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Gay Bars Madrid: LL the Place to Start Your Weekend!
Gay Bars Madrid: LL the Place to Start Your Weekend!
Midnight: what may be the bewitching hour back home -sending crystal-shod princesses scurrying for their carriages- means something very different in Spain. At this hour, many a Madrileño will be just finishing a leisurely...
Gay Madrid - Sleazy Madrid Party
Gay Madrid - Sleazy Madrid Party
Lex Evanson
Getting sleazier has never been easier! If leather, rubber or bear flesh are your thing, then Sleazy Madrid is the place for you this weekend. This annual event is the Spanish Capital’s rapidly growing fetish weekend...
Chueca Neighborhood: The Gay Barrio - cafes, bars and clubs
Chueca Neighborhood: The Gay Barrio - cafes, bars and clubs
If you take line five to Chueca you will happily pop up smack-dab in the center of the Plaza de Chueca – arguably the epicenter of all things gay, not only in Madrid, but in all of Spain.
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Plaza de Chueca
Plaza de Chueca serves up everything from coffee to cocktails - a great place to start your Madrid explorations of gay Spanish life. Centrally located, the plaza is a walk away from all bars, clubs, cafes and restaurants.
Lesbian Bar in Madrid: Friendly, Cheap and Fun
El Truco Lesbian Bar in Madrid: Friendly, Cheap and Fun
This girl bar on the corner of La Plaza de Chueca rates remarkably high on the friendly factor. Truco (trick) has craftily avoided the typical pitfalls of gay culture--don’t bristle, darling, all cultures have their downsides—that is, the...
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The Truco of the Trade
Gay scene: at Truco (trick), you'll find friendly girls, cheap drinks and energetic music. Located on the Plaza de Chueca, you can't find a more central venue to kick off the evening or kick back and enjoy the night. See review for details.
Guide to gay madrid
Gay madrid
Gay pride in Madrid is at its peak with Madrid´s Chueca neighborhood boasting one of Europe´s most vibrant and international gay communities. Check out our comprehensive guide to Gay Madrid!
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Silenced
Silenciados, a play without words, is debuting in Madrid. For more information see Shaquina Blake's review.
Gay - cheap bars!
Bar Nike - Where to Start Your Night
Like so many gems Bar Nike is encrusted in a crude and craggy geode-like shell. Walking by, nothing would catch your eye except possibly the hordes of cute gay boys on the curb. Inside the décor is about as charming as your high school cafeteria – industrial tiles cover the floor, florescent lighting seems intent on destroying the ambiance...
cinema - festivals and flicks
Three Film Festivals and More!
As the weather turns cold, it’s always good to have film weekend. This weekend there is no shortage of festivals and flicks. Madrid (and neighboring Alcalá de Henares) offers a full spectrum of possibilities. For those interested in the Spanish scene, there is El Festival de Cine de Alcalá (Alcalá Film Festival). Focusing on short films by young directors, this event offers a smorgasbord...
gay - sexy boys and decent drinks
Liquid or Ice - It's All in Your Attitude
Liquid is yet another institution on that whirl-around circuit known as Chueca. Dubbed a “Video Bar”, this modern venue sports up to seven flat-screens per room – music always booming and videos always rolling. The drinks are very reasonably priced – beer(4.80), cocktails (8), and copas (7.50). The bar has a very good-looking clientele – attracting a mix of ages with....
Night clubs
Ananda: The Best Club in a Metro Station!
Swinging beds suspended from the ceiling, an enormous well-furnished terraza, physically flawless go-go dancers, distinctive dance floors bumpin’ to diverse DJs… Ananda has everything you’d expect from a big-name Madrid club plus a few surprises...
Studio 54
Get Glamorized! A Little Bit of New York in Madrid
Runway lights welcome those who visit the newly opened Studio 54, one of the most stylish venues to have opened in the heart of Chueca recently. The ambiance makes everyone who enters feels likes an authentic star. The clothing designer, Tomás Alía, was responsible for the clubs decoration – noteworthy is his chic use of the color pink.
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Wrapping up Gay Pride Madrid, 2007
Things over here at MAP Magazine have been a little, well...gay, lately. We're not a gay publicaction, but we certainly do support the gay pride initiatives in Madrid this week! Now it's time to ...
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Pride Parade Route - Madrid Pride!
Parade Map Hey, today starting at 18h check out the Pride Parade! It starts at La Puerta de Alcalà and finishes at the Plaza de España. The route goes by Plaza de Cibeles, Alcalà and all of Gran Via. At the culmination point, there will be a ma...
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Gay Pride TV!
Hey everyone, this is MAP director Phil Stark here. As many of you know, I work in video production...
Clubs - Supermartxe
Supermartxe - One More Party on Pride Weekend!
Hey, although there are NO shortage of parties this weekend, if you want one more, plan on this: Supermartxe. Sunday this huge venue will be thumpin’ bumpin’ giving you one last blow out before the weekend official ends.
fiestas - Gay Pride
Gay Pride - European Headquarters, Madrid
If you are reading this article outside of Madrid City, my first recommendation is to get on the Internet right know and buy a ticket: You MUST come! From Wednesday...
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Spank - Madrid’s New Favorite Gay Club
Right now Spank is one of the hottest clubs on the gay scene. Everyone wants to be at Spank a...
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Infinita 2007 - The Biggest Gay Party In Madrid!
Thus begins Orgullo Gay Week (Pride). For the next week Madrid, the European center of the celebration, will run amuck with proud people from every country imaginable. The biggest party, as is true every year, will be held in the Casa de Campo – Metro Lago. DJs include Bob Sinclair, Miguel Picasso, Ismael Rivas, Javier Gonzalez, and David Berna. The party is rumored to be a bit over the top, but that is what Pride is all about, no?
Clubs - Gay
Sunrise - An Institution on the Gay Scene
Sunrise is somewhat of an institution on the gay club circuit and deservedly so. The entrance is 8 euros with one free drink included. This tastefully decorated establishment hosts a long bar which divides the chatting area from the dancing area, and, of course, the dance area comes complete with a stage, large screen, and gyrating go-go boys...
Dance Clubs in Madrid: SuperMartxe
SuperMartxe - Sunday Night Mega-Club
SuperMartxe (monthly Sunday party) Venue: La Riviera Paseo Bajo de La Virgin del Puerto, 3 Entrance : 15 (free before 20:00 with flyer) Drinks : 9 a cocktail Intrepid journalist Risks Life and Limb Among Gold Thongs and Bold Make Up to Deliver the...
La Pausa Chill Out Bar Madrid
Pausa - Chillout Bar
Pausa is a welcome addition to the Chueca neighborhood. Although there are scads of hiply decorated bars and restaurants, there are also plenty of places with piña-colada-scented fog and Gloria Gainer remixes. Any bar that displaces one of the latter-mentioned abominations is a winner in my book. Of course, Pausa does just this...