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VENUES AND EMPORIA

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Aberdeen
Dumfries
Dundee
Edinburgh
Glasgow
Inverurie
Stirling
Stornoway

* indicates that these venues stock ScotsGay

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ABERDEEN

CHEERZ BAR & CLUB*
2-8 Exchange Street. Tel: (01224) 594511. Bar: 6pm-Midnight. Club: Sun-Wed 11.30pm-2am, Thu 9.30pm-2am, Fri 11.30pm-3am, Sat 10pm-3am. Lively gay bar and club with entertainment and more. WWW: http://www.cheerzbar.net/

ICON*
20 Adelphi. New club in old Oh Henry's premises.

WELLMAN'S HEALTH STUDIO*
218 Holburn Street. Tel: (01224) 211441. Mon-Fri Noon-10pm, Sat Noon-9pm, Sun 2-9pm. 8-man Jacuzzi, sauna, steamroom, café. Free Internet access. Massage available. E-mail: rod@wellmans-health-studio.com WWW: http://www.wellmans-health-studio.com/
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DUMFRIES

DUMFRIES LGBT CENTRE*
88b High Street. Tel: (01387) 255058. Drop-in: Mon 3.30-5.30pm. Newly opened. E-mail: rod@wellmans-health-studio.com WWW: http://www.lgbtcentredg.co.uk/

STICKY
6/7 Church Place. Tel: (01387) 263623. 9pm-2am. Last Fri of each 2nd month (next in August). Club night for LGBT people and their friends from Dumfries & Galloway. WWW: http://www.clubsticky.co.uk/
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DUNDEE

ABODE*
22 St Andrew's Street. Mon-Sat 11am- Midnight, Sun 12.30pm-Midnight. New LGBT friendly bar and eaterie. Food served Mon-Sat until 9pm.

BROOKS BAR*
2 St Andrew's Lane. Mon-Thu 5pm-Midnight, Fri-Sun 3pm-Midnight. New gay bar. Back bar (restricted to people aged 25 and over - Photo ID required) is open Fri-Sun until 2.30am.

THE GAUGER*
75-79 Seagate. Tel: (01382) 226840. Sun 12.30pm-Midnight, Mon-Sat 11am-Midnight. LGBT-friendly bar with free disco Fri & Sat 8pm-Midnight. Free use of premises for pre-booked groups.

JOCKS HEALTH CLUB/SAUNA*
11 Princes Steet. Tel: (01382) 451986. Sun-Thu Noon-10pm, Fri-Sat Noon-11pm. Dundee's newest gay venue. Sauna, gym, steamroom, lockers, lounge, cabins. E-mail: ask@jockssauna.co.uk WWW: http://www.jockssauna.co.uk/

OUT*
124 Seagate. Tel: (01382) 200660. Wed-Sun 11pm-2.30am. Good atmosphere, very popular disco with wide selection of sounds and the occasional act/PA.
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EDINBURGH

During the Edinburgh Festivals in August, many venues have considerably extended opening hours. We only list the standard opening hours - contact the venues directly for full details.

THE AULD HOOSE*
23-25 St Leonards Street. Tel: 0131-668 2934. Sun 12.30pm-1am, Mon-Sat 11.30am-1am. Everybody-friendly bar. Real ale. Food served: Mon-Sat 11.30am-9.30pm, Sun 12.30-8pm.

BLUE MOON CAFÉ*
1 Barony Street/36 Broughton Street. Tel: 0131-556 2788 (Bar) or 0131-557 0911 (Office). Sat-Sun 10am-11pm, Mon-Fri 11am-11pm. Food served until 10pm. Popular LGBT café. WWW: http://www.bluemooncafe.co.uk/

BOBBIE'S BOOKSHOP*
220 Morrison Street. Tel: 0131-538 7069. Mon-Sat 10am-1pm, 2-5.30pm. Mixed bookshop selling a selection of UK and imported gay magazines.

BOOTY
GHQ, 4 Picardy Place. Tel: 0131-550 1780. Info Line: 07736 936650. Sun 11pm-3am. "It's our duty to please your booty". DJ Dale Lush and guests. Club Classics, Funky House, Soulful House, US Garage, Old Skool House, Hip Hop, R&B, UK Garage and Retro. £3 entry. E-mail: dale@lushmarketing.com WWW: http://www.club-booty.com/

CAFÉ HABANA*
22 Greenside Place. Tel: 0131-558 1270. 1pm-1am. Friendly pre-club bar popular with locals and visitors. Regular promotions and weekly entertainment with free WiFi Internet access. E-mail: cafehabanaEH1@mac.com WWW: http://www.cafehabanaEH1.com/

CAFÉ NOM DE PLUME*
60 Broughton Street. Tel: 0131-478 1372. Sun Noon-11pm, Mon-Thu 11am-11pm, Fri-Sat 11am-1am.Relaxed café/bar at the LGBT Centre. Now in its second year and with some great reviews under its belt. Serving coffees, teas, beers, wines & spirits. Fruit beers, organic lagers & ciders, German Weiss beers and Scottish ales in bottles. Meat, vegetarian and vegan dishes available. Free Wi-Fi. Dogs welcome but sorry, no children under 5 years. And nae chips! E-mail: info@cafenomdeplume.co.uk

C.C. BLOOM'S*
23-24 Greenside Place. Tel: 0131-556 9331. Sun 7pm-3am, Mon-Thu 6pm-3am, Fri-Sat 6pm-3am. Two funky floors! DJ Shazza v DJ Blondie on Sat. Disco every night from 11pm. E-mail: ccblooms@tiscali.co.uk WWW: http://www.bebo.com/ccbloomsnightclub

DARE
SpeakEasy, 28 Blair Street. Tel: 0131-220 6176. 11pm-3am. Last Sat of each month. Club night celabrating the best in current electronic music and all that inspired it with resident DJ Jon Pleased Wimmin. £5. WWW: http://www.thecabaretvoltaire.com/

DV8
Spiders Web Basement, 258 Morrison Street. Tel: 0131-228 1949. 8pm-1am. Last Fri of each month. Fetish club with strict fetish code door policy (although they do allow smart black dresswear). People of all genders and sexualities are invited to come along and enjoy the friendly atmosphere in the company of Footman John and his team. WWW: http://dv8fetishclub.co.uk/

EDINBURGH LGBT CENTRE*
58a and 60 Broughton Street. Houses Café Nom De Plume and Pride Scotia. Provides meeting and noticeboard space for many LGBT organisations. Free WiFi Internet access (sponsored by ScotsGay). Bought in 1974 by the Scottish Minorities Group, it is the only LGBT-owned LGBT Centre in the UK and is also the oldest LGBT Centre in Europe if not the world. Tel: 0131-556 9471. Meeting Room Booking Tel: 07817 533337. E-mail: hello@edinburghlgbtcentre.org.uk WWW: http://www.edinburghlgbtcentre.org.uk/

ELBOW*
133-135 East Claremont Street. Tel: 0131-556 5662. 11am-1am. Breakfast: available until 6pm at weekends), Lunch: 11.30am-6pm, Dinner: 6pm-10pm. Bar and restaurant. Pub Quiz every Tuesday from 8.30pm. Open Mike every Sun from 8.30pm. Live Music on first Fri of each month. WWW: http://www.elbowedinburgh.co.uk/

ELECTRO-SEXUAL*
C.C. Bloom's, 23-24 Greenside Place. Tel: 0131-556 9331. 11pm-3am. First Fri of each month. Club night. Music policy: cheeky electro and dirty bootlegs, mashed up by resident Lucky Luciano. E-mail: electro-sexual@live.co.uk WWW: http://www.facebook.com/electroedinburgh

FEVER
Faith Nightclub, 207 Cowgate. Tel: 0131-225 9764. 11pm-3am. 3rd Sat of each month. DJs Fisher & Price and Kaupuss - entry £7 members/£8 non members.WWW: http://www.taste-clubs.com/

FURBURGER*
GHQ (Back Room), 4 Picardy Place. Tel: 0131-550 1780. 11pm-3am. 2nd Fri of each month. Popular women's club night. Aural stimulation from The Funki Diva, Dejaybird, Boy Toy & Debi T. E-mail: furburger.club@hotmail.co.uk

GHQ*
4 Picardy Place. Tel: 0131-550 1780. Wed-Sun 9pm-3am. Stylish bar and club catering for the capital's fashionable gay crowd with some of the country's top DJs playing dazzling tunes from musical genres such as electro, house, indie, funk and soul. WWW: http://www.socialanimal.co.uk/Edinburgh/GHQ/

THE HILL*
Basement, 20 Leopold Place. Tel: 0131-556 3556. Sun 12.30-2pm & 6.30-10pm, Mon-Sat 11.30am-11.30pm. New basement bar with Thai food. E-mail: mail@spicebox201.co.uk

LEATHER & LACE*
8 Drummond Street. Tel: 0131-557 9413. Fax: 0131-557 8336. Sun Noon-9pm, Mon-Sat 10am-9pm. 25 Easter Road. Tel: 0131-623 6969. Noon-6pm. Scotland's ORIGINAL licenced SEX shops! Toys galore, video rental too! Larger sizes stocked.

LGBT CENTRE FOR HEALTH & WELLBEING*
9 Howe Street. Tel: 0131-523 1100. LGBT community centre in the heart of the New Town offering a range of events, courses and activities. Also provides meeting space for community groups. See website for listings. E-mail: admin@lgbthealth.org.uk WWW: http://www.lgbthealth.org.uk/

LUVELY
Faith Nightclub, 207 Cowgate. Tel: 0131-225 9764. Info Line: 0131-657 4633. 10.30pm-3am. 1st Sat of each month. Mega club night with resident DJs Tommy Kay, Dean Newton, Grum Stone, and Jon Edwards. WWW: http://www.luvely.com/

MORE
SpeakEasy, 28 Blair Street. Tel: 0131-220 6176. 11pm-3am. Every Sun except 1st Sun of each month. Just when you thought the weekend was over we give you MORE!! with DJs Miss Chris spinning the very best of Funky Vocal House, Electro and Club Classics. Entry is free with selected drinks from £2 all night. WWW: http://www.bebo.com/ClubMore

NEW TOWN BAR*
26B Dublin Street. Tel: 0131-538 7775. Sun 12.30pm-1am, Mon-Thu Noon-1am, Fri-Sat Noon-2am. Food: Mon-Fri Noon-3pm. Popular and busy gay bar. Drinks promotions daily. Real ale. Downstairs: The male-oriented Disco Bar is open Fri-Sat with resident DJ from 10pm-2am. Bears in the Basement is on the 2nd Sat of each month - 10pm-1am. Free WiFi Internet access. E-mail: newtownbar@aol.com WWW: http://www.newtownbar.co.uk/

No EIGHTEEN*
18 Albert Place, Leith Walk. Tel: 0131-553 3222. Mon-Thu Noon-10pm, Fri-Sun Noon-11pm. The UK's first VAT registered gay sauna! Relaxed and friendly atmosphere with excellent facilities which include large sauna cabin, 14-man steam room, private rooms, communal and private showers, themed rooms, video area and TV lounge. Hot and cold refreshments available. £10 (£8 concessions), £5 after 8pm. WWW: http://www.number18sauna.com/

PLANET*
6 Baxter's Place. Tel: 0131-556 5551. 1pm-1am. Popular and busy gay bar with friendly staff. Mon: Quiz from 9pm - booze and cash prizes. Tue: 30% off all drinks from 9pm. Thu: Lemonade with Dejay Bird. DJs Fri & Sat. Promos: Everyday from 4-9pm. E-mail: planetout@btinternet.com

PRISCILLA'S CABARET BAR*
17 Albert Place, Leith Walk. Tel: 0131-554 8962. Sun-Fri Noon-1am, Sat 5am-1am. Friendly bar putting the fun back into coming out owned by Deb's and Boozy Soozy. Sun: Karaoke from 9pm with Freddie. Mon: Request Night with DJ Daz Glaz. Tue: Karaoke with Daz Glaz. Wed: Boogie on down with DJ Daz Glaz. Thu: Karaoke with Cilla Slack. Fri, Sat: FREE Cabaret (check board for details) plus resident DJs Boozy or Daz - check board for details. Look out for ongoing drink promotions and check out fabulous cocktails and shots. Also serving toasties, burgers, paninis and teas and coffee. E-mail: debrakeith11@yahoo.co.uk WWW: http://www.bebo.com/priscillasedinburgh/

Q-STORE
5 Barony Street. Tel/Fax: 0131-477 4756. Sun 1-5pm, Mon-Fri 11am-7pm, Sat 11am-6pm. Scotland's only licensed gay store. Not just feelthy pictures - lifestyle too! Now with added girl interest.

QUEER MUTINY
Upstairs at the Forest Café, 3 Bristo Place. Tel: 0131-220 4538. See their website for details of events which are often organised at short notice. Against consumerism, assimilation, representation and the rest of the shit that claims to be "the gay lifestyle". A DIY, non-hierarchical collective, fed up with Edinburgh's commercial gay scene, provides a queer autonomous space "because Edinburgh's gay clubs are restrictive to our sexualities"! E-mail: EdinburghQueerMutiny@gmail.com WWW: http://www.queermutiny.tk/ and http://www.myspace.com/queermutiny

THE REGENT*
2 Montrose Terrace. Tel: 0131-661 8198. Sun 12.30pm-1am, Mon-Sat 11am-1am. Edinburgh's Gay Real Ale Pub - voted 2010 Edinburgh Pub Of The Year by CAMRA members. Deuchars IPA and Old Rosie scrumpy always available plus a range of guest ales. Relaxed atmosphere and comfortable surroundings. Snacks and meals served all day, plus coffees and teas. Free WiFi. Dogs welcome but no children under 5 years. CAMRA's Lesbian & Gay Real Ale Drinkers meet here on the 1st Mon of the month (2nd Mon in Aug to avoid GBBF) from 9pm. The World Famous Regent Pub Quiz is held on the last Tue of each month - 9pm start. Organised by LGBT Youth with all proceeds going to them. £1.50 entry per person. (No food served after 8pm on quiz nights). Tue 8th June 8.30pm - The Regent Showcase featuring local singer/songwriters. Free entry. WWW: http://www.lagrad-edinburgh.org.uk/ E-mail: info@theregentbar.co.uk WWW: http://www.theregentbar.co.uk/

STEAMWORKS*
5 Broughton Market. Tel: 0131-477 3567. Daily 11am-11pm. Stylish sauna forming part of busy gay hotel and sauna complex in centre of gay quarter. State-of-the-art facilities including large spa pool, sauna cabin, large steam room, video room, labyrinth with themed areas, café lounge, free Internet access, tanning booth. Massage available daily. Choice of lockers or private cabins. Admission: Lockers £5, Cabins £10 before 2pm. Lockers £10, Cabins £15 at all other times. Students & under 25 £5 lockers all day, every day! No membership required. Proudly gay owned & operated. WWW: http://www.steamworks-sauna.co.uk/

THE STREET*
2 Picardy Place. Tel: 0131-556 4272. Sun 12.30pm-1am, Mon-Sat Noon-1am. Small but perfectly formed bar run by Louise and Trendy Wendy. Wed: "Orange Wednesdays with Trendy Wendy" popular Pub Quiz from 9pm. EVERY Thu: "Quality Street" = Sweet beats with DJs Honky Tonk & Monkey Baz Fri: Dancing in the street with DJ Trendy Wendy and friends. Sat: Top DJs and Pre-club party sets. WWW: http://www.thestreetbar.co.uk

TACKNO
The Voodoo Rooms, 19a West Register Street. Tel: 0131-556 7060. 10pm-5am. Sun 2nd May. One off club nights with DJ Trendy Wendy and guests. E-mail: djtrendywendy@mac.com WWW: http://www.tackno.com/

TASTE
The GRV, 37 Guthrie Street Tel: 0131-220 2987. 11pm-3am. 1st Sun of each month. DJs Fisher & Price and Miss Chris. £5/£6 WWW: http://www.taste-clubs.com/ and http://www.bebo.com/tasteclubs/

VELVET WOMEN'S CLUB NIGHT
SpeakEasy, 36 Blair Street. Tel: 0131-220 6176. 10.30pm-3am (4/5am in Aug). New venue near The Tron and The City Café. Sat 21st Aug (Drag King Night), Sat 11th Sep, Sat 16th Oct. For gay and bi girlies and their LGBTI friends. DJs Jeremy, Trendy Wendy and guests, eclectic genre spanning music. £3 b4 11pm then £5/£4 conc. with ID. Affordable drinks. E-mail: clubvelvet@blueyonder.co.uk WWW: http://www.facebook.com/clubvelvet or http://www.webflyers.co.uk/Flyer/377

WORD POWER*
43-45 West Nicolson Street. Tel: 0131-662 9112. Sun Noon-5pm, Mon-Sat 10am-6pm. Independent radical bookshop with online store. E-mail: books@word-power.co.uk WWW: http://www.word-power.co.uk/
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GLASGOW

AMBASSADORS RAINBOW*
41b York Street. Tel: 0141-237 3011. Mon-Thu Noon-Midnight. Fri-Sun Noon-2am. New sauna. WWW: http://www.ambassadorsrainbow.com/