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Your neighbourhood café-bar in Brighton's North Laine for inclusive drinks, creative connection, and thoughtful escape.

27/10/2026

Poly & ENM Social
Friday 30 October 8–10pm
The Archives, Brighton

Looking to meet more of Brighton’s poly and ethically non-monogamous community? Come join us for a relaxed evening of good drinks and great conversation.

Our hosts will help get things flowing, but there’s no pressure and no expectations. Come solo, bring a friend or bring your partner(s) – whether you pop in for half an hour or make an evening of it, you’re welcome.

Grab a cocktail or mocktail and find us in the cosy basement bar. 🍸

This is a space for people of all genders and sexualities. The Archives has zero tolerance for harassment, and our hosts will be keeping an eye on the space throughout the evening. Anyone making others uncomfortable will be asked to leave.

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05/10/2026

Things have been getting experimental behind the bar… 👀🍸

We’ve been testing, tasting and tweaking our brand-new cocktail menu, playing with some interesting new flavours, bringing back a few favourites from previous menus, and getting very excited about putting our new smoker to work.

Now we’re almost ready to let you try the results.

Join us this Thursday for our New Cocktail Menu Launch Party and be among the first to work your way through the new menu.

🍸 Brand-new cocktails + returning favourites
💨 New flavours (and a little smoke)
⚡ Every cocktail available Classic Strength, One Unit or Alcohol-Free
💸 25% off cocktails all night
✨ Free entry — reserve your spot via the link in our bio

We’ve done the testing. Now we need your verdict.

See you Thursday 📚🍸

02/10/2026

October at The Archives

The nights are getting longer, so come get cosy with us at The Archives. We’ve got plenty happening this October - come read, write, make, find your people, or settle in with a drink and try something from our brand new cocktail menu.

🌈 Brighton Neurodiverse LGBT+ Social
Fri 2nd October — 6–9pm
brighton neurodivergent community (18-40)

✍️ Shut Up & Write!
Every Sunday — 1–2:30pm

🍸 New Cocktail Menu Launch Party
Thu 8th October — 7:30–10pm
Brand-new cocktails, 25% off all night + DJ. Free entry.

📰 Cover Story Magazine Takeover
Sun 11th October — 3–6pm
Cover Story Brighton

🎴 The Main Phase — MTG Commander Night*
Mon 12th & 26th October — 6–10pm
The Main Phase (MTG/Commander Night)

🐉 Fantasy Book Club
Fri 16th October — 7pm

📖 Silent Book Club*
Tue 20th October — 6:30–8pmm
Laura Brighton food blogger and UGC food creator

🎨 Create Your Space — Creative Social
Wed 28th October — 6–9pm

💘 Flirt Club — LGBT+ Dating Social*
Thu 29th October — 7:30–10:30pmm
Flirt Club

💞 Brighton ENM & Poly Social
Fri 30th October — 8–11pm

*Ticketed event — see event organisers’ profiles for details and tickets.

Want to host your event at The Archives? DM or email us.

30/09/2026

NEW MENU. NEW COCKTAILS. SAME ARCHIVES TWIST. 🍸✨

We’ve been busy behind the bar creating a brand-new cocktail menu, and you’re invited to be among the first to try it.

Join us for our new menu launch party on 8th October with:

🍸 25% off cocktails all night
🎧DJ on the decks
✨ Free entry
👀 A first taste of our brand-new menu

And, as always, every cocktail is available your way: Classic Strength, One Unit or Alcohol-Free. Same experience, however you choose to drink.

Come find your new favourite, work your way through the menu, or just join us for a drink and a dance..

Thursday 8th October, 7:30-10pm

Register for free to let us know you’re coming via link in bio.

27/09/2026

Brighton’s q***r and independent hospitality scene is in crisis. We’ve already lost spaces that mattered to our community, and more are struggling.

If you want these places to stay, please show up for them. Come in for a drink, bring a friend, and support the venues you love while they’re still here. Thank you! ❤️

22/09/2026

Poly & ENM Social
Friday 25 September
8–10pm

A low pressure evening of connection for the Poly and ENM folks of Brighton to find community.

Drinks, a few conversation prompts and a room full of like minded people, bring yourself, your friends and your significant others to connect with other non monogamous people without expectations.

Come sip on a cocktail or mocktail in the cosy basement bar if The Archives for the evening, stay as long as you like, drop in for half an hour to say hi, or settle in and stay with us all evening.

The Archives is a zero tolerance space for harassment, anybody bringing the wrong vibe will be asked to leave, and hosts will actively keep an eye on the space to ensure everyone’s comfort. This event welcomed people of all genders and sexualities as a safe space.

21/09/2026

It’s Negroni Week

From 21st–28th September, we’re joining bars around the world to celebrate one of the all-time great cocktails, with three different takes on the Negroni.

🍊 Blood Orange Negroni — bittersweet, citrusy and bold
🍸 Cinnamon Boulevardier — rich, warming and spiced
🌿 Alcohol-Free Negroni — all the bitter, botanical goodness, without the booze

Three drinks. Three ways to do Negroni Week. Come find your favourite.

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14/09/2026

Our new cocktail menu is coming on Thursday 8th October 🍸

But this one is missing something important: a name.

Made with pisco, hazelnut, oat milk and chocolate bitters, it’s creamy, nutty and chocolatey — and in need of a suitably brilliant literary-inspired name.

And there’s a very good reason to get involved…

The winner + a friend will be invited to an extra-special tasting, where you’ll get to try the whole new cocktail menu, hear a little about how we created it, and be among the first to discover what we’ve been working on.

To enter:
• Comment your literary-inspired name below
• Enter as many times as you like — one name per comment
• Our favourite will become the cocktail’s official name on the new menu

Think novels, poems, authors, characters, references or clever wordplay.

Entries close: Midnight Friday 25th September
Tasting: 6pm Thursday 8th October

👇 What should we call it?

09/09/2026

Espresso Martini lovers, this one's for you ☕🍸

As part of Brighton Cocktail Festival, we’re teaming up with Belvedere for an Espresso Martini Masterclass at The Archives.

Join us for a welcome drink before learning how to make a seriously good Espresso Martini — with plenty of tips (and tasting) along the way.

📅 Friday 18 September
⏰ 6–7pm
📍 The Archives, North Road
🍸 Welcome drink + masterclass included

Places are limited, so grab your ticket via the link in bio.

06/09/2026

We’re very excited to take part in this year’s ! 🍸 Get your tickets now to join us from Friday 18th to Sunday 27th September for the country’s biggest cocktail event in 2026.

Here’s a sneak peek at the three exclusive festival cocktails we’ll be serving up over the ten days (alongside over 50 other incredible bars) for just £6 / £4 non-alc for ticket holders:

🍊 THE ORANGE TREE
Belvedere Dirty Brew Vodka, espresso, orange, vanilla & flamed orange twist

🥭 ENDLESS SUMMER
Pisco El Gobernador, coconut milk, mango, pineapple, lime & chocolate

🫖 A STORY IN CHAI (Non-Alc)
Everleaf Mountain, homemade chai syrup, cranberry & lime

Which one are you trying first? 👀

Cheers to that — we look forward to seeing you for this city-wide celebration of cocktails very soon! 🍸🍹🥃

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103 North Road
Brighton And Hove
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Monday	12pm - 10pm
Tuesday	12pm - 10pm
Wednesday	12pm - 10pm
Thursday	12pm - 10pm
Friday	12pm - 10pm
Saturday	12pm - 10pm
Sunday	12pm - 8pm

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