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Clubs
I Quiz Night 8: Killer Kitty Delmonica‘s. 68 Virginia Street. 552 4803. 9pm. liree. Regular quiz night. now with party gariies and bingo to kick off your weekend in this popular gay mainstay.
I Pink Devotion (‘luh Deyolion. l8 Jamaica Street. 847 0820. l lptii 3am. £3 (l’ree passes available from the nearby l.(iBT centre). Another chance this week to enjoy the delights of this piiik and fluffy experience.
Clubs
I Fresh The Polo lounge. X4 Wilson Street. 553 l22l. llpm 3am. £5. Michelle and Atidy are iii charge of the musical duties at this delicious, gay/mixed Merchant ('ity' clttb Most who enter come otit smiling.
Clubs
I Lush The Polo l ottnge. 81 \Vilson Street. 553 I221. l0.30pm 3am. £5. lieaturing Andy in the Trophy Room with hits from the 60s to the 80s. while Tom provides ati up front dance selection in the main room at the city‘s prettiest gay club.
I Sunshine Sounds (‘arnival Arts (‘entre. 34 Albion Street. 552 8637. 23 Jul. 8pm lam. £5. Summer is here. and what better way to celebrate than with One In Ten and special guests at the (‘arnival Arts (‘entre. This new whom- is dedicated to creating a safe space for gay people and their friends to dance to quality underground music of the past. the present and quite possibly the future.
Clubs
I Karaoke at Delmonica’s Delmonica's. 68 Virginia Street. 552 4803. 9pm. l‘ree. W'ith your hosts Joltn and Scott.
I Cabaret The Tunnel. 84 Mitchell Street. 204 I000. l lpni 3am. £4 (£3). The Tunnel's second gay club night. Things are definitely fabulous at this Sunday night party.
I Pink Devotion (‘lub Devotion. 18 Jamaica Street. 847 0820. l lpm-3am. £3 (Free passes available from the nearby LGBT centre). See Thti.
Clubs
I Passionality (‘ube. 34 Queen Street. 226 8990. ll.30pm 3am. £2 £3. Pleasing chartistry from DJ Shawn Roberts, who does his best to resuscitate the weekend for the gay/mixed crowd.
Clubs
I The Live Lounge The Polo Lounge. 84 Wilson Street. 553 I22]. 9.30pm liree. livery 'l‘uesday night the (‘atherine ()‘llalloran Band play at the Polo
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Clubs
I CC Blooms (‘(‘ Blooms. 2.3 24 (ireenside Place. 556 933l.
l0.30pm 3am. liree. Trip the light fantastic to lit-NRO dance action and pop hits at this ever popular gay bar.
Clubs
I cc Blooms (‘(‘ Blooms. 23 24 (ireenside Place. 556 9331.
l0.30pm 3am. Free. See Thu.
I Blaze ligo. l4 Picardy Place. 553 l37l. l lptn 3am. £4 £5. DJ James Longworth ignites the gay weekend with a chart and funky house soundtrack.
I Academy Studio 24. 24 26 (‘altoii Road. 558 3758. 22 Jul. 9pm 3am. £6 before l0me £8 after. Fun and lt'iyololts karaoke experience with vodka shots for all participants. prizes and. of course. DJs (iirdwood and Fraser playing new and tipliftiiig classics.
Clubs
I cc Blooms (‘(‘ Blooms. 23 24 (ireenside Place. 556 933 l.
l0.30pm 3am. liree. See Thu.
I Fever ligo. l4 Picardy Place. 553 l37l. 23 Jul. llptn 3am. £10 (£5 to Taste members before I 1.15pm; £8 for members after). The folk at Taste (lidinburgh's original weekly gay friendly night) take over a Saturday night for those who really do have to work on Monday. featuring Taste mainstays Fisher 8; Price and Martin Valentine on the maintloor. The Visitor and Kaupuss take an anything goes attittide in the (‘octeau lounge. Pre-cliib party at the Street from l0pni.
I Luvely The liquid Room. ()c Victoria Street. 225 2564. 23 Jul. llpm 3am. £l0 (£8 members). A saucy soiree. geared towards a gay/mixed crowd and featuring a music policy of full—on. driving house from residents Tommy K. Newton & Stone and Jared.
I Mingin’ The Venue. l7 2| (‘alton Road. 557 3073. l lpm 3am. £5 before midnight: £6 after. A dark. sexy. dirty house club. Alan Joy and Brian Dempsier are the DJs behind this small. intimate yet friendly. predominantly gay. club on the top floor of the Venue. Mllsle ranges from trance to deep house with a touch of techno and hard house sometimes thrown in for good measure.
I CC Blooms (‘(‘ Blooms. 23 24 (ireenside Place. 556 ()33l.
10.30pm 3am. Free. See Thu.
I Joy The Venue. l7 2| (‘alton Road. 557 3073. 30 Jul. l lpm 3am. £8 before midnight; £10 after. lip-front. dirty house grooves on the main floor from Alan & Maggie Joy and Brett King to work you up into a lather on the main floor. Plus Trendy Wendy and Sally li's cheeky mix of soul. funk and chart in the downstairs suite.
Clubs
I cc Blooms Karaoke (‘(‘ Blooms. 23 24 (ireenside Place. 556 9331.
6pm 3am. liree. Sing your heart out in this two floor jewel in the crown of lidinburgh's scene. The venue also boasts a disco every night from I lpiii.
I Taste The Liquid Room. 9c Victoria Street. 225 2564. llpm 3am. £5 before I 1.30pm; £8 after (£6 members). The capital's infamous session continues to sew tip Sunday nights in the capital. l-‘isher & Price supply a progressive mix of house and garage in the main room. Martin Valentine wows the crowd with funky llS house gems through the back
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Michael Cunningham’s The Hours
THE FESTIVALS
GAY ROUND-UP
With all the performers in town. you'd be pretty amazed if a chunk of l diiitsiirgh's Festivals wasn't co|0ured pink Sure enough. gay writers stand tall in this year‘s Book Festival. Michael Cunningham (Sat 13 Aug). author of both the plllll/(rr Winning The Hours and A Home at the End of the World. comes to the l (2f5l|\dl to promote his new novel Specimen Days But Cunningham is keen to sidestep the ‘gay writer' tag. as he explained to planetout com 'l consider myself a gay man who wntes.‘ he said 'and it matters about as much and as little that I'm a white man. an American. a member of the upper middle class ‘
Edmund White (Fri 26 Aug). like Cunningham. was born in Cincinatti anzl iiicvc l to New York: like Cunningham he is a white upper middle class American. llis Visit to Edinburgh commdes With the release of his memOir My I was after a number of semi autobiographical works of fiction. including the definitive A Bov Own Story. an account of growmg tip gay in a climate of conservatism.
If all these American men are getting you down. you might want to che. .k out Scotland's own Ali Smith (Sun 21 Aug). whose plot light but entertainment heaw latest novel The Ace/dental was published this summer.
Over at the Film Festival. Massachusetts deCiSion to allow same sex marriage prowdes the baSlS for Same Sex America (Filmhouse. 25 8 26 Aug). which follows seven gay and lesbian couples on their path to matrimony. Another personal documentary. Three of Hearts.“ A Postmodern Family (Cineworld. l8 8. 2-1 A' 5g) shows what happened when two bisexual men tried for a baby With their straight female llatmate. Kinky Boots (Cineworld. 21 & 24 Aug). meanwhile. is a comedy based around a failing brogues factOry. With songs written by Guy Chambers
At the Fringe there's a predictably large contingent of gay friendly comedians including the outrageous Topping and Butch. who bring both Filth (Underbelly.
t 7~ 18. 24 25 Aug) and A Lot to Take In (Pleasance COurtyard. 3 29 Aug). the inuSical camp of Craig Hill's Got the Bathroom! (Assembly (a) George Street. 5 25) Aug). depraved Canadian Jason Rouse — In My Darkest Hour and the reliably smutty Scott Capurro (Edinburgh Comedy Room. 7 13 Aug).
On the theatre front. Minor Irritations (Pleasance Dome. 3 28 Aug. not 15. 2?) is the semi autobiographical tale of a young actor movmg from I onoon to an uncomfortable New York love triangle. while Christine Jorgensen Reveals (Assembly (a) GeOrge Street. 6 28 Aug) is an impresswe sounding. lip Sy’ltfil‘l'lf) reCreation of the only recorded interwew given by America's first notorious transsexual. (James Smart)
I Listings for the festivals are availab/e at edbookfest com. er‘lfringe com. eil. co. uk. edfi/mfest. org. uk.
James I ongwonh on the decks. plus the Dancing Stud Muffins. the Singing Hairy Bloke and the Mitiiiiig Nun. Don't say we didn't warn ya.
Wednesdays
Clubs
I cc Blooms (‘(' Blooms. 23 21 (ireenside Place. 556 933 l.
|0.30pm 3am. l‘ree. See Thu
I Disko Bloodbath ligo. l4 Picardy Place. 553 l37l. 3 Aug. l lpm 3am.
£ 3. l‘ii'st birthday for lidinburgh‘s ‘lirst queer alternative night‘. This is an eclectic mix of electro. indie. punk and rock for those w ho are screaming oitt for something different on the gay scene. With an indie session from Barry at Planet ()tit as pre club beforehand.
Clubs
I CC Blooms (‘(‘ Blooms. 33 24 (ireenside Place. 556 9331.
10.30pm 3am. Free. See Thu.
I Polysuper Mood. ()mni. (ireenside Place. 550 I640. l0pni 3am. £4 (£2). A polysexual. straight-friendly cltib with a cool. hassle-free mood where ‘everything goes‘. With DJ Pete llimsworth. DJ Mid) and DJ W'alters
Clubs
I cc Blooms ('(‘ Blooms. 23 (ireenside Place. 556 933 l. l0.30pni 3am. Free. See Thu. I Vibe ligo. l4 Picardy Place. 553 l37l. llpm 3am. £3. (iay night with
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