Events are listed by date, then city. Submit listings at least ten days before publication to gayGlichomk. Listings are compiled by Suzanne Black.
Thursday 12
Edinburgh
I The Hub LGBT Centre for Health & Wellbeing. 9 Howe Street. 523 1 100. Tue-Thu 6.30—8.30pm. Free. Stop by after work to chat and find out about the centre’s activities. Free internet access and tea. coffee and magazines.
Edinburgh
I Fur Burger Twist. 26b Dublin Street. 538 7775. 10pm—2am. £4. The night for girls who like girls celebrates its second birthday in April. with the same eclectic music policy. Wear good shoes. bring beautiful people. Boys need a female escort for entry.
Saturday 1 4
Glasgow
I Utter Gutter Classic Grand. 18 Jamaica Street. 847 0820. 10.30pm-3am. £10. Madame S and special guest Dirty Marc provide the soundtrack of dirty house. sleazy techno, whoreish disco. thumping rock and pumping homo- electro for your aural pleasure.
Edinburgh
I Booty Medina. 45-47 Lothian Street. 225 6313. l [pm—3am. £3. More of a Sunday social than a full-on glam affair. with DJ Dale Lush. lsla Blige and Simmone Black mixing up R&B. hip hop. soul and funk.
I Taste Cabaret Voltaire. 36—38 Blair Street. 220 6176. 1 lpm—3am. £5 before 1 1.30pm; £8 after (£6 members). Fisher & Price supply a progressive mix of house and garage at this infamous Sunday nighter with Martin Valentine firmly in charge of the back room. With special guest. Chicago funky house purveyor Josh The Funky 1.
Monday 16
Glasgow
I Passionality Byblos. Unit Q. Merchant Square. 71 Albion Street. 552 3895. 1 1.30pm—3am. £3. Pleasing chartistry from DJ Shawn Roberts. resuscitating the weekend for the gay/mixed crowd. Note (fairly) new
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I FUN Cube. 34 Queen Street. 226 8990. l 1.30pm—3am. £3 (£2). DJ Shana Halliwell mixes older classics and fun tunes. Requests welcome.
Edinburgh
I Vibe Ego. 14 Picardy Place. 478 7434. l lpm—3am. £4. Mainstay gay night with James Longworth on the decks. Expect cheese. choons. smoke machines and maybe even the Queer as Folk theme tune.
Wednesday 18
Glasgow
I Allure The Tunnel. 84 Mitchell Street. 204 1000. I 1.30pm—3am. £3. Happy.
58 THE LIST 12—26 Apr 2007
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CLUB NIGHT TRASHED Cruz, Edinburgh, Sat 21 Apr
It is handy that Edinburgh’s gay and gay-friendly clubs, bars and general venues of debauchery are clustered around the Leith Walk area. This means that starting the evening at the top of the Walk with a clear head, the descent into squiffiness can be charted as you descend towards sea level. Edinburgh’s newest gay-friendly club night, Trashed, continues this spurious metaphor by dropping anchor at Leith Docks on a boat with the double-entendre-tastic moniker ‘Cruz’.
Matching the unusual location, promoter and DJ James Powsey hopes that what sets this new night apart from long-running favourites on the scene (like Taste and Fever) is a music policy that emphasises difference. The club will initially take up two floors of the boat, split into Pop Trash and Electro Trash rooms. The former will be manned by Powsey himself (aka Lick
cheesy pop from DJ Darren and the guys ' behind Passionality. '
Thursday 19
Edinburgh
I On Request Ego. 14 Picardy Place. 478 7434. l lpm—3am. £3. Promos. commercial dance and party anthems all night — he who asks. gets.
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Edinburgh
I Lady Imelda Sings Destination. 17 Albert Place. 554 7282. 10pm. Free. The former star of Miss Saigon drags up to warble hit tunes from the show.
' Glasgow
7 Glasgow Glasgow I I Death Disco The Arches. 30 Midland Street. 0870 240 7528. 10pm—3am. £12. 17.
Electro. mutant house and beyond from Uffte & Fead'l. (live). Freeform Five and Shit Disco (live).
Edinburgh I T-Time Monthly LGBT Centre for Health & Wellbeing. 9 Howe Street. 523 l 1 100. l—-5pm. Free. A montth informal GlaSgOW event for transgender people. their partners. family and friends. (‘ontact Rob on rob@Igbthealth.org.uk for more info. : 18. I Forbidden Fruit Destination 2. 14—16 , Albert Place. 554 7282. 8pm~»lam. Free. Ed'nbUrgh New night for gay girls and their friends with DJ Lynny. l I Trashed Cruz. 14 The Shore. 553 6699. 10pm—3am. £6. See preview. above. l I Lady Imelda Sings Destination. 17 |
Edinburgh
Albert Place. 554 7282. 10pm. Free. See Fri 20.
Medina. 45—47 Lothian Street. 225 6313. l [pm—3am. £3. See Sun 15.
I Taste Cabaret Voltaire. 36—38 Blair Street. 220 6176. l lpm--3am. £5 before
1 1.30pm; £8 after (£6 members). See Sun 15.
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1 I Passionality Byblos. Unit Q. Merchant Square. 71 Albion Street. 552 l 3895. l 1.30pm—3am. £3. See Mon 16.
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I FUN Cube. 34 Queen Street. 226 8990. 1 1.30pm—-3am. £3 (£2). See Tue
I Vibe Ego. l4 Picardy Place. 478 7434. l lpm-3am. £4. See Tue 17.
i Wednesday 25
I Allure The Tunnel. 84 Mitchell Street. 204 1000. l 1.30pm—3am. £3. See Wed
I lcebreakers (‘(‘ Blooms. 23 24 (ireenside Place. 556 9331. 7.3()—-9pm. Free. Social group for people who want to feel at ease and make friendships in LGBT company. Join this welcoming and non-threatening group. organised by the v Lothian (lay and Lesbian Switchboard. i
It) and Slim Boy Fat offering an assorted mix of commercial house with a pop spin, plus the odd bootleg DJ remix. He stresses the importance of a good cross section of music (and crowd) to any successful club, saying ‘there’s kind of a bit for everyone really.’
Heading up the more ‘housey’ room is Jon Pleased Wimmin (ex-androgyne DJ and current fave on the Edinburgh club scene) with Morgan aiding and abetting in the spinning of electro, classic and glam house. He also sees it as a chance to create something eclectic and inclusive - electro, Nu-disco and house - while avoiding anything ‘naff or ‘moronic’ to hopefully result in what he calls a ‘right old scream up’.
Trashed aims to be a jack of all trades. If all goes well there are even plans to add a third area specialising in soul and funk, and in the summer open the outside top deck to revellers. So why not roll down to the dock for a little house boat (geddit?) action - just try not to fall in. (Suzanne Black)
Glasgow I Bennets 80-90 (ilassford Street. 552 5761. Tue. Thu—Sun l 1.30pm—3am. £3—£6 (£2—£5). Friendly. down to earth. late- : night disco venue playing cheesy pop and dance over two floors. I Club Destination 56 ()swald Street. 07890 692080. Tue—Sun 9.30pm~3am. £3 before 1 1pm. £4 after (£1 Tue Thu). [Edinburgh's most flamboyant venue heads west. with a dancier. late-night vibe. i I The Polo Lounge 84 Wilson Street. 553 1221. Mon—Thu 5pm—lam; Fri—Sun ' 5pm--3am. Spacious. swanky. gay/mixed Merchant (‘ity club. with several rootns and a downstairs dancelloor open at the weekend (£5 after 1 1pm).
Edinburgh ; I CC Blooms 23—24 (ireenside Place. 556 9331. Mon—Thu 6pm—3am; Fri 8; Sat 5pm—3am. Sun 7pm—3ani. Free. The east coast scene queen pumps out dance and 1 cheese delights every night. With karaoke L on Thursday and Sunday. and DJ Shana versus DJ Blondie on Saturday nights. I Destination & Destination 2 14—17 Albert Street. 554 7282. Destination open daily. 7pm 11am; Fri & Sat 5am-noon. Destination 2 open daily. noon- lam. Food ' (until 9pm) and relaxation in women- friendly Destination 2. with catnp entertainment next door. Tuesday brings karaoke and Wednesday is student night (both frotn 9pm). I Mist 2613 Dublin Street. 538 7775. Sun—Thu noon—lam; Fri—Sat noon 2am. . Formerly the Newtown Bar. and now reopened after a style revamp. Twist features a disco bar downstairs every Friday and Saturday night with Dejay Bird.