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SCOTLAND’S FIRST LICENSED SEX SHOPS ARE HERE FOR YOU! Drummond Street: Sun Noon-9pm, Mon-Sat 10am-9pm Easter Road: 7 days Noon-6pm Vast range of leather and rubber wear! New stock arriving every day! Also, cards, mags and all the sex toys you could want! GET YOUR DANGLY BITS HERE! 8b Drummond Street, Edinburgh EH8 9TU • Tel: 0131-557 9413 Also at 25 Easter Road, Edinburgh EH7 5PJ Tel: 0131-623 6969 Glasgow glaschu Criz Nikalis E-mail: criz@scotsgay.co.uk Let’s start with the news that Vivid Youth is one of the very few groups to be picked to open Parliament on Sat 30th Jun! A picnic will be held in the park opposite if you fancy a nibble. The group is going from strength to strength in the Centre on a Tue and Wed night, although there have been a few wee mumbles of discontent since the group split into smaller age-groups. Vivid made costumes for the recent West End festival, and were then seen at Pride. If you want to know more, pay a wee visit to their website lgbtyouth.org.uk OurStory Scotland has landed a major coup! They will be featured in the Kelvingrove for next year’s LGBT history month (Feb 2008). The next meeting is Thu 26th Jul at the Modern Art Museum. If you have anything you would like to contribute, then please come along! At the moment the group is looking for anything LGB and most of all T. The group had a great evening making masks on Fri 22nd Jun, and intend using some of the art work in the exhibitions. If you have anything to contribute, big or small, pop along. Truly this lot have done extraordinary things since forming back in 2001, a spirited voluntary group with everyone giving their time freely. It welcomes everyone, and includes all age ranges from teenage years to those that wee bit older! The Bears meeting in the Revolver is still going well but it is a wee bit small! Every second Fri the Bears meet at the Revolver, so calling all bears to join the group! And we still have Burly on Fri 6th July in the Arches with DJ Mishka. Bennets has a new night on Wed called ‘High Maintenance.’ They are also holding the ‘Mr Gay UK’ heat on Fri 29th Jun; this has become something of an event in the city and is always a laugh! I am pleased, however, to see more of a ‘burly’ feel in recent years rather than the pretty boy stuff. It’s a big scene – let’s make it a bit more diverse I say! And the Womens Library? I’m sure you heard about the ‘Heritage Walk’ on 9th and 23rd Jun: it was open to all and was very successful. Now they are hosting a planting workshop which is lead by Heidi Quinn (Wed 27th Jun at 2pm for 10 weeks). This workshop is to show you how to make and design a carpet! I’m so pleased that the move has been so successful and that they continue their wonderful and inspiring work. Always fresh and inventive, and has a way of grasping the imagination. Gay Men’s Health are having a re-launch and are interested in volunteers for their Glasgow office (Tel: 0141-552 0112). The group has been building its numbers recently, and as well as doing scene work they have future plans for saunas too. Paul Rydings’ work ‘Hard Pencil’ is still in the Arches till Tue 17th Jul; this is his second solo done specifically for the Arches Check out his website: paulryding.com Another must-see exhibition is Jimi Rae’s wonderful ‘Seed of Hope’ (19th Jul-14th Aug). This is a mixture of docu-style photography and portraiture, showing images taken in Nairobi in a recent trip with ‘Fair Trade’. Some images are harrowing, and others convey faces full of hope. Check out the web at jimirae.com for more information. These beautiful images touch the heart. Well, that’s me until our next time together! *denotes ScotsGay available BENNETS* 80-90 Glassford Street. Tel: 0141-552 5761. Tue, Thu-Sun 11.30pm-3am. Scotland's oldest gay disco. E-mail: manager@bennets.co.uk Web: bennetsnightclub.co.uk BURLY The Arches, 30 Midland Street. Infoline: 07930 357401. 10.30pm- 3am. Next event: Phone dor details. Designed to be cruisy. £10. E-mail: dv8scots@hotmail.com Web: dv8scots.co.uk BYBLOS NIGHTCLUB Unit Q, Merchant Square, 71 Albion Street. Tel: 0141-552 3895. Mon 11.30pm-3am. Passionality: New club night with DJ Shawn Roberts (Finalist in the Movida Corona DJ Competition). £3/£2. E-mail: passionality@tlcglasgow.co.uk Web: byblosglasgow.com myspace.com/byblosglasgow CCA* 350 Sauchiehall Street. Tel: 0141- 352 4900. Fax: 0141-332 3226. Café Tel: 0141-332 7959. Box Office: Mon 9am-5pm, Tue-Sat 9am-10pm. Gallery: Tue-Sat 11am-6pm. Café: Tue-Thu 9am-11pm, Fri-Sat 9am- Midnight. Bar: Tue-Wed Noon-11pm, Thu Noon-Midnight, Fri-Sat Noon- 1am. The Centre for Contemporary Arts. 6 performance & exhibition spaces, Café/Bar. E-mail: gen@cca-glasgow.com Web: cca-glasgow.com CLONE ZONE* 45 Virginia Street. Tel/Fax: 0141-553 2666. Sun 12.30-6.30pm, Mon-Sat 10.30am-7pm. Clothes, videos, magazines, toys. E-mail: admin@clonezone.co.uk Web: clonezone.co.uk COURT BAR* 69 Hutcheson Street. Tel: 0141-552 2463. Sun 12.30pm-Midnight, Mon- Sat 9am-Midnight. Intimate bar beside former Sheriff Court. Straight until mid-evening. CUBE 34 Queen Street. Tel: 0141-226 8990. Tue 11.30pm-3am. FunClub with DJ Shazza Halliwell. Various drinks promos. Entry £3. E-mail: funclub@tlcglasgow.co.uk Web: cubeglasgow.co.uk CYBER* Unit 3, King's Court, 107 King Street. Tel: 0141-553 0942. Sun Noon- 5.30pm, Mon-Sat 10am-6pm. Alternative clothing specialising in corsetry. E-mail: info@cyber-clothing.com Web: cyber-clothing.com DELMONICA'S BAR* 68 Virginia Street. Tel: 0141-552 4803. Noon-Midnight. DJs nightly from 9pm. Thu: Quiz. Sun: Karaoke. E-mail: delmonicas@g1group.co.uk Web: g1group.co.uk THE GARAGE* 5-10 Metropole Lane. Tel: 0141-552 5502. Mon-Sun Noon-3am. Glasgow's Men's Health and Leisure Club. With 200+ lockers, 25 man spa pool, 20 man steam room, 20 man dry sauna, 14 rest rooms, sling room, tea & coffee bar, free internet access and TV lounge. Entry £12 (£10 concession), after 1.30am Fri- Sat £8. Web: garage-glasgow.com GLASGOW LGBT CENTRE (GGLC) 84 Bell Street. Tel: 0141-552 4958. Sun 1pm-Midnight, Mon-Sat 11am- Midnight. Welcomes lesbians, gay men, bisexuals and transgendered. Services include: Café Bar, Info Box, Health Info, Interest Groups, Free Newspapers (but not ScotsGay - which has "inappropriate sexual content"), Diary of Events, Reading Room, Function space for hire. Houses 18 user groups and organisations. Fully wheelchair accessible venue. E-mail: admin1@glgbt.org.uk Web: glgbt.org.uk THE LANE 60 Robertson Street Lane (off Argyle Street). Irregular hours. Sauna with private cabins. Not very busy. M.E.D. 84 Bell Street. Tel: 0141-552 9876. Sun 1pm-Midnight, Mon-Sat 11am- Midnight. Café at the new LGBT Centre. M.E.D. stands for Meet Eat Drink. Web: medcafebar.co.uk MERCHANT PRIDE* 20 Candleriggs. Tel: 0141-564 1285. Sun 12.30pm-Midnight, Mon-Fri 4pm-Midnight, Sat Noon-Midnight. Upmarket bar in the heart of the Merchant City. Regular cabaret, karaoke and disco. MODA* 58 Virginia Street. Tel: 0141-553 2553. Mon-Thu 5pm-1am, Fri-Sun 5pm-3am. Fashionable pub/club. Web: g1group.co.uk THE POLO LOUNGE* 84 Wilson Street. Tel: 0141-553 1221. Mon-Thu 5pm-1am, Fri-Sun 5pm-3am. Long established pub/club. Young crowd. Polo Club (downstairs dancefloor) open Fri- Sun, £5 after 11pm. Taste: new midweek night open every Wed 9pm- 3am (Free entry all night - £1 all drinks). E-mail: polo@g1group.co.uk Web: g1group.co.uk Q! GALLERY* 87-91 Saltmarket. Tel/Fax: 0141-552 7575. Text: 07762 722460. Mon-Sat 11am-5pm. Glasgay's year-round gallery dedicated to queer art and artists. The Stud!o is an adjacent performance/research/workshop and holistic arts space. E-mail: info@glasgay.co.uk Web: glasgay.co.uk RELAX CENTRAL* 3rd Floor, 27 Union Street. Tel: 0141- 221 0415. Mon-Sat 11.30am-10pm. Established gay sauna. Fully licensed by Glasgow City Council. Entry £8. E-mail: info@relaxcentral.co.uk Web: relaxcentral.co.uk REVOLVER BAR* 6a John Street. Tel: 0141-553 2456. Mon-Fri Noon-Midnight, Sat-Sun 1pm-Midnight. A refreshing antidote to the current gay scene. Pool table, state of the art free jukebox (with over 8,000 tracks on it), reasonably priced drinks, good quality service, no karaoke. Quiz: Tue eve. SCHWARTZ* 1-3 Bridge Street. Tel: 0845 4562310 or 0141-429 5764. Sun-Thu Noon- 11pm, Fri-Sat Noon-6am. Previously Club Eros, Glasgow's oldest licenced sauna & gym for gay and bi men set over three floors. Licensed bar. Entry from £9. Free Sunday breakfasts. E-mail: schwartz.glasgow@yahoo.co.uk Web: schwartzglasgow.co.uk SILKS AND SECRETS* 308 Argyle Street. Tel: 0141-572 1017. Fax: 0141-221 0959. Sun Noon-5pm, Mon-Sat 10am-6pm. Clothes and toys catering for gay, transvestite and fetish tastes. Larger sizes stocked. TRON THEATRE CAFÉ BAR* Chisholm Street. Tel: 0141-552 8587. Fax: 0141-552 6657. Sun 11am-Late, Mon-Sat 10am-Late. Friendly theatre bar. Mixed. Good food. Web: tron.co.uk THE TUNNEL 84 Mitchell Street. Tel: 0141-204 1000. Wed-Thu 11.30pm-3am. Wed: Allure with DJ Darren. Claims to be Glasgow’s Busiest Mid-week Night out! Entry £3. Thu: Kinkypinky with DJs Darren and Shawn Roberts. New Gay Thu night out in Scotland’s only Super Club. Entry £4/£3. E-mail: allure@tlcglasgow.co.uk and E-mail: kinkypinky@tlcglasgow.co.uk Web: tunnelglasgow.co.uk UTTER GUTTER Classic Grand, 18 Jamaica Street. Tel: 0141-248 1102. 10.30pm-3am. Second Sat of each month (excepet Jul & Aug). Next date: Sat 8th Sep. New venue for Glasgow's only alternative queer night in Glasgow that sticks two fingers up at the mainstream scene. £10. E-mail: uttergutter@hotmail.com Web: uttergutter.com myspace.com/utterlygutted VIOLATE PO Box 808, Glasgow. G71 7YN. Violate Club Line: 09099 108174 (60p per min at all times) or 07939 723387. BDSM and general pervery. Operates in Glasgow and Edinburgh. Runs regular clubs at the Big Joint in South Street, Glasgow on the first Sat of each month. Also holds special one off clubs called UltraViolate roughly every 3 months. E-mail: info@violate.co.uk Web: violate.co.uk THE WATERLOO* 306 Argyle Street. Tel: 0141-229 5891. Sun 12.30pm-Midnight, Mon- Sat Noon-Midnight. Semper idem! Popular, crowded, down to earth drinking shop. Scotland's oldest gay bar - what more can we say? Busy, busy, busy! Awarded the Beti Hutton seal of approval. E-mail: info@waterloobar.co.uk Web: waterloobar.co.uk 22 ScotsGay ScotsGay 23
Edinburgh dùn eideann Jodie Fleming E-mail: jodie@scotsgay.co.uk What a fantastic Pride we were lucky to enjoy! I felt so proud and honoured to be a part of it. The speakers were a great motivation prior to marching, and particularly poignant was the reference to how many of our fellow LGBT people in other countries were not afforded the luxury of being able to safely march. Onto Pilrig Park, and the Pride Committee really did us proud. So many tents with a variety of stalls, demonstrating just how diverse our community has become. The beer tent was fantastic, and of course best of all – so many toilets. I was sooooo relieved! CC Blooms have to be awarded some kind of ‘best dressed venue’ prize for their amazing display for Pride weekend! They’d erected an impressive marquee-like structure around their entrance, with hundreds of bright rainbow coloured balloons. Deep Blue’s weekly women’s night, Blue Mondays, is going down a treat so far, with resident DJs Random and Leatherface plus guests entertaining the ladies. This is of course a spin-off from the Mother of all women’s nights, Velvet, which is hosted 3rd Sat of the month at Studio 24. Always going one better than last time, Velvet have become renowned for their fantastic entertainment which keeps them one step ahead of the competition biting at their heels, and July will not disappoint! On 21st Jul, Velvet are holding a Drag King Workshop, with top tips and demos on how we women can drag it up just as good as the boys! This month sees the start of another new club night, Scum, held at the Claremont Bar on the last Thu of the month (26th Jul). From 9pm til late, DJs Calvin, Leatherface (Velvet, Blue Mondays) and guests will be spinning the best of old and new punk, rock and metal classics. And a big woot woot to the verrrry sexy foot worship flyer! LGBT Youth were a big presence at Pride, both during the march with their attractive banner and later on at Pilrig Park. There were all sorts of fun activities going on inside the Youth Tent, including face painting. Not to mention the ‘Petting Corner’ – now I’m sure I wasn’t the only one to stifle a chuckle over this!! LGBT Youth recruited new members to Fusion, who meet weekly and are involved in a variety of different projects and activities. The LGBT Centre for Health & Wellbeing used Pride as a launching pad for their exciting new ‘Your Mind Matters’ programme of mental health workshops and seminars, all free and intending to raise awareness and provide skills in self esteem and exploration of recovery. Subjects include Managing Conflict & Stressful Situations, Crisis Planning, Talking About Self Harm, Food & Mood, Suicide, Safer Sex and Spirituality. With such an abundance of topics, there is sure to be something to suit you! This exciting programme will run from Sep til Dec ’07 – for more info check out www.lgbtmindmatters.org.uk. Also launched by the LGBT Centre for Health & Wellbeing was the re-vamped version of their newsletter, Village Voices, in a trendy new magazine format. This new community mag features up to date news, events and a group directory. A big well done to all the volunteers involved, and in particular Johanna the laptop genius, for her motivation and dedication to the cause! And lastly, the Metropolitan Community Church are raising awareness of their worldwide movement of LGBT churches. A place to explore spirituality, faith and justice, check them out at the Augustine United Church on George IV Bridge every Sun at the very convenient time of 6pm… it won’t interfere with Sat night’s hangover!! THE AULD HOOSE* 23-25 St Leonards Street. Tel: 0131- 668 2934. Sun 12.30pm-1am, Mon- Sat 11.30am-1am. Everybodyfriendly bar. Real ale. Food served: Mon-Sat 11.30am-9.30pm, Sun 12.30-8pm. BLACK BO'S 57/61 Blackfriars Street. Tel: 0131- 557 6136. Mon-Thu 6-10pm, Fri-Sat Noon-2pm & 6-10.30pm. Superb little vegetarian restaurant. Friendly staff. Mixed clientele. BLUE MOON CAFÉ* 1 Barony Street/36 Broughton Street. Tel: 0131-556 2788 (Bar) or 0131- 557 0911 (Office). Sat-Sun 10am- 11pm, Mon-Fri 11am-11pm. Food served until 10pm. Popular LGBT café. Web: bluemooncafe.co.uk BOBBIE'S BOOKSHOP* 220 Morrison Street. Tel: 0131-538 7069. Mon-Sat 10am-1pm, 2- 5.30pm. Mixed bookshop selling a selection of UK and imported gay magazines. BOOTY Medina Nightclub (Under Negociants), 45-47 Lothian Street. Info Line: 07736 936650. Sun 11pm- 3am. "It's our duty to please your booty". DJ Dale Lush and guests. Club Classics, Funky House, Soulful House, US Garage, Old Skool House, Hip Hop, R&B, UK Garage and Retro. £3 entry. E-mail: dale@lushmarketing.com Web: club-booty.com C.C. BLOOM'S* 23-24 Greenside Place. Tel: 0131- 556 9331. Sun 7pm-3am, Mon-Thu 6pm-3am, Fri-Sat 6pm-3am. Two funky floors! DJ Shazza v DJ Blondie on Sat. Disco every night from 11pm. E-mail: enquiries@ccsnightclub.co.uk Web: ccblooms.com CLAREMONT BAR & RESTAURANT* 133/135 East Claremont Street. Tel: 0131-556 5662. Fax: 0131-558 3539. Bar: Sun 12.30pm-1am, Mon-Sat 11am-1am. Restaurant: Sun 12.30pm-6pm, Mon-Sat 11.30am- 2.30pm and 6-10pm. "The Claremont is one of the most relaxed attitude bars in the city and has a policy that the customer always comes first." Renowned for courtesy, comfort and good food. Male only: Fri night from 10pm, plus 1st 2nd & 3rd Sat of each month from 9pm, (incorporating Bears, MSC Scotland, Leather, Rubber, Skins, Kilts, Camouflage, Fetish, etc). 4th Sat of each month: Stunners (adult fetish group) - strict dress code (no street wear), £5 entry, great music by DJ Mel. 5th Sat (where applicable): Ab Drag for all TVs, Transgender, Cross Dressers and admirers. Sun: mixed chill out evening, before those Mon blues set in. E-mail: mail@claremontbar.co.uk Web: claremontbar.co.uk DEEP BLUE* 1 Barony Street. Tel: 0131-556 2788 (Bar) or 0131-557 0911 (Office). 4- 11pm. Friendly gay basement bar. Unobtrusive music - great for talking to people. Regular drinks promos. New Women's Night every Monday launching on Mon 28th May 8pm- 1am Velvet's Deep Blue Mondays with Velvet's DJ Random playing unobtrusive music. Web: bluemooncafe.co.uk DV8 Spiders Web Basement, 258 Morrison Street. Tel: 0131-228 1949. 8pm-1am. Monthly. Next dates: Fri 29th Jun, Fri 27th Jul. Fetish club with strict fetish code door policy (although they do allow smart black dresswear). People of all genders and sexualities are invited to come along and enjoy the friendly atmosphere in the company of Footman John and his team. E-mail: saltire28@yahoo.co.uk Web: http://dv8fetishclub.co.uk EDINBURGH LGBT CENTRE* 58a and 60 Broughton Street. Houses Sala Café-Bar, Pride Scotia (Edinburgh) and Fitlads. Provides meeting and noticeboard space for many LGBT organisations. Free WiFi Internet access FEVER eGo, 14 Picardy Place. Tel: 0131-478 7434. Info Line: 0131-557 4656. 11pm-3am. Monthly. Next dates: Sat 21st Jul, Sat 18th Aug, Sat 15th Sep. Taste's monthly night featuring Taste resident DJs Fisher & Price and Martin Valentine in the ballroom and The Visitor and Kaupuss playing pophouseelectrodisconewwaveglam (basically anything goes) in the Cocteau Lounge. Pre-club party at The Street from 10pm with DJs Miss Chris and Mikey Dowser. Ask them for discount passes. £8 Members/£10 - Taste members £5 before 11.15pm. Web: taste-clubs.com FRENCHIES BAR* 89 Rose Street Lane North. Tel: 0131-225 7651. Sun 2pm-1am, Mon- Sat 1pm-1am. Vibrant gay bar (Edinburgh's oldest) in the heart of Rose Street. Happy Hour 6-8pm. FUR-BURGER Twist Basement Club, 26B Dublin Street. Tel: 0131-538 7775. 10pm- 2am. 2nd Fri of each month. Next date: Fri 13th Jul. Rhythmic pulses from the girls your mother warned you about! Aural stimulation from The Funki Diva, DejayBird, Boy Toy and Debi T. Selected Drink Promos! Wear good shoes, bring beautiful people. £4 entry. HABANA* 22 Greenside Place. Tel: 0131-558 1270. Sun 12.30pm-1am, Mon-Sat Noon-1am. Friendly pre-club bar popular with locals and visitors. Regular promotions and weekly entertainment with free WiFi Internet access. E-mail: cafehabanaEH1@mac.com Web: cafehabanaEH1.com LEATHER AND LACE* 8 Drummond Street. Tel: 0131-557 9413. Fax: 0131-557 8336. Sun Noon-9pm, Mon-Sat 10am-9pm. 25 Easter Road. Tel: 0131-623 6969. Noon-6pm. Scotland's ORIGINAL licenced SEX shops! Toys galore, video rental too! Larger sizes stocked. LUVELY The Liquid Room, 9c Victoria Street. Tel: 0131-225 2564. Info Line: 0131- 657 4633. 10.30pm-3am. 1st Sat of each month. Next dates: Sat 7th Jul, Sat 4th Aug, Sat 1st Sep. Mega club night with resident DJs Tommy Kay, Dean Newton, Grum Stone, and Jon Edwards. Web: luvely.com MINGIN' Downstairs at Studio 24, 24 Calton Road. Tel: 0131-558 3758. Info Line: 0131-661 8198. 11pm-3am. Every four weeks. Next date: Fri Fri 29th Jun. Dark sexy dirty house club featuring Alan JOY and Brian Dempster. No EIGHTEEN* 18 Albert Place, Leith Walk. Tel: 0131-553 3222. Mon-Thu Noon- 10pm, Fri-Sun Noon-11pm. The UK's first VAT registered gay sauna! Relaxed and friendly atmosphere with excellent facilities which include large sauna cabin, 14-man steam room, private rooms, communal and private showers, themed rooms, video area and TV lounge. Hot and cold refreshments available. £10 (£8 concessions). Manager's special: admission £5 after 8pm. ON REQUEST eGo, 14 Picardy Place. Tel: 0131-478 7434. 11pm-3am. 3rd Thu of each month. "Str8 friendly" club night. Cheap and fun just like the people. Drinks promos all night. Entry £3. E-mail: buftys@on-request.co.uk Web: on-request.co.uk/ PLANET OUT* 6 Baxter's Place. Tel: 0131-556 5551. 4pm-1am. Popular and busy gay bar with friendly staff. Live music Sun eve. Quiz night and drink promotions Mon. Drink promotions until 9pm Tue-Sun. E-mail: planetout@btinternet.com THE PLAYGIRL MANSIONS Lulu, underneath Tigerlily, 125 George Street. Tel: 0131-225 5005. Sun 10am-3am. Music policy: Laid back Lounge, funk soul sisters and 'Guilty Pleasures'! Sophisticated, upfront and classic house music, Sexy Studio 54. Ending with Electro disco boogie (Underground NYC vibe!). Q-STORE* 5 Barony Street. Tel/Fax: 0131-477 4756. Sun 1-5pm, Mon-Fri 11am- 7pm, Sat 11am-6pm. Scotland's only licensed gay store. Not just feelthy pictures - lifestyle too! Now with added girl interest. THE REGENT* 2 Montrose Terrace. Tel: 0131-661 8198. Sun 12.30pm-1am, Mon-Sat 11am-1am. Relaxed atmosphere & comfortable surroundings. No loud popular noise makes it easy for chatting. Real ales (the pub has been listed in the CAMRA Good Beer Guide two years running - the first Scottish gay bar to be included). Soup, snacks and filled croissants available all day. Free WiFi Internet access. CAMRA's Lesbian & Gay Real Ale Drinkers meet here on the 1st Mon of the month at 8pm (ex Aug - 2nd Mon to avoid GBBF). Web: lagrad-edinburgh.org.uk SALA CAFÉ-BAR* 60 Broughton Street. Tel: 0131-556 5758. Sun-Thu 11am-11pm, Fri-Sat 11am-1am. Spanish tapas bar above Edinburgh LGBT Centre. Real ale. Free WiFi sponsored by ScotsGay. E-mail: hola@salacafe.es Web: salacafe.es SOLAS CAFÉ* 2/4 Abbeymount. Tel: 0131-661 0982. Mon-Fri 8.30am-3.30pm. Attached to Solas HIV/AIDS Information Centre. Good home cooking (everything cooked on the premises). Vegetarians and carnivores catered for. STEAMWORKS* 5 Broughton Market. Tel: 0131-477 3567. Daily 11am-11pm. Stylish sauna forming part of busy gay hotel & sauna complex in centre of gay quarter. State-of-the-art facilities including large spa pool, sauna cabin, large steam room, video room, labyrinth with themed areas, café lounge, free Internet access, tanning booth. Massage available daily. Choice of lockers or private cabins. Admission: Lockers £5, Cabins £10 before 2pm. Lockers £10, Cabins £15 at all other times. Students & under 25 £5 lockers all day, every day! No membership required. Proudly gay owned. Web: steamworks-sauna.co.uk THE STREET* 2 Picardy Place. Tel: 0131-556 4272. Sun 12.30pm-1am. Mon-Fri 4pm- 1am, Sat Noon-1am. Small but perfectly formed bar run by Louise, Annie and Trendy Wendy. Happy hours Mon-Fri 4-8pm (2 for 1 on cocktails every Mon). Heated outdoor smoking area. Food: Tasty wee bites, nibbles, burgers, pizzas and specials daily until 9pm. Snack menu and hot drinks available Sun- Thu until Midnight. Tue: "Student Street" - Loads of student drink promos when you show your student card. DJ LL Honky Tonk. Wed: 9pm "Win big prizes" @ Harry Ainsworths (Snatch social) pub quiz. First Thu of each month: "BORN TO BE WIDE" Web: borntobewide.co.uk (More coming to Thu soon). Fri: "Dancing in the street" with DJ Trendy Wendy. Sat: "Quality Street" with rotating resident DJs (Fever Pre-club, Danny Tennant, Betty Ford and Sheila's Wheels). TASTE Cabaret Voltaire, 36 Blair Street. Tel: 0131-220 6176. Info Line: 0131-557 4656. Sun 11pm-3am. Edinburgh's original and longest running LGBTfriendly club night that brings together like-minded people who enjoy a club environment free from hassle and bad attitudes and for whom sexuality is not an issue. Taste's resident DJs Fisher & Price play an eclectic mix of the best underground dance music currently available. Miss Chris warms up the main room and Martin Valentine plays US and global house in the Back Room. Sun 1st Jul: 13th Birthday with Simon & Shaker (Madrid - UK Début) with Fisher & Price and Martin Valentine, Miss Chris, Marco Smith and Dave Begg. £6 Members/£8 Guests. £5 before 11.30pm. Drink promos all night. Web: taste-clubs.com TRASHED Cruz (The Boat) 14 The Shore, Leith. Tel: 0131-553 6600. 10pm-3am. Next date: Sat 11th Aug (Summer Boat Party). New monthly LGBT club night aboard a boat! Exclusive new venue and music policy with Pop Trash Room at ground level and House Electro Trash Room below sea level. Resident DJs: Jon Pleased Wimmin &Morgan, Lick It, Slim Boy Fat and Miss Tits feature with guest DJ's on rotation. Entry £6 (Aug £8). Web: thecruz.co.uk trashedclub.com myspace.com/trashedclub TWIST* 26B Dublin Street. Tel: 0131-538 7775. Fax: 0131-539 1132. Sun 12.30pm-1am, Mon-Thu Noon-1am, Fri-Sat Noon-2am. Food: Mon-Sat Noon-3pm. Sun 12.30-4pm. Formerly the Newtown Bar. Drinks Promotions Daily. Downstairs: The clubby Disco Bar is open Fri-Sat with resident DJ from 10pm-2am. Full Scottish breakfasts on Sun. Free WiFi. E-mail: info@bar-twist.co.uk Web: bar-twist.co.uk.co.uk UTTER GUTTER (EDINBURGH) Studio 24, 24 Calton Road. Tel: 0131-558 3758. 10.30pm-3am. Next date: Not until Sep. Glasgow's sellout alternative queer club Utter Gutter has unleashed its party monster on the Edinburgh club scene. Spunking hot sticky tunes into your tight little earholes all night long. £6. E-mail: uttergutter@hotmail.com Web: uttergutter.com myspace.com/utterlygutted VELVET'S DEEP BLUE MONDAYS* Deep Blue, 1 Barony Street. (Below The Blue Moon Café) Tel: 0131-556 2788 (Bar) or 0131-557 0911 (Office). Mon 8pm-1am. New Women's Night every Mon with Velvet's DJ Random playing unobtrusive music. A great chance to meet up with the girls to chat, have a nibble or a wee dance if the mood takes you! Regular drinks promos. E-mail: clubvelvet@blueyonder.co.uk Web: myspace.com/clubvelvet bluemooncafe.co.uk VELVET WOMEN'S CLUB NIGHT Top Floor, Studio 24, 24 Calton Road. Tel: 0131-558 3758. 10.30pm-3am. 3rd Sat of each month. Next dates: Sat 21st Jul, Sat 18th Aug. For gay girlies. Eclectic & uplifting genre spanning! DJs Random & Leatherface. Live performers. £6/£5 conc with ID. £4 before 11pm. Drinks promos £1.50 before 1am. Velvet's Deep Blue Mondays weekly at Deep Blue with DJ Random. E-mail: clubvelvet@blueyonder.co.uk Web: myspace.com/clubvelvet VIBE* eGo, 14 Picardy Place. Tel: 0131-478 7434. Tue 11pm-3am. All the normal madness from DJ Spyke, James Longworth and r'n'b guests. Superpopular gay night. £1 drinks promos all night. £3 before Midnight/£4 after. E-mail: info@jameslongworth.com Web: jameslongworth.com *denotes ScotsGay available 24 ScotsGay ScotsGay 25
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