Beloved Surry Hills shoe retailer High Heels – a favourite of Sydney’s drag and dance community – has suddenly shut up shop on Crown Street, but promises it is not closing permanently, just “relocating”.
Nightlife & venues
Explore Sydney’s vibrant LGBTQIA+ nightlife. Discover club and bar openings and acquisitions, venue closures, and detailed reviews like our take on Flash. We also cover major milestones such as ARQ’s farewell, plus event guides and insider tips for your next night out.
A new tiki-inspired bar has opened atop the Courthouse Hotel in Taylor Square, injecting a fresh dose of colour and character into the precinct.
The organisers of Flash, a weekly gay dance party at Darlinghurst’s Two 3 One, have responded to a late-night City of Sydney inspection that halted entry to the event over capacity and safety concerns, issuing a public statement outlining what went wrong and how they’re planning to fix it.
Has Flash, the 11-week-old gay Sydney dance party, become a victim of its own success?
Flash, a new weekly club night geared towards gay men, proves that a warm, sweaty, pop-infused, multi-level dance party still has a place in Sydney’s wintry months.
The popular queer-friendly Newtown Hotel in Sydney’s inner west is close to being sold after its owner, Universal Hotels, put it on the market last year.
What makes a gay club gay? It’s a question I’ve been turning over in my mind since Saturday night’s launch of Aura, the new nightclub that’s taken over the space once occupied by Arq.
Iconic Oxford Street gay nightclub Palms will now stay open two hours longer every weekend after the City of Sydney approved an extension to its trading hours.
Owner Joy Ng said the decision came from a personal place and that she wanted to explore a career outside of hospitality.
A 21-year-old man has been arrested and charged with more than 50 offences following an alleged hate-motivated vandalism spree across Sydney’s inner west targeting a queer venue and political campaign materials.