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A central Canal Street bar built around drag entertainment, DJs and drinks offers. It is one of the most overtly camp and performance-led stops in the Village.
A central Canal Street bar built around drag entertainment, DJs and drinks offers. It is one of the most overtly camp and performance-led stops in the Village.
A late-opening men-only basement bar just outside the core Canal Street strip. It is especially associated with Manchester's leather and fetish crowd and is known for long happy-hour-style drinking windows.
A historic Gay Village institution combining a showbar, late-night drinking and hotel rooms in one address. It is especially known for drag cabaret, karaoke and themed entertainment across the week.
A long-running Canal Street bar with a film-and-theatre identity, cocktail focus and sing-along programming. It sits in a prime Village location and leans more show-tune bar than hard club.
One of the old Gay Village pubs, sitting a little off the main Canal Street front but still woven into local LGBTQ+ social life. Recent event evidence points to it functioning as a community-friendly pub space with regular gatherings upstairs.
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