Fall tends to put a bit of a damper on gay events around the world; it isn’t until Halloween (in the USA) and snow (anywhere with a mountain) swing through that things begin to pick up again.
Unless you’re a Belgian, in which case it’s a matter of national pride to keep the party going 24/7/365.
It’s called “La Demence,” and if there is anything in the world such as circuit party tradition, this is it. Actually a regularly-occurring bash whose base notes habitually shake the city of Brussels to its knees (and a few Brusselaars to their knees, but that’s the height they want to be at), La Demence usually takes place on a Friday or the day before a bank holiday.
This year, however, is the 23rd anniversary of the event, and officials decided to make the one on September 28th a party for the ages, and Brussels is hard to beat as the perfect location, and this is aside from the fact Belgians are almost always horny (they gotta sleep at one point). Close proximity to France, the UK, Germany, Luxemburg, and the Netherlands makes La Demence one of the most multilingual (pun intended) parties in Europe, and Brussels’s status as an international city — it’s not only the capital of Belgium, but the capital of the European Union — means that from far afield come the leather boys, fashion victims, muscle queens, drags queens, cubs, and daddies of the Mediterranean and the Americas to add their two cents, or whatever, as well.
Oh, and there is no dress code.
Which is a good thing to know. Circuit boys will instantly know the venue: Three rooms jam-packed with techno and house, Fuse (capacity: around 2000) is one of the best-known clubs in the country and Europe beyond. Fourteen DJs are on deck representing Belgium, the Netherlands, Romania, France, Germany, the UK, Spain, and Italy – will be blasting out the latest tracks, but don’t think that it’s just for the music the boys come flying in. Several smaller rooms allow for a more, um, “intimate” physical activity that may not necessarily be so directly attained in a straightforward dance space.
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