Freshers 2026 14th – 27th September

Q: Location

84 Wilson Street, Merchant City, Glasgow, G1 1UZThe Polo Lounge is a Glasgow institution situated on Wilson Street right in the heart of the city. We’re a LGBTQ+ inclusive safe space open and ready to party through the week with as much pop, sleaze, cheese and disco as you can handle.

Welcome to The Polo Lounge Academy

14 nights to eduGAYte you into Scotland’s biggest & best LGBTQIA+ party

Love Mondays: Your first lesson – Queer joy is forever. Join Lola Fierce and DJ Steve Le Mash for a night of unapologetic chaos. Drinks from £1.90 / Free with Student ID til 12.

Poparazzi Tuesday: Tutorial, how to turn that dancefloor, with DJ David. First, sing-a-long with Guitaraoke hosted by Eustace. Drinks from £1.90 / Free with Student ID til 12.

Lollipop Wednesdays: The Gay Agenda. The biggest and longest running LGBTQIA+ Student night. Queer your quarters with amazing prizes to be won. Don’t miss Broadway Babies with Mel & Dean in Riding Room – this one’s for the drama queens! Drinks from £1.90 / Free with Student ID til 11.30pm

Y2GAY: The library is open! Madame Jo playing her ultimate back catalogue of pop dance remixes. Join Tom for his evening of unscripted Showtunes & Filth. Drinks from £1.90 / Free with Student ID til 12.

Queer Fridays: Meet your clique, your chosen family starts here! 4 rooms, 4 bars and dancing til 4am. Assemble in Riding Room for variety cabaret showcase from 7pm. Free til 11pm.

Sinner Saturdays: Detention! Where the bad bxtches come to play. Wear your baddest outfit and collect your horns on the way in. Riding Room cabaret in session from 7pm. Free til 11pm.

XO Sundays: No sleep for the wicked, pucker up and join DJ Andy playing disco winch classics through the decades. Drinks from £1.90 / Free with Student ID til 12.

Location

84 Wilson Street, Merchant City, Glasgow, G1 1UZ

The Polo Lounge is a Glasgow institution situated on Wilson Street right in the heart of the city. We’re a LGBTQ+ inclusive safe space open and ready to party through the week with as much pop, sleaze, cheese and disco as you can handle.

Contact organiser

For any enquiry, contact us at 0141 559 6593

Terms & Conditions

1. The ticket holder voluntarily assumes all risks and danger incidental to the event for which the ticket is issued, whether occurring prior, during or after the event. The ticket holder voluntarily agrees that the management, venue, event participants, DesignMyNight (WFL Media Ltd) and all of their respective agents, officers, directors, owners and employers are expressly released by the ticket holder from any claims arising from such causes. 2. Tickets are issued subject to the rules and regulations of the venue. 3. Please check your tickets, as mistakes cannot always be rectified. 4. Occasionally, events are cancelled or postponed by the promoter, team, performer or venue for a variety of reasons. If the event is cancelled, please contact us for information on receiving a refund from the responsible party. If the event was moved or rescheduled, the venue or promoter may set refund limitations. It is your responsibility to ascertain the date and time of any rearranged event. 5. The venue reserves the right to refuse admission and may on occasion have to conduct security searches to ensure the safety of the patrons. 6. Every effort to admit latecomers will be made at a suitable break in the event, but admission cannot always be guaranteed. 7. We regret that tickets cannot be exchanged or refunded after purchase. 8. Tickets are sold subject to the venue or promoter’s right to alter or vary the programme due to events or circumstances beyond its control without being obliged to refund monies or exchange tickets. 9. If this ticket is re-sold or transferred for profit or commercial gain by anyone other than the promoter, venue management, DesignMyNight or one of their authorised sub-agents, it will become voidable and the holder may be refused entry to or ejected from the venue. 10. The venue may operate a No Smoking Policy. 11. The promoter, venue management and DesignMyNight accept no responsibility for any personal property. 12. The event listed on the purchased ticket is strictly for ticket holders who are over 18 years of age. Identification may be required.