E2: "Glow" Hard or Go Home - Our Wild Night at The Townhouse Wirral

In this episode of The Sanctuary of Sin Podcast, we’re diving into the UV-soaked, rave-fuelled madness that was Glow at The Townhouse—a kinky, queer-friendly swingers event hosted by the fabulous Mr & Mrs G. We danced, we painted, we toasted (literally), and we left with our faith in the scene completely restored. From chaotic party energy to intimate upstairs vibes, consent-forward play, and some unforgettable community moments (including a glow job event), this night had everything.

We’re talking venue highlights, unexpected surprises, the kinky baker's toastie shack you didn’t know you needed, and why this felt like one of the most inclusive, electric events we’ve ever been to. If you've been curious about sex-positive nightlife, this is the review that might just tip you over the edge.

🎟️ Spoiler: We've already booked for the next one. Come glow with us!

https://www.tickettailor.com/events/mrmrsg

https://townhouseswingers.com/?page_id=3931

https://www.instagram.com/thekinkybaker/

Transcript

Jayson: 0:19

For today's episode, we're going to be doing an event review. So over the weekend, we were off to the world for Glow at the Townhouse, hosted by Mr and Mrs G. Let's get into it.

Rebecca: 0:30

Cool, so to start off with, I thought we'd kind of discuss the general vibe and atmosphere. So we personally had previously had a few bad experiences with swingers before heading down, which had led us to be slightly wary of the scene. to kind of preface this like a lot of this was we hadn't really been in like any swinger events it had more been at like mixed spaces where we had kind of come across swingers and stuff and had

Jayson: 0:59

quite places where there had been kink and swingers mixed evenings

Rebecca: 1:06

and had kind of had some bad experiences with people just being quite pushy but being also boundary focused like it felt like we were kind of playing with like two different rule books at times in terms of what seemed to be acceptable. But I think...

Jayson: 1:25

Yeah.

Rebecca: 1:25

Yeah, it's kind of led to us like tarring everyone with the same brush, which on reflection has not been great.

Jayson: 1:31

Yeah, yeah. I think it was more down to these individual places and the sort of culture within these individual venues and things would have been before. Yeah. But... that has left room for that to happen. But

Rebecca: 1:48

a few months ago, we went to House Party, which was another event down at the townhouse. We were down for the townhouse market and we're down a day early and thought, do you know, we're going to be here all day tomorrow. Why don't we go along, see what it's like, dip our toes in a different venue with different people and see if the vibe's the same.

Jayson: 2:09

Yeah.

Rebecca: 2:10

We got there, we found the people, the place, the atmosphere to not only have a totally different vibe to our previous experiences but actually loved it to the point that we couldn't wait to come back as soon as possible because we just had such a great time. Guttied we missed out on so many amazing experiences up until now because of a few bad eggs but, you know, onwards and upwards I see us going to a lot more things. and a lot more places going forward.

Jayson: 2:36

Yeah, I mean, that's it. We'll never know until we try it. And definitely, for me, this is proof that it's not the same across the board. So it's probably worth our time to go and check out everything and see what it's like.

Rebecca: 2:53

So we had a wee look on the website and we were seeing what events were kind of taking our fancy, anything that was kind of sticking out there. And Glow just, yeah...

Jayson: 3:03

Aye, Glo was a standout for me.

Rebecca: 3:06

Aye, definitely. I mean, we love a rave, we love UV, and we had met the host before and knew we got on, so it just was pretty perfect, to be honest. When we got there, it totally did have a rave feel. It was nice how the energy changed from room to room. Totally felt like a party in that it was more social, and the smoking area and the bar, there was seats and stuff where people could sit and have a chat. it was more sensual and kind of loud in the rooms upstairs

Jayson: 3:34

and quite like chaotic and like a rave in the main room where the music was the loudest and everybody was in dancing and having a good time

Rebecca: 3:50

it totally did what it said on the tin

Jayson: 3:52

absolutely but it also gave spaces for you to go and have a bit of a chill out when you'd had enough dancing or you inevitably get too warm and need a little rest. There are plenty of spaces to go and sit and be able to have a conversation at a reasonable level because the music was quieter in the other rooms and the more social spaces. I

Rebecca: 4:22

think they did a really good job of having such... a variance in kind of atmospheres throughout the space but like still kind of all keeping the same vibe. Yeah. Everybody was really friendly and nice and just having a great time.

Jayson: 4:35

I think the vibe very much did go throughout the whole venue and all the spaces but was subtly different so that you could generally had all these different spaces for whatever you needed at that time.

Rebecca: 4:50

You could kind of tailor your experience as you seen fit throughout the night. Yeah. Yeah. cool so up next can you talk about like the entertainment and activities that we're on um so the first thing we did when we got in was get a uv jello shot free on arrival which you know you kind of sniff at that that was great

Jayson: 5:08

yeah and uh you know surprisingly for once uh jello shots were actually nice which never happens props to them for that one

Rebecca: 5:19

there was an area where you could get uv body paint and like transfers and stuff for free again

Jayson: 5:25

yeah so we got lovely and painted up

Rebecca: 5:29

yep it was great for anybody who's maybe like outfit maybe didn't glow under the UV light as expected yeah like Jason

Jayson: 5:40

do you know I've picked out this bright colourful outfit that I thought ah this will definitely look great under UV light and yeah

Rebecca: 5:49

sadly disappointed yep

Jayson: 5:52

need to maybe rethink that one for next time we

Rebecca: 5:55

need to find our wee we have thrown quite a few like UV parties back in the day and had like a little UV torch that we'd bought because we were like testing everything like all the decorations and stuff and I have no idea where it's gone need to look at it again aye

Jayson: 6:10

I will be checking my outfit before we go next time

Rebecca: 6:18

yeah so you could get all painted up if either you didn't You didn't have a UV outfit or

Jayson: 6:24

your outfit. Just a little cherry on top.

Rebecca: 6:26

Yeah. Yeah, it was great. There was also a photo booth with, like, an actual photographer that had printed out photos, which was amazing. Way more than I expected when I'd seen... Do you know, you think... You hear photo booth, you think, like, a little stall, like, that you get your passport photo taken in. But no, they had a full, like, backdrop and... Yeah, the photos have turned out great.

Jayson: 6:48

Yeah, a lovely wee memento to take home from the event. It was great. Another

Rebecca: 6:54

wee point in favour of new people that are maybe not used to going to clubs and stuff where you kind of have a phone, you kind of take pictures, you kind of take videos of your night. I think it's a good way of encouraging people to uphold that rule if you've got it built into the event. A space where people can go and get photos of all their cool outfits and their cool UV paint they've just got done.

Jayson: 7:14

Definitely, definitely. Aye, because that is a difficult one because you don't tend to necessarily be in your full outfit until you're inside the venue and at that point, no phones. So it is really nice to have the opportunity to get professional pictures done in your full outfit.

Rebecca: 7:37

So there was an event or an activity that we missed because me being me forgot to recheck the event details before we got there. And

Jayson: 7:46

we kind of just got caught up having fun.

Rebecca: 7:50

Totally. It meant quite a lot of stuff when the night was a surprise, which was awesome. So, like, that's always fun, you know. Got to get that dopamine somewhere. Yeah, it did mean we missed one of the activities, but we did see quite a few people dotted around throughout the night with, like, UV rope harnesses and stuff on. Yeah. They might have came from this activity. I'm not sure. They might have just brought them themselves, but... There's every chance that that was what was going on there.

Jayson: 8:18

We did manage to catch one of the other activities, the glow job competition on the stage in the main room.

Rebecca: 8:28

Yeah, that was extremely entertaining.

Jayson: 8:32

So initially we thought it was glow in the dark condoms that were being handed out. Yeah, we were trying to

Rebecca: 8:38

get in close to kind of see what was getting handed out through Mrs G's bum bag.

Jayson: 8:43

Later it turned out it was actually badges for people who were participating in the activity.

Rebecca: 8:49

Yep. Very inclusive as well. It wasn't just like, it wasn't gendered in any way. It was just anyone doing oral, which was great. Love to see it. Yep. So there was, I think it was like, I got a glow job or I gave a glow job badges that people were getting out but the glow in the dark condoms are definitely a shout for next time because I feel like that would have worked well. Yeah, this was another reason I was kind of gutted that we never checked the event beforehand because it was something we... upon speaking about it afterwards were both definitely up for it but hadn't had a chance to kind of pre-discuss it and it wasn't necessarily the right time I think due to like with everything going on.

Jayson: 9:31

Yeah because that was in the main room where loud music and things so had we checked the event details beforehand we could have had that conversation and probably participated but

Rebecca: 9:51

There's always next time. It's definitely happening in the next one. Cool. So the next section is the venue and location. So obviously, as we've mentioned, this happened at the Townhouse World. Absolutely love the venue.

Jayson: 10:09

Yeah. It's a really, really cool venue. Love the way that the place is decorated and it's so... colourful and campy and inclusive and it just it's a really really nice place to be.

Rebecca: 10:30

Yeah, it's a breathy fresh air I find from no to put down other venues we've been to know at all, it's just that there's quite a traditional way that these places tend to be decorated and have a certain feel to them and Townhouse is a bit of a breathy fresh air for me and that it's totally different to anywhere else that I've been and that it is bright it is fun it's no kind of

Jayson: 10:55

it's not dark and seedy that's the

Rebecca: 11:00

dark and seedy is fun

Jayson: 11:01

sometimes dark and seedy is fun sometimes it has it's moments it's also nice to go somewhere that's bright and colourful and like you know live in that ADHD dream

Rebecca: 11:11

yeah totally so it's a bit of a rabbit warren in true swingers club fashion It's set over three floors but I think possibly four because there's the dungeon downstairs although that was closed for this event. There's two smoking areas and a toasty shack. It's great. It's great stuff. So it's well kitted out with bondage gear and furniture, group rooms, lots of beds including monk beds with little cubbies underneath if you want a bit more privacy. It's got multiple private rooms and even has a medical room. So This is another thing where, as much as it's a swingers club, it's quite a kink. I don't want to say it's kink-focused, but it definitely is very inclusive

Jayson: 11:56

of kink. Yeah, kink is clearly at the heart of what goes on there as well. It's

Rebecca: 12:01

not an afterthought.

Jayson: 12:03

You very much feel that throughout the venue. Their upstairs dungeon room is... really well kitted out and they've got like a big spinning wheel mounted to the wall and there was actually some new additions in that room since the last time we were there there was

Rebecca: 12:25

all like the kind of racking and stuff in the ceiling for doing like

Jayson: 12:28

yeah there was um Sex swings and stuff.

Rebecca: 12:32

Yeah, it had the sex swings on it.

Jayson: 12:33

Yeah, all set up. That was new since the last time we'd been there.

Rebecca: 12:37

Which we did actually see getting used a few times. So as much as I would say, you know, this was a swingers event and the kind of more dungeon style rooms were used a bit less, I would say, than a lot of other like group rooms and stuff like that. They still were used on the night. There still was people coming along and doing more kind of like BDSM scenes. Yeah. And amongst... So I think the venue being kitted out to the extent that it definitely plays a role in that, that it is kind of a good mixture of people coming from all different communities and people that are part of all different communities having a space to go

Jayson: 13:16

to. Yeah, I mean it definitely feels like it is set out for people who are part of both or at least have an interest in both. Yeah.

Rebecca: 13:28

It's amazing just how much is going on inside when you see it from the outside. It's like proper TARDIS style.

Jayson: 13:33

Oh yeah, very unassuming from the outside.

Rebecca: 13:39

The stairs can be a wee bit tricky when it's busy, especially, I would say. But I don't know, everybody's so nice and polite that it doesn't make too much of a difference. People tend to stand at the top or the bottom and let people up and down. Do you know, it's one of these where... it could feel a lot worse if people were being pushy and rude and not really respecting other people, but there's just a nice vibe.

Jayson: 14:04

And I think if a lot of these people are regulars, they're in there all the time, they're used to it, they kind of... They've got their own wee system of how to deal with it even when it is a sold out night and really busy like it was when we were there for Glow.

Rebecca: 14:23

I'm glad I wore flats though. I think that would be a different story. Wearing heels. For me, personally. We were having a drink so we got a taxi along from our hotel. We didn't have any difficulty finding the place. Obviously, we've been there before, but even when we've been before, it's not something that... It's on Google Maps. It's easy enough to find.

Jayson: 14:51

And even if you were going in a car, in your own car, on their website, all the parking information and stuff is like really easy to find yeah really clear uh telling you you know where not to park and

Rebecca: 15:07

well when we were there for the market we had the van so like we we have parked there as well and found it dead easy you know so aye there was always other people walking in in neon fishnets that you could follow to get into the door as well which was handy you know there was there was no doubt where quite a lot of the people on the street were heading yeah The queue to get in was spread into another room in the building rather than outside the venue, which was really good. We never mentioned that before. It was quite nice having that kind of privacy.

Jayson: 15:38

Yeah, yeah, yeah. Even though you're not turning up in your... the final stage of what you're going to be wearing in a lot of cases it's still nice to not have to be queuing out in the street for anybody to go past and sort of see what you're up to

Rebecca: 15:59

I think as well a lot of people if they're wearing lingerie or they're wearing maybe not a lot they'll maybe just have a coat over it and though we were in the colds I could see how some people could be and I thought it was just like a nice wee extra touch and shows their kind of awareness of people and their thought for people, that they were letting people queue inside the venue. Yeah. Which was nice. It gave us a chance to have a wee look at the UV station as well, because it kind of filtered into the room where the UV painting was and the photo booth was, so we could have a wee look and see what other people were getting.

Jayson: 16:32

Start planning out our own designs and things.

Rebecca: 16:37

Cool, so the next part's like facilities and amenities. I feel like we've kind of touched on some of this a wee bit. There's multiple locker rooms we change in areas that, again, can get quite busy, but it's one of them where there's going to be peaks where that's more during the night.

Jayson: 16:55

Yeah, I mean, just very first thing when everybody's coming in, they're quite busy, but they quiet down fairly quickly once everybody's and unsettled. And unchanged. Yeah.

Rebecca: 17:09

Everything was very clean. There was condoms, wipes, bins in every room. That there was a play space. You know, all the usual things you would expect to see

Jayson: 17:18

were there. So the one thing that I feel is missing from most nightclubs or just clubs in general is that There's never anything to eat. So you get so far through your night and be like, oh, I'm absolutely starving. I know that's certainly an issue for me. However, not to worry. Townhouse has got you covered with the kinky baker. I've got a shack in the smoking area where you can get toasties, baked goods like cakes and tray bakes and things like that. He even

Rebecca: 17:54

had glow-themed ones on the night,

Jayson: 17:57

which was pretty cool. It's an absolute godsend. When you're at an event for more than a couple of hours, it's so, so good to be able to get something to eat. Just refuel when you're dancing away and using lots of energy.

Rebecca: 18:14

Yeah, I had way too many of them, to be honest, at this point. Aye,

Jayson: 18:19

that's always... a highlight of visiting the townhouse is getting a wee toasty whether we're there for a market or for an event it's always great to get a toasty

Rebecca: 18:32

so as we've mentioned the event was sold out so the bar was quite busy at times just for getting water and stuff because we did a power of dancing we did spend most of our night dancing it was great the tunes were, we'll get into that a wee bit later but when it was busy We were also roasting, so we were like, quick trip out to the smoking area, cool down. They had these really cool glowing cube things that the hosts had bought just specifically for the event, which was sick. So there were plenty of places to sit and just... Have a wee breath, get some air. And then by the time we were back, it had cleared up a wee bit and we were able to get into the barn. No bother. So, do you know, it wasn't one of these where it was like that all night. No, no. Or for hours at a time. Like, it's not even really a critique. Do you know, it was a sold out night. That's going to happen at points.

Jayson: 19:26

Yeah. You'd find it was maybe busy for 10, 15 minutes at a time. Yeah. Go away, come back and it'd quieten right down. Yeah.

Rebecca: 19:36

Cool. So moving on to accessibility. this is an area that I feel like the townhouse could definitely improve upon

Jayson: 19:46

It's an issue that seems to plague every venue that we've been in up and down the UK

Rebecca: 19:56

It's not something that's setting them apart and that's a sad thing but I don't feel like it's fair to say that like to make it a critique as such because I know how difficult it is to set up these spaces at all and then you know this could be a listed building like you don't know what other things are going on that means that that's not being because the atmosphere and the way that it's run and the things that they hold important would lead me to believe that if there was something that could be done about this it would be done because literally everything else and every other aspect they are so inclusive, they are so accessible that I feel like this is maybe like a wee sore spot for them and it's something they're not able to facilitate rather than it being something they've not thought about to be honest.

Jayson: 20:49

I mean sort of like from a sensory accessibility point of view the music was like loudest in the dance floor area but it was quieter in other areas throughout the building. So if that was too much for you, there was still so much of the venue available for you to have that less intense experience. Which, even for me at times, it is nice to come into a quieter space just to sort of decompress and take a wee minute.

Rebecca: 21:29

Aye, to enable you to go back and enjoy the rest of your night. You know, you need the downtime throughout.

Jayson: 21:36

Yeah.

Rebecca: 21:36

Favourite kind of accessibility thing that I've seen throughout the night was someone actually brought along one of those foam kneeling pads for during the glow job event, which is hilarious, but like, hats off to them, you know? They came prepared. They came prepared. They knew their limits. They knew what they needed to get the job done. So host presence and involvement. The hosts were having the time of their lives, clearly visible and checking in with folks all night. Never seen them not dancing, laughing and getting stuck into all the fun.

Jayson: 22:09

The other venue staff were also all wearing lanyards, so they were really easily recognisable throughout the whole venue all night. So if you were ever needing to find a member of staff or something, it was really easy to do.

Rebecca: 22:23

Yeah. Cool, so friendliness and community vibe. There's always going to be cliques in places. It's totally understandable and unavoidable. Still felt included in everything.

Jayson: 22:35

Yeah, even one of the times we were out in the smoking area having a wee cool down, a wee break. Everybody was singing happy birthday to somebody. And everybody all joined in. It was just really, really wholesome.

Rebecca: 22:49

There was such a community feel. Everybody was in and out together kind of thing. We left our bag in the locker room. We took a play bag with us just on the off chance. We weren't really sure what the night was going to look like for us. So we took a play bag along. It didn't fit in the locker. So we ended up having to just leave it on top of one of the lockers. But genuinely weren't worried about it not being there when we got back or anything like that. It's not that type of crowd.

Jayson: 23:18

No, and there was regular staff check-ins everywhere. that I noticed in the locker rooms and stuff like that so I didn't feel like there was anything to worry about on that front

Rebecca: 23:33

Coming down from literally another country into an established environment can be quite daunting but we were honestly made to feel so welcome A few of the staff recognised us from being down before Both hosts and Lady C, the owner, made a point to come and chat to us and thank us for coming down.

Jayson: 23:50

That was really, really nice. Just made us feel so comfortable.

Rebecca: 23:57

Just nice. It's nice that people notice who's in their club.

Jayson: 24:03

It's not just a get as many people in and don't really worry about them sort of thing. It's

Rebecca: 24:12

Like, feeling like a regular at this point, you know, definitely.

Jayson: 24:16

We've only been a handful of times, so.

Rebecca: 24:18

I felt more welcome there than, you know, some of the events that we've been up closer to

Jayson: 24:22

home at this point. Yeah, yeah. It does feel like there's a concerted effort to make people feel welcome. Yeah,

Rebecca: 24:31

totally. It shows. You know, it works. we had a brief chat and a hug with Dee one of the lovely members of the team who gave us a tour at our first event there they were lovely it was so nice getting just it was very brief you know we were all just wanting to dance but it was nice just having that wee connection there again do you know yeah we were talking about this in the car up how honestly it felt more welcome and seen than most of the events we've been to up runabout local which I don't know why that is I don't know if there's a part of this where it's like do you know we're coming from so far away that people are like oh they're coming like all the way from Scotland like we should make a point to say hi to them or if there's something else going on do you know what I mean but it just yeah

Jayson: 25:22

it's just nice to feel so welcomed and so do you know like people are like oh We noticed that you're new. Welcome. We've been here lots. If you need anybody to chat to, come and sit with us. Come and have a chat. Come and... Aye.

Rebecca: 25:47

Like actually hosting my events. Aye. As I said, we're still painfully new to this scene and we've not quite decided what we want out of it yet. So far, we've just been really enjoying the vibes and just... exploring and finding our feet and getting comfortable.

Jayson: 26:06

I think the big plus side to an event like this is that there is so much going on in terms of the actual event itself, in terms of the entertainment, music and events and stuff that's going on within that you don't really need to worry about oh, what am I actually looking for from this? It's not something you need to stress about or whatever because there's so much else going on that it is just a really nice night out regardless of...

Rebecca: 26:40

Yeah, totally. Literally, none of that matters. The environment's set up to be no pressure. You're there and you're getting out of the night what you're wanting to get out of the night and that's kind of where that line is, do you know what I mean, there's no this like oh everybody needs to be doing xyz or they're no welcome or do you know as long as you're respectful don't yuck anyone's yum and have a great time that's all that matters

Jayson: 27:08

so the next section we'd like to talk about is rules and consent culture so we didn't take the tour this time round since we've been a few times almost feels like we're becoming regulars But the rules are clearly stated in every room, all over the venue. In the toilets, everything. There's lists of the rules. Really nice and clear. And when you do get your initial tour the first time you're there, you get a rundown of all the rules and then you're given your tour through the venue and reminded of certain rules that apply to certain spaces as you go and then at the end of the tour you're and it is it's very clear what happens if you don't follow the rules uh and that if you see anybody not following rules all you need to do is go to a member of staff and then that will be dealt with immediately

Rebecca: 28:13

yeah the tour was what really sold me on the place the first time to be honest because Again, it was just totally different to what we had experienced before and I think it's quite a good segue into showing that it's a friendly and warm environment but it's a safe environment as well.

Jayson: 28:31

I think that's what allows me anyway to feel so comfortable there is knowing that there is all this safety and stuff built into the sort of foundation of how this club works.

Rebecca: 28:47

Yeah. Totally. Even the Glowjob event had a pre-announcement stating the importance of consent. Which, do you know, I think it's great that even the stuff that's fun and free and all of that still is paramount that people are being safe. And that is just threaded throughout everything. Even the stuff that's a bit of fun is still conscious of Making sure everyone is safe and consensual and having fun.

Jayson: 29:20

And I think they managed to do it in a really nice way where it doesn't feel like it's you've got an overwhelming amount of rules and things that's taken away from the fun. It just is so baked into the culture at this club that this stuff is important and it doesn't have to compromise the fun. To follow the rules. I

Rebecca: 29:45

think that's what's great about it being on a lot of the room, like the walls in the rooms and stuff, is that, do you know, I think, especially if you're new, I think we're in a weird place where we're no new to events in general. Do you know, we've been to venues in the kink side of things where there's rules. So it's not like this is a brand new thing that we're doing. It's just a different flavour. But for people that are brand new, do you know, if you're going into a place and you're getting told X, Y, Z's, It can be quite easy to be like, oh, what if I forget? Or be worrying or trying to keep them in your head or something. But it's right there for you. It's not something that you even need to think about until it's relevant. And then it's right there for you to double check. It's not, aye, it's great.

Jayson: 30:32

Like all the doors and things, especially upstairs when it comes to the private rooms and things, they've all got signs on them saying, do you know... If the door is closed, then the rooms in use don't disturb. Do you know?

Rebecca: 30:46

Yeah.

Jayson: 30:47

Aye. Some of these things which we've found in other venues are just left to... You get told it once and then you've got to remember it. Everything's all nice and signposted and clear

Rebecca: 31:02

everywhere. So at one point in the night, we were... up in one of the group rooms and we were just watching what was going on taking in the atmosphere and all the lovely people that were getting up to what they were wanting to get up to um and there was a girl who shouted over saying that she needed a condom and three people shouted back we got you girl and like threw some condoms over here which was really cool like it was quite nice because that's one of the rules that if you're like playing with someone who you're not like partnered with they won't use condoms and it was quite nice like seeing that like being followed in person but in such like a cheery again community friendly way where it doesn't need to be this whole like structured regimented like

Jayson: 31:50

it doesn't have to be that rules ruin the fun yeah like it's

Rebecca: 31:54

totally

Jayson: 31:56

you can follow follow the rules and still have lots and lots of fun and it was another nice opportunity for people just to be supportive and be nice and have that community atmosphere. It was really nice to see.

Rebecca: 32:13

Cool, so the next section is dungeon slash play areas. So GLOW being a more swingers focused event, most of the group rooms and private rooms were being used over the more BDSM and dungeon themed rooms. they were kind of mostly empty throughout the night however as I said we did see them get used a few times it wasn't that it was a kind of this or that it was very much a mixed space but most of the action was going on upstairs and a lot of like the kind of group rooms and the couples room that every time we were kind of going to wander and walking past they were always being well used which was nice to see you know people were just getting stuck in and having fun and doing what they were wanting to do and like there seemed to be some of the places had like a queue which was the most British thing ever it was great but yeah everybody was being really respectful and again everything was very well kitted out very well decorated very well equipped and Yeah, as we've said, they had all the usual stuff you would expect, you know, like sprays and wipes and condoms and lube and

Jayson: 33:27

everything you need, really. I think how well it's kitted out and stuff really helps to sort of build that atmosphere where people are really happy to take part and get involved because it's such a nice and inviting space with everything you could need

Rebecca: 33:51

I think my favourite thing I've seen so there's like a bigger group room that's got kind of, it's a square room and like in an L shape there's beds and there was a couple that was like wrestling across like three or four of these beds, like it was great like they were full on like Having a wrestle. But they had someone there that was kind of watching and being like a ref, I think. Just through context rather than actually hearing the preamble discussion. But while that was going on, there was what I was assuming was a pro dom. I don't know if it's mean to assume, but...

Jayson: 34:27

Certainly had that vibe and that sort of confidence. She had a professional vibe

Rebecca: 34:31

and confidence, so... that's a compliment that's not wow it was great to see so she had a sub crawling around on the floor while this couple was wrestling and it was just it was nice to see you know going from a room where there was kind of group sex and like some people that were just in a couple having sex relatively vanilla sex to like going into another room where there was like people full on wrestling and like someone crawling across the floor and yeah.

Jayson: 35:05

Yeah, it was so nice to see that sort of level of mix between between like kink and swinging going on which From the events that we have been at previously, it has sort of felt like it was missing in these types of spaces, having that mixture.

Rebecca: 35:25

Aye, when there was a mixed event, everyone was very separate.

Jayson: 35:29

It was like oil and water. Whereas this, it was so lovely to see. It was so intermixed. It was one community rather than two communities in one space.

Rebecca: 35:41

Yeah. So, music and sound.

Jayson: 35:44

Yeah, so the music and the atmosphere were full-blown entertainment, like in their own right. The tunes were absolutely banging all night. Getting lots of, you know, sort of like classic clubland type. Yeah, so up our street. Yeah, right back to childhood. Yeah. Proper... proper summer vibes. It was fantastic. Yeah. They had a

Rebecca: 36:12

good mix of that and house and trance and more modern stuff. Yeah. It was great. As I've said, we'd done a power of dancing.

Jayson: 36:21

And it was... Do you know, the music was so good that it made it difficult not to just want to go in and dance your wee heart out.

Rebecca: 36:30

Even you were dancing and you barely ever dance when we go in. It was great.

Jayson: 36:35

Yeah. Yeah. The music's always a bit of a source of maybe anxiety or worry before an event because we have been to some events in the past, some really pretty big events where the music has been such a letdown that it's actually been kind of difficult to be in that

Rebecca: 37:03

space. We've left early and not went back because like I like electronic. I like dance music. I like pretty much all music. But it needs to be good. I'm easy pleased. There's not a lot of music that I don't like. And if it's bad enough it's making me leave somewhere. Something needs to change. But that was not the case. Not the case at all. Amazing.

Jayson: 37:30

People had whistles and stuff and were whistling along to the along with the music and it just really had that like proper party rave atmosphere um whoever was in charge of picking the tunes have done an excellent job

Rebecca: 37:47

there's so much hannah lang on and you know i love me a bit of hannah lang and like there was a point where every single person in that room was singing along to hannah lang and it was just yeah oh chills chills it was great

Jayson: 38:01

so In the main room, the music was nice and loud. Loud enough that you just get totally lost and immersed in it. And

Rebecca: 38:11

people were dancing as well. It wasn't just us dancing, obviously. That would have been... I can't think of anything worse. A lot of times, a lot of things you go to, you know everybody. It's so hard to coax people up onto the dance floor. Especially, I don't know... I feel like there's an extra level to this, an extra layer to it, when a lot of people are mostly naked, or naked, and are still up there dancing their wee heart out, and just nares and graces, just having a good time, just letting loose.

Jayson: 38:47

I think especially in a venue where there's lots of other stuff going on, to also still have all those people engaged in the dancing, it says a lot for the music and the atmosphere that was that was created there definitely

Rebecca: 39:05

aye so it was a good loudness in the main room

Jayson: 39:07

did make it difficult to have a conversation

Rebecca: 39:09

yeah it was quite your typical club you know shouting and no understanding and saying sorry five million times before you're actually getting what somebody's saying to you but as I've said you know A room over, you can go and you can sit on a couch and you can have a conversation. And

Jayson: 39:28

still be able to hear the music.

Rebecca: 39:29

And still be able to hear the music, but not too loud. So there was a good variance where you could go and still have the music on. There was no music on in the smoking area. So there was places that you could go and have a bit quiet. There was people talking and stuff, obviously, but... Like, yeah. The other smoking area, the one... that's just like the little alleyway that was down you know you could come out and shut the doors and it was totally quiet like we had that to ourselves multiple times when we were just out to get a bit of air and oh it was so cutely decorated and it had like the little wind chimes and stuff that was so cute yeah as I sum up I mean who doesn't want to jump around to old school tunes in their underwear I know I certainly do. I did. I had a great time doing so.

Jayson: 40:21

Yeah, me too. So we're going to talk about the crowd and dress code next. It was a really diverse mix. Loads and loads of beautiful people. All shapes and sizes, genders and orientations. So

Rebecca: 40:39

Felix Mutfdy from Sex Education was even there. And upon looking up about it, when we'd left it turns out they are now one of the new members of staff at townhouse which is amazing um running something to do with their social media which i can't remember off the top of my head but yeah it was awesome to see someone so recognizable there i had that actual proper fangirl

Jayson: 41:06

moment pretty much everybody uh had come dressed in uv or in my case attempted to um But yeah, definitely there was such a high level of participation in the theme and coming dressed appropriate to the theme.

Rebecca: 41:26

Which did just add to the atmosphere. Everywhere you looked, people were glowing. It suited the name. It was great. It had such eye. It was magical. To be honest, it was great.

Jayson: 41:36

Yeah, and I think it seemed like most people had also taken part in the UV body paint and stuff as well. It just was so nice to see such high levels of participation in the theme.

Rebecca: 41:49

Yeah, everybody was totally stuck into what was going on. Yeah. Yeah. Seen a lot of cyber dog gear, which I was totally jealous.

Jayson: 41:57

Yeah, there was some really, really cool outfits going on.

Rebecca: 42:01

There was a person that had a dress on, and it was like... It was CyberDog, and it had moons and stuff down it. Yeah, that was stunning. Kind of almost cyber-tech-y vibes. It was a black dress, but with these UV moons and stars and stuff on it. It was so cool. That was... yeah. Cool. Just kind of additional things to add that haven't really fit in. Loved the pre-event Discord. there was a group that set up for townhouse and there was kind of like a section of I have no idea how discord works for how much I use it it's terrible but there was like a section of it we'll go with that that was set up for glow where people could kind of give a wee introduction post some photos kind of put faces to names and say what they were kind of looking for in the night and I don't know that just set me so he'd like been able to just been able to see some of the people that were going before we got there and like as we were walking around kind of recognize some people and like it felt it felt nice to have kind of got a wee introduction to some people before we'd got there

Jayson: 43:12

yeah i think that was like a to be fair like another point in the sort of like inclusivity uh sort of aspect of things and in the being made to feel welcome is that you're already able to do these sort of like pre-introductions and have a wee bit of an idea who some people are and oh do you know like I recognise you from the discord

Rebecca: 43:37

or for me recognising people's outfits because of my terrible terrible face blindness it was like oh I've seen that lingerie set before laughing

Jayson: 43:49

Yeah, but I think that's a really good thing to have done for the event and actually something I would like to see happening for more events. Definitely.

Rebecca: 44:01

That's a good idea.

Jayson: 44:01

There was also at the bar a QR code for picking up your tickets to the next glow. Yeah. Which we promptly scanned and have picked up our tickets for the next glow.

Rebecca: 44:22

Yeah, so of course we've picked up tickets for the next one already. Definitely going back to that. Had a great time. They're now on sale for the general public. It's on the 27th of September. And yeah, if you like the sound of what we've described, go and pick yourself up some tickets and we'll see you guys there. To grab yourself some tickets, check out the Townhouse website, which is townhouseswingers.com. Nice and easy.

Jayson: 44:51

So now we'll give the event an overall rating from 1 to 10. 1 being rubbish, 10 being fantastic. Brutal. And I think we've had a wee chat about it, and for us, we would... Give Glow a 10 out of 10.

Rebecca: 45:12

Yeah, definitely. Do you know, we're going back. Yeah. We bought tickets, like, on the night. Like, we were already sold. Can't really get much better than that. It had a bit of everything that we enjoy and we're looking for. Yeah,

Jayson: 45:26

it was an absolutely fantastic night and even worth the quite a...

Rebecca: 45:33

Quite a lengthy journey.

Jayson: 45:35

Quite a lengthy journey for... So, yeah, I definitely, definitely would recommend.

Rebecca: 45:41

Yeah, well, this has been our review of Glow, hosted by Mr and Mrs G. Thank you so much for listening. We'll see you guys in the next episodes.