Rome Gay Travel News – Archive

|  12  –  14 August 2010
Bears in the Village 2010: big clubbing event for bears & friends, as part of the Gay Village Rome @ Parco del Ninfeo (EUR, Via delle Tre Fontane) [ Bears in the Village 2010 ]
|  3 July 2010
Every kiss a revolution – Ogni bacio una rivoluzione: the motto of this year’s Rome Gay Pride.
|  28 June 2010
Splash Roma: gay and lesbian night pool party with House DJs, Gogos and Drags.
@ Villa Coesia (Via di Marco Simone 251) [ Splash Roma ]
|  20 June 2010
Village People live: at the open-air summer festival ›Gay Village‹ (see above).
From 22:00, 15 € @ Parco del Ninfeo (EUR, Via delle Tre Fontane) [ Village People live ]
-›  Photos
|  20 February  –  13 June 2010
Caravaggio: a new exhibition to mark the occasion of the 400th anniversary of the death of the grand Italian artist Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio.
@ Scuderie del Quirinale (Rome, Via 24 Maggio 16) [ Caravaggio ]
-›  www.scuderiequirinale.it
|  1 June 2010
Space Miami on Tour 2010: Gorgeous special party at the Spazio Novecento
(also written as Spazio 900, Piazza Guglielmo Marconi 26 B, in the EUR area near the obelisk) [ Space Miami on Tour 2010 ]
|  29 May  –  2 June 2010
Rome Bear Week: sun, beach, lunch, party and sauna for bears and chasers.
|  24 April 2010
Mr. Leatherman Italy: the event is hosted by the Leather Club Roma (LCR) and the Moto Leather Club Veneto.
-›  www.lcroma.com
|  1  –  5 April 2010
Bears Empire – Easter 2010: international gay bears weekend in Rome with a leather bear’s party, a sightseeing tour with Orsobus, the open-top double-decker bear bus, and many other activities.
|  4 April 2010
Into The Tank: the famous gay fetish party from Madrid for the first time in Italy.
23:00 – 04:30, 15 € @ Room 26 (Rome, Piazza Guglielmo Marconi 32) [ Into The Tank ]
|  14  –  16 January 2010
Spot Café: season re-opening of Rome’s new gay pre-clubbing bar.
22:30 – 03:00 @ (Via Portuense 88) [ Spot Café ]
|  1  –  6 January 2010
Bears Empire 2010: international gay bears weekend in Rome with happy hours, disco party, tours to visit the ancient Rome, bears sauna and other activities.
|  5 January 2010
Subwoofer Kolossal – The Ursus Arena: Bears Empire party with DJ Hugo Sanchez, Lusky and Jack Chang. Entrance 15 €, incl. 1 drink.
23:30 – 05:00 @ Room 26 (Piazza Guglielmo Marconi 32) [ Subwoofer Kolossal – The Ursus Arena ]
|  2 January 2010
Bears at the Vatican: avoid the long queues and join this ›Bears Empire Tour‹ to the Vatican Museums, including the Sistine Chapel and St. Peter’s Basilica, with a gay authorized guide.
|  31 December 2009
New Year’s Eve in Rome: Piazza del Popolo and the main squares of Rome are the venues of concerts, parties and pyrotechnic shows. [ New Year’s Eve in Rome ]
|  31 December 2009
Capodanno 2010 – Gay Village Special Winter Session: gay New Year’s party with guest DJ Binomio (Madrid) and Alan Joe (Cologne). Entrance 35–45 €.
@ Piper Club (Via Tagliamento 9) [ Capodanno 2010 – Gay Village Special Winter Session ]
|  31 December 2009
Capodanno 2010 – Battuage: Muccassassina’s New Year’s party.
10 hours of shows, performances and music on 3 dancefloors.
22:30 – 08:30, 40–50 € @ Qube (Via di Portonaccio 212) [ Capodanno 2010 – Battuage ]
|  7 December 2009
EgoTrip Party: large party by Rapido (Amsterdam) with laser shows and other shows and performances. With DJ Abel, DJ Giangi Cappai and DJ Phil Romano.
22:30 – 03:00 @ Spazio Novecento (also written as Spazio 900, in the EUR area near the obelisk, Piazza Guglielmo Marconi 26 B) [ EgoTrip Party ]

Video: EgoTrip Party December 2009 [open video][close video]

|  4  –  6 December 2009
Catacombs 2009: an international ECMC Leather & Fetish weekend, hosted by the Leather Club Roma (LCR).
-›  LCR Website
|  16  –  18 October 2009
AquaRomae 2009: 2nd international gay & lesbian swimming tournament in Rome
09:00 – 14:00 @ Foro Italico swimming pool (home of the FINA World Championships 2009, Piazza Lauro De Bosis 3) [ AquaRomae 2009 ]
-›  Official Website
|  9 October 2009
Muccassassina party: season opening party and 20th anniversary of Rome’s longest running and ever popular gay club night.
23:00 – 05:00 @ Qube (Via di Portonaccio 212) [ Muccassassina party ]
|  2  –  4 October 2009
AGM Roma 2009: for the first time in its history, the gay ECMC organisation (European Confederation of Motorcycle Clubs) will held its Annual General Meeting (AGM) in Rome, hosted by the Leather Club Roma (LCR).
-›  Agenda and event packages
|  3 October 2009
Salvation Party: with DJ Pierre Marocco (Salvation London).
From 22:00 @ Gorgeous party (Alpheus club, Via del Commercio 36) [ Salvation Party ]
|  24 July  –  3 October 2009
Matt Dive Gold: exhibition of works by 20 international artists dedicated to Matthew Mitcham, the Australian diver who won the 2008 Olympic competition in the 10m platform and who was one of only two openly gay men at the Summer Olympics in 2008.
Mon-Fri 14:00 – 20:00 @ LipanjePuntin art gallery (Via di Montoro 10) [ Matt Dive Gold ]
|  25  –  27 September 2009
Yellow Rome Tennis: 1st international gay & lesbian tennis tournament in Rome
@ Tennis Club Garden Roma (Via delle Capannelle 217, Metro A: Cinecittà) [ Yellow Rome Tennis ]
|  26 September 2009
Gorgeous: season opening party of Rome’s largest gay & lesbian Saturday night party (usually at the club Alpheus but for the opening party exceptionally at the Spazio Novecento, also written as Spazio 900, in the EUR area near the obelisk).
From 23:30 @ Spazio Novecento (Piazza Guglielmo Marconi 26 B) [ Gorgeous ]

Video: Gorgeous party @ Spazio Novecento, September 2009 [open video][close video]

|  3 July  –  12 September 2009
Gay Village 2009: annual open-air gay summer event with movies, music, pool, performances and parties. On Thursday, Friday and Saturday.
@ all’EUR, Via delle Tre Fontane, Piazza Barcellona (Metro B: Magliana) [ Gay Village 2009 ]

Video: Roma Gay Village 2009 (Italian) [open video][close video]

|  12 September 2009
SubWOOFer Circus: main party of the SubWOOFer weekend for bears & friends and official Bearwww party. Entrance 15 € (incl. 1 drink).
From 23:00 @ Qube (Via di Portonaccio 212) [ SubWOOFer Circus ]

SubWOOFer Promo Video [open video][close video]

|  12 September 2009
White Party: presented by club Muccassassina and cafe Coming Out.
From 23:00 @ Officine Marconi (Via Biagio Petrocelli 147) [ White Party ]
|  13  –  16 August 2009
Bears in the Village 2009: big bear event as part of the Gay Village Rome. Each night with two dancefloors, House and Commercial, and international DJs.
@ EUR, Via delle Tre Fontane [ Bears in the Village 2009 ]

Video: Bears in the Village 2009, with DJ Alex B [open video][close video]

|  26 July 2009
PM:DANCE – Music Aperitif: gay and bears friendly T Dance with international guest DJ Jack Chang (Folsom Europe, Rapido). Entrance 10 €.
20:00 – 02:00 @ Room 26 (Piazza Guglielmo Marconi 32) [ PM:DANCE – Music Aperitif ]
|  17 July 2009
Bears Empire on Tour: with pool party, bear dinner and disco party.
@ Gay Village (all’EUR, Via delle Tre Fontane) [ Bears Empire on Tour ]
|  12  –  14 June 2009
Gay Bears weekend in Rome: sun, beach, dinner and disco for bears and chasers. Detailed information and program on the event website:
|  13 June 2009
Rome Gay Pride 2009: parade on Saturday from 15:00 till approx. 20:00.
-›  Gay Map Rome
|  13 June 2009
Pride in Wonderland: official Gay Pride party, presented by Muccassassina (Rome) and SuperMartXé (Ibiza). From 23:00 @ Qube (Via di Portonaccio 212) [ Pride in Wonderland ]
|  20 February  –  24 May 2009
Futurismo: major exhibition on the avant-garde art movement that was founded by the Italian writer Filippo Tommaso Marinetti with his Manifesto 100 years ago.
@ Scuderie del Quirinale (Via 24 Maggio 16) [ Futurismo ]
|  10  –  13 April 2009
Play – International Gay Circuit Party Weekend: Easter in the Holy City with six parties on four days with live acts, shows and DJs from all over Europe.
|  27  –  28 February 2009
10 years Leather Club Roma: celebrated with a Leather & Fetish weekend.
@ Frequency (Via Enea 34) [ 10 years Leather Club Roma ]
|  31 December 2008
Capodanno Sexy Circus – Muccassassina’s New Year’s party: 10 hours of performances, acrobatics and music on 3 dancefloors.
From 23:00 @ Qube (Via di Portonaccio 212) [ Capodanno Sexy Circus – Muccassassina’s New Year’s party ]
|  31 December 2008
Amore 09: international dance and electronic music festival at New Year’s eve. With Hector Fonseca, Enrico Arghentini, Sven Väth and many more. Tickets 40 €.
20:00 – 08:00 @ Nuova Fiera di Roma (Via Portuense; train Fr 1 to Fiumicino and get off at the Fiera Roma stop) [ Amore 09 ]
|  5  –  8 December 2008
Play – International Gay Clubbing Weekend: ›Only Men‹ @ Frutta e verdura, ›Space of Sound‹ at Gorgeous @ Alpheus, ›Temptation Israel‹ @ Piper Club [ Play – International Gay Clubbing Weekend ]
|  26 June  –  20 September 2008
Gay Village 2008: Annual open-air gay summer event with movies, shops, music, performances and parties on Thursday, Friday and Saturday.
Entrance free 20:00 – 21:30, after: on Thursdays 7 € (incl. 1 drink), on Fridays and Saturdays 13 € (incl. 1 drink).
@ Parco del Ninfeo, Via delle Tre Fontane all’EUR (Metro B: Magliana) [ Gay Village 2008 ]
|  20  –  23 March 2008
Spiritual – Easter circuit partys:
›Eden‹ – Thu, 20 March, from 23:30 by Gloss @ l’Alibi (Via di Monte Testaccio)
›Purgatorio‹ – Fri, 21 March, from 23:30 by Bears King, Bears in Rome, and Omogenic @ Circolo degli Artisti (Via Casilina Vecchia 42)
›Inferno‹ – Sat, 22 March, from 23:30 by Gorgeous @ Alpheus
›Limbo‹ – Sun, 23 March, 04:30 – 10:30 by Frutta e Verdura After Hour
›Paradiso‹ – Sun, 23 March, from 23:30. Official closing party by Bears King, Bears in Rome, Push Club and Antonio Bardini @ Etò (Via Galvani 46)
|  31 December 2007
WOOF: Happy New Bear muscle & leather dance party.
From 23:30 @ Classico Village (Via Libetta 3, Ostiense) [ WOOF ]
|  27 November  –  16 December 2007
Jesus Christ Superstar: Italian version of the renowned musical.
@ Teatro Brancaccio (Via Merulana 244) [ Jesus Christ Superstar ]
-›  www.teatrobrancaccio.it
|  21 April  –  30 September 2007
Into Me, Out of Me: ›In this group exhibition, about 120 artists – and some of the most important on the international scene – explore the inner and outer dimension of the human body.‹
@ Macro Future, Piazza Orazio Giustiniani 4 [ Into Me, Out of Me ]
|  8 September 2007
La Notte Bianca: part of the European White Nights, an annual free all-night cultural festival. 20:00 – 08:00.
-›  www.lanottebianca.it
|  28 June  –  2 September 2007
Gay Village 2007: at Giardino delle cascate all’Eur, Via Cristoforo Colombo [ Gay Village 2007 ]
|  4 July  –  2 September 2007
Santiago Calatrava: ›This exhibition is dedicated to the artistic and architectural body of work of Santiago Calatrava, considered to be one of the leading contemporary figures in world architecture. The works displayed include sculptures, drawings and models.‹
@ Scuderie del Quirinale (Via 24 Maggio 16) [ Santiago Calatrava ]