DTM (nightclub)

The club's playlists contain primarily pop songs, dance music, techno and Finnish hits, with live entertainment often taking the form of drag shows.

Through an agreement with UK-based promoter Klub Kids, DTM hosted visiting performers from RuPaul's Drag Race from January 2019 to early 2020, when the Mannerheimintie venue closed.

The club temporarily ceased operation due to the COVID-19 pandemic, but following a protracted conflict over noise complaints from a neighboring hotel—which ended in June 2020—the Mannerheimintie location's rental agreement was dissolved.

The company produces a series of live shows called Klub Kids Helsinki, which brings RuPaul's Drag Race stars to DTM several times per year.

[10] To date, performers including Kameron Michaels,[10] Bob the Drag Queen[11] and Vanessa Vanjie Mateo[12] have made appearances.

[1] According to Riitta Suominen, who managed DTM from 1996 to 2006, all profits the venue made under Ravintola Oy Afrodite's ownership were donated to LGBT charities and initiatives.

This prompted DTM's management to make structural changes to its bathrooms and to increase signage encouraging patrons to report suspicious activity.

Four months later,[23] St. George's management lodged a complaint against DTM, stating that loud music from one of its dance floors, the Puma Bar, was audible in three hotel rooms.

[5][13][24] The City of Helsinki's environmental board investigated the matter in August 2019, concluding that the noise was loud enough to prevent hotel guests from sleeping.

[24] Nevertheless, the environmental board deemed DTM's adjustments insufficient and notified the club that it would be fined €25,000 if it did not quiet the music by the end of January 2020.

[2][5][22] In January 2023, Helsingin Sanomat reported that DTM is scheduled to reopen in the Teurastamo area of Helsinki's Kalasatama neighborhood in summer 2023.

Man wearing a black T-shirt and white sash smiling and giving a thumbs-up
The first Mr. Gay Finland was crowned at DTM in 2010.
Dark nightclub with illuminated television screen and disco balls
Eurovision Song Contest viewers at DTM's Punavuori location in 2006