JOOGLEBERRY AT BRIGHTON & HOVE BUSINESS AWARDS 2005
BEST VENUE for Client Entertaining Finalist!
[posted 3 Sept 05]

Joogleberry Playhouse was presented with a certificate for being in the top 3 venues in Brighton and Hove for client entertaining at a prestigious ceremony at Brighton Racecourse on Thurs 1 Sept. Kristan Guru Murphy who presented the awards praised the extremely high standard of all 3 venues in the final shortlist.

What The Judges Said:“The businesses in this category show the level of excellence venues in Brighton and Hove are capable of offering. Leading the way in cocktails, cuisines and entertainment, those short listed provide a cross section, displaying and impeccable service for the businesses of this city and beyond that need to impress clients. These venues really give London a run for its money in their style and delivery.”

What The Sponsor Said: “These awards are brilliant, they really are for the city’s best run businesses. Juice 107.2 is… extremely proud to be a sponsor of the Best Venue for Client Entertainment” Matthew Bashford, Managing Director, Juice FM.

What Joogleberry Says: “We are so proud to be publicly recognised as being such a great venue to come out to for business AND pleasure! It’s fantastic to know that our combination of good food, top entertainment and late bar is being acknowledged and welcomed to this degree in such a prestigious ceremony as the BAHBA’s, especially as our business is still so young. We will work hard to maintain and improve our service across the board through the coming year and look forward to welcoming in regulars and new arrivals alike for many great days and nights out at the Joogleberry!

Coming soon…. Our tasty Christmas menu and fabulous programme of entertainment for the festive season…Email back for more information! info@joogleberry.com

BRIGHTON LIVE 2005 at JOOGLEBERRY PLAYHOUSE
[posted 27 Aug 05]
Following the huge success of Brighton Live 2004, Brighton Music Network in association with Brighton’s Juice 107.2, Lout Promotions and Melting Vinyl are putting on Brighton Live 2005. In one week 200 bands will play at over 55 events in venues across the City. This buzzing grassroots festival showcases the best musical talent from the South East for Oct 3-9th 2005

Joogleberry Playhouse is proud to have been selected to host the music seminars for the 2nd year running which will take place in the Cabaret Bar between 5-6.30pm from Monday – Friday 3-7th October. ENTRY IS FREE.

For the first time, Joogleberry with Brighton Live will also showcase the best of Brighton’s singer songwriters between 7-9.30pm Monday to Thursday 3-6th October in the Café Restaurant on the ground floor. Come along for a meal or just a drink or two (and why not check out our tasty tapas at the same time) ENTRY IS FREE.

On Monday 3rd and Thurs 6th The Cabaret Bar will also host Brighton Live shows in the evening with the opportunity to see great bands on these nights for FREE.

2 YEARS OLD - HAPPY BIRTHDAY JOOGLEBERRY
[posted 30 june 2005]
Thanks to all our wonderful customers, performers, staff and everyone who has helped to make Joogleberry a success through continuing to enjoy and support what we do.... lots more to come people!!!

HIGHLIGHTS OF THE LAST TWO YEARS!!
[posted 30 june 2005]
Paul McCartney coming down with his wife Heather and a friend to see the Tony Lewis Band and having him say on the way out what a great band they were.
Amy Winehouse jumping on stage with a fantastic rendition of Summertime backed by the Ben Sarfas band...
Richard O’Brien, writer of the original Rocky Horror Picture Show who also starred in the hit movie, doing the Time Warp with the rest of the audience at our Little Shop of Rocky Horror show!
Barbara Nice from Phoenix Nights stage diving and being carried by a human bridge to the bar!
Liane Carroll, the most sublime and yet down to earth jazz singer and one of our regular performers being nominated for the BBC Best Jazz Singer and Best of Jazz Awards to take place on July 2nd 05... she's back with us the very next night!
Joe Lee Wilson, a highly renowned international artist of many decades worth of touring describing us as “the best venue in the UK”.
Viola Wills, USA diva, and singer of the hit song "Gonna Get along without you now" as well as a string of self penned disco hits, going back to her gospel roots and delighting audiences at Joogleberry on a regualr basis...

All the fantastic artists and bands who perform here and delight our audiences with their amazing talent! Including Los Albertos, The Magic Number, The Fridge Magnets, MJ and the Boys, The Desperate Ones, Martin Harley Band, Alice Shaw, Molly Brown, the Irrepressibles, Jo Enright, Joanna Neary and Drag Queen Extraordinaire, Dave Lynn.

TWO YEAR UPDATE - NOW WE'RE WALKING!!!
[posted 25 june 2005]
After just two years, Joogleberry Playhouse is well and truly established as a major player in Brighton’s social scene. The city has welcomed us with open arms, over and over again we have been told we are just what people have been waiting for, the missing piece of the jigsaw for people who have grown out of or never grew into clubs but still want to enjoy a rich and creative social life with jazz flamenco swing acoustic comedy and cabaret events in our beautiful bar every night.

Our ground floor café bar restaurant has continued to evolve throughout the two years, now with a relaxed daytime menu and a choice in the evening of full restaurant menu or a range of global tapas to snack on with a drink. We have 3 sofa areas to relax in, and a wonderful exhibition of entertainers including some of our very own by talented artist Alex Donohoe. An accordion and other instruments hang from the ceiling and the sky light creates a bright and spacious feeling. With the huge number of chains and conglomerates flooding Brighton, it’s one of the few independent places around with a sense of individuality along with friendly service whether you come for a coffee on your own or to celebrate a special event in a big group.

Genuine heart & soul has gone in to creating the Joogleberry experience and people appreciate that we are continuing to grow and develop to reach our true potential on every level. We are genuinely able to be so many things to so many people: daytime coffee house, evening dinner and drinks, a huge variety of high quality shows, and also a buzzing late night bar as we are one of the few venues in Brighton open every night til 1am. Joogleberry has grown to become far more than our original vision with a life of its own combining the character and creativity of everyone who feels connected to it and contributes to its continuing success.

BOOK ANY BRIGHTON EVENT....[posted 2 april 2005]
this spring and get 15% off hotels, restaurants and attractions.
Book to see a Joogleberry show or any other show in Brighton, and you will be entitled to 15% off your food bill at Joogleberry as well discounts at a range of hotels and other attractions. Just follow the link and receive your voucher for these great value discounts.
http://www.visitbrighton.com/home/160.asp

VISIT BRIGHTON [posted 2 april 2005]
We work in partnership with VisitBrighton, the official tourism organisation for Brighton & Hove. Click here to link to the official visitor website: http://www.visitbrighton.com

PERFORMANCE HIGHLIGHTS TO COME!
Look out for * (asterisk) next to unmissable one off shows in July programme Pride week special programme (1-7 August) soon to be posted includes a one off Tribute to Disco by our very own Viola Wills Molly Brown, fantastic jazz swing all the way from Warwick, back on sat 10 sept. ExPatriot games feat Maggie Boyle, for all folk fans on Sun 25th Sept.

DAYTIMES [posted 5 December 2004]
Now firmly establishing itself as the place to go of an evening with live entertainment every night in the cabaret bar, a cafe restaurant with deliciously affordable dinners and a late bar for night birds every night we are now putting the Joogleberry magic into our daytimes. A place to meet, eat and relax, we now offer speciality teas, decadent desserts and cakes, coffee, lunch on the hop, slow burning hookah dreams, papers to read and a beautiful space for the daytime.

LAID BACK 'N' LIVE [posted 10 December 2004]
Every Sunday evening The Cabaret Bar doors open at 8pm (show starts 9pm) for the best in laid back Sunday live music:
Regular acts include

Martin Harley Band: "Acoustic Act Of The Year" London Acoustic. This 3 piece band is just wonderful, great original blues tracks with slide guitar and gorgeous blues voice.

Liane Carroll: described as one of the best jazz voices in the country - if you see her once you'll never want to miss her again

George Williams: angel voiced jazz based singer with a wide repertoire including some surprises - perfect Sunday music!

The Desperate Ones: inspired by the music of Jacques Brel, these "songs of love and death" round off the weekend beautifully!

Lots more great artists and bands every Sunday and what they all have in common is that they are all guaranteed to end your weekend with perfect ease…Get to Joogleberry's for your Sunday Roast and you may well feel you never want to leave!

MOLLY BROWN [posted 10 December 2004]
Molly Brown debuted at Joogleberry's at the end of November to a packed and rapt audience. Playing 'their own brand of good-time, feel-good music'
Blues, Swing, Jazz, Country…with energy, passion and entertainment this band had the Joogleberry audience dancing in the aisles and begging for more. Hailing from Warwick and in Brighton for the first time we want Molly Brown back again and again. Don't miss them next time!

PAUL MCCARTNEY [posted 3 september 2004]
We were proud and happy that Sir Paul McCartney and Heather Mills popped in for an evening’s entertainment recently. The show was our very own Tony Lewis Band, back at Joogleberry on November 5th. Tony as a fellow liverpudlian was pretty chuffed to be playing to a guy who can only be described as a living legend especially as Sir Paul commented on what a great band it was when he left. Hopefully he’ll be a regular down here as it’s easy to see there are no other venues quite like us.

PRIORITY CARD [posted 26 august 2004]
We have launched a new priority card to give our regular customers the benefit of year round discounts at Joogleberry on both food and entertainment. Please enquire through the website email for information on this.

PRIDE BREAKFAST AT JOOGLEBERRY’S! [posted 22 august 2005]
Saturday 6 August from 10am. £10 with 25% to PRIDE. BOOK IN ADVANCE: 01273 687171. info@joogleberry.com
Our Menu of Pride:
EXOTIC FRUIT
CONTINENTAL BUFFET
SCRAMBLED EGGS and SMOKED SALMON
GLASS OF BUBBLY
COFFEE/TEA
Everyone knows Joogleberry loves to do things in style which guarantees that your Pride begins with a swing!

CHRISTMAS [posted 7 september 2004]
Our Christmas menus are out now and bookings are flooding in for parties all through December. See menu page for downloadable version.
If you haven’t thought about it yet get your ice skates on and give yourselves a Joogleberry Christmas!

Our alternative Christmas Panto this year will be CABARET AT THE KIT KAT CLUB. Following two hugely successful nights earlier in the year we have decided that it is the perfect Show for a bit of post Christmas decadence!
Dates will be Mon 27 – Thurs 30 December. See Programme for more info.

NEW YEARS EVE 2004 [posted 7 september 2004]
Also get ready for 2005 -with our Flappers and Dappers roaring twenties night! Anyone who came to last years Joogleberry Masquerade knows that it is the only place to start the new year in true Joogleberry style. See programme for more info.

THIS MONTH IS BLACK HISTORY MONTH [posted 3 November 2004]
... and we have a special programme full of superbly talented black artists and musicians for us to celebrate the impact and resonance of the Black and Asian presence in the UK. Keep your eyes out too for CLUB BOLLYWOOD, a new Asian dance based night with bollywood film visuals and Indian tapas to set the mood on thurs 4th November.

HALLOWEEN [posted 16 October 2004]
A special Joogleberry Production of THE LITTLE SHOP OF ROCKY HORROR featuring Lucy Bundy of FAKE BUSH fame. Tickets on sale now for both Sat 30th and Sun 31 October for a real spooky old night! Don’t forget to come dressed to kill!

COMEDY [posted 9 October 2004]
Alongside the PARAMOUNT COMEDY FESTIVAL Joogleberry always has lots of fine comedy every Monday night. See our programme page for full details. We are proud to announce a new stand up comedy night with the launch of the OiOi COMEDY night on the last Monday of every month. First up is JO ENRIGHT, awarded best female on the Jongleurs Comedy Circuit in 2001, Barry Cryer said about her “if she was broccoli I’d turn vegetarian”! This will be a great night also featuring DAVE THOMPSON, best known for playing Tinky Winky in the Teletubbies! GREAT STAND UP ASSURED!

JAZZ [posted 14 september 2004]
Highlights of the month include the wonderful LIANE CARROLL on Thurs 7th October, described by many as one of the best jazz voices in the country and a rare opportunity to experience the virtuoso piano skills of JOHN COLIANNI in “A Taste Of New York” with songbird Tira on Sat 23 October. Joogleberry’s is pretty pleased to have got this guy, described by Lisa Minelli as “tremendous” for a prime night during his UK tour . Tickets on sale now for both these events.

KISSMET [posted 23 june 2004]
BACK FOR THEIR SECOND SHOW IN BRIGHTON ON FRIDAY 9TH JULY GET YOUR TICKETS NOW ON: 01273 687171
[review posted on 11 april 2004]
They loved us and we loved them!
Kissmet debuted in Brighton at the Joogleberry Playhouse on the 10th April and left an ecstatic audience in no doubt that they will be back for more and some! By the second song everyone was up and dancing, arms in the air, entranced by the haunting vocals of Ron Singh and bro Buzz. The music was a unique East/West fusion combining elements of semi classical Indian raags, chants & Bhangra & mixing them with Rock, Funk & Reggae. Hugely exciting! Songs were in English, Punjabi & Hindi, often changing tongues on the fly.

Kissmet wear their turbans with pride, they've taken the best from the East and West & are generating a safe platform for all to walk upon, regardless of creed, colour or religion. Sitar, drums, tabla, guitar, vadja, keys, English, Punjabi & Hindi, it's all Kissmet...

With Glastonbury on the horizon, and sell out gigs all over the country expect to see Kissmet back at Joogleberry very soon.

SUNDAY ROASTS & THE MOVIES [posted 20 june 2004]
Movies will be taking a summer break and returning in the autumn but you can still come in for your scrumptious Sunday Roast with all the trimmings any time you want every Sunday afternoon from 12pm to set you up for the day. For those of you who want to get healthy go for our alternative Summer Salads instead – you won’t regret it!!

NEW SUMMER DISHES [posted 20 june 2004]

We are proud to introduce our new chef, Graeme Bennett, Food Doctor Extraordinaire, who is already making his presence felt with a new array of mouth watering new summer dishes on the menu – see our food section on the web and then come and experience it here! There are new specials on the board every day too and gorgeous desserts from Real Patisserie.

ESPANA POR FAVOR [posted 20 june 2004]
Wednesdays is Paella Day! Described by Juice Mag as “absolutely authentic” we are convinced it is the best in town! Downstairs in the Cabaret Bar live flamenco music kicks off around 9pm every Wednesday evening (just £3 entrance) with tapas and jugs of Sangria.You don’t need a plane ticket to holiday in the home town. Costa Del Joogleberry brings it to you!

JOE LEE WILSON @ JOOGLEBERRY [posted 18 june 2004]
Advance notice of a very special show coming to you on Friday 17 September - L.A. born Joe Lee Wilson is in his late sixties and has used his voice with the likes of Miles Davis, Archie Shepp, Sonny Rollins, Freddie Hubbard and Cedar Walton to name a few.

To experience him live is to be blessed with an exposure to a voice and style considered to be the male equivalent to Ella Fitzgerald, Sarah Vaughan and Betty Carter. Dave Gelly from the Observer describes him as “a mesmeric live performer. His mixture of jazz, ballads, blues, gospel… is so personal that his act is, literally, unique.”

Joe Lee Wilson was one of the innovators of New York’s Jazz Loft movement and since then he has travelled the world and played in most continents and major cities. This is his first and only show in Brighton for the last two years and we are honoured to have him playing here at Joogleberry’s.

JOOGLEBERRY'S FIRST BIRTHDAY [posted 1 june 2004]
Our first Birthday celebrations went off with a bang with a fantastic day and evening of food, fine performance & festivity. Fake Bush, MJ, our James and even Elvis popped in to entertain diners in the restaurant while Viola Wills and Jazzspel wowed the audience with a sublime show in the Cabaret Bar. Having fun and raising money to save children’s lives at the same time was a great experience and we are proud to have made a significant contribution to Save the Children’s Sudan Appeal through this event.
Its hard to believe we’ve been open a year – in some ways so much has already happened it feels much longer and at the same time it feels amazing to be just 12 months old and know we are still growing and developing what we do.
THANK YOU to everyone who already knows and loves us and we look forward to meeting all you who have not yet been ‘Joogled’ as soon as you can get here!

SUNDAY ROASTS AND THE MOVIES: JUNE PREVIEWS [posted 6 june 2004]
June 6th Groundhog day
June 13th Amelie
June 20th In and Out
June 27th Breakfast club
Have a fabulous Sunday Roast in the restaurant (from 12pm) and see a movie for free (3pm in the Cabaret Bar).

BOBBY DURHAM LIVE [posted 15 may 2004]
We were proud and excited to welcome Bobby Durham to our stage on Sunday 15th May as a very last minute addition to our programme. The legendary Philadelphian drummer is perhaps best known as a member of Oscar Peterson's classic trio from the '50s and as one of the great jazz singer Ella Fitzgerald's most sensitive accompanists. Durham worked with Fitzgerald for a decade, and for an equal length of time with Oscar Peterson, and with the big band of Duke Ellington for five years.
He totally wowed the audience at Joogleberry’s, superbly supported by musicians Terry Seabrook, Lawrence Jones and Paul Whittan and the good news is he loves the venue and says he’ll be back for more soon – keep your eyes peeled – this man is a Legend.

SUNDAY ROAST AND THE MOVIES! [posted 25 mar 2004]
Scrumptious Sunday Roasts from 12pm and all afternoon for £5.95. Enjoy your Sunday Dinner and head down to the Cabaret Bar and watch a movie (film starts at 3pm sharp - doors 2pm). Free to diners and just a couple of quid to non hungry people!
APRIL
Sun 25: LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS
MAY
Sun2: BEND IT LIKE BECKHAM
Sun 9: GOLDMEMBER
Sun 16: WITHNAIL AND I
Sun 23: FAME
Sun 30: Y TU MAMA TAMBIEN

PURIM PARTY [posted 18 feb 2004]
Purim is a Jewish festival observed on the 14th day of Adar that commemorates the Jewish people's deliverance from Haman's plot to massacre them, as told in the Book of Esther. The festival encourages people to dress up in costumes, to eat lots of good food and pamper our bodies. Also, we are obliged to imbibe alcohol until one doesn't know the difference between "cursed is Haman" and "blessed is Mordechai." In other words, we are to drink until the point that we don't know good from bad. How fantastic is that!

Our Purim Party will take place on Saturday 6th March (Purim Eve) and feature the popular Brighton Klezmer band, the Matzos Boys with special jewish food and lots of celebrating! Tickets on sale NOW!

NEW YEARS EVE [posted 2 jan 2004]
The first Joogleberry Masquerade was a huge success, Sorry to all those who didn’t get tickets in time, but for all who were there it was the place to be to bring in 2004. With superb live music from Golda Rosheval and Perry Douglin (direct from the West End) as well as our own gorgeous James, tap dancing from Veronica’s Girls, DJ MadHatter on the decks and a huge amount of champagne and delicious joogle food throughout the night.