Legendary Oxford Street gay club Arq is teasing a return – Time Out
There have been whispers in Sydney’s LGBTQIA+ community lately that one of the Pink Mile’s most notorious nightclubs could be making a return. Passersby have noted work going on inside the building, and advertisements for staff have been spotted. This morning, Arq Sydney pretty much confirmed these rumours with a mysterious post on the club’s Instagram account. After more than a year of tumbleweeds, the brief black-and-gold video simply contains the club’s logo followed by the words “coming soon”. Well, that’s enough to get us planning our outfits and firing up the group chat!
This is especially exciting news after the Taylor Square property, which is home to the nightclub and Bodyline Sauna, was listed for sale for a cool $50 million in September 2021. To most, this signalled the end of an era. But now it looks like late-night boogies on podiums and deep and meaningful chats with new friends in Trash Alley are on the horizon (if you know, you know).
Ahead of the massive Sydney WorldPride celebrations that will bring an Olympic-level scale of international and interstate visitors to Sydney in 2023, lord mayor Clover Moore has plans to revitalise Oxford Street and Taylor Square. This brings with it hope that Sydney’s OG historic LGBTQIA+ neighbourhood could return to its former glory – and there is no greater indicator of that than the revival of the city’s most delightfully trashy gay nightclub.