Events are listed by date, then city. Submit listings at least ten days before publication to gay@list.co.uk. Listings are compiled by Suzanne Black.
Edinburgh
I Out to Jog Meadowhank Sports Centre. 139 London Road. 523 l 102. Thu 6—7pm. Free. Tone those thighs with this LGBT jogging group. open to all levels of fitness and led by Edinburgh Leisure Fitness Instructor (Trace.
I The Hub I.(}BT Centre for Health 8: Wellbeing. 9 Howe Street. 523 1100. Tue —Thu 6.30 8.30pm. Free. Have a chat and a cuppa while finding out about the centre‘s activities. With free internet access. tea. coffee and magazines.
I The Gold Rimmed Glasses Filmhouse. 88 I.othian Road. 228 2688. See Film. page 40.
Edinburgh
I DV8 Spider's Web Cellar Bar. 258 Morrison Street. 228 1949. 8pm-~ lam. £10 (members £5). Fetish club with Footman John. The dress code asks for a minimum of smart black dress wear and has a general fetish wear door policy.
I Pride Scotia Fundraiser (‘C Blooms. 23 24 (ireenside Place. 556 9331. 10pm. Donations. It's time to raise a glass and at the same time raise some cash for this year's Pride Scotia. With entertainment from drag act Cilla Flack. I Utter Gutter Studio 24. 24 26 Calton Road. 558 3758. 11pm-v3am. £6. Filthy bleeps. tech beats and punk treats with Madame S. joined this month by lidinburgh's l)r I.ove.
Saturday 26
Edinburgh
I Different Strokes (ilenogle Swim Centre. Cilenogle Road. Stockbridge. 343 6376. 4pm. Free. All transgender people can enjoy the sole use of a swimming pool and fitness suite. Contact the LGBT Centre for Health and Well Being for info ((1131 523 1100 or
mike(a lgbthealth.org.uk).
I Bad Boys lfsher llall. I.othian Road. 228 l 155. 7.30pm. £15. See preview. above.
I Fever Iigo. 14 Picardy Place. 478 7434. 1 lpm 3am. £10 (£7 members). Taste mainstays Fisher 8; Price and Martin Valentine keep the mixed bag of sounds coming. while the Visitor and Kaupuss take an anything goes attitude into the Cocteau Lounge.
Glasgow
I Bad Boys Royal Concert Hall. 2 Sauchiehall Street. 353 8000. 7.30pm. £12.50. See Sat 26.
Edinburgh
I Velvet 8. Zeus Studio 24. 24—26 Calton Road. 558 3758. 9.30pm 3am. £4 before 10.30pm; £6 after. Another union of gay guys‘ club '/.eus and gay girlies' night Velvet. which also happens to be a Pride Scotia fundraiser.
I Booty Medina. 45 .47 I.othian Street. 225 6313, 1 1pm 3am. £3. Sunday social with 1)] Dale l.ttsh. lsla Blige and Sitntnone Black mixing up R&B. hip hop. soul and funk.
I Taste Cabaret Voltaire. 36-38 Blair Street. 22(16176. l lpm-3am. £5 before
54 THE LIST 24 May—7 Jun 2007
~ I m E? I CHORAL EXTRAVAGANZA LONDON GAY MEN’S CHORUS: BAD BOYS Usher Hall, Edinburgh, Sat 26 May; Royal Concert Hall, Glasgow, Sun 27 May
One of the best moments from the now defunct TV show Will & Grace was when Jack and guest star Matt Damon tried to ‘out-camp’ each other to prove their gayness and thus win a spot in the Manhattan Gay Men’s Chorus. There is no word on whether the London Gay Men’s Chorus has a similar admittance procedure, but their latest show, Bad Boys, does play up the campness. Pop hits, film theme tunes, opera and more are interspersed with poetry, prose and dramatic readings all on the theme of rogues, reprobates and lovable rascals. (Incidentally, the show has nothing to do with the Will Smith film of the same name.)
Under the artistic direction of Julian Woolford songs
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.
Monday 28
Glasgow
I Passionality Byblos. L'nit Q. Merchant Square. 71 Albion Street. 552 3895. 1 l.30pm--3am. £3 (£2). Pleasing chartistry from 1)] Shawn Roberts. resuscitating the weekend for the gay/mixed crowd.
Tuesday 29
Glasgow
I FUN Cube. 34 Queen Street. 226 8990. l 1.30pm»-<3am. £3 (£2). 1)] Shana llalliwell mixes older classics and fun tunes. Requests welcome.
Edinburgh
I Vibe ligo. 14 Picardy Place. 478 7434. 1 1pm 3am. £4. Mainstay gay night with James Longworth on the decks. lixpect cheese. choons and smoke machines.
Glasgow
I Allure The Tunnel. 84 Mitchell Street. 204 1000. l 1.30pm-3am. £3. Happy. cheesy pop from 1)] Darren and the guys behind Passionality.
Glasgow
I Burly The Arches. 30 Midland Street. 0870 240 7528. 10.30pm—3am. £10. Friendly. masculine club for gay and bi men 25+ where leather. industrial and 27.
Edinburgh
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Glasgow
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Edinburgh
jockstraps are encouraged. Aural titillation comes from resident 1)] Hi Fi Sean.
I Luvely The Liquid Room. 9c Victoria Street. 225 2564. 10.30pm 3am. £12 (£10). A saucy soiree of full-on. driving 28. house music with residents Tommy Kay. Dean Newton. (irum Stone and Jon
I Mingin’ Studio 24. 24--26 Calton Road. 558 3758. 1 lpm-~3am. £5. Alan Joy and Mingin' stalwart 1)] Brian Dempster bring on the dark. sexy. dirty house. 29.
I Violate Big Joint. 1084 South Street. Scotstoun. 09099 108174. 8pm—2am. £tbc. Fetish club with music from 1)]
I Club Noir: Exotica Carling Academy Glasgow. 121 liglinton Street. ()870 771 2000. 9pm—3am. £12 (£9). See 30.
I Pride Scotia Fundraiser Sala Cafe Bar. 60 Broughton Street. 556 5758. 8pm. Free entry. A night of cheap booze. music and other entertainment still to be
confirmed to raise funds for Pride Scotia.
by cheeky rock’n’roll rebels Freddie Mercury, Wham and the Eagles are all represented, as are Bond themes, the work of louche wit Oscar Wilde and bad girl Carmen (from the opera). The 100 or so members of the 170 strong choir who make the trip up North will also perform ‘1 Just want to Dance’ from Jerry Springer: The Opera and Scots ballad ‘A Man’s a Man for A’ That’ with live accompaniment in the form of keyboards and ‘choralography’ (choreographed dance and movement). Taking their cue from the Burns number, Edinburgh’s own LGBT choir, Loud and Proud will take to the stage for three anthemic a capella numbers, all with an uplifting vibe. As Matt Damon’s character says: ‘I love to sing. I love to sing choral music. It makes me feel like I’m being gently chucked under the chin by God’. And what could be better than the fatherly affection of a possibly non-existent deity? (Suzanne Black)
Monday 4
Glasgow
I Passionality Byblos. Unit Q. Merchant Square. 71 Albion Street. 552 3895. 1 1.30pm—3am. £3 (£2). See Mon
Glasgow I FUN Cube. 34 Queen Street. 226 8990. 1 1.30pm—3am. £3 (£2). See Tue
Edinburgh I Vibe Ego. 14 Picardy Place. 478 7434. 1 lpm—3am. £4. See Tue 29.
Wednesday 6
Glasgow I Allure The Tunnel. 84 Mitchell Street. 204 1000. 1 1.30pm—3am. £3. See Wed
Edinburgh
I Girls Allowed CC Blooms. 23—24
(ireenside Place. 556 9331. 10pm—3am. Free. lt‘s ladies‘ night downstairs. with the first drink free. A live singer. chill- out area. candles and lava lamps transform the club into a girls-only zone.
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I Booty Medina. 45—47 I.othian Street. 225 6313. 11pm—3am. £3. See Sun 27.
I Taste Cabaret Voltaire. 36~-38 Blair Street. 220 6176. l lpm-3am. £5 before
1 1.30pm; £8 after (£6 members). See Sun
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