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jan & feb 2015
GAY & LESBIAN ZONDERBROEK Every Friday and Sunday night and every first Saturday of the NAKED SWIMMING month, drop all your pretences The Marnixbad pools contain and dance without pants at Club much less chlorine than most – Church in Amsterdam. which is good news since you’ll be Every Fri & Sun, Church, various exposing your sensitive bits. times, €10 Every Tue, Marnixbad, 21.00, GAY PUB CRAWL various prices Does exactly what it says in the TUESDAY BLUESDAY tin, taking in ‘Gay Street’s finest Club night with a special focus drinking establishments. on blues, soul and contemporary Every Sat, departs Taboo, 20.00 music. IT’S SHOWTIME FOLKS Every Tue, Same Place, 21.00 It’s show time almost every night DRINK & COCKTAIL EVENING at Lellebel, but Saturdays are Every Thursday, enjoy a especially fabulous, with the bar’s mouth-watering cocktail at drag most glamorous stars coming show bar Lellebel on the corner of together. Rembrabdtplein. Every Sat, Lellebel, 20.00 Every Thur, Lellebel, 20.00 BUBBLES & BITES BLUE Free bites from 17.00-1900; cheap Kooky clubbing with Amsterbubbles – just €2.50 – all night. dam’s drag supremo Jennifer Every Sun, Prik, 16.00 Hopelezz. Drinks are just €2.50. DOUBLE HAPPY HOUR Every Thur, Church, 22.00, €5 Because why wouldn’t you want THE PONY CLUB to start the working week with Three floors of DJs spin an enera hangover? Line up for bargetic mix of pop, disco, house and gain-priced cocktails and shots. electro alongside performances Every Sun, Taboo, 18.00 to lift your spirits. Arrive before LADY GALORE’S DRAG NIGHT midnight and get in for free. Every Thur, Club NYX, 23.00, €5, Come and join Lady Galore and free before midnight her wonderful assistant Annie Alcohol along with some guest THANK GOD IT’S FRIDAY performers and surprises. Celebrate the weekend with Every Sun, Amstel Fifty Four, tunes, nibbles and drinks. 20.00 Every Fri, Engel van Amsterdam, SUNDAY CAROUSEL 17.00, free Be transported to exotic climes THANK GODDESS, IT’S FRIDAY with Arabian and Turkish music Welcome the weekend with live courtesy of old and new divas performances and an open stage. from Lellebel. Every Fri, Lellebel, 20.00 Every Sun, Lellebel, 22.00
REGULAR EVENTS
ONE-OFF EVENTS UNLEASHED FETISH UNDERGROUND Welcome in the New Year with kink, bubbles and sparkles at this adult playground. Play areas, equipment, a maze of seduction and high-energy DJ sets round out the evening. Sat 3 Jan, Panama, 22.00, €30 KISS BANG AFFAIR A no-nonsense party with friendly staff, sexy house beats, a live video booth and your chance to be voted Miss Kiss or Mister Bang – the gay singles of the month. Sat 3 Jan & 7 Feb, Abe, 22.0005.00 GAY MOVIE NIGHT Nurse your hangover in the dark, while enjoying a screening of the gems of gay cinema. Wed 7 Jan & 4 Feb, Pathé de Munt, 21.00, €10 NETHERBEARS AT THE QUEEN’S HEAD Bi-weekly get-together by Netherbears, the slightly less stocky bear men (according to their website). Sun 11 & 25 Jan, 8 & 22 Feb, The Queen’s Head, www.netherbears. nl, 19.00 FURBALL Hairy men dance party for the butch & bears. Men only. Sat 17 Jan, Church, 22.0005.00, €10 GARBO FOR WOMEN Single ladies strut their stuff at this regular ladies-only meet-up. Sat 17 Jan & 21 Feb, Strand West, 18.00, €8
SPANK! For those who’ve been naughty, an afternoon of spanking, caning, OTK (over the knee), flogging and all types of corporal punishment. Men only. Sun 18 Jan, Church, 16.0020.00, €10 HORSEMEN & KNIGHTS Big willy gay sex party. Dress code: naked or underwear. Drop ’em and if you measure up, entrance is free. Sun 18 Jan & 15 Feb, The Warehouse, 15.00, €8 UNDERCOVER Hot naked mask party! Masks supplied at door (€5 deposit). Men only. Sat 24 Jan, Church, 22.00 LGBTQ OOSTERPART & LGBTQ CAFE Low-key neighbourhood drinks in the east of the city. Fri 30 Jan & 27 Feb, Eden Amsterdam Manor Hotel, 21.00, free LADZ – THE WINTER WHITE EDITION Special white-themed winter edition of the gay dance party for lads, scallies, gabbers, sneakerand sportswear boys, with tunes courtesy of DJs Glaucio Duarte and RW. Sat 31 Jan, Church, 22.0005.00, €10 RAPIDO Popular gay circuit party with international DJs attended mainly by men, almost all of whom take of their shirts; many wear just sport shorts. Sun 15 Feb, Paradiso, 15.00, €25/€30
ADDRESSES Abe Amstelstraat 30 www.clubabe.com Amstel Fifty Four Amstel 54 www.amstelfiftyfour.nl Church Kerkstraat 52 www.clubchurch.nl Eden Amsterdam Manor Hotel Linnaeusstraat 89 www.lgbtqoosterpark. blogspot.com Engel van Amsterdam Zeedijk 21 www.engelamsterdam.nl Lellebel Utrechtsestraat 4 www.lellebel.nl Marnixbad Marnixplein 1 www.hetmarnix.nl Club NYX Reguliersdwarsstraat 42 http://clubnyx.nl Panama Oostelijke Handelskade 4 www.panama.nl Pathé de Munt Vijzelstraat 15 , www.pathe.nl Prik Spuistraat 109 www.prikamsterdam.nl The Queen’s Head Zeedijk 20 www.queenshead.nl Same Place Nassaukade 120 www.sameplace.nl Strand West Stavangerweg 900 www.garboforwomen.nl Taboo Reguliersdwarsstraat 45 www.taboobar.nl The Warehouse Warmoesstraat 96 www.warehouseamsterdam.com
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