Join us upstairs at The Wiend bar for the wildest Pride after party!
Sat 16th August
Upstairs at Wiend Bar
From 5pm til late
FREE ENTRY!
Have Yourself will be celebrating the extravagant and outrageous fabulosity of the iconic and legendary Blitz and Taboo clubs of London and re-imagining what sounds you would hear if those clubs still existed today.
From 1979 to 1986, these clubs pioneered safe spaces for all forms of queer subculture. They created an atmosphere of reinvention and transformation; embracing colour, decadence and queerness. Most of the radical fashions we know from the 80s had its roots in these clubs - from icons such as Boy George, Toyah Wilcox, Steve Strange, Pam Hogg....
Drawing upon the playful, decadent androgyny of the New-Romantic scene founded by Blitz club, Leigh Bowery's Taboo club took that into more flamboyant and extreme realms, eventually becoming the place where the rebels and outlaws became the fashion visionaries of today.
The music from this scene is a huge part of what we regularly play at Have Yourself, so we're using this as starting point to explore the sounds from this period and take that energy through all the decades.
And as it's Wigan Pride, we'll have a special focus on the queer music that we love, from that 70s/80s era right up to the present day.
Playing synth-pop, disco, alternative, italo, new romantic and hyperpop from the likes of Soft Cell, Erasure, Visage, Duran Duran, Madonna, David Bowie, Gina X Performance, Donna Summer, Baccara, Depeche Mode, Sparks, Peaches, Bobby O, Dead Or Alive, Grace Jones, Kylie, Beyoncé, Bronski Beat, Roxy Music, Scissor Sisters, Elton John, Hercules & Love Affair, Kraftwerk, Pet Shop Boys, COBRAH, SOPHIE, Man 2 Man, Lizzo, Robyn, Prince, Charli xCx, Model/Actriz, shygirl, Village People, Heaven 17, Lynks, Wham!, Divine, DAF, Christine and the Queens, Billie Eilish, Ultravox, Lady Gaga, The Communards, Gossip, Gilla Band, The Cure, Riton, Elite, Cazwell, Jonny McGovern, Frankie Goes To Hollywood, The Weather Girls, RuPaul, Buzzcocks, Shannon, Todrick Hall, Culture Club, Queen, Miquel Brown, Lambrini Girls, The B-52's, Minty, Gloria Gaynor, Hazell Dean, Violet Chachki, Monet XChange, Chappell Roan, Sinitta, Hi Fashion, Klein & M.B.O, Christeene, Vicious Pink, Stacey Q, Olivia Newton-John, Britney Spears, Sabrina, Ken Laszlo, Gaymous, Chic, Frankie Knuckles, Laura Branigan, Boys Noize, Slayyyter, Casco, Patrick Cowley, Brooke Candy, The Smiths, Z Factor, John Grant, Yazoo, Azealia Banks, The Kills, Marie Davidson, The Knife, Oh Romeo, Ashnikko, Loleatta Holloway, Yseult, Ice Spice, Lama, Shamir, Jamie **, La Bionda..and tons more
As fierce allies for the LGBTQIA+ community we embrace inclusion and want to create a safe space by welcoming everyone, however they choose to identify. We celebrate everyone's right to live authentically, safely and with dignity and stand against any form of discrimination, marginalisation, hatred or intolerance. Let's celebrate inclusive love on the dancefloor!! We hope you can join us!! 🌈🌈
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