Welcome to VELVET-CLUB the club that enables members to connect with 1,000’s of lesbians around the world – at home, in the office, on their travels!! Link up with new friends, increase your business contacts or find the perfect partner and much, much more!!

After an excellent April drinks party we are looking forward to our May drinks party. So come and join us on 1st May in THE PIANO LOUNGE and DOVER BAR for a complimentary glass of wine, for guests who arrive between 7-8pm.

Curtis your Host and Co-Hosts – Jean Francois, Patricia, Ian, Alastair and Jason will be meeting and greeting. Our members and guests are all ages and professions, a great place to network, flirt and make new friends. There is NO entrance charge for yourself or your guests and the drinks prices are very reasonable. …

Enter our LUCKY DRAW for "Winter Forest” a superb painting on canvas and continue the evening on by collecting Guest Passes for complimentary admission to Shadow Lounge, 5 Brewer Street, Soho, London W1 (before 11pm)  Europe’s No 1 gay members club.

Guest List places are limited to 300 members and their guests. Click Here for more details and send an email to susie@velvet-club.com including your name and the names of your guests! The Arts Club, 40 Dover Street, Mayfair, London W1.

This is a Lesbian and Gay event. Members of our 'brother' club, Circa-Club (The Club for Gay Professional Men), have also been invited.

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Sheryl Swoopes - No matter how far life pushes you down, no matter how much you hurt, you can always bounce back.

Martina Navratilova - The moment of victory is much too short to live for that and nothing else.

Sinead O’Connor - What pisses me off is when I've got seven or eight record company fat pig men sitting there telling me what to wear.

Chastity Bono - Parents have to understand: if your kid isn't you, don't blame the kid. ...more...

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• The easiest way to find something lost around the house is to buy a replacement.
• How is it one careless match can start a forest fire, but it takes a whole box to start a campfire?.
• Never take life seriously. Nobody gets out alive anyway.
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THE LESBIAN EVENTS GUIDE - APRIL 2009 - Whats On and Where

The Velvet- Club Lesbian Events Calendar tells you What’s On and Where to Go in April !! – a monthly guide to lesbian social, sporting, networking and business events in the UK. Whether you're wanting to expand your social/business horizons or looking for love there's something to keep you entertained all year round from

La Cage aux Folles to the Stonewall Equality Dinner to MILK at the Arts Picturehouse to Noël Coward’s Hay Fever.

1,000’s of Velvet-Club members and their friends/ business contacts view the Events Guide and we are adding new lesbian events every day. For more details about the individual events either click on the event “Title” or on “More Info”. Enjoy !!! ...more...

K.D.L: Lesbian Icon: Who? When? Where?

K.D.Lang’s greatest achievements include her Grammy awards: Grammy Award for Best Country Collaboration with Vocals - for 'Crying' with Roy Orbison, Grammy Award for Best Female Country Vocal Performance in 1989 - for the album 'Absolute Torch and Twang', Grammy Award for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance in 1992 - for 'Constant Craving', Grammy Award for Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album in 2003 - for 'A Wonderful World' with Tony Bennett.

In 1996, she was made an Officer of the Order of Canada. In 2004 Stephen Holden of The New York Times wrote: "Few singers command such perfection of pitch. Her voice, at once beautiful and unadorned and softened with a veil of smoke, invariably hits the middle of a note and remains there. She discreetly flaunted her technique, drawing out notes and shading them from sustained cries into softer, vibrato-laden murmurs. She balanced her commitment to the material with humour, projecting a twinkling merriment behind it all." ...more...

Detailed biographies of world famous lesbians from the worlds of Art, Literature, Film/tv, Sport, Politics and Music … broaden your knowledge by clicking here!

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See what Summer 2009 has in store for you !!!  – click here to read  your Daily, Weekly and Monthly horoscopes on Velvet-Club.

Russell's rise to fame has been meteoric. Dubbed “Astrologer Royal” by the media, he has syndicated his Stars column to 450+ newspapers world-wide and Russell's Stars have also become a huge hit across the Internet with Britons and Americans alike flocking to read his stars. His best-selling books include: Russell Grant's Sun Signs, Russell Grant's Dream Dictionary, Russell Grant's Astro Tarot Pack and Russell Grant's Book of Birthdays. Russell's latest book 'You Can Change Your Life' published by Random House is already scaling the Best Sellers List ..more..

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We very much look forward to meeting up with VELVET-CLUB members and guests at our VELVET and CIRCA May Drinks Party at THE ARTS CLUB in Mayfair on FRIDAY 1 May.