| Bar Icarus |
| Pheonix Centre, Princess St/Bloom St, Tel: 0161 236 3995 |
| New venue launching the Pheonix Centre. Fab decor,
mid 20s crowd (so far). Has the potential to draw the straights away from PragueV - gay
space? Pah!. Expect big queues. |
| Mutz Nutz (at Bar Icarus) Club on
Saturday/Sunday am 2.30am-8am. Admission £5 on the door (£3 with flyer) |
| Cruz101 |
| 101 Princess St, Tel: 0161 237 1554 |
| Large, fun club. 70's disco on Mondays is the event
of the week - always packed, Friday Experience features boy dancers. Cruz operates a
strict members only policy; apply at least 48hours before you plan to go. On a different
note, it can be cruisy if you're after that type of thing. Opens 10pm-2am everyday except
Tuesday and Sunday |
| Paradise Factory |
| 112 Paradise Street, Tel: 0161 273 5422 (information hotline
0161 236 2667) |
| 3 floors newly refurbished. Fab decor. Upstairs is
suave, downstairs HOT! Opens: whenever, with various theme/club nights - phone for
details. |
| Poptastic |
| Club Odyssey, (Pheonix Centre), Bloom Street. |
| Twinks getting pissed on reasonbly priced booze and
having a great time. Indie, Britpop, electronic, alternative. Not my thing, but I'm
probably 120 years too old. Opens: Tuesday and Saturday, 10pm-2am. Door Charge around a
fiver.. Don't lose your shag tags-look for your number on the wall... |
| Chains |
| 4-6 Whitworth St, Tel: 0161 236 0335 |
| Membership available but not necessary - even if you
wanted to apply they have a bizarre method of getting hold of membership. Opens: Monday,
Thursday, (free) Friday, Saturday (door charge)11pm-2am. |
| I am very partial to Chains (and Bulk). It may be a
dark pit with no imagination as far as decor goes, but, if you like 'em big, hairy, into
leather etc, this is the place for you. You can almost always pick up something to your
liking too. Dress code is optional. Visitors tend to be 30+. Most regulars finding it a
bit ho hum at the moment and the re-fit - if you can call it that - is a bit bewildering.
However, if you like 'em seedy, this is as seedy as Manchester gets! |
| Bulk (at Chains) |
| London Club Night Moved North. Massively popular
night for tubbies, bears and their admirers. Twice monthly. More or less alternate
Fridays, with stripper or some other entertainment. 11pm-2am (door charge) |
| Sin (at Chains) |
| Fetish night, last Friday of each month |
| Dickens |
| 74a Oldham St, Tel: 0161 236 4886 |
| Mixed club, TV/TS welcome. Opens: Mon-Sat 10pm-2am. |
| Napoleon's |
| Sackville St, Tel: 0161 236 8800 |
| Disco and Kareoke nightmare. TV/TS
friendly, used to welcome bears too. Disco Sat & Sun 9.30pm-2am. However is host to
The Cellar (strict rubber/leather dress code) Thursday-Sunday plus SuperChain members club
Friday 10.30pm-1pm, which redeems it somewhat. |
| HellFire |
| The Music Box, Oxford Road |
| Monthly fetish nights, phone 0161 236 6264 for details or visit website |
