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PREVIEW: Valentines JukeBox Gig Night!

Join jazz vocalist Aneesa Chaudhry and her pianist Mojca Monti for a Valentines evening with a difference at the Brunswick in Hove on February 14.

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If Music Be the Food of love, Play on!

Join these two talented musicians for a night of laughter and music! You can even pre-order your favourite love songs in advance of the gig and possibly even get on stage and serenade someone yourself!

It’s all about having a fun night out in happy company.  It’s Valentines Day after all, go along and spread some LOVE!


Event: Valentines JukeBox Gig with Aneesa Chaudhry and Mojca Monti

Where: The Brunswick, Holland Road, Hove

When: Sunday, February 14

Time: 8pm

Entry: £15

 

PREVIEW: The Irrepressibles LIVE at Camden Forge

After a sold out show in December, The Irrepressibles, one of the UK’s hottest gay bands, will return to The Forge in Camden for two performances of their critically-acclaimed intimate show Nude: Landscapes on Wednesday, February 17 and Thursday, February 18 at 7pm.

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These performances by the art-pop collective, founded and led by composer and musician Jamie Irrepressible, will feature re-workings of tracks from their first and second albums, Mirror Mirror and Nude, with piano, acoustic guitar, violin and cello, interspersed with rearrangements of songs by some of the Jamie’s heroes, which will be be revealed on the night.

Each performance will also be recorded to form part of a live album released later in the year together with a new studio album.


Event: The Irrepressibles: Nude: Landscapes

When: Wednesday, February 17 and Thursday, February 18

Where: The Forge, 3-7 Delancey Street, London, NW1 7NL

Time: 7pm

Entry: Tickets: £14–£18

To book online, click here: 

Win 2 tickets to ‘A Whiskey Affair’

If you enjoy the odd tipple of whiskey and would like to learn more about it, then The Whiskey Affair whiskey festival will be taking over Otherplace at the Basement in Brighton on Saturday, February 20, from 7pm.

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The Whiskey Affair works in a similar manner to beer festivals with a cashless bar operating on tokens, which can be purchased throughout the evening at the venue. Purchase as many tokens as you like and have them stamped when you are keen to select your drams. Some of the drinks may be rarer and cost more than one token but will be clearly marked when you are at the bar.

To get you moving there’ll be a live rockabilly band performing some cracking tunes and make sure you pop into the photobooth to capture the moment.

We have two free tickets for the event. Email your answer to the following question to info@gscene.com by February 15. Please include with the email you name, address and telephone number.

QUESTION: Who said: “There is no bad whiskey. There are only some whiskeys that aren’t as good as others.”


Event: The Whiskey Affair.

Where: Otherplace at the Basement, 24 Kensington Street, Brighton, BN1 4AJ.

When: Saturday, February 20 from 7pm.

Entry: Tickets £10

To book tickets online, click here:

Screw romance at Traumfrau’s alternative Valentines party

Escape those Valentine blues at Traumfrau’s Allergic Disco (Screw Romance), an alternative Valentine’s disco, on Saturday, February 13 from 9.30pm at Envy above Charles Street.

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Love yourself on the dancefloor to DJs Alex Spinks’s diva disco classics, Solomon Onyemere’s leftfield disco, electro and post-punk, and be overcome by a fierce, fabulous and glittering PA from Rubyyy Jones, ‘International Queen of Queerlesque’ and sex educator!

A spokesperson for the Traumfrau team says: “This Valentine’s screw packaged romance, once a year cards, feeling crap and share that special ‘you’ with your friends, because they’re worth it!

“Featuring DJs, queers, tunes and a glittering show, it will be a night to delight your eyes and souls! Because the love you give to yourself, is as good a love as it gets…!”


Event: Traumfrau presents Allergic Disco (Screw Romance)

Where: Envy above Charles Street, 8 Marine Parade, Brighton, BN2 1TA

When: Saturday, February 13 from 9.30pm.

Entry:  Tickets: £6 on the door or £7 (incl booking fee) if bought online

To book tickets online, click here: 

For more info about Traumfrau, click here:

Raise a glass for the 26th Sussex Beer & Cider Festival

Brighton Corn Exchange will host the 26th Sussex CAMRA Branches Beer & Cider Festival from Thursday 17 to Saturday 19 of March 2016.

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With sales of real ale showing no signs of slowing down, the event will see more than 160 beers from across the UK including some new beer launches from Sussex breweries. A large selection of ciders and perries will also be available alongside an excellent selection of British and foreign bottled beers to drink on the day or take away.

This year all beers will be cooled throughout the festival, meaning that it should be in the same excellent condition on the Saturday evening as it is when the event opens on Thursday 17. Bear in mind that popular beers can sell very quickly, and as it takes at least 48hrs for beers to settle, cannot be replaced.

A variety of food will also be on sale throughout the festival, with both vegetarian and vegan options available as well as a selection of soft drinks.

If you are lucky enough to look under 25 years old then please bring photo ID and note that all attendees must be over 18 to gain admission.

Advance tickets are available now from Evening Star, Brighton; Gardener’s Arms, Lewes; Duke of Wellington, Shoreham-by-Sea; Selden Arms, Worthing; and Beer Essentials, Horsham.

For postal sales please state which session(s) you require and enclose a 9×4 SAE with your cheque, made payable to “Sussex CAMRA Beer & Cider Festival” and send to SBB&CF Ticket Sales, 16 Connell Drive, Woodingdean, Brighton, BN2 6RT.

No refunds will be processed after March 9 2016.

Opening times and prices:

Thursday 17, 5.00pm – 11.00pm: £9

Friday 18, 11.00am – 3.00pm: £5 – 5.00pm – 11.00pm £9

Saturday 19, 12.00 noon – 8.00pm or until the beer runs out: £8. 3.30pm – 8.00pm £3 on door only and with NUS card

If you would like to volunteer to work at the festival and have not done so in the past, click here:

The venue is fully wheelchair accessible.

For more information, click here: 

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New sites to be rolled out for city cyclists

Cyclists will soon be able to leave their bikes in seven new locations across the city, as the council look to increase cycle parking facilities in Brighton.

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Members of the council’s Environment, Transport and Sustainability Committee are being asked to agree proposals for new pedal cycle parking places in locations across the city.

New on-carriageway cycle racks are proposed for Bonchurch Road, Broad Street, Devonshire Place, Eaton Place, Franklin Street and Walpole Terrace, with an additional extension to the existing cycle parking in Bartholomews. This is in addition to the five sites that were approved in November last year.

The new locations were chosen to help meet the growing demand in the city centre for cycle parking. The council is committed to improving cycle parking provision in the city and encouraging residents and visitors to travel by bike, with residents and traders near to each site also being consulted on the proposals.

The new facilities, part of a £40,000 scheme to improve cycle parking, will be funded with Local Transport Plan money. The new cycle racks will hold at least 10 bikes at any one time.

Since the council began installing pedal cycle parking places in 2008, spaces for more than 600 bikes have been provided at 61 locations across the city.

Cllr Gill Mitchell
Cllr Gill Mitchell

Councillor Gill Mitchell, chair of the environment, Transport and Sustainability Committee said: “As cycling continues to increase in the city, I’m pleased to see these proposals which will help to meet the growing demand for safe and secure cycle parking across the city.”

For more information on cycle parking and other cycle facilities in Brighton and Hove, click here:

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