Events are listed by date, then city. Submit listings at least ten days before publication to gay@list.co.uk. Listings are compiled by Robin Lee.
Edinburgh
I Sugar Daddy ligo. l4 Picardy' Place. 478 7434. l lpm 3am. £5. ('andy kisses arid the best ol' the scene. with [Ms Trendy \Vendy. Michelle. Jatttes Longworth. ('hris Paton and JT.
Edinburgh
I Velvet Mariners. 4() ('ommercial Street. I.eith. 555 5622. 9.30pm 2am. £4 bel‘ore 10.30pm; £6 (£5). Night for gay girlies (men can only gain admission il‘ accompanied by a lady). l‘eaturing a new music policy that spans tlte genres. with DJ Random and DJ leatherl‘ace. and Leyla Rose performing her /)(III(‘(' oil/iv Sewn li’i/s‘. Pre-club across the road at Bar Sirius from 8pm.
I Luvely The Liquid Room. 9e Victoria Street. 225 2504. l().3()pm 3am. £5 t£2 members) before I lpm; £8 alter (£6 members). :\ saucy soiree ol' lull-on. driying house music. with residents Tommy Kay. Dean .\'ew ton. (il'tlltt Stone and Jon lidw'ards. Annual January Sail. so dress nautical and enjoy the cheap entry price.
I Fever ligo. l4 Picardy' Place. 478 7434. l lpm 3am. £lt) (£8 members). Taste tnaittstays liisher ck Price attd Martin Valentine are on the main lloor. while the Visitor attd Kaupuss take an anything goes attitude into the (’octeau Lounge.
Edinburgh
I Booty Medina. 45 47 l.othian Street. 225 (r313. llptn 3am. £3. More of a Sttnday social than a lull-on glam affair. with DJ Dale l.ush. lsla Blige. Simmone Black and occasional guest supastas mixing tip Refill. hip hop. soul and ltmk.
I Taste (‘abaret Voltaire. 3t) 38 Blair Street. 22() M70. 1 lptn 3am. £5 before I 1.30pm; £8 alter (£6 members). Fisher & Price supply a pt'ogt‘essiy‘e mix oi ltouse and garage at this irritations Sunday nigltter. now showing at the ('ab. \Vith Martin Valentine lirmly in charge of the hack roont. Miss ('ht‘is is on warm up duty (7 Jan) follow ed by Dave Begg t l4 Jan).
Monday 8
Glasgow
I Passionality ('ube. 34 Queen Street. 226 8‘)‘)(). l 1.30pm 3am. £3. Pleasing ehartistry lrom DJ Sltawn Roberts. resttscitating the weekend for the gay/mixed crow d.
Tuesday 9 I
Glasgow
I FUN ('ube. 34 Queen Street. 226 8990. l 1.30pm 3am. £3. DJ Sha/Ia llalliwell mixes older classics and ltm tunes. Requests welcome.
Wednesday 10
Glasgow
I Allure The Ttmnel. 84 Mitcltell Street. 204 l()()(). ll.3()pm 3am. £3. Happy. cheesy pop l‘rom DJ Darren and the guys behind Passionality.
Edinburgh
I The Hub l.(iBT ('entre tor llealth & \Vellbeing. ‘) llowe Street. 523 ll()(). (r30 8.30pm. l‘ree. Stop by alter work to chat. and lind out about the l.(iBT ('entre for Health & \Vellbeing's actiyities. Free internet access and tea. collee and maga/ines.
Edinburgh
I Fur Burger Twist. 26b Dublin Street. 538 7775. l()pm 2am. £4. The night for girls wlto like girls moyes to a weekend atid a new yenttc. with the same eclectic music policy. Boys need a l'emale escort for entry.
I Mingin’ Studio 24. 24 2o ('alton Road. 558 3758. llpm 3am. £5. The dark. sexy. dirty house clttb returns to its original home. Studio 24. where it will occupy the tnaitt hall. .-\lan Joy is joitted on the decks by Mingin' stalwart DJ Brian Dempster. plus occasional guests.
Glasgow
I Shortbus (ilasgow liilm Theatre. 12 Rose Street. 552 Sl23. 8.30pm. £5 W4). :\ love-letter to New York. this stot’} oi three relationships (one begins. one linisltes and one is renewedl is brought to life by the epony motts Short/ms a salon of \‘i\ id. sensual exploration and
joyous. lt'eel'orm esperintentation.
lieatures esplicit. unsimulatcd ses.
Edinburgh
I Booty Medina. 45 47 [.othian Street. 225 0313. llpm 3am. £3. See Sttn 7.
I Taste (‘abaret Voltaire. 30 38 Blair Street. 22() MW». l 1pm 3am. £5 before 1 1.30pm: £8 alter (U) membersl. See Sttn 7.
Glasgow
I Passionality ('ube. 34 Queen Street. 220 8‘)‘)(). l 1.30pm 3am. £3. See Mon 8.
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Glasgow I FUN ('ubc. 34 Queen Street. 220 8‘)‘)(). l |.3()pm 3am. £3. See Tue tJ.
Edinburgh
I Vibe ligt). l4 Picardy Place. 478 7434. llpm 3am. £4. (lay night with James Longworth on the decks. pltts The Dancing Stud Mullins. Tlte Singing Hairy Bloke and The Miming .\'un. Don't say we didn't warn ya.
Wednesday 1 7
Glasgow
I Bildwechsel Screening ('('.'\. 350 Sauchiehall Street. 352 4000. 7pm. liree. ticketed. :\ mised programme of independent short lilms by l'emale. lesbian. lransgendcr. l‘eminist or qtteer lilmmakers trout Scotland and beyond. For tnore information \ isit
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I Allure The Tunnel. 84 Mitchell Street. 204 NH)“. l 1.50pm 3am. £5. See \Ved ll).
Edinburgh
I The Hub l,(}llT ('entrc tor llealth ek \Vellbeing. ‘) llowe Street. 523 |l()t). (Lil) 8.30pm. l-‘ree. See \Ved It).
Glasgow
I Bennets (SH-UH (ilztssltil'tl Street. 552 57ol. Wed Thu & Sun 1 Idllpin 3am. l‘ri Sat ll.3()pm 3.30am. l‘riendly. down to earth. late-night disco \enue. recently rel'urbished aitd rising l'rom the ashes alter a major tire.
I The Polo Lounge 84 Wilson Street. 553 1221. Mon Thu 5pm lam. l‘ri Sun 5pm 3am. Spacious. swanky. gay/mi\ed Merchant (‘ity club. with seyeral rooms and a downstairs dancel‘loor open at the weekend (£5 alter llpm).
Edinburgh I CC Blooms ('(‘ Blooms. 23 24 (ireenside Place. 556 955 . Moll. l‘jl‘i «V
i-lrMINISl ill M ()0l 1 l ()llVi BILDWECHSEL CCA, Glasgow, Wed 17 Jan
A Hungarian lesbian-transgender Western and the recurrent story of two Lebanese lesbians are the highlights of the latest Bildwechsel screening night, showing short films and celluloid vignettes involving women from all points of the sexuality and gender spectrum.
The Glasgow branch of Bildwechsel is part of a larger organisation, based in Hamburg, acting as a platform for ladies involved in the media, culture and art. An archive in the German city collects film, text and art works from a thriving network of practitioners -— a network that has sharing of resources and ideas as a principal aim. Female ‘agents‘, as they are styled, are particularly active in Berlin, Nuremberg, Vienna, London, San Francisco and Chicago, as well as the two cities already mentioned.
‘We’ve had contact with Bildwechsel in Hamburg for ten, 12 years, through different women’s art projects that were happening in Glasgow,’ says Kate Henderson, who’s involved in the project’s West Coast franchise. ‘Over the last three or four years there have been much stronger links, and we’ve been contacting women’s film and video makers in Glasgow and Scotland, and taking their work to Hamburg and showing it there. We’ve concentrated on short films — traditionally, Bildwechsel has collected and shown independent, experimental, artist films.’
Indeed, cinematic nuggets with titles like Fuck Me Hard (made by an Arab women’s group) are unlikely to get a general release. Other pieces are knockabout fun, like Puszta Cowboy (pictured), billed as a Paprikawestern, and ‘complete with horse, gunfight, goulash and traditional Hungarian csardas dancing,‘ or touch on history and identity, as in In the Ladies Lounge, where a 1926 photograph of two Lebanese lesbians in drag sits in the Sydney lounge room of two Lebanese lesbians. (Robin Lee)
Sat (rpm 3am: Tue Tim is Sun
8pm 3am. The east coast scene queen pumps out dance and cheese delights eyery night. With DJ (‘illa Slack on l’riday night aitd Sunday alternoon.
I Destination l7 .\|hert Street. H7890 092080. Mon Thu noon lain; l‘ri & Sat 5am 3am; Sun lpm lam. l.i\e
cnlertaintnent and cabaret bar.
I Mist 20B Dublin Street. 518 “775. Mon Thu noon lam; l‘ri Sal
noon 2am: Sttn |2..i()ptn lam. l‘oruterly the \ewtown liar. and now reopened alter a style remntp. Twist I’catures a disco bar downstairs e\ cry l'riday attd Saturday night.
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