CLUB SIMPLY BLUE CLOSED FOR NOW
Johannesburg’s only regular weekend nightclub focusing on gay people of colour has closed its doors until further notice.
Simply Blue nightclub owner Jerome Camp told Mambaonline that the venue, at Braamfontein’s Orchidea Hotel, had been closed for over a week due to emergency maintenance by the city in the area.
He was unable to confirm when Simply Blue nightclub would re-open, but said that he would take the opportunity to reassess the future of the club. He explained that the hotel’s bar however remains open six days a week.
“We want to look at if there is still a need for a gay club such as Simply Blue in Johannesburg.” He added that the venue had of late also been plagued by police raids relating to changes to the city’s bylaws on liquor licenses.
He urged interested parties to contact him on clubsimplyblue@yahoo.com with “any thoughts or suggestions that will assist us in the decision as to the direction we will follow”.
Simply Blue first opened in 2003 in the Heartlands area of Braamfontein and three years later moved to the Orchidea Hotel. It broke new ground as one of the first black-owned gay clubs in the city.
Not surprised. Fabolous Club totally wasted on Gay people who want everything for free. Gays have a strange way of thinking – free sex with rent boys free this and free that. I am gay too and simply love the place – clean, fresh and drug free with the best sound and fantastic DJ – simply the place to be – so if they go straight they will be more successful and guess what – the Gay patron will also want to be there to pursue the straight man. So sorry for our comunity who don’t know how to appreciate a good thing.
wasted. i definately agree for the club to be opened to all.
drug free is what we want.
what to do. so sad very sad this club should do drugs – look at the white clus -good suport from the customers – just look at galery the eyes tell it all
nonesence. saul you talk %#%@ – it is a pity abouth thi club – have been there and really cool vibe I will hope they rethink – give the gays a chance, they cant help themselves.
One of the great things of this club was the lack of pretentiousness amongst the patrons. The guys at the more ‘white’ club venues have their heads stuck so far up their asses that it’s hard to get an intelligent word out of any of them.
It would be a great pity if simply blue closed down permanently.
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