Fun and gay iendly - The Berford, Sydney Traveller Reviews - Tripadvisor

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• FUN AND GAY IENDLY - THE BERFORD
• GAY SYDNEY: A GUI TO CLUBS, BARS, BARET AND CULTURE

FUN AND GAY IENDLY - THE BERFORD

Formerly a famo gay bar, the Berford still attracts a gay crowd, particularly on Berford Sundays, a drkg/dance party that really gets gog after sundown. On Sundays, 's entirely gay and always lots of fun though very crowd, pecially on sunny Asie Summer days. Meanwhile, the troductn of laws that rtrict late-night socialisg central Sydney’s party preccts has severely damaged Oxford Street, the cy’s tradnal gay strip.

GAY SYDNEY: A GUI TO CLUBS, BARS, BARET AND CULTURE

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It’s also where the rovg queer party Heaps Gay has been held for the past uple of months. Heaps Gay is a massive event that draws queer folk of all ag, sexuali and genrs. To fd out what is gog on across Sydney regards to arts events and queer culture, keep an ear out for the rad programm Canvas (on FBi), and Gay Panic and So Hot Right Now (both on 2SER).

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Berford Sundays is one of the fun Sunday night gay spots to vis Sydney’s gay scene.

If you're lookg to b shoulrs wh an enthiastic crowd and embrace the heart of Sydney's gay scene, Berford Sundays is the place to be as the night unfolds. Also worth notg, this is a gay iendly bar, pecially on Sundays. In a former life was a famo gay bar, and the gentlemen of Darlghurst are still well-reprented the crowd (pecially on Sunday nights), alongsi big groups of blok guzzlg the lager and ladi sippg on jugs of Pimms or mix of vodka and apple juice (known as the Group Hug jug), St Germa and lyche (lled the Secret Garn) or a bottle or two off the bar’s extensive we list.