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

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• MANCHTER'S OLST GAY NIGHTCLUB IS UP FOR SALE FOR £800,000NAPOLEONS HAS BEEN PUT ON THE MARKET AFTER NEARLY 30 YEARS UNR THE SAME OWNERSHIPMENBOOKMARKSHARECOMMENTSNEWSBYDOMIC SMHERS13:24, 13 DEC 2016UPDATED17:09, 14 DEC 2016BOOKMARKVIO LOADGVIO UNAVAILABLECLICK TO PLAYTAP TO PLAYTHE VIO WILL TO-PLAY SOON8CANCELPLAY NOWTHE WEEKLY EMAIL BRGS YOU ALL THE LATT NEWS OM THE LGBTQ+ MUNY PL EXCLIVE TERVIEWS DIRECT TO YOUR BOXMORE NEWSLETTERS SUBSCRIBEINVALID EMAILSOMETHG WENT WRONG, PLEASE TRY AGA LATER.MORE NEWSLETTERSWE E YOUR SIGN-UP TO PROVI NTENT WAYS YOU’VE NSENTED TO AND IMPROVE OUR UNRSTANDG OF YOU. THIS MAY CLU ADVERTS OM AND THIRD PARTI BASED ON OUR KNOWLEDGE OF YOU. MORE THANK YOU FOR SUBSCRIBG!WE HAVE MORE NEWSLETTERSSHOW ME SEE OURPRIVACY NOTICE SEE OURPRIVACY NOTICE&TIM;GROUP 28 THE WEEKLY EMAIL BRGS YOU ALL THE LATT NEWS OM THE LGBTQ+ MUNY PL EXCLIVE TERVIEWS DIRECT TO YOUR BOXINVALID EMAILSOMETHG WENT WRONG, PLEASE TRY AGA LATER.SIGN UPNO THANKS, CLOSEWE E YOUR SIGN-UP TO PROVI NTENT WAYS YOU’VE NSENTED TO AND IMPROVE OUR UNRSTANDG OF YOU. THIS MAY CLU ADVERTS OM AND THIRD PARTI BASED ON OUR KNOWLEDGE OF YOU. MORE &TIM;GROUP 28THANK YOU FOR SUBSCRIBG!
• NAPOLEONS - CLOSEDTHE OLST GAY BAR MANCHTER'S GAY VILLAGE.MANCHTERMENUHOTELSAPARTMENTSBARSLBIAN BARSDANCE CLUBSCISE CLUBSMASSAGESNASTOURSCY GUIGAY MAPGAY WEDDGSNAPOLEONS - CLOSED
• A MANC’S GUI TO: THE GAY VILLAGE, MORE THAN JT A LATE-NIGHT PARTY DISTRICT
• MANCHTER GAY VILLAGE
• NIGHTLIFE - CANAL STREET & THE GAY VILLAGE
• ALL ABOUT MANCHTER’S GAY VILLAGE

MANCHTER'S OLST GAY NIGHTCLUB IS UP FOR SALE FOR £800,000NAPOLEONS HAS BEEN PUT ON THE MARKET AFTER NEARLY 30 YEARS UNR THE SAME OWNERSHIPMENBOOKMARKSHARECOMMENTSNEWSBYDOMIC SMHERS13:24, 13 DEC 2016UPDATED17:09, 14 DEC 2016BOOKMARKVIO LOADGVIO UNAVAILABLECLICK TO PLAYTAP TO PLAYTHE VIO WILL TO-PLAY SOON8CANCELPLAY NOWTHE WEEKLY EMAIL BRGS YOU ALL THE LATT NEWS OM THE LGBTQ+ MUNY PL EXCLIVE TERVIEWS DIRECT TO YOUR BOXMORE NEWSLETTERS SUBSCRIBEINVALID EMAILSOMETHG WENT WRONG, PLEASE TRY AGA LATER.MORE NEWSLETTERSWE E YOUR SIGN-UP TO PROVI NTENT WAYS YOU’VE NSENTED TO AND IMPROVE OUR UNRSTANDG OF YOU. THIS MAY CLU ADVERTS OM AND THIRD PARTI BASED ON OUR KNOWLEDGE OF YOU. MORE THANK YOU FOR SUBSCRIBG!WE HAVE MORE NEWSLETTERSSHOW ME SEE OURPRIVACY NOTICE SEE OURPRIVACY NOTICE&TIM;GROUP 28 THE WEEKLY EMAIL BRGS YOU ALL THE LATT NEWS OM THE LGBTQ+ MUNY PL EXCLIVE TERVIEWS DIRECT TO YOUR BOXINVALID EMAILSOMETHG WENT WRONG, PLEASE TRY AGA LATER.SIGN UPNO THANKS, CLOSEWE E YOUR SIGN-UP TO PROVI NTENT WAYS YOU’VE NSENTED TO AND IMPROVE OUR UNRSTANDG OF YOU. THIS MAY CLU ADVERTS OM AND THIRD PARTI BASED ON OUR KNOWLEDGE OF YOU. MORE &TIM;GROUP 28THANK YOU FOR SUBSCRIBG!

Napoleons - said to be the olst gay nightclub Manchter - might be about to close s doors for good after the owners put the venue up for sale. Napoleon's nightclub Manchter's Gay Village.

Read our transparency report to learn 2020 • FriendsOn a iends bday Manchter me upon Napoleons the gay village. Read our transparency report to learn 2019 • CouplVised this bar after a night Manchter as was open that ltle b later an we were havg a good are not gay but went as a uple went to the bar and on way down stairs to the toilet a guy s at to the toilet which none of the locks were workg to see the same guy force his way to the toilet and ph me up agast a tried to force himself on me but luckily I wasn’t to dnk and had strength to ph this guy after him so I uld get dr man to tch up phong police who were no way helpful at manager was a joke and obvly didn’t want anyone to know what had jt happened and actually phed me out onto the street.

NAPOLEONS - CLOSEDTHE OLST GAY BAR MANCHTER'S GAY VILLAGE.MANCHTERMENUHOTELSAPARTMENTSBARSLBIAN BARSDANCE CLUBSCISE CLUBSMASSAGESNASTOURSCY GUIGAY MAPGAY WEDDGSNAPOLEONS - CLOSED

The event tak place over the summer bank holiday so so 's an extend weekend of gay pri and fun!

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

AboutCentered around the Canal street area Manchter is a thrivg gay scene, which offers a plethora of bars, clubs, rtrants and other nighttime venu for gays and straights alike.Tours & experiencExplore different ways to experience this place.Top ways to experience Gay Village and nearby attractnsThe area Picdilly Garns • 5 m walkPicdilly • 6 m walkReach out directlySee what other travelers are saygLovely Atmosphere and Loads of Fun ?❤️This weekend has seen the annual Pri Ftival, wh the amazg Pri Para, and Canal Street has been a hive of activy and loads of fun. Manchter is jt a great place and always welg ❤️?️‍??️‍⚧️?Vised Augt 2022Traveled wh iendsWrten Augt 30, 2022Inic and trendy area of the cy*Vised April 2021* Manchter’s Gay Village is a vibrant district the heart of the cy wh Canal Street beg ’s hub.

Canal Street ns along the Rochdale Canal wh a range of bars and rtrants and although hugely signifint there are other areas the village cludg Bloom Street, Richmond Street and Sackville Garns where there is a monument to Alan Turg who was a founr of morn putg who was treated humanely for beg gay.

MANCHTER GAY VILLAGE

I have been visg the gay village sce late 1980’s and has always been a great place to vis, is pecially nice the summer months.Vised April 2021Traveled soloWrten December 3, 2021s really gaybeg a gay myself has e to my attentn to ga(y)ze at the well-named village. This village looks like a ton a gays have ogs and ollic happily. Read our transparency report to learn more.May 2023 • CouplWe went to the gay village 1st time and went to the church (drag club) jt want to say Charlotte (she/her), Mil (they/them) and Connor (he/him) they ma out night, they are so lovely, welg and rg, fely vis ❤️ Wrten May 28, 2023This review is the subjective opn of a Tripadvisor member and not of Tripadvisor LLC.

NIGHTLIFE - CANAL STREET & THE GAY VILLAGE

Maybe not so much GAY, haha.Wrten March 16, 2023This review is the subjective opn of a Tripadvisor member and not of Tripadvisor LLC.

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. 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.

ALL ABOUT MANCHTER’S GAY VILLAGE

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.