Commissioned guides to the rooms, the nights and the cities.
Cube closed on New Year's Eve. ChiChiz had opened twelve days earlier, which is the only reason the ACT did not spend 2026 with nothing. Where the night actually is.
30 August 2026
Throb ran twenty-three years and was shut under an emergency building order in 2023. What replaced it is a calendar with a season, and the season is the dry.
30 August 2026
Flamingos closed in 2020 and nothing replaced it. What is here now is a touring circuit inside mainstream rooms, and the two biggest queer nights are hosted by MONA's events company.
30 August 2026
My Lover Cindi closed in June 2024 and nothing replaced it. What is left is one club on Friday and Saturday, a sauna open every day, and a calendar that does most of the work.
30 August 2026
Two legacy venues five hundred metres apart, one of them shuts at two, and the whole city walks. Where a Perth night actually goes, and why the real scene is ticketed rather than open.
30 August 2026
Three queer drinking venues for 2.8 million people, and two of them have drifted straight. Where a Brisbane night starts, when to get through the door, and who is actually running the scene.
30 August 2026
Sydney's gay strip has been declared dead for a decade and it is still the biggest night in the country. Where to start, when to leave, and what the inner west took with it.
30 August 2026
From early drinks to the 2am migration, this is how gay Melbourne really does a night out. Where to start, where to end up, and when to make your move.
29 August 2026