LGBT
Events are listed by date, then city. Submit listings at least 14 days before publication to gay@list.co.uk. Listings are compiled by Suzanne Black.
Thursday 17
Glasgow FREE A Spot of b)other: LGBTI Deaf and Disabled Cultures Gallery of Modern Art, Royal Exchange Square, 287 3050. 10am–5pm. Until Sun 21 Feb. Thu 10am–8pm; Fri & Sun 11am–5pm (closed 25 & 26 Dec, 1 & 2 Jan; 10am–1pm on 31 Dec). Pages from A Spot of b)other, a fanzine about deaf and disabled people in the LGBTI community, are on display along with portraits of its founders by fellow co-founder and sh[OUT] artist in residence Sandra Alland. FREE Ajamu X: Familiar Strangers Gallery of Modern Art, Royal Exchange Square, 287 3050. Until Sun 21 Feb. 10am--5pm; Thu 10am–8pm; Fri & Sun 11am–5pm (closed 25 & 26 Dec, 1 & 2 Jan; 10am–1pm on 31 Dec). Part of GoMA’s sh[OUT]: Contemporary art and human rights programme, a new series of portraits by Ajamu X of people who identify as BME (Black and minority ethnic) as well as LGBTI (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Intersex). Edinburgh FREE Club for Heroes The GRV, 37 Guthrie Street, 220 2987. 11pm–3am. Underground disco for freaks and lovers with hosts Jetlad and Honey Sweetcheeks.
Friday 18 Glasgow
Edinburgh FREE Camp Christmas Classic Film Night LGBT Centre for Health & Wellbeing, 9 Howe Street, 523 1100. 6–9pm. Snuggle up for some festive flicks and liberal helpings of mince pies.
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■ DV8 Spider’s Web Cellar Bar, 258 Morrison Street, 228 1949. 8pm–1am. £10 (members £5). Fetish club with Footman John and Mistress Alana. The dress code asks for a minimum of smart black dresswear and a general fetish- wear door policy. They prefer that first- time visitors contact the organisers beforehand.
Saturday 19 Edinburgh FREE T-Time Monthly LGBT Centre for Health & Wellbeing, 9 Howe Street, 523 1100. 1–5pm. A monthly informal event for transgender people. This month is a Christmas party! FREE Winter Wonderland CC Blooms, 23–24 Greenside Place, 556 9331. 11pm–5am. A festive foam party on level 2, dancing on level 1 and DJs Blondie and Shazza at the helm.
Tuesday 22
Glasgow ■ Audiocouture Byblos, Unit Q, Merchant Square, 71 Albion Street, 552 3895. 11.30pm–3am. £3 (£2 students). A mixed night playing chart, cheese and R&B, with DJ Shazza Halliwell. Edinburgh FREE Pop du Jour CC Blooms, 23–24 Greenside Place, 556 9331. 11pm–3am. New weekly dose of cheesy dancefloor glue from DJ Paton.
Merchant Square, 71 Albion Street, 552 3895. 11.30pm–3am. £3 (£2). See Mon 21. Tuesday 29 Glasgow ■ Audiocouture Byblos, Unit Q, Merchant Square, 71 Albion Street, 552 3895. 11.30pm–3am. £3 (£2 students). See Tue 22. Edinburgh FREE Pop du Jour CC Blooms, 23–24 Greenside Place, 556 9331. 11pm–3am. See Tue 22.
Wednesday 23 Wednesday 30
Glasgow FREE Home The Tunnel, 84 Mitchell Street, 204 1000. 11pm–3am. The Tunnel’s massive midweek gay party night continues. Breeders, so they tell us, are also welcome. Glasgow FREE Home The Tunnel, 84 Mitchell Street, 204 1000. 11pm–3am. See Wed 23. ■ Allure The Tunnel, 84 Mitchell Street, 204 1000. 11.30pm–3am. £3 (students two-for-one). See Wed 23.
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Thursday 31
Edinburgh ■ Winter Concert LGBT Centre for Health & Wellbeing, 9 Howe Street, 523 1100. 4–7pm. £5. Christmas carols and other seasonal songs as well as mulled wine to keep the vocal chords lubricated. All proceeds to the LGBT Centre.
Monday 21
Glasgow ■ Passionality Byblos, Unit Q, Merchant Square, 71 Albion Street, 552 3895. 11.30pm–3am. £3 (£2). DJ Shawn Roberts plays chart hits for the gay/mixed crowd. Edinburgh FREE Drop-in Christmas Party LGBT Centre for Health & Wellbeing, 9 Howe Street, 523 1100. 6–8pm. One last chance to dole out Christmas cards, play games, listen to music and generally make merry at the centre before Christmas.
Edinburgh ■ Taste: Escape Xmas Party The GRV, 37 Guthrie Street, 220 2987. 11pm–5am. £tbc. The annual Taste Christmas escape root from dull TV repeats and extra helpings of sprouts. Fisher and Price plus guests provide the tunes to dance off that turkey at this hedonistic dancefloor rammy. Sunday 27
Edinburgh ■ Tackno Christmas Cracker The Voodoo Rooms, 19a West Register Street, 556 7060. 10.30pm–3am. £6 (more on the door). A Christmas cracker full of treats, as Trendy Wendy’s kitsch fun club plays out Christmas crooners and jingle bells at this seasonal celebration.
Monday 28 Glasgow ■ Passionality Byblos, Unit Q,
Glasgow ■ Death Disco: DDNY The Arches, 30 Midland Street, 565 1000. 9pm–4am. £28. See picture caption. Edinburgh FREE Grand Hogmanay CC Blooms, 23–24 Greenside Place, 556 9331. 8pm–5am. Sashay into the New Year in the company of DJs Blondie and Shazza a little bit wiser and (hopefully) a little bit richer, but make sure to remain standing until the bells: £1000 cash will drop from the sky at midnight and you’ll need all your wits about you to nab some.
Friday 1
Edinburgh FREE ELECTROsexual CC Blooms, 23–24 Greenside Place, 556 9331. 11pm–5am. Lucky Luciano mixes up dirty bootlegs and ‘cheeky’ electro in a New Year special for all those gluttons for punishment.
Saturday 2
Edinburgh ■ Luvely Cabaret Voltaire, 36–38 Blair Street, 220 6176. 10.30pm–5am. £5 before 11pm; 8 after (members free before 11pm; £6 after). The saucy soirée of full-on, driving house music returns for a one off ‘January Sail’ (with a naughty nautical theme) at the Cab featuring Tommy Kay, Dean Newton, Grum Stone, Brett King, Gregsta and special guest Gareth Sommerville.
Monday 4 Glasgow ■ Passionality Byblos, Unit Q, Merchant Square, 71 Albion Street, 552 3895. 11.30pm–3am. £3 (£2). See Mon 21.
Tuesday 5
Glasgow ■ Audiocouture Byblos, Unit Q, Merchant Square, 71 Albion Street, 552 3895. 11.30pm–3am. £3 (£2 students). See Tue 22. Edinburgh ■ Wicked Wenches The Stand, 5 York Place, 558 7272. 8.30pm. £6 (£5; members £3). The first Wenches of the year sparkles to life with regular host Susan Calman, Susan Murray, AL Kennedy, Sharon Mannion and Kim MacAskill all part of the celebration of funny females.
Wednesday 6 Glasgow ■ Wicked Wenches The Stand, 333 Woodlands Road, 0870 600 6055. 8.30pm. £6 (£5; members £3). See Tue 5. FREE Home The Tunnel, 84 Mitchell Street, 204 1000. 11pm–3am. See Wed 23.
Death Disco: DDNY Ring in the New Year in a New York state of mind as Death Disco heads for the Big Apple in the company of Erol Alkan, Aeroplane, Rex the Dog, Mark Moore, Sammy
Jo and many more. The New York theme extends throughout the Arches, so expect Manhattan street scenes, the Statue of Liberty, sailors, drag queens, Warhol superstars and maybe even King Kong and Fay Wray at the Hogmanay electro party. ■ Arches, Glasgow, Thu 31 Dec.
70 THE LIST 17 Dec 2009–7 Jan 2010