venues
Sydney’s gay saunas to finally reopen next week after unfair delay
Sex on premises venues in New South Wales can finally reopen next week but Sydney’s gay saunas have accused NSW Health of unfair treatment. On Tuesday, NSW Premier Dominic Perrottet brought forward the easing of a raft of restrictions for vaccinated people from December 1 to Monday, November 8. He said this is because the …
A brand new gay bar just opened on the Gold Coast
A new gay bar has opened on Queensland’s Gold Coast to give the region’s “disconnected” LGBTIQ+ community a much-needed place to meet. Owner Dan Duncan celebrated the opening of the new Chameleon Lounge Bar in Broadbeach last week. He hopes it becomes a meeting place for the “scattered” community to feel safe and included, after …
Sydney gay venue ARQ Nightclub goes up for sale
The building housing iconic Sydney gay venue ARQ Nightclub and its neighbours is up for sale for the first time in three decades. Owner Shadd Danesi has owned the inner-city Darlinghurst property for 30 years. He opened ARQ Nightclub in August 1999. In 2019, the nightclub celebrated its 20th anniversary. Last year, ARQ sadly had …
Dragtastic fundraiser in Brisbane for World’s Greatest Shave
A Brisbane local has signed up for the World’s Greatest Shave, and her drag queen friends are pitching in to help fundraise for the important cause. The long-running annual event by the Leukaemia Foundation raises money to support those diagnosed with blood cancer. More than 50 Australians are diagnosed each day with leukaemia, lymphoma, myeloma …
Drag Race UK queens caught up in bomb scare at gay nightclub
A group of RuPaul’s Drag Race UK stars were evacuated from London’s Heaven nightclub this week after a “sick individual” made a hoax bomb threat. The Vivienne, Tia Kofi, Veronica Green and their drag sister Shania Pain were rehearsing for a new tour at the venue on Monday (May 3). Then police arrived and ordered …
Queer venues issue apologies after drag queen blackface scandal
Two LGBTIQ venues in Western Australia have apologised after photos of drag queen Scarlet Adams and others wearing racist blackface on their stages resurfaced. Perth drag queen Scarlet Adams is among the queens competing on RuPaul’s Drag Race Down Under. However Indigenous performer Felicia Foxx called out Adams and others in a viral Instagram post …
The Prince Consort is throwing a huge Fortitude Valley Mardi Gras party
La La Land, Brisbane’s newest electronic music playground at The Prince Consort, has your Mardi Gras weekend sorted with a double bill this Friday and Saturday in Fortitude Valley. The Prince Consort is a massive dining and nightlife venue on the corner of Wickham and Brunswick Streets in the heart of the Valley. The sprawling, …
Outback pub in Bob Katter’s electorate planning big Mardi Gras party
An outback pub in regional Queensland is hosting its second ever Mardi Gras party the night of the 2021 parade on March 6. The Post Office Hotel in Cloncurry hosted its first ever Mardi Gras party last year, and it was such a success they’re doing it again this year. Cloncurry, population 3000, is located …
