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The KARAOKE COMPETITION is now in full swing at Bronx Action Bar every Monday night @ 10pm. This contest is sponsored by ASSEGAI Personal Lubricants, and you stand the chance of winning R2500 in cash and prizes as well as perform along with the two runners-up at the Pride Carnival Party on Saturday 28th February. Come along even if your singing is dismal, because outstanding crowd-pleasing performances will also be rewarded. The Final will be on Monday 23d February.

CAPE TOWN PRIDE PAGEANT
SATURDAY 14 FEBRUARY, 8.00pm. Woodstock Town Hall
Have you got the balls? You may need to tuck them away if you enter the annual Cape Town Pride Pageant on Saturday 14th February which is also Valentine’s Day.But we are not only looking for fabulous Drag Queens to compete for the Miss Cape Town Pride title. We are also looking for hunky guys with attitude to be Mr. Cape Town Pride.If you think you have got what it takes, send us an e-mail to info@capetownpride.co.za or contact the event co-ordinater LOLA FINE (on facebook) or call her on 0829350416. If you would like to sponsor the event or would like to donate prizes we would also love to hear from you.

OUT IN AFRICA - CAPE TOWN PRIDE FILM FESTIVAL
OPENING COCKTAIL PARTY & FILM PREMIERE
THURSDAY 19 FEBRUARY, 19.30. Nu-Metro, V & A Waterfront. R50.
Cape Town Pride is happy to be collaborating with the OUT in Africa Film Festival, who are organising a mini film festival to coincide with this year’s Cape Town Pride Festival. The Grand Opening will be a viewing of “The Marching Season”.
In 2006, in the new and supposedly democratic EU state of Latvia, the Gay Pride parade was banned. In 2007, the organisers persevere and this ‘fly-on-the-wall’ documentary charts the events surrounding Latvia’s first officially sanctioned Latvian Gay Pride parade in Riga. This fascinating exposé reveals how members of the LGBT group Mozaika organise the event despite escalating threats from religious fundamentalists and the curiously-named neo-Nazi homophobic ‘No pride’ organisation.

The film juxtaposes the Riga parade with coverage of the 2007 London Pride drawing parallels with the fight for LGBT rights in 60’s and 70’s Britain. The Marching Season is an absorbing insight into a country where a chilling Soviet-era mind–set still permeates, and a timely reminder of the reasons why we march.
Bookings through the Nu-Metro Box Office @ the V & A Waterfront.

PRIDE RED PARTY
FRIDAY 20 FEBRUARY, Beaulah Bar, 21:00 till Late
Entry: R40.00 Free Shooter on arrival
This is the 1st major party of the Festival. Red is the colour and HIV Awareness the theme. Ever popular DJ Jarrad, a regular at Beaulah Bar will be on the Decks to help you dance the night away.

PRIDE BRAHMS WINE STOMPING DAY
SATURDAY 21 FEBRUARY
Cost: R500. Package includes transport from Cape Town in a coach, refreshments on arrival & mid morning; branded towel & wine glass, vintners lunch with wine cellar tour, orientation, picking, tasting, & a bottle of wine, specially labelled & sent directly to your door after the event.
Support the pride initiative and stomp grapes on Brahms in a pink group! Domain Brahms Winery in Paarl is rolling out the barrel for those inclined to squish some grapes between their toes. The days when winemaking was done by the foot are long gone, and even though they may have the latest in gleaming wine press technology Brahms Winery is showcasing the retro charms of stomping in a development that builds on the recent trend of culinary tourism.

PRIDE LION’S HEAD HIKE
SUNDAY 22 FEBRUARY, 11.00.
Meet at the Foot of Lions Head, Signal Hill Road
Enjoy spectacular views of the entire city and burn some calories at the same time. Bring a bottle of water and refreshments to enjoy at the top. For more info Contact Louis 084 299 3662

PRIDE BOOK FAIR
SUNDAY 22 FEBRUARY, 14.00. Venue: The Book Lounge - (Corner of Roeland and Buitekant Street, Cape Town)
An event for those who love the written and spoken word. This year some of our featured authors speaking at this event will include Stephen Simm (Miss Kwa Kwa), Melanie Judge (To Have and to Hold: The Making of Same-Sex Marriage in South Africa), Derrick Fine (Positively Alive Series), Jane Bennett (Porcupine), and Christina Engela (sci-fi comedy stories).

COCKS & TAILS – DRAG KING COMPETITION
SUNDAY 22 FEBRUARY, 17.00.Beaulah Bar
Entry: Donation to Pride
A chilled Sunday evening with our favourite cocktails from 5pm. Girls – dress like guys and take part in our Drag King Competition

DINING WITH PRIDE
SUNDAY 22 FEBRUARY, 19.30
Venue: SYNERGY ON 7 at Mandela Rhodes Place
Tickets: R250.00 including glass of wine per course
An elegant dinner at SYNERGY ON 7 at Mandela Rhodes Place. Synergy on 7 presents itself as a new space for dinner to escape into a theatre of dining. Here the menu is a classic-meets-modern affair with fresh new flavours and an emphasis on colour. A FOUR COURSE DINNER WITH WINES – including internationally acclaimed wines from award winning cellar – Domain Brahms. Meet the winemaker and discuss the wines over this elegant dinner. For bookings or enquiries, contact brandon@evenovation.co.za or 0722264833

PRIDE DIVAS ON BROADWAY
MONDAY 23 FEBRUARY. 20.30.
Entrance fee: R85
Some of Cape Towns most notorious Doyennes of Drag are getting together for a special, one-off, kick-ass show, featuring the bodacious BOND AMBITION trio, comprising of Victoria Caballaire, Madones Lemming & Celeste von Trump, fresh from their recent spectacular debut at the Loft Lounge. Joining them will be the evergreen Sheena Alexander, as well as a few guest stars. The lovely Dame Vera Man Your will host in her inimitable style and wit. This is drag with a difference, not to be missed.
Bookings essential at 021 424-1194/5 or www.onbroadway.co.za

PRIDE SEMINAR: NEW HIV PREVENTION TECHNOLOGIES
TUESDAY 24 FEBRUARY
Venue: The Loft Lounge
Time: 18.30 to 20.00
Free
This seminar will focus on the Cape Town PrEP (Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis) Study. This first of a kind HIV Prevention Study is designed to determine if HIV antiretroviral drugs taken once a day may help prevent HIV infection among gay & bisexual men and trans women in Cape Town. We will present important background data, the PrEP concept, details of the Cape Town study, and answer questions. Presented by the Desmond Tutu HIV Foundation & the Mother City Men’s Health Project.

INTERFAITH SERVICE
TUESDAY 24 FEBRUARY
Venue: Mowbray Town Hall
Time: 19h00
This is a celebratory service including Muslim, Unitarian, Christian and Jewish worshipers.

BOYS’ WET BOXER CONTEST
TUESDAY 24 FEBRUARY
Venue: Beaulah Bar
Time: 19.00 to 22.00
Entry: Donation to Pride
Come on, Boys. Don’t be Shy. Slap on those Boxers and get them wet. Boys only between 7pm & 10pm. Open party thereafter.

GIRLS OPEN MIC NIGHT
WEDNESDAY 25 FEBRUARY
Venue: Beaulah Bar
Time: TBA
Entry: Donation to Pride
An evening of poetry, song and stand-up comedy for women only. Contact us to participate

PRIDE PUTT-PUTT
WEDNESDAY 25 FEBRUARY
Venue: Mouille Point – Putt Putt course, Beach Road
Time: 18h00
Entrance fee: R30
A fun outdoor event, where you can show off your putting skills with a dramatic Atlantic sunset as a backdrop

PRIDE SEMINAR: “SHAME & PREJUDICE: Unspoken Queer Shadows”
WEDNESDAY 25 FEBRUARY
Venue: Art Cafe
Time: 18h30
Entrance: Free
Panelists address the unspoken loneliness of being physically disabled, obese, transgender or elderly – and queer. Hosted by Gender DynamiX

BOYS NIGHT OUT
WEDNESDAY 25 FEBRUARY
Venue: The Loft Lounge
Time: 21:00
Entrance: R20
A raunchy night out where the drinks are cheap and the boys are cheaper. Featuring live male strip show

PRIDE SEMINAR: “HIV Treatment: When, What, Why, How?”
THURSDAY 26 FEBRUARY
Venue: PHRU, 2nd Floor, 24 Napier St
Time: 19h00
This is panel presentation by Health4Men on the latest trends regarding when to commence ARV treatment, what ARVs to use and where to source them. Panellists include both medical professionals and people receiving ARV treatment.

BEACH PICNIC
THURSDAY 26 FEBRUARY
Venue: Clifton 3rd beach
Time: 18H00
Enjoy the beauty and magic of a Clifton sunset, and share the sights and sounds of the seashore with friends and family. Please bring along your own refreshments and snacks. This relaxed sunset gathering has always been very popular, and a great opportunity to get to know new people.

LADIES NIGHT OF SEDUCTION
FRIDAY 27 FEBRUARY
Time: 20:00
Venue: Friendly Society
Entrance fee: R50
A night of seduction, especially for the ladies. Come learn the secrets behind the art of seduction. We’ll have professional lap dancing and pole dancing lessons, amongst other delights. For bookings, contact Lara 072 512 1886 lara3indigo@gmail.com

WILD WEST HOE-DOWN SHOWDOWN
FRIDAY 27 FEBRUARY
Venue: Beaulah Bar
Time: 8.00 to 22.00
Entrance Fee: to be confirmed
Find out who the roughest rider is. Wear Stetsons &/or chaps to compete in the Rough Rider Competition from 6pm – 10pm. Take aim in our Saloon Bar Shootout.

PLAYNICE FETISH & UNDERWEAR PARTY
FRIDAY 27 FEBRUARY
Venue: The Runway, Sir Lowry Rd, Woodstock
Time: 21.00
Tickets: R30 donation to Cape Town Pride
It’s all about fetish & underwear at the PlayNice launch party which kicks off their responsible play campaign with two sizzling ramp shows that celebrate creative play and fetishes, hunky fun and DJs. This is the one you’ll want to be at.
Contact: Glenn de Swardt 021 425 6463 glenn@health4men.co.za

PRIDE PINK BREAKFAST
Venue: The Nose Bar
Time: 9.00 to 12.00
Cost: R60
Start your Pride Parade in Pink Fizzing style with a delicious cooked-to-order breakfast with a glass of Eikendal Pink Fizz to get you in the mood for the day. And for every Pride Parade Breakfast served, R10 will be donated to Cape Town Pride. Breakfast with a glass of fizz will cost only R60 so book your table now by phoning 021 425 2200 or dropping in at the Cape Quarter, Dixon Street, De Waterkant (minutes away from the Parade start

PRIDE PARADE & CARNIVAL PARTY
SATURDAY 28 FEBRUARY.
The Parade trough the City Centre starts at the Green Point Traffic Department at noon. It will end on lower Napier St, outside the Prestwich Primary School which will once again be the venue for the Carnival Party. As usual, there will be a wide range of live entertainment, as well as a full bar, delicious food and a number of art & craft stands. Entry: R30. Ends @ 8.00pm.
Let us know if you want to enter a float in the Parade.

PRIDE AFTER PARTY
SATURDAY 28 FEBRUARY
Venue: Bambu
Time: 10pm till 4am
Entrance: R50 pre-sold and R80 @ Door
End off the Pride Festival with a fabulous bang with the mother of all parties, the PRIDE After Party, hosted by clubbing promoter group Juicy. Those of you who remember Cruz, now Bambu, will know that the club provides an elegant clubbing experience. Best DJs including, James Matthes (Juicy Resident, PRIDE, MCQP & MASK), Charl Zer0 (MCQP, Juicy Resident) and SA Favourite Dean Fuel. Expect gorgeous dancers and the most-up-for-it-crowd in the village!

PRIDE BEARS
SATURDAY 28 FEBRUARY
Venue: Amsterdam Bar
Time: 19:00
Entrance: R30
Gathering of the hirsute and the men who like them

SUNSET CRUISE
SUNDAY 1 MARCH
Venue: V&A Waterfront Pier
Time: 17H00
Cost: TBA
Join in on a relaxed Sunset cruise leaving from the V&A Waterfront as the sun sets over the Ocean. Cash bar on board while cruising to Clifton and back.

GHMCC SERVICE
SUNDAY 1 MARCH
Venue: Zonnebloem College Chapel
Time: 18:00
A Thanksgiving Church Service to end the Festival. Zonnebloem College Chapel, Cambridge Street.

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The Scene

The Scene

Jet-set boys flock to Bad Boys Club Montreal circuit parties, gathering at places such as the multi-level Sky Pub (1474 Ste. Catherine E) with a roof-top tub, or Club Unity Montreal (1171 Ste. Catherine E), or Stereo (858 Ste. Catherine E), or Parking Pub (1295 Amherst, corner Ste. Catherine), still achingly popular after all these years.

Leather-denim types hang out at the archetypal Stud (1812 Ste. Catherine E), where the ambiance is easy-going. Le Stud features a smallish dance floor chock full of sweaty boys, two pool tables, and an upstairs bar for weekend overflow. In season, they open the windows onto Ste. Catherine and Papineau, and there’s a sidewalk terrace. Montreal’s active bear community holds regular events here. Wednesdays at the Stud are well trafficked by girls — the real ones!

Black Eagle (1315 Ste. Catherine E), also known as L’Aigle Noir, is warm and dark, with sex videos contributing both light and heat. Rubber guys gather in the very low-lit back bar. If luck favors you, you’ll be there for a Wet Underwear night or one of the Eagle’s other special parties.

At Parking Pub (1295 Amherst) the ambiance is more subdued, typical of Montreal’s taverns; it’s mostly jeans and leather you’ll find here. The pub features a new four-season, enclosed terrace. Boyz Night Out is celebrated every Monday. Hamlet Roney and Chris Ozanick host live performances, there are go-go boys and girls, shows, weekly theme nights, and surprise door prizes are in store. The Tunnel — a very sexual leather venue tucked beneath Parking — adds to the allure here.

Drugstore (1360 Ste. Catherine E) is four stories of gay action where men and women mix, with the latter seeming preponderant.

The Hotel Bourbon complex (1574 Ste. Catherine E) comprises an entire block. Guests have access to several bars and restaurants in the complex. Year round there’s street trade on the block surrounding the complex and in the park behind the hotel.

Club Date (1218 Ste. Catherine E) opens early in the day, but most of the action is at night when there’s karaoke on tap. In season they open the front window-doors to create instant access to the Ste. Catherine Street bazaar.

Cabaret Mado (1115 Ste. Catherine E) is Montreal’s famous drag bar/restaurant, where a beautiful gay-and-straight crowd intersperses.

Bar Cocktail (1669 Ste. Catherine E), great for happy-hour specials, is a piano bar — a unique venue in the Village.

Bar Relaxe (1309 Ste. Catherine E), as the name suggests, is laid-back and the clientele is easy-going and generally mature.

Tools (1592 Ste. Catherine E) is brand new. Hailing itself as a club and playroom, it’s open just Friday through Sunday. Their dance floor gets well-trod by oodles of locals and a playroom in the back makes for a “full” night out.

Gotha Bar (1641 Amherst) is where locals prefer to hang. The fireplace adds charm to this bar’s warm ambiance.

Back on Ste. Catherine Street, Bar Meteor (1661 Ste. Catherine E) features fixed-menu suppers and frequent live entertainment, when they push back the tables for la danse sociale. Bar Rocky (1673 Ste. Catherine E) offers up hardcore videos and frequent live entertainment. It’s a neighborhood men’s bar, much like the always-crowded L’Idem Bar (1669 Ste. Catherine E), where the second floor is packed with video poker machines.

Club Legends (1452 Ste. Catherine E) is soon to unfurl itself on the masses. Having housed several sex clubs (including Le Backroom and Club Play quite recently), this solid old post-office building is quite the venue.

Located in downtown Montreal, the city’s longest-running gay establishment Mystique (1424 rue Stanley) still gets by.

Nude Dance Bars

Nude dancer bars

You won’t find a scene such as this anywhere else in North America. Lip-smackingly delicious men peel off their clothing to an audience all agape, necks craned with almost priapic anticipation, till not a stitch is left to doff. This denouement heats up a notch more in the secluded VIP lounges, where one-on-one lap dancing is refined into an art form.

Campus (1111 Ste. Catherine E) offers guys from all over the beauty spectrum in the friendliest of atmospheres. It’s a great place to have a drink with friends, play pool, or of course savor the gorgeous dancers. The daily action commences at 3 p.m. The bar’s low-light VIP section behind the DJ booth is plush.

There’s great entertainment, including the signature shower show, at Stock (1171 Ste. Catherine), where the VIP lounge is large and discreet, and the two backrooms promise much frolic. To preview Le Stock dancers, check the bar’s websites for dancers’ profiles and photo galleries, plus live action — for a nominal fee — from 9 p.m. till 2 a.m.

Farther down Ste. Catherine Street, check out the hot, crowded action at Bar Adonis (1681 Ste. Catherine E), holding court to admirers of young guys.

Beautiful young dancers is certainly the theme at Taboo (1950 de Maisonneuve). The international selection of boys dance the night away to a clientele that just can’t get enough. If only the curtained secluded private dance area could speak! Taboo is well-thronged every night of the week.

Saunas

Saunas & sex

Montrealers are sauna lovers and you’re certain to find chaleur (warmth) in them.

The always-relaxing Sauna Centre-ville (1465 Ste. Catherine E) offers 60 rooms, plus steam and sauna, on two floors.

Sauna Sainte Catherine (1836 Ste. Catherine E) is the newest one in town and unique owing to its inviting dance floor, live DJs, and an XXX-cinema. A giant screen (for TV and movies) keeps the ambiance percolating.

Sauna Oasis (1390 Ste. Catherine E) is in the heart of the gay village, and for over a year, the new owners and staff have been tinkering and improving. Check out the brand new steam room, the dry sauna, legendary oversized whirlpool, the glory holes, the XXX movie theater, the two dark rooms, and the pool table area. Among the events here are the Nude Dude Mondays, Hot and Sweaty Tuesdays, the Wednesday Jock, with an outrageous foam party on Thursday nights

G.I. Joe Sauna (1166 Ste. Catherine E) features four floors of action with a large wet area and an active labyrinth. Their clientele is largely leather-oriented.

Downtown, 456 (456 de la Gaucheti?re W) bills itself as “Canada’s largest,” with 130 rooms. There’s a swimming pool large enough to do laps in, on the main floor, and a full gym downstairs, plus the requisite sauna, whirlpool, steam, and snack bar. The 456 will also feature a sauna-lounge — the first in Montreal — with a retro-futuristic ambiance in mind. Soon it will include cool furniture, sofas, light-cube tables. Light will be a theme here along with water — there will be a laser projector and a brilliant use of blue LEDs, and a corridor scintillating with flat-screen TVs. Relaxing chill-out music will murmur over the new sound system.

On the Plateau Mont Royal, three saunas vie for your attention.

Sauna 5018 (5018 Boulevard St. Laurent) is well frequented and well maintained. There’s a dry sauna, a big whirlpool, a sun deck, masseur on-premises, and a snack bar proffering home-made fare.

At SDP (961 rue Rachel), which stands for Sauna Du Plateau , people are bien amiable. Their large rooftop terrace is slammed all summer. SDP’s popular labyrinth goes by the name Alcatraz. This sauna also offers several “hotel rooms” with in/out privileges.

Colonial Bath (3963 Colonial Avenue) has been serving the community since 1914. The clientele throw water onto heated rocks to create their own steam, and you’d best stay away from the iron door in front of the furnace when they do that! Some even wear hats to protect from the heat blast. Many bring oak or maple switches for self-flagellation, in the old Russian tradition. There’s a rather hot tub, saunas (both wet and dry), private rooms, lockers, plus massage services, and plenty of areas to relax especially in the warm months when the garden and rooftop terraces are open.

Restaurants

Eating out

If you’re heading out to eat, try the fare at the previously mentioned Club Sandwich (1570 Ste. Catherine E). They serve a variety of huge club sandwiches with equally generous helpings of frites, plus soups, breakfasts, cakes, and more — 24 hours a day. The other restaurants in the complex are Orient Express, with its dining-car ambiance, and the large, open Cafe Europeen, which overflows with activity and, in-season, offers outdoor seating.

Planete (1451 Ste. Catherine E) seduces the maw with cuisine solaire. With 14 years under its belt, it’s one of the pioneers of the scene. The diverse menu features seafood, salad, grilled items, delicious frites, and prize-winning desserts. The “Planetinis,” creative martini combos — such as Up Uranus, Mars Attack, and Sweet Hell — are intoxicatingly good. Happy hour is from 5 to 7 p.m. every day. A Sunday brunch from 11 a.m. through 3 p.m., and two-for-one Tuesday dinners are always popular.

Colombe (554 Duluth E, corner of St. Hubert, on the Plateau Mont Royal) caters sterling French fare. Italian cuisine shines at Piccolo Diavolo (1336 Ste. Catherine E), Donatella Cafe Lounge (1453 Ste. Catherine E), and at the cheery and bustling Strega (1477 Ste. Catherine E).

Home to the well-received Saloon burger, as well as fajitas, pasta, and more, Saloon (1333 Ste. Catherine E) is a prime spot to meet up with friends in the Village.

Bato Thai (1310 Ste. Catherine E) aims to please with the romance of dim lighting and superbly fragrant Thai cuisine.

Kilo Cafe (1495 Ste. Catherine E) is a hangout serving light fare, coffees, and desserts. Their gargantuan cakes, such as Poire-William and Choco-Banane, merit a favorable mention.

The long-standing Resto du Village (1310 Wolfe), serving “homemade” food from breakfast to dinner, is open 24 hours every day.

Shopping

Shopping and Grooming

Don’t miss the action at Priape (1311 Ste. Catherine E). They are pioneers of the gay scene, having set up shop almost 30 years ago. Browse the huge selection of jeans and party wear, underwear, bathing suits, videos/DVDs, pleasure toys, lubes, books, and all the gay paraphernalia you can dream of. Priape’s famous leather studio is tucked downstairs within the store. There you’ll find not just quality leather goodies but latex and chain mail as well.

For porn viewing, Wega Complex (930 Ste. Catherine E) is the place. Several peeps and a cinema are on premises. They also vend everything from dildos to ball stretchers, lotions and lubes, body supplements, and the latest porn in DVD and on tape.

Physotech Plus (1657 Amherst) is Montreal’s pampering leader. Massage, electro-muscle stimulation, hair styling, bronzage, skin care, laser hair removal, and related services are on the menu, but book in advance because the boutique is busier than ever. It’s located a block-and-a-half from Ste. Catherine Street, on Amherst.

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