Events are listed by date, then city. Submit listings at least ten days before publication to glasgoWlist.co.uk. Listings are compiled by Gareth Davies.
Glasgow Hm:-
I Quiz Night 8 Killer Kitty Delmonica’s. ()8 Virginia Street. 552 4803. ()pm. Free. Regular qtn/ night. now with party games and bingo to kick ofl your weekend.
I Pink Devotion (‘lub Devotion. IX Jamaica Street. 347 0820. I lprn 3am. £3 ti'ree passes available from the nearby LGBT centre). Shake oil the last remaining vestiges ol the week and shimmy into the unofficial weekend.
I Fresh 'l'he Polo Lounge. 84 Wilson Street. 55‘ l22l. llprn 3am. £5. Michelle and Andy are in charge of the intisical tiulies at this delicious Merchant ('ily club.
Saturdays
I Lush The Polo Lounge. 84 Wilson Street. 553 l22l. 10.30pm 3am. £5. Featuring Andy in the Trophy Room with hits front the oils to the Xlis. while Tom provides an up-front dance selection in the main room.
I Karaoke at Delmonica’s l)elmonica's. (38 Virginia Street. 552 4803. ()pm. Free. (‘aterw‘auling with some harmonic interludes, with your hosts John and Scott.
I Cabaret The Tunnel. 8-1 Mitchell Street. 20-1 1000. llpm 3am. £4 (£3). The 'l‘unnel's second gay club night. A party to end the weekend on a high (metaphorically speaking l.
I Pink Devotion (‘Iuh Devotion. I8 Jamaica Street. 847 0820. llpm~3am. £3 (liree passes available from the nearby LGBT centre). See Thu.
I Passionality (‘ube. 3-1 Queen Street. 226 8990. l l.30pm- 3am. £243. Pleasing chartistry from I)J Shawn Roberts. going all out to catch the last few rays of the weekend.
Edinburgh
I CC Blooms (‘(‘ Blooms. 23—2-1 (ireenside Place. 556 0331. |().30pm--3am. Free. Trip the light fantastic to iii-NRC dance action and pop hits at this ever popular gay bar. the jewel in Edinburgh's tiara.
I Fur Burger iigo. l4 Picardy Place. 553 l37l. l lpm—-3am. £3. New night for girls who like girls. dirty jokes. innuendo and an ever-eclectic music policy. Boys. please remember you need a female escort for entry. And how could we fail to point out their deliciously suggestive tag line ‘l’m licking it'. See main panel.
I Blaze Ego. l4 Picardy Place. 553 1371. l lpm—3am. ill-£5. DJ James Longworth ignites the gay weekend with a chart and funky holise soundtrack.
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CLUBS FOR GIRLS
PUSSY GALORE
Sandra Marron finds out about a new club which hopes to add spice to the Edinburgh scene
Sisters are doing it for themselves. Well, sort of. By all accounts, they’re getting there. Women-only club nights for lesbians have always been few and far between in Glasgow and Edinburgh, but thanks to the hard work and vision among certain quarters, there is a tasty new night for lesbians to get their teeth into and it launches this month at Ego. Furr Burger, (and yes, they believe in calling a spade a spade) is a new monthly club night ‘for girls who like girls, with an eclectic music policy’. Boys are welcome, provided they have a female escort and, according to promoter Sran Rossi, it is ‘going to be fun and a little bit random - silliness really’. Hence the blow-up dolls, girls on roller skates and the whole place decked out in pink flowers. So, cast off those pre-conceived notions that lesbians don’t have a sense of humour - these girls really do wanna have fun.
Off course the east coast is no stranger to such a notion. Velvet, the popular women’s night aimed at gay ladies and their invited men friends, has been flying that rainbow flag for girl-only clubbing get- togethers for some time. But, with the city having a relatively small lesbian scene, a spokeswoman for the club reiterates the obstacles in sustaining
lesbian-only club nights. ‘lt's a very fickle market; Velvet has been lucky that it has the right venue. It’s been through its ups and downs and it really has only just got on its feet. It's been a long, hard slog over many, many years.’
In Scotland, it seems, size does matter. Unlike London where clubs like Candy Bar are packed to the rafters each and every night, there just aren’t enough ladies on the scene to sustain the momentum. What to do? Well, like Velvet, Furr Burger is quite happy to let in members of the opposite sex. ‘It is predominantly aimed at younger women on the scene but we are inviting boys as well,’ Says Sran. ‘They can feel that they can go and have a women’s night without it being completely segregated.’
With Bennetts’ hugely popular ladies-only night Girls on Top forced to take time out last year due to extensive fire damage to the premises, gay women in Glasgow have had to look elsewhere for women-only company. One of the latest crazes to grip the scene is lesbian speed dating, courtesy of Glasgow city centre gay bar the Merchant Pride. A new event, it is gathering momentum at warp speed. Across town, the LGBT Centre also hosts women-only discos on occasion and, according to the lesbian grapevine, Girls on Top is due to open its doors again very soon. I Furr Burger, Ego, 74 P/cardy Place, Ed/nburgh, Thu 74 Apr; Velvet. Commp/ex, 40 Commercial Street, Le/‘th, is! Sat of month
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