A criticism often levelled at the gay scene, is that there’s a dearth of club nights for gay man and women – particularly on the Isle of Wight. Fed up with this situation, recently opened “Hush Nghtclub” in Orchard Street are launching an alternative club night, PinkKandi, which aims to attract a diverse crowd.
“We are hoping to make it a regular club night for the gay and lesbian community on a Wednesday” says Rebecca White, one of the organisers.
“PinkKandi will be everything from the 70s through to present day, an uplifting mix of funky, soul, disco, indie, handbag and dance music; basically every kind of dance music that you want from a club, but that you can’t get on the gay scene.
“We will have the odd Pink/Madonna record thrown in now and again but it certainly won’t dominate the night.”
The launch is on Wednesday (30th March) from 8pm through until 2am at Hush, Orchard Street, Newport.
Ms White added: “We hope it’s popular – we are not in it for the money but just to provide something for our community which the Isle ofWight gay scene does not provide at the moment.
“We have already had a lot of interest from the community, who have been saying for a long time that there is no dedicated, safe night which they can attend - but now there is”.
Hush nightclub opened on 5th March and has already made an impact on the nightclub scene. Further increasing it’s popularity, Hush are now offering selected drinks at only £1.75 during all PinkKandi nights with only £1 entry.
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