Downlow: the travelling disco that's taken gay clubbing to heart of festivals

Meet the people who built a New York tenement at Lovebox, a London tower block at Glastonbury, and Bestival's Swamp ShackAnyone who attended Glastonbury back in 2007 will remember the large New York-style tenement block that appeared at the south-eastern corner of the site. This was NYC Downlow: the "world's first travelling homo disco" and the first ever official gay venue at a major festival. It came with disco on the decks, transvestite hosts, vogueing competitions and compulsory stick-on mou...

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