ScotsGay Issue 107 - ScotsGay Magazine

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Café Habana are hosting a whole weekend of
Hallowe’en mayhem from Fri 29th Oct to Sat 31st
Oct. As always they have gone all out with the
decs, themed drinks and cabaret. Their ghoulish
weekend culimates in a charity fundraiser on Sun
30th Oct from 6pm, for local charity LGBT Youth
Scotland – so dig deep folks! Carrying on their
reputation as our scene’s biggest charity donators,
the tomfoolery includes karaoke, cabaret, prizes
for the best-dressed and of course a fantastic
raffle! Get down to this amazing night and also
grab the chance to chat with some of LGBT Youth
Scotland’s finest volunteers and staff. Habs have
also launched a new quiz night, every Mon night
from 9pm. Their first quiz saw Miss Coco Chanel
hosting this night of brain teasing, and at only £1
to enter the prize was £100 cash.
Big news this Hallowe’en is the
announcement of a surprise Tackno event! A
fantastic night of cheesy entertainment that just
keeps coming. Tackno will be taking over Elbow
Edinburgh on Sun 31st Oct from 10pm for a
Haunted House party!!! Publicity materials say it’s
taking place at the Ghillie Dhu, but some fool there
double booked. They will be transforming the place
into a Hammer House of Horrors! Join DJ Trendy
Wendy for spine-chillingly cheesy tunes... And
dress to distress with Fancy ‘fearless’ Nancy and
the ghostesses with the mostess! They sure do
know how to throw a themed party. Plus all your
Tackno favourites... prizes, performances and
plenty of surprises!!! They have applied for a 3am
license. Entry is FREE, but it’s a charity fundraiser
so donations are suggested. Other news at Elbow
is that they will be having live music every first Fri
of the month from The Hanley Tree.
Planet too are hosting a BIG Hallowe’en
weekend. The party kicks off with Deejay Bird on
Fri 29th Oct from 9pm and Dj Daz Glas on Sat 30th
Oct. The staff and bar will be fully dressed to
impress in Wizard of Oz theme, so come along and
check out all your favourite characters - including
the luscious Miss Cilla serving on Sat night as
Dorothy! On Sun 31st Oct, Cilla, Daz and Lala will
be hosting an evening of games, prizes and drinks
promos from 8pm. They are the official pre-club
party destination before you all head to GHQ for
the spooky goings on there all weekend!! With free
passes for Fri and Sat as usual.
Down at GHQ, their Hallowe’en weekend kicks
off with Gory Hole on Fri 29th Oct from 9pm-3am,
with Miss Cilla Slack and DJ Michelle. Show them
your trick and they will give you a musical treat!
Entry is free, and £4 after 11pm. Sat 30th Oct is
Ass-ylum, where DJ Darren & Dowzer prepare to
scare at the hottest Hallowe’en party in town.
Dress to impress… there will be cameras for all
you poseurs!! And on Sun 31st Oct, the huge
Monsters Ball from 11pm-3am, with Lady Gaga
Live! Shake your disco stick with a stunning cover
performance of the Gaga’s biggest tracks. And
don’t miss Shockolady who will also be live on
stage! And with free entry for all you ‘little
monsters’ in costume, there’s no excuse to avoid
this monster bash!
Spoiling you even further for choice is
Priscillas, famed for their cabaret, cocktails and
inventive games and mayhem. They have the
awesome Miss Scarlet Diamonte bringing the
scare into your Sat, on 30 th Oct - be afraid, be very
afraid! She has a brand new show for you. With a
prize to be won for Best Dressed, fun, games,
drinks in buckets and vases, this is the place to be!
Priscillas also have a ton of other stuff on
offer, including Sound As A Pound Drink Promos,
Mon features a Quiz AND Prove It Talent Night,
with free food and DJ Lynnie, Thu is Karaoke, Fri
and Sat are DJs/Cabaret and Sun more Karaoke.
And for all you saddos that can’t bear to miss the
X-factor, Priscillas is showing it live every Sat and
Sun!
Drama has astonishingly exploded onto the
scene, with their fab weekly themed nights. And
Nov holds lots more in store! Held at Hawke &
Hunter every Tue, 11pm-3am, they also feature the
best drinks promos with a fab range of cocktails
and they also have a luxury garden for all you dirty
smokers. If you want to get on the guest list or
reserve a table, email E-mail:
SABRINA@ilovedrama.co.uk
Alan Joy is continuing the re-release of his
old JOY mixes. Coming this month are the Sep,
Oct and Nov mixes from 1995 – 15 years since
their original release! Every month’s release
contains two CDs, mirroring the fact that the mixes
were made for both sides of a cassette. Retro
meets modern! Love it. Copies of these awesome
bangin’ mixes from this legendary DJ are available
at The Regent and Café Nom De Plum – a steal
for only £5. And all proceeds go to Hotscots FC,
Edinburgh’s gay friendly football team.
So, as most of you know, Ich liebe Roller
Derby, and if you do too you should get yourselves
out to the next bout hosted by the Auld Reekie
Roller Girls! Held on Sat 20th Nov, 2-5pm at
JodieFleming-Stanley
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Meadowbank, ARRG’s Twisted Thistles take on the
Berlin Bombshells, fresh from Berlin! Hold on to
your lederhosen! This game promises to display
some fantastic European derby. Doors open at
2pm, action starts at 2:.30pm. Tickets are £7 in
advance from www.arrg.co.uk or from your local
roller girl! £8 on the door and under 14’s get in for
free. Auf Wiedersehen derby fans!
Another wee mention of Electrosexual at CC
Blooms, which has been rammed with the most
up for it crowds ever! The next night is Fri 5th Nov,
a Guy Fawkes Special – and my spies tell me the
powers that be are looking at having an amazing
indoor fireworks and pyrotechnics display! A first
for our scene!! There’s nothing they won’t try!!
Next Electrosexual date after that is Fri 3rd Dec,
with DJ Lucky on the decks with newcomer DJ
KRN.
More news, and the Newtown Bar Quiz
Nights return! Every second Thu, with the next
date being Thu 4th Nov. The Caledonian Thebans
are hosting their Rugby Clinic there too, Fri 29th -
Sun 31st Oct, where fellow gay teams from around
the world converge on Edinburgh for games,
practice and general merriment! The SRU also
come along to help out and as always new
members and supporters are welcome. The folks
at the Newtown would also like to give a huge
thank you to BearScots for their huuuuuuge
ScotsBearFest event that we mentioned last
month. More than 300 Bears were in town for the
event, with their homebase at the Newtown. Also
a shout about MSC events, which continue
monthly every 3rd Sat of the month, with an
Underwear Afternoon the next day. And those
awesome chefs are still serving up the best
Sunday Brunch and Roasts, proving very popular.
Bearsparty is the best value men-only dance
night in the country, free to get in – and with the
cheap drinks promos, there’s nae excuse not to
throw a wee something into the bucket provided
for Waverley Care. Bearsparty events for Nov will
be held on Fri 26th Nov at Studio 24, with 4 hours
of the best dance music around. On Sat 6 th Nov
they are hosting the Charity Scottish Premiere
Screening of the hot funny new bear film BEAR
CITY at the Edinburgh Film Guild Room. Tickets
are £5, with all monies raised going Waverley
Care. They are now up to just over £600 toward
their target of rising £1,000 by Xmas!!! Bear City
is a romantic comedy, set against the hurly burly
of New York City nightlife during a big bear party
weekend of lust, love, and life. There will also be a
draw for a DVD copy and signed poster, one free
raffle ticket with each cinema ticket which can be
booked though the Bearsparty facebook page.
Numbers are limited so check out the trailer at
http://www.bearcitythemovie.com/ and get your
place booked!!
Club Velvet for the ladies (and accompanying
male friends) has quickly become a scene favourite
once again. Settling nicely into their new location
at The Speakeasy, next date is Sat 20th Nov from
10.30pm. Also for the ladies, this month’s
Furburger is on in the back room at GHQ on Fri
12th Nov.
A sad moment now, with the mention of the
very sad passing of Scottie – very popular barman
and DJ at the Newtown Bar. He passed away
whilst on his holiday in Spain.
Scott McLaren first appeared on the scene in
April 1994, when QT’s (now The Street) opened its
doors in a previous straight bar. Over the years
Scottie was a familiar face on the scene and in
2007 he took up residence in the New Town Barnot
only organising its music and entertainment
(supplied by his own unique production company,
Spliffdog Music), but working behind the bar. A
unique person in pub circles, Scottie knew almost
every customer not only by drink, but by name,
with many a punter having a drink ready in the
time they made it from the door to the bar counter.
Over the last 3 years, Scottie worked tirelessly
through the New Town for their favourite charity
Waverley Care. Every Sunday during the Fringe,
Scottie ran the FUNdraiser cabaret showcases,
along with Scott Agnew, coercing and cajoling top
names, the likes of Stephen K Amos and Jo
Caulfield to give their time and energy FREE and to
appear in the NTB for Waverley. Over the last three
years more than £5k has been raised by these
events. Scott died suddenly in hospital in Alicante,
Spain on 30th Sep, aged 47, after taking ill on
holiday in Benidorm - ironically a holiday to help
him recover from the stresses of a hugely busy
Festival and Fringe. His funeral took place at
Warriston Crematorium on Wed 13th Oct and his
life was celebrated by more than 200 family and
friends. After the service everyone retired to the
Newtown Bar to be joined by more of his friends. A
special memorial event will be held in the near
future, in Scott’s name - rumour has it that
Topping and Butch have offered to headline a
special fundraising event in Scottie’s name. Watch
this space for details. Scott will be sorely missed
by his colleagues in the NTB and by his son David,
his mother and family. (Many kind thanks to
Jimmy from the Newtown for this moving tribute)
10th ANNivErsAry!
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Edinburgh Bear Weekend: Bears in the Basement@The New Town Bar, 2nd Saturday of the month
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