Queer Xmas: It's a Synth!

Queer as Punk presents a very special Xmas gig with queer synthwave live music + tag teaming new queer club night SOUR!

Live music (7-10pm) from:

Thundermoon

Edinburgh-based electronic band Thundermoon formed in 2022 when Casey, K & Shaz joined forces to create a queer synth sound to shift dimensions. The band kicked off 2025 with a performance at Edinburgh Hogmanay’s First Footin’, and began writing their debut album. Their recent single “You. Me. (feat. Megan Black)” (May 2025) comes with it’s own dance routine and was awarded ‘Track of the Week’ via BBC Introducing in Scotland with Phoebe Inglis-Holmes & Stephanie Cheape, who said it was one of their "favourite combinations out of all of the collaborations they have ever had on BBC Introducing in Scotland." Inglis-Holmes labelled the track the “perfect, queer, art-pop anthem”. Following the release of “You. Me.”, Thundermoon supported Jet2Holiday pop-sensation Jess Glynne at Helix Park in June, followed by a slot at Kelburn Garden Party. The band had a bucket list moment in August when they opened the show for their idols and 90’s dance legends, Faithless, at Floors Castle in Kelso - citing it as “the best night of their lives”. Stay tuned for what’s next on the cards for Thundermoon, with new music coming out in October 2025 and a debut album in the works.

Gravelle

Pronounced like the dirt. Born out of isolation, longing, and a love of bending the limits of both genre and gender. GRAVELLE are an industrial-pop duo formed in Livingston, Scotland, consisting of Monique Maurel (Vocals & Synths) and Kylie MacNaughton (Vocals & Guitar). A life of feeling like outcasts has filled them with a desire to create pop music for freaks, music to cry and dance to in unison, and an aesthetic to match. A fusion of pounding industrial synths, piercing guitars, and duelling vocals, GRAVELLE exists to dominate the audience into emotional catharsis.

Demi and the Urge

Demi And The Urge is the solo project of Edinburgh-based drag deity Demi Urge, sent from above in full feather-maned clown-drag to bless the world with 80s-inspired glitzy gothic pop anthems. Their debut EP titled 'As Above, So Below?' was released in May 2025.

£12 on the door

14-17 year olds can attend the gig portion when accompanied by an adult guardian, but the club night SOUR is 18+.

Gender neutral toilets. Wheelchair accessible venue with accessible toilet. Some seating on raised benches exists in venue. Additional chairs can be made available for those who need them, Email cXVlZXJhc3B1bmtzY290IHwgZ21haWwgISBjb20= with any enquiries.

Gig ticket includes free entry (adults only) to club night afterparty also at Wee Red Bar until 2am:

SOUR

Bangin' tunes from your favourite queer genres; disco, clubland, house, hyperpop, chicago, alt pop, and more.

On the decks:

DJ Toadface

Foxxy DJ: A blend of funky house and disco old and new to keep the dance floor bouncing all night long 💃🏿

DJ Milk Money: Hyperpop stained with happy hardcore and Clubland Classix. You are not ready 💀

SOUR is a new queer club night featuring local DJ's spinning their favourite tunes. An inclusive queer space for everyone to enjoy the clubbing experience.

The Wee Red Bar is a music venue within the Edinburgh College of Art quadrangle. After hours entrance to the quadrangle is on Lady Lawson St.

Concession advance covers under 18s, students, pensioners, refugees, unemployed, benefit claimants. If you need to bring a carer please message cXVlZXJhc3B1bmtzY290IHwgZ21haWwgISBjb20= after booking a ticket.

You may also like the following events from Queer as Punk:

• Next month, 6th December, 07:00 pm, Queer Xmas: It's a Synth! in Edinburgh