Fat Tony Day Party @ Patterns Brighton

Oooooooo hello! Is that the bona-fide absolute nightlife and DJing legend we can see heading their way to Patterns this October? The one and only Mr Fat Tony? Fat Tony!!! The DJ that’s done it all, played it all, seen it all. The DJ as generous with his love and support for our nightlife as he is cutting with his infamous Instagram. The house lover … Continue reading Fat Tony Day Party @ Patterns Brighton

Wildblood and Queenie Chill Out Tent set

The most fun we’ve had under canvas since that dubious holiday in a lesbian’s caravan park in Cornwall back in 1994 (more on that another day), letting the disco do its divine thing at We Are Love for the Chill Out Tent crew was a pleasure we’ll always treasure. Bringing the queer vibes and the camp disco (at one point Queenie did ask if maybe … Continue reading Wildblood and Queenie Chill Out Tent set

Chris & Dom’s Sunday Almanac

Growing up queer it’s hard to find your tribe. To find your fit. To truly belong. The years at school forever avoiding eye contact, hiding in corridor corners, head down in the library, and not making a fuss seemed endless, the desire to be invisible as strong as your wish to survive those difficult queer teenage years. Shame and fear mixed with the raging hormones … Continue reading Chris & Dom’s Sunday Almanac

Re-booting our Archive: Our Tales of Lesbian Brighton & Hove

What we did mattered. It always has. Lives lived, changes created, connections made. And if you were like me back in the late 80s / early 90s – it mattered that it was all done in a pair of purple Doc Martens. As a non-binary lesbian with a history that needs telling and passion for the photography and the ephemera of that life be they … Continue reading Re-booting our Archive: Our Tales of Lesbian Brighton & Hove

Wildblood and Queenie: Sunday Sundae Pride Reunion Live Mix

It was the 8th of June 2003 when this nervous Wildblood made my Sunday Sundae debut at 10 Marine Parade, the infamous Escape Club. Two and a half hours of afternoon chillout with 30 minutes at the end filled with house – nothing to scare the (disco) horses. It was a day I will always treasure, a path into a family of Sunday Sundae clubbers, … Continue reading Wildblood and Queenie: Sunday Sundae Pride Reunion Live Mix

Brighton Pride Village Party love

No matter how many times we get to play for our hometown Pride, the goosebumps never leave. A combination of fear and pride and WTF fuels us as we stand by to dip into the queer disco light fantastic. Bricking it, loving it, wishing it was every day, glad it isn’t. The mix of emotions as we stand on one of Brighton & Hove Pride … Continue reading Brighton Pride Village Party love

Love was the Message

Pride with one’s disco fam is all we ask for. A chance to raise our hands together, tell each other how much we really, really, really love each other and dance. In no particular order. And if the beer and the view is of such a fine order as it then you have the ingredients for a truly magical Brighton Pride celebration. And so it … Continue reading Love was the Message

Wildblood and Queenie: Brighton Beach House Pride 24

Brighton Beach House always delivers at Brighton Pride – a team affair filled with style, grace and real good face, it’s a sanctuary of queer wonders and allies determined to bring the sparkling joy to Pride, whatever the weather. A treasure we always, erm, treasure and a space we’ve grown to call home thank you to everyone who came to shake a tailfeather with us. … Continue reading Wildblood and Queenie: Brighton Beach House Pride 24

Wildblood and Queenie: Dykes on Decks Live Mix

Three hours of deckside DJ delights await you as we bring the disco vibes to the house heads and jack it up seaside for Dykes on Decks at Brighton’s Tempest Inn for Brighton Pride. Like we do. A pleasure to treasure, a moment to dance, a place to belong – Dykes on Decks was every grin fuelled wonder we thought it would be – and … Continue reading Wildblood and Queenie: Dykes on Decks Live Mix