Cacophony Club Fri 2nd Dec

CACOPHONY is club night for queer people who want different music and a different scene. First Friday of Every month CACOPHONY is a night of stomping indie rock and alternative music by DJs who know their music.

Live band this month: The Wilde followed by DJs Ian Finnerty and Will Saint -

Adm €5 – Pitchers of beer €10 – pints €4 – spirit and dash €5

CACOPHONY @ The Thomas House,
86 Thomas Street, Dublin

Admission is €5 – All pints €4 – Spirit + Dash €5

This not-for-profit night is brought to you by Butcher Queers zine.

Pick up Butcher Queers

The print edition of Butcher Queers issue four is now out. You can pick up your latest copy fom Pantibar on Capel street, Dublin or The Winding Stair Bookshop on Eden Quay.

A huge thank you to everyone that came to our launch last night and to those that gave donations towards printing costs. Remember BQ is advert-free, non-commerical and 100% non-profit

Downloadable PDF version will be available from this weekend

Power to The People

 

Here at Butcher Queer we’re delighted to announce that ‘The People Issue’ will be launched in Pantibar, Dublin on Thursday 25th November at 8.30pm,

Featuring brave new writing by David Babby, Joey Kavanagh, Emily Aoibheann and Stephen Meyler. Transgressive photography by Sean Mehan and Emily Aoibheann. Homoerotic art by Neil O’Driscoll and lots more visually exciting work

As usual there are only 1000 individually numbered copies available: RSVP our Facebook event page here

Priesthood Goes Burlesque

Check out this well written essay by Ed Madden for The Gay and Lesbian Review. The piece features Opus Gei (Alternative Miss Ireland 2010 contestant) as well as other cultural and artistic responses to clerical abuse scandals.

Callin’ all Cailíns

With out contest Alternative Miss Ireland is THE highlight of every queer’s year. Dark, witty, playful, offensive and intensely fabulous – AMI has been the beginning (and the end) of some of Ireland’s great queer performers. Alternative Miss Ireland, celebrates her 17th pageant on Sunday 13 March 2011. Open to men, women and others, this pageant puts contestants (the Aspiring Queen Cailíns) through traditional rounds of Daywear, Swimwear and Evening wear – though right there is where tradition ends and the insanity begins. The cohort of Cailíns battle it out on stage for the much coveted AMI Crown that currently resides on the head of the reigning Queen of Ireland, Miss Peaches Queen.

Budding contestants have until 15th January 2011 to enter. www.alternativemissireland.com

Queer Notions

What do you get the gay that’s got everything? Well, here’s something for the Christmas stocking that will last longer than an erection on an Aer Lingus flight.  Queer Notions – New Plays and Performances from Ireland. Edited by Fintan Walsh, published by Cork University Press.

That’s all