Germany’s ‘oldest and biggest’ gay nightclub declares bankruptcy | Germany

Germany’s oldest and largest homosexual dance club, after half a century, went bankrupt in the business world, inflation was sacrificed and declared that Berlin is a developing party culture that threatens nightlife.

Management problems and meeting practices were among the factors that put Schwuz into ropes last year, and in May, the club shorteed the opening times, dismissed the staff and asked for help to wear a regular growing deficiency.

Management Team on Thursday Published on Instagram: “Schwuz applied for bankruptcy. But: We don’t want to give up!”

The shipment has recorded Schwuz’s role in Berlin’s LGBTQ+ scene since it was founded in 1977 in Kreuzberg, and two years later he helped him start the Christopher Street Day Parade and The Queer Magazine. Siegessäule.

“For about 50 years, Schwuz has been more than just one club. A second living room. Queer art, community, family, resistance,” he said. “Many of us found what we’re looking for here: a house, our family we chose and freedom.”

Schwuz, this is short Schwulenzentum Or in 2013, Moda has moved to a much larger area with the capacity of 1,000 Revler in Neukölln, which could be the beginning of the end.

Public publisher RBB reported that the club has a deficit of € 30,000 -60,000 (26,000 £ -52,000 £) every month.

Katja Jäger, General Manager of Schwuz, said that a sick economy, an aging core customer, and the creeping crisis on the Berlin Club scene, he said.

Increasing rents and electricity prices threatened to dismiss the hot spot after many beloved Berlin after a short -term escape. Clubsterben (Death of Clubs).

In May, Schwuz, 33 employees-one-third of the staff for a long time had to be forced to Iraq and reduced professional dragging shows. A mass funding campaign has only collected € 3,000 of the target of € 150,000.

The club organized the last trench offers to recover behind the supporters kuş who raises, strengthens and makes them visible for future Queer generations.

After social media, Drag star and political activist Gloria Viagra’s promise to erupt the eruption of solidarity: “We can do this together… !!!!” However, other commentators complained about an old music playlist and upright prices at the door.

RBB reported that Schwuz hopes to remain open until October, when the bankruptcy hearings begin.

The dying nightclub scene in Berlin became more and more prominent last year. Busche Club, a historical gay and lesbian dance point, closed forty years later last weekend and accused increasing operation costs. Busche was founded in 1988 in Communist East in Berlin and “Anti-Ghain” – A Party Hotspot for an international crowd.

Watergate, which is a part of the New Year’s Eve, a luxury river and an electronic music scene, has been closed 22 years later, such as an increasing choice for inflation, outdoor music activities, high DJ fees and a decline in Berlin budget flights.

Techno Club Wilde Renate, which offers open -air and interior dance, announced that it plans to close at the end of the year after a long struggle with a property boss on the lease agreement.

The planned extension of the A100 motorway poses more threats to several popular clubs around the Ostkreuz Train Station and Protests for Berlin’s central right government to leave construction.

Club Commission Lobby Group Spokesman Emiko Gejic said: “Clubs are an important part of the DNA of the city… But it is also an economic factor.”