Brighton Bear Weekend (BBW) team up with GIN & BEAR IT to supply liquid refreshment at this year’s bears picnic on June 18 at Dorset Gardens from 1pm.
Aaron Burns and John Azzopardi are GIN & BEAR IT! Together they serve drinks from their 1968 Morris Minor – Aubrey– who they have cleverly fitted out with optics rigs and a pop up bar created from vintage luggage in keeping with the age of their beloved car.
Though not born and bred Brightonians, Aaron and John consider themselves very much locals. They have lived here now for more than ten years, having moved from Bath and Melbourne respectively. They love being by the beach with everything that this creative town has to offer! GIN & BEAR IT! is as Brighton as the Royal Pavilion and the Brighton Pier.
Aaron said: “We are so excited to be a part of the BBW picnic, and look forward to meeting loads of great people and giving something back to our community, something we always love doing.”
John added: “BBW is a great opportunity to have a fantastic time with members of our community while raising money for an extremely worthy cause. The work that the Rainbow fund does is so important and to be able to support this is such an honour.”
Aaron continued: “As you can see we are big gin fans and have been working on a special cocktail for the picnic. Combining both Brighton Gin and Brighton Bier we have come up with a very yummy drink we are calling Teddy Bears’ Picnic. Proceed from these cocktails will go directly to the Rainbow fund!”
Brighton Bear Weekend Chair Graham Munday, said: “This is amazing to have Gin & Bear It join us, Aaron and John who will be serving the drinks for you are so friendly and professional. If you want to see how they throw a party then you can check out their Polygon Pop Up Speakeasy Prohibition Bar which is on March 4. For tickets, click here:
“They will be joining us and all the volunteers from Lunch Positive who will be providing food, tea and coffee for the picnic on June 18.”
Brighton Bear Weekend will take place from June 16-19.
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The Rainbow Fund make grants to LGBT/HIV organisations in Brighton & Hove providing effective front line services for LGBT people in the city.
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