THE 10 BEST Brighton and Hove Gay Clubs & Bars (Updated 2023)

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• THE 10 BEST BRIGHTON GAY CLUBS & BARSGAY CLUBS & BARS BRIGHTON
• THE 10 BEST BRIGHTON GAY CLUBS & BARSGAY CLUBS & BARS BRIGHTON
• THE 10 BEST BRIGHTON AND HOVE GAY CLUBS & BARSGAY CLUBS & BARS BRIGHTON AND HOVE
• THE 10 BEST BRIGHTON GAY CLUBS & BARSGAY CLUBS & BARS BRIGHTON
• BT GAY BARS IN BRIGHTON
• BRIGHTON GAY MAP
• GAY PARTI AND EVENTS BRIGHTON
• LE VILLAGE- CLOSEDBRIGHTONMENUHOTELSGUTHOON TODAYBARSDANCE CLUBSLBIAN BARSCISE CLUBSSNASMASSAGEGAY BEACHGYMSRTRANTSSHOPSSERVICCY GUIGAY MAPGAY WEDDGSLE VILLAGE- CLOSED
• THE 10 BEST BRIGHTON AND HOVE GAY CLUBS & BARSSEE ALL THGS TO DOGAY CLUBS & BARS BRIGHTON AND HOVE
• THE 10 BEST BRIGHTON GAY CLUBS & BARSSEE ALL THGS TO DOGAY CLUBS & BARS BRIGHTON

THE 10 BEST BRIGHTON GAY CLUBS & BARSGAY CLUBS & BARS BRIGHTON

It's one of Europe's bt-known "gay ci", and has been long-tablished as a UK hub for LGBTQ muny. It's even been argued as beg the gay pal of Europe! Talk about beg the "gay pal" of Europe!

And one last fun fact: Brighton's first ever gay bar, The Bulldog, opened back 1979: and until s unfortunate closure, was the "go-to" place for Brighton-based LGBTQ folks. So check out our top picks for the bt gay bars Brighton n offer for the LGBTQ+ muny below. Are we kickg off our top gay bars Brighton list wh our very own venue?

THE 10 BEST BRIGHTON GAY CLUBS & BARSGAY CLUBS & BARS BRIGHTON

So next time you're ol Kemptown (Brighton's gay village), e check out! Bar Revenge, AKA Club Revenge, is found round the rner om Charl Street and is one of the bt gay clubs Brighton has the cy. Ironwork Studs is jt a 10 mute walk om the Royal Paviln and is tly one of the bt gay venu Brighton.

If you're faiar wh Brighton's gay scene, you'll know about Charl Street Tap. Self scribed as "The Queen of Craft", Charl Street Tap has been a staple Brighton gay village for 20 years now! Although The Camelford Arms wel a mixed crowd of over thirti, 's one of the classic Brighton gay bars.

THE 10 BEST BRIGHTON AND HOVE GAY CLUBS & BARSGAY CLUBS & BARS BRIGHTON AND HOVE

Brighton's Kemptown (the ma gay village) has a plethora of LGBT-muny-iendly bars, and The Camelford Arms is one of them.

Centre Stage Gay Bars.

THE 10 BEST BRIGHTON GAY CLUBS & BARSGAY CLUBS & BARS BRIGHTON

Although 's predomantly aimed at gay men, all other guys, gals and non-bary pals are more than wele at this seaont bar! The Amsterdam was a staple Brighton's seaont gay bars, so we're sure that Centre Stage is no different!

BT GAY BARS IN BRIGHTON

The venue is suated unr the famo Marlborough Hotel, which Brightonians scribe as one of the iendlit "gay hotels". And if you're part of a gay uple lookg for LGBT iendly tablishments to stay , h up The Marlborough! The Mare Tavern one of Brighton's ty but mighty gay pubs that ss on Broad Street Kemptown (the gay-iendly neighbourhood Brighton).

BRIGHTON GAY MAP

Fun fact: 's actually the smallt gay pub Brighton! ), and opened June 2022, so s a ltle gaybie on the Brighton gay scene.

The Prtonville Arms is a welg LGBT pub that has been newly acquired by a lovely gay uple. Although is a gay-iendly space, 's welg to absolutely every walk of life.

And like pretty much every gay bar Brighton, the vib are immaculate. And if you're talkg about gay Brighton, you'd be silly not to shout out The Grosvenor. It's been a go-to Brighton's gay scene for a while and is greatly valued by the lol muny.

GAY PARTI AND EVENTS BRIGHTON

Doctor Brighton's is a seaont pub and is a Brighton stutn due to beg one of the longt-nng gay bars the area. The latt England and Wal cens data revealed what many have known for many moons and rabows: Brighton and Hove is one the gayt plac the UK. Unsurprisgly, ’s here that the majory of the gay attractns ri: bars, clubs, rtrants, hotels, and beach areas are signated as primarily aimed at our LGBTQ+ cy is the midst of a wele urban regeneratn and new-opengs boom.

LE VILLAGE- CLOSEDBRIGHTONMENUHOTELSGUTHOON TODAYBARSDANCE CLUBSLBIAN BARSCISE CLUBSSNASMASSAGEGAY BEACHGYMSRTRANTSSHOPSSERVICCY GUIGAY MAPGAY WEDDGSLE VILLAGE- CLOSED

And, of urse, Brighton’s nudist beach (which attracts many a gay man) is jt a flip-flop skip away.

THE 10 BEST BRIGHTON AND HOVE GAY CLUBS & BARSSEE ALL THGS TO DOGAY CLUBS & BARS BRIGHTON AND HOVE

Dpe all the rehments, echo of Brighton’s gay and lbian past are palpable. Ground has now been broken on a new -pebbl 50m heated outdoor swimmg pool, surround by a new mi-village of fishg history-spired morn huts that nod to Nordic Queer QuarterBrighton’s gay village is ntled around Kemptown’s St.

THE 10 BEST BRIGHTON GAY CLUBS & BARSSEE ALL THGS TO DOGAY CLUBS & BARS BRIGHTON

A new venue, Glamoro Bar, is due to open on the se of Lé Village gay pub later 2023.

Further to Kemptown, The Camelford Arms is metr om the sea and serv giant portns of pub gb bare brick, warm surroundgs; Fallen Angel is gay-owned and sy; and the new Malta-spired Arbaleno is on a missn to ‘refe queer culture’ (more on that a b)’s a ttament to the cy’s gay iendls that the venu oppose Brighton’s Gra I-listed Pier are floor-to-ceilg wdowed, out and proud and promently beach hut along the promena of Hove seaont, BrightonAlamyAnd there’s more, over towards Hove, where you’ll fd the sy Bedford Tavern, snug drag venue The Grosvenor (cue Sondheim and sequs! Addrs: Tutto, 20–22 Marlborough Place, Brighton BN1 1UBWebse: bang the heart of St Jam’s Street, Block is Ben Gill and Kim Doherty’s ‘urban day club’ cked out wh pk furnure and walls, and artworks of gay ins, cludg Freddie Mercury and Grace Jon by The Postman. Although not strictly a gay bar, ’s the heart of the gay village and supports the LGBTQ+ muny wh regular donatns to lol chari.

Addrs: Club Revenge, 32-34 Old Stee, Brighton BN1 1ELWebse: ParlourThe Plottg ParlourThis atmospheric, gothic-dream-dér speakeasy-style cktail bar is perfectly placed a si street near the entrance to the Gay Village for a fill of sensatnal, mixologist-signed drks. Follow the footsteps of the early Gay Liberatn Front members, stand where some of the first legal civil partnerships took place, and explore the oft-fotten stori of figur cludg thor Aubrey Beardsley, 19th-Century trans man Colonel Barker and Anne Lister, known as ‘the first morn lbian’.

Highlights clu the sty Adler typewrer on which the godfather of gay journalism Peter Burton documented s of queer history for Gay Tim and clothg worn by artist and genr-fluidy trailblazer Gluck. A short skip om the Gay Village, ’s where Kylie stays when she’s town and om where actor Cate Blanchett live-streamed her Osr acceptance speech 2005.

Bettie’s Boudoir is Jackie Colls leopard prt ksch and dited to Amerin p-up Bettie Page; The Leigh Bowery room celebrat the gay performance artist’s image; and the Dollywould room immers you to a Ms Parton untry b, wh memorabilia plete wh oversized wigs and boots.

Addrs: Hotel Peliroc, 10 Regency Square, Brighton BN1 2FG UKSnoozeSnoozeA more affordable optn, Snooze is a quirky stay about a ten-mute walk om the Gay Village, offerg retro-styled rooms rangg om 1970s nostalgia to vtage granur.

The tly unmissable weekend (ually the first Augt) starts wh an enormo para along the Regency seaont before snakg directly through the centre of the cy and ends wh street parti the gay AugtWebse:. People often talk about Gay Brighton but the cy is proud to be welg to the whole muny and every summer we have a Trans Pri Ftival – puttg the ‘T’ first.