Bovine Sex Club

Bovine Sex Club
	The Bovine Sex Club exterior in July 2007
Address	542 Queen Street West
Location	Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Coordinates	43°38′51″N 79°24′10″W / 43.647636°N 79.402666°W
Owner	Darryl Fine
Type	Bar
Genre(s)	Rock, punk, alternative, rockabilly
Opened	January 1991
Website
	www.bovinesexclub.com

The Bovine Sex Club is a bar on Toronto's Queen Street West strip. In operation since January 1991, the Bovine Sex Club (often shortened to 'the Bovine') has at various times found itself at the forefront of Toronto's rock, punk, alternative, and rockabilly music scenes.

The Ugly performing at the Bovine Sex Club in July 2008.

History

The club opened in January 1991 with a trio of Toronto nightlife enthusiasts behind it in ownership capacity — Wesley Thuro a.k.a. Happy Dog who had already had some organizational experience with Toronto nightlife establishments having launched the all ages rave club 23 Hop just a few months earlier in 1990,^[1] colourful CFNY radio personality Chris Sheppard who in addition to achieving a measure of local fame as the voice of CFNY's weekend live-to-air broadcasts from various Toronto clubs also performed under the 'DJ Dogwhistle' moniker,^[1] and Darryl Fine.

Those who have visited the club include band members and film actors, including Bruce LaBruce.^[2]

In 2013 the club opened a rooftop patio bar known as the Tiki Bar.^[3]

Art

The Bovine's facade was built by a small group of local artists including Dave Grieveson and Great Bob Scott (also the drummer for The Look People). They worked under the creator of the Bovine, Happy Dog (real name - Wesley Thuro). The exterior and interior were an art installation made solely from discarded items.^[4]

References

^ ^a ^b Benson, Denise (October 18, 2011). "Then & Now: 23 Hop". The Grid. ThenAndNowToronto.com. Retrieved December 24, 2016.
^ LaBruce, Bruce (1997). The Reluctant Pornographer. Gutter Press. pp. 25–26. ISBN 9781896356129.
^ "Bovine Sex Club - blogTO - Toronto". www.blogto.com. Retrieved July 24, 2021.
^ Jepson, Tim; Lee, Phil (2004). The Rough Guide to Canada. Rough Guides. p. 110. ISBN 9781843532668.

External links

[23hop-1] Benson, Denise (October 18, 2011). "Then & Now: 23 Hop". The Grid. ThenAndNowToronto.com. Retrieved December 24, 2016.

[2] LaBruce, Bruce (1997). The Reluctant Pornographer. Gutter Press. pp. 25–26. ISBN 9781896356129.

[3] "Bovine Sex Club - blogTO - Toronto". www.blogto.com. Retrieved July 24, 2021.

[4] Jepson, Tim; Lee, Phil (2004). The Rough Guide to Canada. Rough Guides. p. 110. ISBN 9781843532668.

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