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Gay and Lesbian Pubs pounding commercial house levels, including DJs, dancers
and Clubs
music. This is a world­class and drag shows.
Sunday night is the big night for venue with great facilities, from The Colombian is the best
many of Sydney’s gay community, the cutting­edge sound systems and one of the most popular of
although there is plenty of action to the state­of­the­art lighting the Oxford Street bars. It has a
throughout the week. A number shows. Oxford Art Factory mock­Central American jungle
of venues have a gay or lesbian attracts a diverse crowd to its decor, self­styled as “South
night on one night of the week live music performances, held American chic”, and large
and attract a mainstream crowd in a stunning space inspired by windows that open out to the
on the other nights. Waywards Andy Warhol’s New York Factory street. The Oxford Hotel and
at the Bank Hotel in Newtown of the 1960s. Midnight Shift its upper­level cocktail bars are
hosts free live band perfor­ on Oxford Street has both the popular, too. Some of Sydney’s
mances from 8pm onwards Shift Bar and the Shift Club, most entertaining drag shows
every Thursday to Saturday. and Stonewall is a lively gay can be found at the Imperial
ARQ on Flinders Street is the bar which offers nightly Hotel where shows are staged
largest of the gay clubs, with entertain ment over three most nights of the week.
DIRECTORY
Getting In Qudos Bank Arena House, Gay and Lesbian
Moshtix Edwin Flack Ave, Breakbeats Pubs and Clubs
Tel 1300 438 849. Sydney Olympic Park. and Techno ARQ
∑ moshtix.com.au Tel 8765 4321. Bungalow 8 16 Flinders St, Taylor
State Theatre Square. Map 5 A2.
Rock, Pop and 49 Market St. Map 1 B5. The Promenade, King St Tel 9380 8700.
Hip Hop Tel 9373 6852. Wharf. Tel 9299 4660. ∑ arqsydney.com.au
∑ kingstreetwharf.
∑ statetheatre.com.au
The Bald Faced Stag com.au Bank Hotel
345 Parramatta Rd, Sydney Olympic Park Candy’s Apartment 324 King St, Newtown.
Leichhardt. Tel 9560 7188. Homebush Bay. 22 Bayswater Rd, Kings Tel 8568 1900.
∑ baldfacedstag. Tel 9714 7888. Cross. Map 5 B1. Tel 9380 ∑ bankhotel.com.au
com.au ∑ sydneyolympicpark. 5600. ∑ candys.com.au Colombian
Bridge Hotel com.au Cnr Oxford & Crown Sts,
119 Victoria Rd, Rozelle. Jazz, Folk and Cargo Bar Surry Hills. Map 5 A2.
52–60 The Promenade,
Tel 9810 1260. Blues King St Wharf, Darling Tel 9360 2151.
Enmore Theatre Harbour. Tel 8070 2424. ∑ colombian.com.au
130 Enmore Rd, Newtown. The Basement ∑ thekeystonegroup. Imperial Hotel
Tel 9550 3666. ∑ enmore 29 Reiby Place. Map 1 B3. com.au 35 Erskineville Rd,
theatre.com.au Tel 9251 2797. Erskineville.
∑ thebasement. Chinese Laundry
The Factory Theatre com.au Slip Inn, 111 Sussex St. Tel 9516 1766.
105 Victoria Rd, Map 1 A3. Tel 8295 9999. Midnight Shift
Marrickville. Tel 9550 Cat & Fiddle Hotel ∑ chineselaundryclub. 85 Oxford St,
3666. ∑ factorytheatre. 456 Darling St, Balmain. com.au Darlinghurst. Map 5 A2.
com.au Tel 9810 7931. Tel 9358 3848.
∑ catandfiddle.com.au Home Sydney
Gaelic Club Wheat Rd, Cockle Bay, ∑ themidnight
64 Devonshire St, Surry Fitzroy Hotel Darling Harbour. shift.com.au
Hills. Tel 9211 1586. 161 George St, Windsor. Map 4 D2. Tel 9266 0600. Oxford Art Factory
∑ gaelicclubsydney. Tel 4577 3396. ∑ homesydney.com 36 Oxford St,
com Leadbelly Darlinghurst. Map 4 F4.
Hordern Pavilion 42 King St, Newtown. The Marquee Tel 9332 3711.
Driver Ave, Moore Park. Tel 9557 7992. The Star, Pyrmont. ∑ oxfordartfactory.com
Map 5 C5. Tel 9921 ∑ theleadbelly.com.au Map 3 C1. Tel 9777 9000. Oxford Hotel
5333. ∑ playbill Seymour Theatre ∑ marqueesydney.com 134 Oxford St,
venues.com Centre Pacha Darlinghurst. Map 5 A2.
The Merton Cnr Cleveland St & 330 George St. Map 1 B3. Tel 9331 3467.
38 Victoria Rd, Rozelle. City Rd, Chippendale. Tel 9240 3000. ∑ pacha ∑ theoxfordhotel.
Tel 8065 9577. Tel 9351 7940. sydney.com com.au
∑ seymourcentre.com
The Metro Theatre World Bar Stonewall
624 George St. Map 4 E3. Slide 24 Bayswater Rd, Kings 175 Oxford St,
Tel 9550 3666. 41 Oxford St, Darlinghurst. Cross. Map 5 C1. Darlinghurst. Map 5 A2.
∑ metro theatre. Map 4 F4. Tel 8915 1899. Tel 9357 7700. Tel 9360 1963.
com.au ∑ slide.com.au ∑ theworldbar.com ∑ stonewallhotel.com

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