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No 1069 03 S ept 2015
What'S your
PleaSure?
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Dom Top does
CIRCUIT
Barcelona is
beautiful; it’s
full of beautiful
buildings,
beautiful
beaches and
beautiful boys.
t’s also one of the wonderfully gayest
cities in the world. Imagine gorgeously
designed architecture, glorious sunshine,
amazing food and a general atmosphere
of excitement and creativity. Now double
it. Then make it completely gay-friendly.
That’s Barcelona. It’s quite honestly as close to a
perfect city as you’re likely to find in your lifetime.
So with this in mind, it’s more than appropriate
that they play host to one of the biggest gay
and lesbian parties in the world: Circuit Festival.
Taking place over eleven days, the Matinee Group
provide boys and girls from the world over with
a plethora of parties from names like Beyond,
Pervert, Papa, WE Party, Mega Woof, LaLeche,
I
Safado and more! Not to mention exhibitions,
classes, workout groups, shopping days…pretty
much anything your
corazón
desires,
nena.
I had the distinct pleasure of making my first
pilgrimage to the gay Mecca that is Barcelona this
August and attending Circuit festival. Let me tell
you, it’s not often I’m lost for words. But this was
something else.
Originally this was going to be a much wordier
article. Descriptions. Things to read. Letters all
over the place. But quite frankly, Circuit festival
has to be seen, to be believed. It’s got water
parks, it’s got world-class DJs, it’s got style
coming out of every available orifice. It’s got
Almodovar muse
Rossy de Palma,
it’s got
Alex
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“Let me tell you, it’s not often
I’m lost for words. But this was
something else.”
Circuit Festival
2016 is taking
place on 3rd
– 14th August
in multiple
venues around
Barcelona,
Spain.
Check www.
circuitfestival.
net for details.
Mercurio
shaking her groove thing like
there’s no tomorrow. It’s got EVERYTHING.
Basically. And I haven’t even started on the
men. Chicos, hombres, guapos, machos,
papas. They’re all here, clad in the tiniest
ES Collection swimwear possible and ready
to dance with you. If you don’t see at least
one fella that tickles your fancy, you might
actually be dead.
I mean, come on, take a look at these
pictures and tell me you’re not ready to dive
right in. Oh, you are? Well, Circuit 2016 will
be ready and waiting. And Circuit Ibiza. And
Circuit World tour….
¡Nos vemos el año que
viene, zorras!
Special thanks
to the delightful
Mateo Asenio, the
gorgeous Fran
Hurtado, Freya
Boucher, Matinee
Group and
Barcelona Turisme
for making this
article possible.
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With so many friends, ex-lovers
and former flings ditching
the capital for sunnier climes
or moving home to take
advantage of the relatively
cheaper rent in the rest UK,
it can feel like there’s been a
bit of a London exodus. But
in reality it just means new
friends to make, and more
importantly new places to go
stay when you need a break
from the rat race. With this
in mind, we at QX are taking
a look at the LGBT scenes in
cities both here and abroad
and speaking to the promoters,
DJs and venue-owners in the
know about the secret delights
their scene has to offer.
Mike Pony,
of cult
queer night Horseplay,
gives us a guided tour
round his home of
Bristol, from where to
find the hot bearded
boys, where the mixed
nights to dance with
all your pals happen,
and why the city has a
lot more to offer than
mainstream provincial
gay nights…
Aspects of Bristol’s LGBT scene have come under fire
recently with a controversial op-ed in Pink News from the
owner of gay nightlife brand OMG. Why is this not a true
representation of the scene?
For me streaming a playlist in a club instead of employing DJs is the
antithesis of what clubs are about. A good DJ knows exactly when to
drop the right beat to keep the dancefloor moving; it’s a shared live
experience. I’m not interested in being sold a regulated, homogenised
night out, I want to be surprised and taken on a journey. Luckily Bristol
promoters are pumping out amazing underground parties like no
other city right now. We don’t have to suffer capitalist chain clubs.
Horseplay is known for both hot bearded boys as well as
your grand concepts and immersive on-site performance
art happening alongside the music. What made you veer
slightly to the left of the traditional gay clubbing experience?
When we started we attracted lots of hot beardy men, but we are
a much more diverse night now with more women coming along.
My background is in live art and immersive theatre, so it’s been
fun to experiment with that in our parties. We’ve had nights where
our punters have been fed pavlova by drag-ballerinas or had their
genitals immortalised by an illustrator and displayed on the walls of
the club. We don’t always do immersive art stuff, sometimes we just
go for an all out rave in a weird place like an old coroners courts or
underground police cells. We like to mix it up.
We’re packing our bags and coming for an extended visit.
What other nights should we be making a beeline for and
why?
Dirtytalk – Sleazy underground house and a proper crate-digging
attitude to tunes. Always in surprising venues with amazing DJ
bookings.
Don’t Tell Your Mother – Laid back indie disco/LGBT social. It’s good
for hanging out and chatting to your mates. Their monthly night is like
the gay bar we want to socialise in all year round.
Eat Sleep Drag Repeat – New drag night at The Queenshilling. The
Shilling is upping its game and trying out new things; they recently
hosted Amour Ami, a techno party run by some hot up-and-coming
promoters. One to watch.
What if we just want a quiet cider in a gay bar? In local
vernacular “where’s that to?” and “cider I up!”
We could check out The Phoenix where they host Don’t Tell Your
Mother. It’s a gay owned bar run by two great guys which has a lovely
garden. The food is delicious.
What’s the best piece of advice you would give to a budding
baby homo about to explore the delights of the South West
scene?
Dig deeper. Under the surface there is lot going on. Don’t accept the
ordinary, Bristol is extraordinary.
There seems to be a fair few LGBT-friendly parties
happening, bringing over big guests like DJ Sprinkles and
Boris. Why do you think these inclusive mixed nights work
well in Bristol?
I think mixed nights with no agenda are probably the future of gay
clubbing. We don’t usually use gay venues for Horseplay because
there aren’t any venues that suit our sleazy, strobey vibe. We just want
a dark basement somewhere, a dash of smoke and strobe and a
massive sound-system. Attitudes to sexuality have changed and LGBT
friendly parties are as much a safe space as gay bars used to be, so
we go where the good beats are.
Be honest, where are the Grindr hot-spots in the city?
Asking for a friend…
The scruffy, hot dirty boys hang out in Stokes Croft and Easton.
Sum up for our dear readers please, why you love your fair
city?
It’s an easy, laid back and leftfield city full of sexy people just doing
their thing. I don’t feel the pressure here that I felt when I lived
in London. Rents are reasonable, parties are good, eating out is
affordable and Bristol has its own way of doing things. It’s the city
looks at stuff and says “How would BRISTOL do that?” It’s an awesome
place to live.
Life Outside London
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Bristol
by Rachael Williams

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