Weekend To Begin!
14	Arc : Dynamite Boogaloo
15	The Grosvenor : Bar 250 & Can't Wait For The Weekend
16	The Zone : Daryl''s Mid-week Crazy Karaoke!
17	The PV at The Jury's Out : Cocktails vs Clitails - Pre Girls On Top
18	Brighton Tavern : Games galore
19	Komedia : Limon y Sentimiento Latino (Latin Feeling)
20	Marine Tavern : Man Trap

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Zen Party
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Brighton Pride 2008

Brighton Pride 2008 : Parade setup (Brighton Pier)
Saturday, 2 August 2008
If you've never put together a float or been part of a walking group for a parade then you may not have realised just how much work goes into each and every entry. This morning, to make things ev...
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	Mother / Son (The Marlborough Theatre) Tue, 29 Jul - Sat, 2 Aug 08
	The REALBrighton Pride Quiz Challenge 2008 (Charles Street Club) Tue, 29 Jul 08

Religion-Air (Religion @ Charles Street Club)
Thursday, 31 July 2008
The Charles Street Club kicked off its Pride weekend with Religion-Air - celebrating this year's Pride Around the World theme....
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	Devil's Dyke by bike! Wed, 30 Jul 08
	Legends Cabaret Fundraiser (2 substories) (Legends Bar) Sun, 27 Jul 08

Do You Hear the People Sing? (St Andrew's Church)
Thursday, 31 July 2008
Oooh, they're getting rather good, aren't they? Every time I'm sent to photograph the B&H(a)GMC ("yes, we're the Brighton and Hove Gay Men's Chorus, Ac-tu-ally...&quo...
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	The Pride Garden Party Sun, 27 Jul 08
	Over The Rainbow (Amsterdam Bar & Bistro) Sun, 27 Jul 08

Mind Out for the Laughs (Komedia)
Thursday, 31 July 2008
Hoorah for locally-grown comedy fundraising evenings! Nicky Mitchell, Brighton's very own Sandy Toksvig, hosted another evening of marvellous comedy and music, with Debra Jane Appleby, Jaq Bayles...
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	Drag Racing – Battle of the Balls! (Devil's Dyke) Sat, 26 Jul 08
	Preston Park... the setup! (Preston Park) Mon, 28 Jul - Fri, 1 Aug 08

Bright'n'Queer at Pride (Joogleberry Playhouse)
Thursday, 31 July 2008
Steve Bustin introduced a gaggle of comediens (I assume that's the collective term) in what was yet another sell-out show for Brighton'n'Queer. Tonight's line-up included im-off-th...
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Brighton Pride 2008 : Float Workshops
(Same Sky)
Tue, 1 Jul - Sat, 2 Aug 08

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Girls on Top vs Klub Koochy (Revenge)
Thursday, 31 July 2008
Revenge kicks off the Pride weekend with a packed out Girls on Top vs Klub Koochy....
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	Fire at the Best Western, Brighton! (Best Western : The Brighton Hotel) Thu, 17 Jul 08
	Treason Show : July 08 (Komedia) Sat, 12 Jul 08

Curiosity Light (Charles Street Club)
Friday, 25 July 2008
Following it's success at TigerTiger in Portsmouth, Curiosity has arrived in Brighton... Trashy disco pop tunes were blasted out all night with sing alongs led by Cassidy Connors and Connie Conwa...
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	Shout! The Afterparty (R-Bar) Mon, 7 Jul 08
	New food... new art! (The Aquarium Theatre Bar) Mon, 7 Jul 08

Curiosity Pre-Drinking (Charles Street Bar)
Friday, 25 July 2008
We caught a few of the clubbers downstairs in Charles Street bar as they were warming up for their first Curiosity!...
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	A Big Fruity Aloha! (Wild Fruit @ Tru) Sun, 6 Jul 08
	Pride Dog Show 2008 (Hove RFC, Hove) Sun, 6 Jul 08

Pre-Pride Sundae (Sunday Sundae @ Audio)
Sunday, 27 July 2008
A few drinks, a few friends and a few top tunes... loving it!...
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	Post London Sundaes (Sunday Sundae @ Audio) Sun, 6 Jul 08
	Andy's Last Lollipop (Revenge) Fri, 4 Jul 08

A little bit of Rio... (Sunday Sundae @ Audio)
Sunday, 20 July 2008
When Sunday Sundae throws a two-floor late-night special the choice is yours... take Monday off, or be prepared to sit at your desk with the hangover from hell all day......
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	Dolly Rocket's Celebration! (Legends Bar) Fri, 4 Jul 08
	Stars and Stripes Party (Brighton Tavern) Fri, 4 Jul 08

Mr Gay QA 2008 (Queen's Arms)
Wednesday, 16 July 2008
The Queens Arms annual competition to find the best gay in brighton.
9.00-midnight. free entry....
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	Fairylea Fotos (Charles Street Bar) Fri, 4 Jul 08
	Vavoom's New Video Lounge (Vavoom Video Bar) Fri, 4 Jul 08

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Shipwrecked at Mark & Cam's!
Saturday, 26 July 2008
I'm debating whether we need to add 'Mark & Cam's to our list of clubs in the REALBrighton directory? Congratulations to the boys who really outdid themselves once again! Even the w...
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Camping in Studland
Fri, 18 Jul 08

Pride London 2008

Pride London 2008 : Parade setup
Saturday, 5 July 2008
With the streets closed the parade began to take shape as people prepared for the 1 o'clock set off. The huge Rainbow Flag was unfurled, balloons were strung over the fire engines, St John Ambula...
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	Pride London 2008 : Around Soho Square (Soho Square, London) Sat, 5 Jul 08
	London Pride 2008 : Scottie's Parade Sat, 5 Jul 08

Pride London 2008 : The Parade (1 substory)
Saturday, 5 July 2008
Stormy, wet weather? What stormy wet weather!? The only umbrellas we needed today were to keep the sun off......
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	Pride London 2008 : Barcode Vauxhall (Barcode Vauxhall, London) Sat, 5 Jul 08
	A Charming Pride Boat Party Sat, 5 Jul 08

Berlin CSD 2008

Berlin Christopher Street Day 2008
Saturday, 28 June 2008
Berlin CSD (Christopher Street Day) 2008 was marked with a day long street party that wound its way through the city - and for many of us ended in a big night of partying - Berlin style!...
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Berlin CSD 2008... More parade!
Sat, 28 Jun 08

Brighton Fringe Festival 2008

Well - the Fringe is over for another year... but what a bloody fantastic festival it was! With four weeks of diverse events there was something for absolutely everyone. And plenty for me.

Brighton Fringe 2008 photo archive

On Location...

Oxford Pride 2008
Saturday, 12 July 2008
This year Oxford celebrated its first gay parade in over 1,000 years of recorded history... and REALPride was there to record the occasion!...
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	Lulu and friends! (Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, London) Thu, 10 Jul 08
	Playa PUSH 1st Birthday (Flamingos Nightclub, Bristol) Sat, 5 Jul 08

Pride London 2008

The UK's capital pride event was blesssed with sunshine this year, as thousands turned out to celebrate, some to protest and most to party.

Pride London photo archive

Soho Pride 2008

Another day of drinking, dancing and mixing with likeminded revellers? Difficult to turn down! The heart of the capital was once again camping it up as Soho Pride took over the streets once more.