Throughout Tony’s time in business, he has always treated his employees as an extended family and felt it was important to give back to the community. Over the years his venues have contributed over £365,000 to local charities. The largest amount of any gay business
Prior to Brighton Pride 2019 there was activity on social media discussing Legends sponsorship of the Cabaret tent at Preston Park, which we have done for many years.
Legends celebrate their 25th birthday on Sunday, November 25 with a spectacular day of entertainment and fundraising for the Rainbow Fund. Sally Vate will take to the stage at 4pm followed by Dave Lynn with the legend that is Maisie Trollette at 5.30pm finishing at 7pm with Miss Jason and Lola Lasagne appearing together as J-LO!
On the Pride weekend I said, in the park and at Legends, that Brighton owes a huge debt to Tony Chapman. His presence on the LGBT+ scene, over the last thirty plus years, has helped shape it into it’s current form through his businesses and more importantly, his understanding of why supporting the community is so necessary to help it survive.
Legends raise £4,050.69 for the Rainbow Fund at their Sunday Cabaret extravaganza on Pride Sunday (August 5).
Legends, for many years a stalwart of the commercial gay scene in Brighton and Hove, and one of the few late night bars left in the gay village offering great value drinks until 5am in the morning, has two new managers.
Another successful Brighton Pride and another chance to give sincere thanks to Tony Chapman and his team at Legends. Once again, his continued support and sponsorship has kept the Legends Cabaret Big Top, one of the highlights on Preston Park. Then on Pride Sunday, he entrusts his stage at Legends to me to bring the very best artistes to help raise money for the Rainbow Fund.
The Legends Cabaret Big Top will return to the Brighton Pride, Summer Of Love festival on Preston Park on Saturday, August 5.
Year after year the Legends Cabaret Big Top delivers world-class entertainment to a capacity crowd as drag artistes, performers and cabaret stars bring glamour and fun to the stage of the glittering camp jewel in Brighton Pride’s crown.
Reece has been general manager of Legends for almost 10 years and is kept extremely busy running the hotel, bar and nightclub. He is full of praise for his team of friendly staff who he says are always there to support him and make him smile.
Legends Hotel, Bar and Club will again be sponsoring the renowned Legends Cabaret Big Top in Preston Park in August, 2015. Tony Chapman, owner of Legends, has over the years, been the most generous contributor to the LGBT/HIV communities in Brighton and Hove and in 2015 he will once again be leading the way by sponsoring the Cabaret Big Top.
