www.list.co.uk/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 Laura Ennor.
Thursday 7
Glasgow FREE Glasgow Frontrunners The Arc, Glasgow Caledonian University, Cowcaddens Road, 331 8633. 6.45pm. A running group for all abilities for LGBT folk and their friends. Edinburgh FREE Art Therapy Group LGBT Centre for Health & Wellbeing, 9 Howe Street, 523 1100. 6pm–8pm. Creative workshops in art, run by a qualified Art Therapist and designed to promote positive mental health. For information email alison@lgbthealth.org.uk FREE Pop du Jour CC Blooms, 23–24 Greenside Place, 556 9331. 8pm–3am. Weekly dose of cheesy dancefloor glue from DJ Paton, who accepts requests up to 11pm.
Friday 8
Edinburgh FREE Film Club LGBT Centre for Health & Wellbeing, 9 Howe Street, 523 1100. 6.30pm–9.30pm. Screenings of feature-length films, shorts and unusual offerings with an LGBT focus. ■ Furburger GHQ, 4 Picardy Place, 0845 166 6024. 11pm–3am. £4 (£3). DJs Dejaybird, Funki Diva and Boy Toy provide aural stimulation for gay women and their closest friends. ■ Hot Mess Wee Red Bar, Edinburgh College of Art, Lauriston Place, 229 1442. 11pm–3am. £5 (£3). See panel.
Saturday 9 Edinburgh ■ Circus GHQ, 4 Picardy Place, 0845 166 6024. 9pm–3am. Free before 11pm; £5 after. Pop and dance tunes across two rooms from DJ Darren and Dowzer.
Sunday 10
Edinburgh FREE Mile High Club GHQ, 4 Picardy Place, 0845 166 6024. 11pm–3am. Take off with Head Stewardess Cilla Slack for a night of mid-air frolics in the cockpit. FREE Sunday Skool CC Blooms, 23–24 Greenside Place, 556 9331. 11pm–3am. Weekly 90s nostalgia-fest with DJ Shelle La Belle. Bar open from 9pm.
Monday 11 Glasgow FREE Passionality FHQ, 10 John Street, 0845 166 6037. 11pm–3am. Passion’s the fashion on a Monday with this night from TLC.
Tuesday 12
Edinburgh ■ Drama Hawke and Hunter, 12 Picardy Place, 557 0952. 10.30pm–3am. £4. Dirty pop remixes, electro and dance beats from this popular nationwide gay night – now with a weekly residency at Edinburgh’s most stylish club.
Wednesday 13 Edinburgh ■ Movida GHQ, 4 Picardy Place, 0845 166 6024. 10pm–3am. £6 (£5). Student night with DJ Karl.
Thursday 14 Glasgow FREE Glasgow Frontrunners The Arc, Glasgow Caledonian University, Cowcaddens Road, 331 8633. 6.45pm. See Thu 7.
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Hot Mess
PREVIEW NEW CLUB NIGHT HOT MESS Wee Red Bar, Edinburgh, Fri 8 Oct
After the demise of his first night, Club for Heroes, and having stepped down from a resident’s role at the Bongo’s Devil Disco Club, Edinburgh DJ Simonotron (aka Simon Eilbeck) is putting all his energy into a brand new bi- monthly date, Hot Mess. ‘It’s basically more queer than Club for Heroes,’ he says. ‘I’ve been inspired by clubs in Glasgow like R-P-Z, Menergy and Lock Up Your Daughters, they all play underground party music to people who are looking for something a bit different to the regular gay scene. And also, I was looking for an excuse to plaster posters of hot guys in their pants around Edinburgh.’ Describing the night as a non-exclusive one that’s ‘for queer kids and their
friends’, Eilbeck takes pride in the painstakingly constructed four-hour sets he plays, which can take up to 20 hours to create. ‘The gay club scene in Edinburgh’s quite musically conservative,’ he says. ‘If you’re not into chart pop, Lady Gaga or Glee, there isn’t much else on offer. So I’ll play the kind of music I want to hear when I go out: hi-NRG, acid house, disco, electro, Italo, that kind of stuff.’ Those who are familiar with Eilbeck’s work will realise that this is a
homecoming for him, ever since Club for Heroes left the Wee Red for the GRV. ‘I’ve realised over the last couple of years that this [the Wee Red] is my favourite club in Edinburgh,’ he says, pointing out that guests need to bring ID and sign themselves in. ‘It’s small, it holds about 150 people, it gets quite hot and sweaty. It’s intimate, but you can lose yourself in the dark corners. It’s a cliché, but I intend to take people on a journey in there, starting off with mellow stuff then getting a bit harder and faster before building up to the big climax, with people hopefully drenched in sweat and punching their fists in the air.’ (David Pollock)
Edinburgh FREE Art Therapy Group LGBT Centre for Health & Wellbeing, 9 Howe Street, 523 1100. 6pm–8pm. See Thu 7. FREE Pop du Jour CC Blooms, 23–24 Greenside Place, 556 9331. 8pm–3am. See Thu 7. Friday 15
Edinburgh ■ Kinky Disco GHQ, 4 Picardy Place, 0845 166 6024. 9pm–3am. Free before 11pm; £5 after. See Fri 8.
Saturday 16 Glasgow ■ Death Disco Glasgay! Special The Arches, 30 Midland Street, 565 1000. 11pm–4am. £14. Expect glitzy and deliciously dirty disco as this monthly orgy of anarchic electronic rock’n’roll comes to Glasgay! with only the bloomin’ legend that is Erol Alkan joining the line-up. Dress up for maximum effect. Half price tickets
available via www.deathdisco.info. Part of Glasgay! Edinburgh ■ Velvet Women’s Club Night Cabaret Voltaire, 36–38 Blair Street, 220 6176. 10.30pm–3am. £4 before 11pm; £6 (£5) after. Women’s club night with an inclusive LGBTI policy and some kickin’ tunes.
Sunday 17 Glasgow ■ Swinging Sunday Sparkler The Stand, 333 Woodlands Road, 0870 600 6055. 7.30pm. £6 (£5). Celebrating the best in gay and gay-friendly comedy are Zoe Lyons, Rebecca Donohue, Stephen Callaghan and your host Bruce Devlin. Part of Glasgay!
Edinburgh FREE Mile High Club GHQ, 4 Picardy Place, 0845 166 6024. 11pm–3am. See Sun 10. FREE Sunday Skool CC Blooms, 23–24 Greenside Place, 556 9331. 11pm–3am. See Sun 10.
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Monday 18 Glasgow FREE Passionality FHQ, 10 John Street, 0845 166 6037. 11pm–3am. See Mon 11.
Tuesday 19
Glasgow ■ Panic Patterns Citizens Theatre, 119 Gorbals Street, 429 0022. 7.30pm. £5 (preview). See feature, page 14. Part of Glasgay! ■ Up CCA, 350 Sauchiehall Street, 352 4900. 7.30pm. £8.50 (£6.50). Sharp and edgy drama about a young gay teacher and the thoughts that go through his mind as he attempts to recover from a mental breakdown. Part of Glasgay! FREE No Sex in Our City CCA, 350 Sauchiehall Street, 352 4900. 9pm. A debate about representations of the body, gender and sexuality. Part of Glasgay! Edinburgh ■ Cachín Cachán Cachunga! The Street, 2 Picardy Place, 556 4272. 7.30pm. £5 (£3). A queer and trans night of dance, film, poetry and music. ■ Drama Hawke and Hunter, 12 Picardy Place, 557 0952. 10.30pm–3am. £4. See Tue 12.
Wednesday 20
Glasgow ■ Chromotherapy The Arches, 253 Argyle Street, 565 1000. 7.30pm. £8.50 (£6.50). Drew Taylor’s flamboyant New York performance poet Markus Makavellian goes on a quest to help people using colour. Part of Glasgay! ■ Panic Patterns Citizens Theatre, 119 Gorbals Street, 429 0022. 7.30pm. £12.50 (£7.50–£9.50). See Tue 19. ■ Up CCA, 350 Sauchiehall Street, 352 4900. 7.30pm. £8.50 (£6.50). See Tue 19. Edinburgh FREE Gaycon 2010 Royal College Of Physicians, 9 Queen Street, www.gaycon.org. 9am–7pm. A free national conference on Gay Men’s Sexual Health and Wellbeing, which involves two days of discussions and events relating to HIV prevention, other sexual health issues and their political and legal ramifications. See website for registration.
Thursday 21
Glasgow FREE Hidden Gems Glasgow Women’s Library, 15 Berkeley Street, 248 9969. 6.30pm. Following the screening of Edie and Thea: a Very Long Engagement, a free talk on some rare and fascinating gems from the national lesbian archive including the magazines, books and other materials that Edie and Thea and other lesbians of the 1960s created and read. Part of Glasgay! FREE Glasgow Frontrunners The Arc, Glasgow Caledonian University, Cowcaddens Road, 331 8633. 6.45pm. See Thu 7. ■ Chromotherapy The Arches, 253 Argyle Street, 565 1000. 7.30pm. £8.50 (£6.50). See Wed 20. ■ Panic Patterns Citizens Theatre, 119 Gorbals Street, 429 0022. 7.30pm. £12.50 (£7.50–£9.50). See Tue 19. ■ Up CCA, 350 Sauchiehall Street, 352 4900. 7.30pm. £8.50 (£6.50). See Tue 19. Edinburgh FREE Gaycon 2010 Royal College Of Physicians, 9 Queen Street, www.gaycon.org. 8am–4pm. See Wed 20. FREE Pop du Jour CC Blooms, 23–24 Greenside Place, 556 9331. 8pm–3am. See Thu 7.
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