Visitors' Guide to Gay Leicester 2008
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For events taking place in Leicester
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Gay Nightclub
Streetlife
The biggest party Leicester has ever seen
SECRET SKINS
Sunday 23rd March - the 16 - 18 event
Bank Holiday Monday 24th March - the 18+ event
Featuring the band GETCAPE.WEARCAPE.FLY dj set
+ Leicester indie dance bands
AUTOHYPE
TASTE THE CHASE
+ top DJs
24 Dryden Street, off Lee Circle
0116 251 0785
Wednesdays 8:30 to 2 am
Fridays: 8.30 to 2.30 am
Saturdays: 8.30 to 3 a.m.
Clubs, bars and cafes
Rainbow & Dove
185 Charles Street, Leicester LE1
1LA
0116 254 7568
Popular city centre Gay Pub near the train station
with a varied programme of nights.
Open during the day for meals, lunch served every day 12 to 3
p.m. weekdays. Monday evenings: Pink Pounder from
5 p.m.
Tuesday evenings: Cocktail Night from
5 p.m.
Wednesday evenings: Vodka Nation,
pre-club drinks from £1
Thursday evenings: Disco Inferno, class
sounds
Fridays: Funky pop and chart sounds.
Why not pop in for lunch and be the first to see the new Rainbow.
8 p.m. re-launch party with special star guest to cut the ribbon, open till 2 am
The DDC (Dover Castle)
Dover Street, Leicester
0116 255 8510
Gay Disco, Dance, Cabaret. The longest
serving gay pub in the UK. Near the train station
Mondays: Karoke Night from about 8
p.m. til late. Hear some of the best
singers in Leicester perform the all-time
great songs and ballads. Fridays: Dance till you
drop at the DDC. DJ George's mix will
get you on the dance floor. Open till
2 a.m. Or chill out to a game of pool.
Patio open for some al fresco drinking. Visit
the DDC web site
Leicester's newest bar: AMBER
Northampton Street,
LE1 1PQ - just round the corner from
the Rainbow & Dove.
A small and stylish bar with nice
friendly staff - comfortable sofas
and tables, a perfect rendesvous
or relaxing spot to chill after a
day's work. Excellent position for
those pre-theatre drinkies.
Quebec Club
Ground floor bar and first floor Dance Club called Part 2. Quebec's ground floor bar is open 7 nights a week until the early hours of the morning.
Quebec Club
94 - 96 Belgrave Gate
0116 251 3811
Tuesdays: StreetDance Classes. 7 p.m. to 8 p.m. An alternative way to keep fit. More information call 07841576565.
Wednesdays: 9 p.m. to 2 a.m. Club anthems / chart / pop. Lager / Bitter £1.75, all alcopops £2. Entrance: Free.
Regular weekly programme of events and special nights, including Revolution - held on the last Monday of every month starting at 10pm and carrying right through till 4am.
Visit Quebec's NEW web site - full list of events and shows.
Gay Friendly/Mixed Bars (well that's most of them these days!)
B A M B U
21 Welford
Road (its pretty much opposite the
City Council Building), Leicester,
Tel: 0116 285 5243
A gorgeous cafe, lounge and bar
close to the city centre. Lots of
entertainment and music events and
even a magic show.
Bambu web site
Helsinki
Mixed gay friendly Music Bar specialising in
Dance, Trance and House, often with
top DJs
Helsinki
94 Rutland Street
Leicester
0774 842 8169
 1st Wednesday of every month
funky pop with Neal Appeal and Lisa
Lashes.
Visit the Helsinki web site
Bossa
Mixed Cafe Bar, continental feel,
coffee and snacks, close to train station
110 Granby Street
0116 233 4544
Part II, Quebec's Club, Belgrave
Gate. web
site.
Gay Saunas
Celts Sauna
38 Narborough Road
0116 285 6000
Sauna 31
31 New Bond Street
0116 251 6710
Other
local listings
Sport
Football - for Gay and Lesbian football
in Leicester
join the Leicester Wildecats They
have weekly practice games on astroturf
at St. Margarets Pasture, and afterwards
go for a drink in Quebec or Rainbow & Dove.
They play in National 5 a side tournaments
and a national 11 a side league and
also have friendlies against local
straight teams.
Out
for Sport is a web site dedicated
to bring lesbian and gay sports people
together.
Faiths
Quest Leicester/East Midlands - a group for lesbian and gay Catholics. Support to integrate spirituality and sexuality. Praying and playing together. Proud to be Catholics and glad to be gay. See their web site
Support and Social
Help for the parents of gay and lesbian children. A support group for parents with gay sons and daughters.
Leicester Parents web site
Leicester Gay Group (LGG) has been around for over 30 years.
Whether you are a gay or bi-sexual man, and whatever your age or interests you are welcome to join any of the group social evenings or events; come and make new friends.
Want to know more? Visit our website or send us an email, leicsgaygroup@hotmail.com
SPICE - Leicester's exciting support and social group for LGBT
Black and Asian communities. Meets second Tuesday of each month.
Call 0116 254 7412 for details.
Around the region
Nottinghamshire
Gay Nottingham
NG1 - Nottingham's biggest gay club
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