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Here at The Black Lion, we aim to be the best at everything we do... and we do a lot!! From a fantastic restaurant serving food until 10pm Monday - Wednesday, 9.30pm Thursday, 8pm on Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays -  to a consistently busy late night bar... and everything in between!!
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The Black Lion is all about live music, served up 6 days a week. Up-and-coming local bands, live and authentic Blues, swinging live Jazz Sundays, Brighton's most popular Funk and Soul bands – right through to renowned names on the DJ circuit... We've got the lot!
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Our fantastic DJs have a simple brief: "keep 'em smiling, make 'em dance" We play anything from Northern Soul, Motown, Funk, Rock & Roll, Ska, Mod Revival, Indie, Reggae and Old School Hip Hop... it's a fairly eclectic blend, but we find it attracts lots of the right kind of people, and they seem happy when they stumble out at 3am.
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On Sundays we're the 'Live & Swingin' Lion' - our in-house band plays a rotating mix of swing, blues, soul and funk. Serving fantastic home-cooked roasts all day until they run out, as well as a selection of other dishes if you fancy a change (advanced booking highly advised), we can't think of a more perfect end to the week.
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The Black Lion is fast becoming the go-to place for top-class, affordable cocktails in Brighton. With an extensive list made from quality, fresh ingredients, the best Bloody Marys in town, and weekly changing creations, you’ll find something for every taste – always made with care and a flare by our inventive bar team.

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£4 per can on all of our craft ales, or £15 for 4. Come and take your pick out of our ever growing selection. Why not try The Island Records Jamaica Porter; it still contains those signature tropical flavours in line with the Island Records legacy. These deep flavours, coming through from an infusion of coconut, vanilla and rum, rather than the Session’s citrus blend, create a delicious porter that has more of a kick than its counterpart and comes in at a solid 6.2% ABV

Fancy joining this beautiful bunch? Sadly some of the faces in this picture are moving on from Brighton, whilst they'll be hard to replace we've certainly got to try! We're looking for a few people with stand out personalities, a focus on customer service and a love for Sunday Fundays. If you think you'd be a good fit then drop us a line at hello@blacklion.pub, tell us a little about yourself and attach a CV!

Black Cat Blues Club presents SMOKESTACK. For 25 years this trio has performed at venues and blues festivals in both Europe and the UK, including sharing the bill with BookerT and the MG's, Nina Simone, Peter Green, Taj Mahal at the UK's legendary Bishopstock blues festival. They will bring their unique brand of American roots music to lovers of the blues at Black Lion, tonight from 9pm

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Tonight; Black Cat Blues Club presents award-winning singer and multi-instrumentalist Rev Ferriday. His original music has a low down dirty blues sound. Hip-shakin' acoustic and early electric guitar riffs are accompanied by sliding melodies and foot percusssion. A perfect dose of Monday blues.

TONIGHT! Matt Rose and the Tin Cup Collective play you their fantasitic covers of all of your favourite songs! They'll be playing from 9pm. Why not try our new menu whilst you're down here (we're really proud of it, can you tell?!), our kitchen is open until 10 tonight!

Something new for you tonight at the Lion... Dirty Weekend are showcasing a new festival themed band at the Black Lion in Brighton. The set lists will be based on past and present acts featured at The Isle of Wight festival & Live aid 85! Free entry all night

Happy Trans Pride! We are very proud to be a part of it for another year, and hopefully, many more to come. Our kitchen Space & Thyme will be serving up delicious, homemade food at Brunswick Square all day. Please come and show your support! Free entry.

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Here's our all new meat board! With Homemade chicken liver parfait, lamb shoulder rillette, cured meats, homemade picked chillies, piccalilli, pickled mushrooms, gherkins, homemade chutney and Bright Blue mousse! It's certainly one of our favourites!

We've not lost summer just yet! Join us in our sun trap of a garden this afternoon! Weve got DJs playing in outside from 3pm leading on to Savage Henry playing you sweet sweet hip hop, funk and soul into the early hours indoors!

IT'S TUESDAY! Every Tuesday you can get two of our cocktails for just £12! Why not try The Green House with a generous serving of The Botanist Gin (our current favourite!!); the perfect, refreshing drink after a day in the sun!

Black Cat Blues club presents REV FERRIDAY Rev's slide guitar captures the raw foot stomping, Juke Joint sound, and a deep vocal delivery that is strong in lyrical content. Accompanied by a toe tappin' bass drum beat.

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Tonight: Vinyl Veterans' DJ FOLY & Fidel Cutstro smashing the funk up with Boogie, Disco, HipHop & cheeky 90's R&B. The Vinyl Veterans DJ crew - representing the roots & soul of Hip Hop culture, and ALL THINGS VINYL.

BEER! You all loved the Lagunitas IPA so much we thought we'd give their Born Again Yesterday a go! At 7% it certainly packs a punch, pop down to the Lion this weekend to try a pint! #beer #lagunitas #craftbeer

TONIGHT: Live music from Pretty Young Things Covers of your favourite artists; Blondie to Amy, Fleetwood Mac to Bowie, they can sing it all Expect an exciting live show from our new resident band

That's right, ALL of our craft beer cans are currently £4 each or four for £15! We've got @lainebrewco @bisonbeer @northernmonkbrewco @twotribesbrewing plus many more! #beer #brighton #craftbeer

TONIGHT! Savage Henry -the DJ from Two Many T's, brings to us, his mix of hiphop, funk, soul, disco, and breaks cut up into bite sized danceable pieces! Playing til 3AM and as always free entry!

This Saturday... a 12-hour set from Dj MISTAMINA who's in our sunny beer garden from 3pm-9pm, then inside 'til 3am! Expect a mix of old school bangers, funk, soul & reggae all day and all night

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:::\t o n i g h t /::: Molly-Pop // The DJ Cloakroom Is back after a month of playing festival rockpopfunksoul And cannot wait to play some dirrtyybanginghiphop! Dancing shoes ONLY

TONIGHT: DJ OneOfAKind's 1st night here at the Lion, TOUR DE FACE MELTER DJ Format's mate comes to town to bring us his Old Skool Funk&HipHop for the Real Heads, GET DOWN.

We welcome a brand new DJ to the mix: DJ Nick Subtle. Playing at The Black Lion for the very first time tonight from 9.30pm. Expect plenty of Funk, Soul, Disco and more

Dirty Weekend are back at the Black Lion for the 2nd time, with a set-list full of festival-themed classics. We guarantee a lively, packed out live show from these guys!

Fruitful Soundsystem's Nick Carling is back tonight playing sunshine music for the soul. afro // latin // funk // reggae // soul // boogie // disco 9pm 'til we drop

It's time for some Monday blues.. the Black Cat Blues Club presents KING SIZE SLIM; British Blues 'Emerging Artist' Awards 2014 Winner. https://youtu.be/RLiy6WmrxMk

Tonight: start off your weekend at the Lion with SAVAGE HENRY. Expect a mix of Hip Hop, Funk & Reggae. https://soundcloud.com/djsavagehenry/mary-jane-free-download

Our tasting for the new menu went down a storm! We're all really excited to launch tomorrow and can't wait for you all to try the new dishes! Here's a sneak peak...

Tonight; start off another sunny weekend here with us at the Lion with FLY SOUTH. Some hip hop, funk, soul and breaks to wet your beak and strut your feet.