Club Wotever started in Aug 2003 when three friends, Ingo, Sam and Col got together and found a venue that would suit their dream of a gender bending club, were all people could be welcomed, as long as they were nice & friendly.

 

Ingo found this venue because at teh time she was hardworking at the bookstore Gay's The Word at no 78 Marchmont st...the new owners to Bar-B-Lo was up for letting us start at their small cosy winebar. With steep steps down from the street, it became packed if there was more than 80 people there....

Performers we saw here; Josephines debut, Dyke Marilyn, Ken LasVegas, Trevor For Ever, Del LaGrace Vulcano, Louie, The Kitchenettes etc etc 

 

Sadly the owners went bakrupt in Jan 2004 and we found our self homeless with only two weeks to find a new place....

Luckily drag Queen Kitty Litter talked to Ingo in the bookstore and recommended us to try out the family pub in the city area.

 

We moved in to this cosy, music pub in February and started off with a High School Prom Night. It's two floors made it easy to relax upstairs and dance downstairs...the dj's set up directly on a table on the dance floor which made the tunes jump if you did....We also had the lovely Dressing Up lady Jane helping out to make sure we all looked fab on the night.

 

Our big night was also our last one (even if we didn't know at the time) Pride Saturday in July 2004. We raised a big sum of money for breast cancer and we had a bbq in the pub garden with vego sausages and plenty of fairy cakes....

The owners decided that we was risking their business by being a regular event there (they were only a mon-friday pub) and we had to move.... we took a break in August and went to Brighton Pride tp Party... During this period Col decided to leave Wotever to continue his creativity and yoga. Thomas came in as part of the crew.

 

We got an invite from dyke owned/run Essence Bar in August to move there. Which we did happily, the first night we did a Jack Off themed night with plenty of Pirates etc. This two floor Wine Bar was a bit more classy (and pricey) than ale pub Horseshoe, but here we had more space and a more secure place to be, with staff that wanted us and liked what we stood for. Opening hours was longer as well, we started to run til 2am second saturday of the month.

 

Towards the end of our stay there the venue started having trouble with neighbour and plenty of maintenance problems and also we felt that it was time to move... so we did. But thank you a lot to Doris and staff for all those years! During the summer of 2006 Sam decided to leave Wotever to continue with his own life and transitioning. We have been lucky to have Issy and Gee working for a while at the door and lately it is Tommy and Emily who make sure that you are all greeted with the respect and friendlines you deserve.

 

 

This is our new 'home' it is also a pub, with pub prices and very relaxed athmosphere... We are here fully wheelchair accessible and can stay open til 4am in the morning..... come and see us!! It is very easy to get here cause we are in the corner of Wharfdale/Caledonian Rd King's Cross. Ingo is still working hard to make it happen and nowadays Josephine is our spokesperson, Tommy & Emily take care of the door and Thomas, Al and many more help out by being there and giving a helping hand with all kinds of things....

 

March 2007 -

 

We move to Soho...

 

Club Wotever is changing....but so are you ;-) 

 

Some of the pictures that has been take over the years at the various venues we have been to are at this website: www.clubwotever.tk