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Legendary London after-hours club night Trade returns for a party in 2023
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Legendary London after-hours club night Trade returns for a party in 2023

The historic LGBTQ+ rave will take over Egg London for another "super late" bash

Trade, London's legendary after-hours LGBTQ+ party, will return for its first party in a year at the start of 2023. Trade will take over King's...

Three decades of Trade: celebrating 30 years of boundary breaking LGBTQ+ raving
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30 years of Trade: celebrating the boundary-breaking LGBTQ+ rave

The fierce LGBTQ+ party Trade was the UK’s first legal after-hours club event, opening at 3am and closing at 9am. It laid the groundwork for a new on-and-on party culture, while its sexual and gender diversity was a forerunner for today’s queer club scene. As it celebrates its 30th anniversary, and prepares for its 24-hour birthday party at Egg London, Joe Roberts speaks to some of its regular DJs, designers and founder Laurence Malice about Trade's boundary-breaking legacy

It’s Sunday afternoon, 16th March 2008, and the dancefloor of Turnmills is packed with dancers in varying states of undress. Watching over them, grinning maniacally...