Cardiff's lost gay nightlife scene and what's replaced - Wal Onle

Contents:

• THE BEST CARDIFF GAY CLUBS & BARSGAY CLUBS & BARS CARDIFF
• TOP SEVEN GAY BARS CARDIFF
• GAY & LGBT CLUBS CARDIFF
• CARDIFF'S GAY-IENDLY BARS AND CLUBS EVERYBODY SHOULD KNOW ABOUTWH PRI CYM HEADG TO CARDIFF, HERE'S YOUR GUI TO GAY BARS, PUBS AND CLUBS THE CY CLUDG EAGLE, THE GOLN CROSS AND PULSEWALONLEBOOKMARKSHAREWHAT'S ONBYVICTORIA JON14:27, 14 AUG 2015UPDATED10:20, 27 AUG 2015BOOKMARKSIGN UP HERE TO GET THE CARDIFFONLE NEWSLETTER SENT STRAIGHT 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 SIGN UP HERE TO GET THE CARDIFFONLE NEWSLETTER SENT STRAIGHT 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!
• CARDIFF'S LOST GAY NIGHTLIFE SCENE AND WHAT'S REPLACED
• ONE OF CARDIFF'S OLST GAY VENU HAS SHUT S DOORS FOR GOODEAGLE 50, PREVLY THE LOCKER ROOM, HAS BEEN A SIGNATURE STAPLE ON THE GAY SCENE THE CY FOR 27 YEARSWALONLEBOOKMARKSHARECOMMENTSWHAT'S ONBYJOSEPH ALICOMMUNY REPORTER15:49, 1 JUN 2021BOOKMARKOWNER HAYDN PRICE NEVER IMAGED HE'D BE CLOSG THE VENU DOORS (IMAGE: HAYDN PRICE)SIGN UP HERE TO GET THE CARDIFFONLE NEWSLETTER SENT STRAIGHT 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 SIGN UP HERE TO GET THE CARDIFFONLE NEWSLETTER SENT STRAIGHT 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!
• PRI: WAL' OLST GAY BAR REMAS AMID VELOPG CY
• THE BEST CARDIFF GAY CLUBS & BARSGAY CLUBS & BARS CARDIFF
• CARDIFF GAY MAP
• TOP GAY CLUBS & BARS CY CENTRE (CARDIFF)GAY CLUBS & BARS CY CENTRE
• THE KGSCARDIFFMENUHOTELSBARSDANCE CLUBSCISE CLUBSSNASCY GUIGAY MAPGAY WEDDGSTHE KGS
• CARDIFF GAY DANCE CLUBS & PARTI
• CARDIFF'S LOST GAY NIGHTLIFE SCENE AND WHAT'S REPLACED

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Overall this is the bt gay bar rdiffWrten March 1, 2023This review is the subjective opn of a Tripadvisor member and not of Tripadvisor LLC. Here are the top seven gay bars and nightlife venu the cy.

The gay party scene is suated the cy centre and hosts a whole variety of crowd. Everyone is wele at the venu, whether they be gay, lbian, bisexual, transgenr or straight. The Kgs is one of the bit gay bars the cy centre.

We are diverse staff wh straight, gay, bisexual and queens our team. “As a straight person, is really fascatg to vis a gay bar and see men and women enjoy themselv eely, and I relate to them at some pot, ” says Sarah Skaf, a stunt Cardiff Universy.

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“We are what is said on the till: a gay bar, ” says Haydn Price, the owner of the bar, “and we have as many gay people as other bars whout dog drag.

“The whole ethos of the gay muny has changed tremendoly.

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Are you lookg for the Gay & LGBT clubs Cardiff? So on this page, you’ll fd the official shortlist of the Gay & LGBT clubs Cardiff.

This is why we have piled a list of nightclubs Cardiff that are only safe for LGBT and gay people but a rt to be at! We have pastakgly shortlisted the 5 bt Gay & LGBT Clubs Cardiff for your amazg night out! Right the heart of Cardiff’s gay scene, they say you won’t fd daily drag shows, hen parti or gangs of women here and weekends are strictly men only.

CARDIFF'S GAY-IENDLY BARS AND CLUBS EVERYBODY SHOULD KNOW ABOUTWH PRI CYM HEADG TO CARDIFF, HERE'S YOUR GUI TO GAY BARS, PUBS AND CLUBS THE CY CLUDG EAGLE, THE GOLN CROSS AND PULSEWALONLEBOOKMARKSHAREWHAT'S ONBYVICTORIA JON14:27, 14 AUG 2015UPDATED10:20, 27 AUG 2015BOOKMARKSIGN UP HERE TO GET THE CARDIFFONLE NEWSLETTER SENT STRAIGHT 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 SIGN UP HERE TO GET THE CARDIFFONLE NEWSLETTER SENT STRAIGHT 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!

Where: 39 Charl Street, Cardiff, CF10 2GB Contact 029 2114 0000 or vis RELATED:25 life lsons Pri Cym will teach you Bar In After openg 2005, Bar In has been a firm favoure on the Cardiff gay scene. Where: The Kgs, 10 Churchill Way, Cardiff CF10 2DX Vis WOW bar It’s the self-proclaimed “most prtig gay venue Wal” and opens every day om 9am servg food and drk. Vis REVEALED: The bt plac to work Wal if you are gay Msky’s Showbar.

When Damian Kerl moved to Cardiff om Derry, Northern Ireland, at the young age of 19, he said the Welsh gay nightlife scene was an utter sensory overload.

We had one gay bar which was very much on the g of the town. But, 13 years later, the 32-year-old said that time he had wnsed the closure of many of Cardiff's gay bars, a trend seen across the UK. In the podst, he wanted to tell the often gossipy and fun-filled stori of those who partied gay venu across the untry.

CARDIFF'S LOST GAY NIGHTLIFE SCENE AND WHAT'S REPLACED

Lily Savage at the Tunnel Club, a legendary gay venue Cardiff. The bar team at gay bar Tunnel. (Image: The bar team at gay bar the Tunnel Club).

The bar team at gay bar Ex, which was loted Charl Street. On a broar sle there are the clive spac and is seen that we don't need a signated gay bar anymore. Blurrg the l: What has bee of the gay bar?

When they met fellow techno lover, Ren Flkner, 24, they cid to stop naggg DJs at popular Cardiff gay bars to play their more alternative mic and jt put on their own night. "There's the classic gay club which me and Ren absolutely love.

ONE OF CARDIFF'S OLST GAY VENU HAS SHUT S DOORS FOR GOODEAGLE 50, PREVLY THE LOCKER ROOM, HAS BEEN A SIGNATURE STAPLE ON THE GAY SCENE THE CY FOR 27 YEARSWALONLEBOOKMARKSHARECOMMENTSWHAT'S ONBYJOSEPH ALICOMMUNY REPORTER15:49, 1 JUN 2021BOOKMARKOWNER HAYDN PRICE NEVER IMAGED HE'D BE CLOSG THE VENU DOORS (IMAGE: HAYDN PRICE)SIGN UP HERE TO GET THE CARDIFFONLE NEWSLETTER SENT STRAIGHT 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 SIGN UP HERE TO GET THE CARDIFFONLE NEWSLETTER SENT STRAIGHT 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!

But where there's variety clubs tered for straight people, there's not that variety for gay clubs, " they said. The growg acceptance of the LGBTQ+ muny has meant straight people are more likely to party at gay bars which Fley said was absolutely fe as they weled everyone to their muny, but did brg the danger of LGBTQ+ plac feelg ls safe. Otherwise, we fall to that trap of losg our inty and then what is the gay bar then?

It was a staple for gay men south Wal for s and one of Cardiff's olst gay venu.

Haydn sold the bar October, 2022, but still remas the only gay bar left standg on the once thrivg Charl Street which Haydn scribed as Cardiff's former "gay village".

PRI: WAL' OLST GAY BAR REMAS AMID VELOPG CY

"You uld go to a place where you uld be safe and secure and be around people wh the same tert, you uld be open and hont, relax and be yourself, " said Haydn, who noted that societal progrs had meant was now harr to distguish between straight and gay bars. "Nowadays, a bar that don't class self as gay will draw as many gay people as a gay bar would, " said Haydn, who explaed nightlife Cardiff had bee more mixed terms of sexualy. He add: "That upset me bee that's not what a gay bar is about.

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Bee even jt 10-15 years ago they wouldn't be happy gog anywhere other than bars classified as gay. "When you've got a club or a settg which is a classic lol gay club don't really allow for anyone to exprs another si to them, pecially when those plac are gettg ed by straight people.

The ronavis panmic has left huge loss Cardiff's nightlife scene, pecially gay and LGBT+ venu.

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Unbeknown to some, the closure of this inic and somewhat famo venue is a massive blow to the gay muny and one of s sub cultur. Gay bathho. Rerds of gay bathho date back as far as the 15th century wh more morn on created at the begng of the 20th century throughout the world cludg London and New York.

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At the time they were an asset for gay men to meet up societi that emed homosexualy illegal. Openg 27 years ago formerly as 'The Locker Room' 1993, Eagle 50 has been a staple for gay men south Wal and beyond for s.

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Insi, the venue offered dark rooms and sna facili for gay men. Csg disbelief when the announcement was first publicised earlier this month, the venue was a h wh gay men on the LGBT+ scene and was a place for people to e and socialise whout beg disrpected or feel unsafe due to their sexualy. "It's a great shock, the sna has been an tablished part of the cy gay scene for near 28 years, " he said.

"But the whole ia of what was created as a gay village the cy has disappeared, " Haydyn add. "The whole gay scene has transformed to somethg different. Cardiff has a vibrant gay scene, wh all the ma venu beg wh walkg distance of each other.

What: Lively gay baret bar open seven nights a Mary’s is famo for s iendly atmosphere. What: This fé and store is the permanent home for Gays Who We, who've been offerg monthly we tastg events for the Cardiff's LGBTQ+ muny and alli sce If you venture out of the cy centre, you will be reward wh fabulo ffee while you ci what to enjoy om the ever-changg menu of lic artisan food. Durg the week-long ftival of ternatnal film screengs, panel ssns and parti, 50 short films by or about gay, lbian, bisexual and transgenr people pete to w the top acla, valued at £30, 000.

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The gay scene is pretty small wh only a handful of bars and even fewer clubs – but there is more than enough 'chee' for everyone (assumg that's your cup of brie. When I first me out (18 long years ago), Cardiff had a thrivg gay scene that ntued to flourish for 10 years; terg to a diversy of tast.

Like many people om that generatn, I look back fondly at days of (the origal) WOW and Atlanti, Ex, the Kgs Cross and The Goln Cross (which was not to be missed on a Saturday night, and is still open - Cardiff's olst gay bar. The (short-lived) Girl Bar, which beme Fn is no longer, which is a shame, but there’s still a quirky alternative gay dis night, Hell’s Bent (which you n fd durg Pri on Augt 13 at Full Moon. For dner, Hashery the cy centre is owned by Osr, a gay Colombian, and the food is amazg.

CARDIFF'S LOST GAY NIGHTLIFE SCENE AND WHAT'S REPLACED

Among Cardiff cy centre's high rise buildgs, offic, flats and numero nstctn projects stands Wal' olst gay ed to be over a dozen pubs this small rner of the pal, but today the Gra II-listed Goln Cross, a stone's throw om St David's 2 Shoppg Centre, is the only one still s openg as the Shields and Newstle Tavern the mid-19th Century, to s stat as a waterg hole for the cy's LGBT populatn for the past 24 years, this eye-tchg pub has a fascatg Pri Cym draws to a close, here's a brief history of Wal' olst gay ptn, The Goln Cross ss one of the most veloped areas of the cyThe pub has a iendly atmosphere a regenerated part of Cardiff, but this was historilly an area many people avoid due to s reputatn for thievery, vlence and prostutn. "Image ptn, The hand-pated pictorial panel of Cardiff Castle at the public barImage ptn, A pictn of the old Bras Brewery on St Mary's St Victorian tim, seen on the wall towards the back of the pubThe Goln Cross officially beme a gay bar 24 years ago, and over the years Cardiff has seen s LGBT pub scene grow, wh many other tablishments openg. "Nowadays, Cardiff's gay pubs are more spread out across the cy, wh Pulse on Churchill Way beg a popular spot.