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Connections, known colloquially as Connies, is a nightclub in the Northbridge suburb of Perth, Western Australia. [1] It opened in 1975, and is believed to be the longest-running gay club in the southern hemisphere. [2] The club is on the City of Perth heritage register for its significance to the LGBTQIA+ community in Western Australia. [3]
The small to mid-sized venue had a number of attributes that distinguished it from other similarly sized live music pubs and clubs in Perth. A dedicated stage area, fronted by small dance floor, surrounded by an elevated viewing area in a room with a low ceiling made for a unique and intimate atmosphere favourable for large and medium-sized crowds.
Odell's Nightclub was a disco club in Baltimore opened by Odell Brock in 1976, until its cessation in 1992, located at 21 E. North Avenue. Odell's was very popular during its beginning, however its popularity was short lived, and in 1984, Odell Brock sold the club.
The five oldest existing American clubs are the South River Club in South River, Maryland (c.1690/1700), the Schuylkill Fishing Company in Andalusia, Pennsylvania (1732), the Old Colony Club in Plymouth, Massachusetts (1769), the Philadelphia Club in Philadelphia (1834), and the Union Club of the City of New York in New York City (1836). [1]
The World's 50 Best Bars is an annual list that celebrates the best of the international drinks scene, providing a yearly ranking of bars, voted for by more than 650 drinks experts from across the globe.
A nightclub is a club that is open at night, usually for drinking, dancing and other entertainment. Nightclubs often have a bar and discothèque (usually simply known as disco) with a dance floor, laser lighting displays, and a stage for live music or a disc jockey (DJ) who mixes recorded music.
In 2019 and 2021, the venue has faced criticism from members of Perth's LGBTQ+ community. [17] This criticism followed the resurfacing of historic images of a drag queen Scarlet Adams performing in blackface at the venue; as well as claims from some patrons that antisocial and anti-queer behaviour had been experienced by patrons. [ 18 ]