Evita, Tel Aviv’s last gay bar, is coming back for 2017 Pride week and the LGBT community is abuzz with delight. From June 6 to June 11 the Abraham Hostel will be hosting Evita Pride Edition, located on 21 Levontin Street just off Rothschild Boulevard. Events are set to be jam-packed full of guest DJs, […]
As dating apps change the way people hook up, are havens like Evita becoming obsolete? The Evita staff Tel Aviv users of Grindr, the dating app for gays, repeatedly encountered a pop-up ad inviting them to celebrate the absolutely last week of Evita Bar, which closed its doors on Shabbat after 12 years. But apparently […]
A first for Berlin’s Gay Pride parade: an official Tel Aviv float, with Israeli DJs and representatives of Tel Aviv’s community life. The goal: to expose Tel Aviv to gay audiences and increase inbound tourism. Participants of the Tel Aviv float in Berlin Gay Pride. This is a first-of-its-kind collaboration between the Municipality of Tel […]
From the official Pride Anthem in Madrid to Stockholm stages – Israeli artists set the tone at Gay Pride events in Europe. In recent years, Israelis have taken over pride events and have reached every place where you can drink and dance under the sun. After Tel Aviv has become a global Pride superpower, the […]
Shay Rokach, who turned from being a bartender into the founder and owner of the Evita, the most successful gay bar in Israel over the past decade, celebrated his birthday on Saturday. Rokach began his career as a bartender at the age of 18 at the legendary gay club “Allenby 58″ and later became the […]
Mei Feingold may not have made it to the final, representing Israel at the Eurovision Song Contest with her song “Same Heart” earlier this year, but the LGBT community still loves her. The singer has been asked by the most popular gay bar, Evita, to record their 2014 gay pride anthem, and the song was […]