Join us for the continuation of our 2nd annual Queer Georgian Social Season – this time, for our Yuletide Social at Zodiac Bar's 'Club Z'!
Burgh House, Les Bougies Baroques, and Zodiac Bar & Club are proud to present 'A Queer Georgian Social Season''s Yuletide Social!
Join us at Zodiac Bar's 'Club Z' for the continuation of our second annual Queer Georgian Social Season as we take you back to a time when queers were more visible and accepted than you thought – this time, in the form of a Yuletide Social celebrating the 2nd edition of our season, your personal achievements, and 2023 in general!
The way the Georgians would have celebrated Yuletide – which, incidentally, would have started on the same date this party will be taking place: December 6th, St. Nicholas's Day – has much to do with the pre-Protectorate Puritan Parliament's banning of Christmas in 1647 – which occurred only 70 years prior to the Georgian era. The fact that it was not reinstated until the Restoration (when Charles II & his House of Stuart were restored to the throne) in 1660 meant that Yuletide celebrations thereafter would become more opulent – harkening back to Pagan rituals, hedonism, and extravagance as a reaction to the Puritan government's 1647 ban. Despite various Christian denominations' many efforts to halt Yuletide practices they perceived as Pagan, many of them persist to this day thanks to the general populace's unwillingness to give them up, which eventually forced the various Christian denominations to relent & assimilate them.
So whatever your interpretation of the Yuletide Season – Arcadian, Pastoral, Pagan, or just plain idolatrous – come dressed to impress, as QGSS stalwarts Amber Cation & Madame Du Reilly will be handing out some prizes for those who make the most effort on the night!
The Queer Georgian Social Season is conceived and curated by Ian Peter Bugeja & Mark Francis-Vasey.
Doors and bar open: 7.30pm
Drag-performance (Performer TBC) start time: 8:30pm
Tickets: FREE, with an at-the-door cash donation (£10 suggested donation)