A Manc's gui to: the Gay Village, more than jt a party district

Contents:

• OPENG TIM FOR NCP NATNAL CAR PARKS LOTNS MANCHTER GAY VILLAGE
• A MANC’S GUI TO: THE GAY VILLAGE, MORE THAN JT A LATE-NIGHT PARTY DISTRICT
• ALL ABOUT MANCHTER’S GAY VILLAGE
• [@]THE GAY VILLAGE - CANAL ST
• GAY VILLAGE
• WHAT'S ON AT THE MANCHTER GAY VILLAGE, MANCHTER
• THE 10 BEST RTRANTS NEAR GAY VILLAGE
• GAY VILLAGE – MANCHTER

OPENG TIM FOR NCP NATNAL CAR PARKS LOTNS MANCHTER GAY VILLAGE

Abgdon Street, Gay Village, Manchter, Greater Manchter, M1 6DD.

A MANC’S GUI TO: THE GAY VILLAGE, MORE THAN JT A LATE-NIGHT PARTY DISTRICT

Known for s late-night clubs and cheap drks als, the Gay Village is popular wh Manchter partygoers - but there's more gog on behd the scen. Today, Manchter’s Gay Village is a verable party district. The neighbourhood has weled a gay clientele sce the 1940s, but, by all acunts, ’s only the past twenty years or so that thgs have really started to turn a rner, spe homosexualy beg crimalised 1967.

An excerpt om Mancunian Gay magaze 1984 tled ‘Not tonight, Anrton’ tells the story of how one night 20 pla cloth officers stormed to Napoleons and forced everyone attendance to provi their personal rmatn before beg allowed to leave – an cint that was later brand as “an obv se of police victimisatn” a prs release issued by the Gay Centre. In spe of this, the first Gay Pub and Club Olympics event (now thought of as the gural Manchter Pri) still went ahead on the Augt Bank Holiday weekend of 1985.

ALL ABOUT MANCHTER’S GAY VILLAGE

Notably, had the support of a new generatn of Labour uncillors elected 1984 – who gave the gay muny their support and appoted Lbian and Gay officers.

Inspired by Ken Livgstone‘s early days on the Greater London Council, those new uncillors created an Equal Opportuni Commtee and appoted Maggie Turner and Pl Fairweather what would prove a landmark move for gay rights the north of England. 1986 saw thgs gradually improve for the muny, as uncillors’ ‘put their arms around’ the gay muny, welg a Northern Pri event 1986 and ntributg public funds towards the celebratns. As the ’80s ntued, Manchter’s fight for gay rights ntued wh the Sectn 28 march 1988 actg as a huge turng pot as the Thatcher ernment’s dranian legislatn brought people out onto the streets to prott their drov.

Still, wasn’t until the early neti that the Gay Village weled s first openly-gay bar and even then police raids the area ntued right up to 1994. The battl agast stutnal homophobia were still beg fought, clearly, and some ntued to ll the Canal Street area ‘Satan’s Square Mile’ – but the openg of new nightclubs like Cz 101 and semal events Electric Chair and Poptastic saw the muny phg back. Repurposed at the end of the Indtrial Revolutn to a gay quarter that has sce bee one of the most famo the world, Manchter has a lot of thgs to be proud of – and the village is fely up there wh the bt.

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Habha – A hidn foodie gem the heart of the gay village, the Ethpian rtrant Habha ss above a pretty n-of-the-l takeaway and is que easy to miss. Read more: The Ethpian rtrant hidn above a takeaway Manchter’s gay village. Napoleons – The olst gay pub the neighbourhood, Napoleon’s dat all the way back to 1941 and provis a safe space for trans people, crossdrsers and drag queens.

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Churchills – Somethg of an stutn the Gay Village, Churchills always has a buzz about . Vanilla – The only lbian venue an unniably gay-domated neighbourhood, Vanilla is probably more nightclub than bar. Cz 101 – This gay nightclub an old textile warehoe is ready to party seven days a week, wh a range of different nights playg everythg om cuttg-edge hoe to mercial floor-fillers and 80s, 90s and 00s classics.

New York New York – From cktails the glam Queens Bar, to live baret, DJ sets and dancg ’til late the club, ‘Party Palace’ NYNY is open to party seven nights a week A safe, iendly, welg space for all, ’s sat the heart of the Gay Village for over thirty years. Osrs – This timate, theatre-style gay bar shows film clips om a mix of classic and morn mils and offers live mic om sgers and pianists on selected nights. The Eagle – This popular men-only gay club gets packed wh guys, all of whom pretty much e for a siar thg.

G-A-Y – A lbian and gay club known for blastg out the pop tun to the early hours, G-A-Y is one of the big fol pots of Canal Street and really is somewhere you n’t avoid endg up if you’re on a night out there. Read more: Photos of Manchter’s legendary gay clubnight Flh go on display at Kimpton Clocktower. The home of Manchter Pri sce 1985, every year visors flock to the Gay Village their thoands to party the streets and celebrate love all s forms across the Augt Bank Holiday weekend.

WHAT'S ON AT THE MANCHTER GAY VILLAGE, MANCHTER

From The Bean of Hope, a symbol of solidary and memorial to everyone lost to HIV that was first nceived 1997, to the 2001 bronze statue of Manchter putg legend and gay in Alan Turg, head over to Sackville Garns to get your culture and nature fix one. Ho (well, mostly flats) the Gay Village are, on average, some of the pricit the cy centre. Thanks to the dtrial herage of the Gay Village, many boast veted dtrial elements like exposed brick walls, beams and sash wdows.

Wh s own taxi ranks, regular b nng up and down Prcs Street and easy accs to tras and trams at Manchter Picdilly Statn, the Gay Village is extremely well nnected. From the very early days of the lol Pri movement which has sce grown to a ternatnally-renowned extravaganza, to the explosn of the Manchter Gay Village club scene the ‘90s, the area has forever been a hotspot for those search of a uniquely fun atmosphere.

The history of the Manchter Gay Village. It wasn’t until the 1980s that life was jected back to the neighbourhood wh the birth of the Manchter Gay Village.

THE 10 BEST RTRANTS NEAR GAY VILLAGE

Emergg off the back of sectn 28, which prohibed uncils and schools om promotg homosexualy, the area around Canal Street offered a place where people uld feel safe beg openly LGBT+. "Emergg off the back of sectn 28, which prohibed uncils and schools om promotg homosexualy, the area around Canal Street offered a place where people uld feel safe beg openly LGBT+. Dpe opposn om the police, who would equently raid clubs an attempt to get them shut down, the Manchter Gay Village blossomed.

Wh Manchter Gay Village’s first Pri havg been lnched 1985 as a small chary fundraiser for those wh HIV and AIDS, the event was lightyears om balloong to one of the untry’s biggt parti as ’s now known. But the ‘90s saw the advent of another turng pot: gay gog mastream.

R nightlife upled wh exposure on shows like Queer as Folk tapulted the Manchter Gay Village to the limelight. Now ternatnally famo as one of the UK’s most vivac and welg LGBT+ districts alongsi Brighton and Soho London, the Manchter Gay Village ntu to attract untls lols livg the cy who are lookg for an excg night out one of the cy’s most historic areas.

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One of the longt-standg lol Manchter’s Gay Village, New York New York offers patrons DJ sets, drag acts, karaoke, and even a bpoke ffee bar. "R nightlife upled wh exposure on shows like Queer as Folk tapulted the Manchter Gay Village to the limelight.

Offerg somethg a ltle different, The Eagle is the Gay Village’s premier private members’ bar open to anyone intifyg as male. Wh a range of themed nights, thumpg sets om ternatnal DJs, and an famo Saturday night party which ns until 7am, this former shippg warehoe is one of Manchter Gay Village’s mt-see venu.

Often scribed as beg at ‘the heart of Manchter’s Gay Village’, Bar Pop do all: quizz, drag shows, bgo, edy, and endls amounts of fun. Put simply, ’s easy to see why ’s one of the Gay Village’s most popular spots. Indisputably Manchter Gay Village’s ‘Gran Dame’, this Canal Street fixture boasts the area’s bt baret as well as beg a fe bar, club, and rtrant.