It may come as something as a surprise to LGBT visitors to the UK that there is queer life outside of London too. Manchester, best known as being the northern city where the original Queer as Folk TV Series was based, has a thriving and very diverse gay community. None more apparent than the 7th Annual Rubber Weekend that is going on right now.
It is maybe toooo late to get there now BUT if you can today’s events include Cruz101 from 12pm – 6pm including The Pup Pound for all canine fans, The Sisters’ Porno Bingo with over a thousands pounds ($1500) worth of gear to be won and the return of the The Fetish Market at in a new, bigger venue! In the evening we’ll have pre-drinks at Eagle from 8pm followed by the local regular corner stone fetish event Alert! in Bangkok bar from 11pm. If you saw the play room we’d made for Darkcell last year, prepare to be spoilt as Alert! have taken over the cellar and turned it into a really impressive play dungeon with room for plenty of sleaze.
If you still want to dance after all that fun Club Aftershock will be having a rubbery black party in sub101 til the early hours (free in with your weekend band and in rubber).
On Sunday there is rubber brunch at Delicatezze from 11:30 – 14:30 to nurse your hangovers La Voix does Sunday Service at Eagle Bar and Geartunes from 6pm at Oscars Bar (rubber, cocktails and showtunes shouldn’t work but it does and it’s hilarious!). If you’re still wanting to play in the afternoon remember Sunday Cellar will be open 13:00 – 18:00 (the side entrance of Alert) and if Oscars is full you’ll find Beareoke on in The Rem from 7pm Rounding off the weekend is the strict rubber-only closing party Slick back at the Eagle from 9pm, the official Manchester Rubbermen birthday event with another grands worth of rubber gear to be won, a rubber bondage demo area and our local bobby to polish (grope) you all to a mirror shine!
Then on Monday will be a simple farewell fling at Urban Cookhouse Manchester from 10:30-1pm where you can dump your bags from your hotel, grab a seat or bean bag and grab some breakfast and a bloody Mary with your new friends before heading off to your trains and planes!
To find out more about this and future events sign up at http://manchesterrubber.co.uk/about/
