7 days of Queer Pride in Cork, July 25th-August 1

cork | rights, freedoms and repression | event notice Sunday June 26, 2005 17:34 by Paul McAndrew paul at queer dot ie

celebrating the Stonewall riots in 1969

Monday 25/07/05
The Other Place
Queerscreen: Grand reopening with "A Cinematic Evening with Anne Bancroft presentation by Max Le Kain and Torch Song Trilogy", The Club at the Other Place, 6.30pm followed by an evening of Lounge music upstairs in Grub Café Bar

Tuesday 26/07/05
The Other Place
7pm Members of Cork Queer Writers group and Queer Readers group come together with special celebrity guest readers to read for us from their favourite queer writers.
Grub Café, 8 South Main Street



Wednesday 27/07/05
The Other Place
Exhibition of Pride photographs opens in Grub Café at 6pm

Loafers
“Big Gay Movie Night” followed by an episode of series 2 “The L-word” upstairs in the new “Royal Room” on widescreen. Doors open at 7pm


Thursday 28/07/05
The Other Place
7pm Grub Café- Interactive performane workshop with Heart of Beat Djembe Drummers

Instinct
Queer N’ Cork- A night gayer than a guy with a perm. DJ Pecs brings the best of camp & cheese all night long.

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Traditional Ladies Night in the new downstairs area, “The Snug”.
Pool competition (best of 3, 2euro entry)
Prizes Galore
8pm start



Friday 29/07/05
The Other Place
World Premiere screening of "Out and About", a film about Cork's Lesbian & Gay heritage, past, present and future, by Frameworks Films for Cork 2005.
Following this, "The Dyke Night Out", WOMEN ONLY NIGHT at The Other Place with Irish Dykons Zrazy, and stall run by Núa ( www.nualifestyle.com )!

Instinct
Retro night brought by DJ Dermo. For a night, Dermo loses the “Nu” part of “Nu Retro” and does what he does best…. Old skool, old skool, OLD SKOOL.

Boo’s opening party for pride.DJs all weekend from afternoon-late.
Late bar Friday- Sunday

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Karaoke followed by DJ




Saturday 30/07/05
The Other Place
Daytime: Grub Café opens it's doors as always to all the weary travellers and trollers with afternoon cream teas and live lounge music.

LinC lesbian resouce centre holds a Saturday market selling everything from lovely lesbian lavender sachets to daring dyke dildos and everything in between. Men welcome.

Evening: Pride Party at The Other Place with Drag Queens

LoafersLet go and go wild, it’s Fancy Dress presented by Fabula. Spot prizes for original and creative costumes

Instinct
“Hay Ho!” Dollywood comes to Instinct with our first “Ho down”. Performances by guys as girls and girls as guys while getting in a dancing frenzy in the hay. Think blue jeans, check shirts, cowboy chaps and Dolly Parton-like country western glam. Dungarees optional girls

Boo turns up the heat with an unmissable “Fire Show”.
Mardis Gras festivities run rampant with cocktails, snog awarded beads and debauchery.DJs all weekend from afternoon-late.Late bar Friday- Sunday

Sunday 31/07/05
The Other Place
Big Pride Breakfast at Grub Café followed by "Rainbow Ramblers Beach Outing". A trip out of the city for the glorious hale hearty and health conscious- or, for those who enjoy a bit of sea, surf and turf!

Instinct
Mardis Gras, “feathers, beads and skin”. We’re turning up the heat and bringing Brazil to Instinct. Every snog you get, gets you beads. Can you be corks biggest ho for the night?

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BBQ in the Smoking Garden of Eden @ 3pm. Roast a few sausages on the barbey! vegetarians are more than welcome, you WILL be catered for.

Boo
turns up the heat with an unmissable “Fire Show”.
Mardis Gras festivities run rampant with cocktails, snog awarded beads and debauchery.DJs all weekend from afternoon-late.Late bar Friday- Sunday



Monday 01/08/05
Instinct
Come in and chill with some coffee before and after “Rainbow in the Park”. Let your battered body recover x x x
Loafers
Make full use of the new sofas. Relax and recover. Open at 2pm
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Care for some delicious cake?