We have also enjoyed fully live gigs from Sophie Ellis-Bextor, Alphabeat, Taio Cruz, The Rogue Traders + Booty Luv. Recent visitors to the Nightingale stage include The Saturdays, Pixie Lott, JLS, Agnes, S Club, Gabrielle, Basshunter, September, Sash!, Jordan + Peter Andre, Jason Donovan, Bjorn Again + The Vengaboys. Without doubt, one of the best nights out in the UK - regularly attracting some of the hottest names in pop and dance music, along with an awesome line up of top DJ talent. It's one of Birmingham's most iconic gay clubs - but what do you know The Nightingale as? Is it 'The Gale' or 'Gales'? Comment down below.The multi-award winning gay venue has been at the forefront of the clubbing and entertainment industry for 40 years.
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Today, the Nightingale is a venue which pioneers for equality and is proudly welcome to all and hosts special events for marginalised groups within the LGBTQ+ community. Willow Nightingale Danielle Paultre (born January 25, 1994), better known by the ring-name Willow Nightingale, is an American professional wrestler currently signed to All Elite Wrestling (AEW). A couple of members were sceptical and thought I was turning the Nightingale into a 'black club' - but I told them that they had to embrace Birmingham as the multicultural city it was. "It was on these Sunday nights that I started spinning RnB. "We'd open the doors at 9pm and have to close them at 9:30pm because we were full. DJ Dolly was the first to introduce RnB and other new genres to revelers at the Gale on his usual Sunday slot. Established in 1969, the Nightingale Club has been a driving force on the nightclub scene long before many of todays clubs were even a twinkle in their. Still packing them in after some 20+ years, the Gale is still very much Brum’s big G night out, with a capacity of 2,000 on 3 floors and 4 distinct rooms. Speaking on the Memories of the Dancefloor podcast, DJ Dolly recalls how over the years the space began to 'slowly' diversify and welcome new audiences. The Nightingale Club (or simply ‘the Gale’) is a Birmingham institution the beating heart of the Gay Village and the oldest gay club in the city. I was studying at college at the time but fell in love with partying and the feeling of being in a space which was ours. THE NIGHTINGALE CLUB - The heart of the local gay nightlife and clubbing scene in a huge venue with capacity for 2000. Recalling his first visit to the Nightingale, Lawrence Barton - who now owns the venue - told the Memories from the Dance Floor podcast: "I remember you had to knock on the door to get in. 2583 Moderate Latin American, Cocktail Bars, Breakfast & Brunch. Alcohol was pretty reasonably priced for being located downtown. The opening of the Nightingale marked a significant step forward for the LGBTQ+ community in Birmingham - for the first time they had a space they could truly call their own. Nightingale Bar is a lowkey bar with touches of the 70s (disco balls) and cool lighting for an intimate feel. It was the year of the famous Stonewall Riots in New York - and only two years after the Sexual Offences Bill was passed here in the UK, legalising certain aspects of gay relationships for adults over the age of 21. READ MORE: Plans to ban cars from parts of city centre in bold new Southside cafe culture proposals
The world was a very different place back then. In the podcast, host Damian Kerlin takes us on a journey back in time to 1969 - the year the Nightingale first opened it's doors to the public.
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The series shines a light on the history of these incredible spaces and speaks to those who made them what they are. The fascinating history of the Nightingale is the subject of the latest episode of Memories from the Dance Floor - a brand new podcast celebrating LGBTQ+ venues commissioned for LGBT History Month.
But little is known of the history of Birmingham's oldest gay club - and its beginnings as a private men's only club. Over the past 50 years, the Nightingale has established itself as one of the UK's most iconic gay super clubs - loved by the community here in Birmingham and nationally.
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