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LGBT-HP: LGBT-HP moved page Trade (nightclub) to Trade

2026-07-13T17:19:00Z

LGBT-HP moved page Trade (nightclub) to Trade

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LGBT-HP at 17:18, 13 July 2026

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	'''Trade''' was a London after-hours club night that ran at Turnmills in Farringdon from November 1990 and is widely regarded as one of the greatest gay club nights in the world. Its founder and promoter was ~~'''~~Laurence Malice~~'''~~. Its name came from Polari – the argot of queer London – in which "trade" referred to a casual sexual partner. The choice was deliberate: unashamed, knowing, and immediately legible to anyone who needed to know.		'''Trade''' was a London after-hours club night that ran at Turnmills in Farringdon from November 1990 and is widely regarded as one of the greatest gay club nights in the world. Its founder and promoter was [[Laurence Malice]]. Its name came from Polari – the argot of queer London – in which "trade" referred to a casual sexual partner. The choice was deliberate: unashamed, knowing, and immediately legible to anyone who needed to know.

	Malice had come to the idea through earlier nights including Pyramid, a mixed gay club at [[Heaven]], where he had seen what happened when experimental music met a queer dancefloor. Trade formalised that instinct. Turnmills' owner John Newman held a 24-hour licence from Islington Council – one of the few in London – which allowed Trade to open legally at 3am on Sunday nights, when everywhere else was closed. It was the first legal gay after-hours club in the United Kingdom.		Malice had come to the idea through earlier nights including Pyramid, a mixed gay club at [[Heaven]], where he had seen what happened when experimental music met a queer dancefloor. Trade formalised that instinct. Turnmills' owner John Newman held a 24-hour licence from Islington Council – one of the few in London – which allowed Trade to open legally at 3am on Sunday nights, when everywhere else was closed. It was the first legal gay after-hours club in the United Kingdom.

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-[[File:Trade nightclub logo.png|thumb|Trade logo]]'''Trade''' was a gay nightclub, originally in [[Clerkenwell]], Islington. It opened in 1990 at the Turnmills nightclub in Clerkenwell Road, opening from 4am Sunday morning to 1pm Sunday afternoon. The regular  weekly sessions ceased in 2002 (and Turnmills itself was demolished in 2008), but one-off specials have been held at various venues since.
+'''Trade''' was a London after-hours club night that ran at Turnmills in Farringdon from November 1990 and is widely regarded as one of the greatest gay club nights in the world. Its founder and promoter was '''Laurence Malice'''. Its name came from Polari – the argot of queer London – in which "trade" referred to a casual sexual partner. The choice was deliberate: unashamed, knowing, and immediately legible to anyone who needed to know.
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+Malice had come to the idea through earlier nights including Pyramid, a mixed gay club at [[Heaven]], where he had seen what happened when experimental music met a queer dancefloor. Trade formalised that instinct. Turnmills' owner John Newman held a 24-hour licence from Islington Council – one of the few in London – which allowed Trade to open legally at 3am on Sunday nights, when everywhere else was closed. It was the first legal gay after-hours club in the United Kingdom.
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+The main room was described by regulars as '''Dante's Inferno''' – packed, dark, physically overwhelming. People danced on every surface. The sound system was bespoke. The music policy was harder than almost anything else happening in London: house, techno, and what became known as hard house, a genre that Trade's residencies in part created. '''Tony De Vit''' (1957–1998) was its defining DJ resident – a Midlands-born selector whose sets at Trade made him internationally famous and whose death at 41 from drug-related heart failure remains one of the most mourned losses in British club culture. Other residents included Malcolm Duffy, '''Smokin Jo''', The Sharp Boys, Ian M, Steve Thomas, Alan Thompson, Pete Wardman, and Daz Saund. '''Miquel Pellitero''' observed that Trade "encouraged many DJs and producers to create specific tracks" and "kick-started a new global dance genre."

Ross Burgess at 08:18, 21 May 2015

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Ross Burgess at 09:14, 5 December 2013

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	'''Trade''' is a gay nightclub, originally in [[Clerkenwell]], ~~central London~~. It opened in 1990 at the Turnmills nightclub in Clerkenwell Road, opening from 4am Sunday morning to 1pm Sunday afternoon. The regular weekly sessions ceased in 2002 (and Turnmills itself was demolished in 2008), but one-off specials have been held at various venues since.		[[File:Trade nightclub logo.png\|thumb\|Trade logo]]'''Trade''' was a gay nightclub, originally in [[Clerkenwell]], Islington. It opened in 1990 at the Turnmills nightclub in Clerkenwell Road, opening from 4am Sunday morning to 1pm Sunday afternoon. The regular weekly sessions ceased in 2002 (and Turnmills itself was demolished in 2008), but one-off specials have been held at various venues since.

	[[Category:Night Clubs]]		[[Category:Night Clubs]]

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'''Trade''' is a gay nightclub, originally in [[Clerkenwell]], central London. It opened in 1990 at the Turnmills nightclub in Clerkenwell Road, opening from 4am Sunday morning to 1pm Sunday afternoon. The regular weekly sessions ceased in 2002 (and Turnmills itself was demolished in 2008), but one-off specials have been held at various venues since.

[[Category:Night Clubs]]