The UK’s best club night needs your help to survive

Glasgow’s legendary club night Ponyboy is in trouble, and it’s asking for help. 

Last year Time Out named the party-slash-hair-salon the best club night in Britain. Known for platforming new talent, throwing fundraisers and prioritising trans and non-binary performers and attendees, Ponyboy events are highly curated and feature performance artists, DJs and hosts. Dressing up is encouraged, with high concept club and drag looks always delivered by the crowd and performers. Ponyboy has also hosted raves for FKA Twigs and collaborated with London queer techno rave Inferno. 

In an update shared on Instagram, Ponyboy said it was struggling financially after it had to cancel its New Year’s Eve event at the last moment due to plumbing issues at the venue, Art School. 

‘Following Art School’s plumbing issues and the fallout from NYE, we have been personally trying to navigate the situation and while we weren’t at fault it seems like we’re personally having to shoulder a lot of the fallout,’ the organisers wrote. 

‘The situation is we’ve been scrambling to pull together funds to cover our losses given the insane amounts of work and preproduction that we invest into every night there’s still a massive shortfall which we personally aren’t in a position to shoulder and continue as artists...’

To help, Ponyboy is urging fans of the event to buy tickets to their next event, which will take place in Glasgow on March 27. 

‘We have budgeted this event to leave space to help us financially recover from NYE while trying to maintain the integrity of our events and pay our artists as fairly as possible,’ Ponyboy said. ‘The fallout has left us in a vulnerable place financially. We have priced all tickets at £18 and unfortunately can’t budget cheaper tickets on this occasion. ’

To raise enough money to cover the shortfall, the organisers also hope to sell merch at the event and have introduced a donation option for the tickets. Find tickets on Resident Advisor here.

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