Memories From The Dancefloor season 2 has launched, celebrating Pride Month with guests including Welsh BBC broadcaster Owain Wyn Evans, drag royalty Dr Bev, DJ Ian Cottrell, former director of Welsh Women’s Institute and MP for Swansea, Sian James, and many more.
Over four episodes, journalist and host Damian Kerlin, celebrates LGBTQ+ venues, shining a light on the history of these incredible spaces, taking us under the rope and into the queer chaos, joy and community within them.
For season 2, Damian has left the mega clubs and punk bars of England behind and has headed straight up the M4 to Wales. As Damian describes it, “London was an absolute blast, but the reality is, it’s not the Emerald City at the end of the Yellow Brick Road for everyone.”
Each guest tells their own story through the season, Damian discovers the pertinent narrative threads of the scenes – be it the AIDS epidemic, Section 28, the miners’ strike, political undertows, or the music which got people on their feet. Through first-hand accounts and on-the-ground reporting, Damian meets the founders, party boys, dykes, and drag queens who lived and loved in these spaces – spaces that, today, remain under threat.
Damian says: “There are communities out there thriving, and, dare I say it, having even more fun than those in London. Wales is home from home for me. Having moved here originally as a fresh face student, I’ve been lucky enough to experience some of the spaces mentioned in this series first hand, and boy, do they not disappoint. The sense of community and Pride here is insane, so I can’t wait for you to wrap your ears around season 2.”
Memories From The Dancefloor Season 2 is available to listen to now, wherever you get your podcasts — including Spotify, Apple Podcasts and Google Podcasts.