BRIGHTON AIDS MEMORIAL CANDELIGHT VIGIL, New Steine Gardens, Brighton on Sunday, December 1 at 6pm. All welcome to attend the remembrance event of those lost to HIV/AIDS in Brighton & Hove. There will be a reading of the names and a candle light vigil. Space will be available for anyone seeking quiet moments of reflection.
The annual Brighton AIDS Memorial Vigil is hosted by Brighton & Hove World AIDS Day Community Partnership. New names to be read (in addition to those read in previous years) can be emailed to susshivchap@gmail.com by 12am on November 26, or can be added to the list at the New Steine Gardens Memorial Space between 4-5pm on the day of the vigil.
COMMUNITY LUNCH with Lunch Positive at Dorset Gardens Methodist Church, BN2 1RL from 1pm. An open invitation to the whole community to spend time together over an enjoyable community lunch as part of the city’s World AIDS Day activities. Provided by Lunch Positive volunteers. No charge, donations welcome.
Doors open at 12pm with buffet lunch from 1pm. Community space open until 5pm.
WARM REMEMBRANCE with HIV Ecumenical Chaplaincy at Dorset Gardens Methodist Church, Brighton BN2 1RL from 2.30pm. A warm remembrance; a free, cosy afternoon of reflection and connection:
• Short act of remembrance to honour those lost to HIV / AIDS (2.30pm)
• Screening of How to Survive a Plague (3pm)
• Hot drinks and inclusive company
• ‘Chill and craft’ space for creative responses to WAD
All welcome to share in any of these activities in a safe and comfortable space.
WORLD AIDS DAY CONCERT (ticketed event) at St Mary’s Church, 61 St James’s Street, Brighton, BN2 1PR from 7pm. The much loved annual event will feature a comprehensive line up of local LGBTQ+ choirs, including Actually Gay Men’s Chorus, Brighton Gay Men’s Chorus and Rainbow Chorus, all coming together to raise awareness and for remembrance. This concert raises funds to benefit Lunch Positive. Doors 7pm for 7.30pm start. Tickets HERE
Exhibition in the windows of Jubilee Library, Jubilee Street, Brighton from Monday, November 25 – Sunday, December 8. Jubilee Library will be hosting a public display of photos from the 1993 Brighton Remembers exhibition, two 3 by 6 feet fabric panels created in recognition of a person who died from AIDS-related illness, and the Brighton Hankie Quilt.
Sponsored by the Brighton & Hove City Council LGBTQ Workers Forum.
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