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popular with professional gay boyz VILLAGE, 81 Wardour Street, W1. FLYING HIGH
and post-work crowd. 020 7434 2124. Piccadilly Circus Eagle London continues to pull
tube. 12-1am, Sun 11.30pm. Late in a testosterone-fuelled crowd of hunks
SHADOW LOUNGE, 5 Brewer night door charge. Soho’s original throughout the week, thanks in no small
Street, W1. 020-7287 7988. gay café bar, spread over four fl oors, part to the constant improvements that the
Piccadilly tube. Exclusive, gorgeous, and now with basement dancefl oor management are making to the venue. They’ve
late-night bar and club for A-list and discos. recently overhauled the drinks cooling system
gays and celeb-spotters. and increased the range of draught beers
www.theshadowlounge.com THE YARD, 57 Rupert Street, W1. available. The garden area has been revamped
020 7437 2652. Piccadilly Circus in time for the spring, with new decking, seating and mood lighting. Nights include the
SOHO REVUE BAR, 11 Walkers tube. Mon-Thur 4pm-11pm, Fri 12-hour marathon that is Eagle Saturdays, when ‘cum-and-go’ passes are available for
Court (off Brewer Street), W1. & Sat 1pm-11pm, Sun 1pm- those that want to pop out and return at a later hour in the day. Spinning the sound of the
020-7734 0377. Legendary Soho 1.10.30pm. Busy gay bar with Vauxhall underground, DJs on rotation include Jim Stanton, Mark Loverush, Severino and
cabaret club, attracting very gay hugely popular courtyard area, HiFi Sean. Get along on Saturday 29 March for Eagle Semi-Hard, which is the offi cial
crowd with nightly cabaret, gigs outdoor balcony and loft bar. pre-party for Hard On.
and burlesque. Other regular sessions include DLF each Wednesday with DJ Peter X, and Eagle Black ‘n’
NORTH LONDON Blue each Thursday, when there’s free entry for anyone in leather, denim or rubber gear.
TRASH PALACE, 11 Wardour There’s Tonker each Friday for the muscle boys, bears and furry hunks (www.tonker.co.uk),
Street, W1. 020 7734 0522. THE BLACK CAP, 171 Camden while Horse Meat Disco (www.horsemeatdisco.co.uk) is the Sunday session, pulling in a
Piccadilly Circus tube. Sun-Thu High Street, NW1. 020 7428 completely mixed crowd from all over London with the classic and alternative electro-disco
5pm-midnight. Fri & Sat 5pm-3am. 2721. www.theblackcap.com. sounds. Finally, completing the weekly line up are the Monday cruise chill-out sessions and
Indie, rock and trash fun on two Camden Town tube. Shuffl ewick Tuesday’s Bootcamp, which raises money for Positiveline/The Eddie Surman Trust. Both off er
fl oors – very popular with students Bar: Mon-Thu Noon-1am, Fri-Sat plenty of dark corners to explore and fi lthy fi lms on the screens.
and alternative club freaks. 12noon-2am, Sun Noon-10.30pm. You’ll fi nd the Eagle at 349 Kennington Lane, Vauxhall SE11. www.eaglelondon.com.
Club: Mon-Thu 10pm-2am, Fri-Sat
10pm-3am, Sun 10pm-1am. Long- Road, Watford, 01923-441113. Fri-Sun 4pm-4am. Recently opened popular.
running, famed gay pub – probably Watford‚s only gay pub, with and very popular club bar, with
the most famous cabaret pub big beer garden and regular dancefl oor and mezzanine chill-out EGO, 82 Norwood High Street,
in London, with nightly DJs and entertainment! www.loadofhay. space. SE27. 020 8761 5200. West
entertainment. co.uk Norwood BR. Sun-Thu 8pm-late,
CLUB COLOSSEUM, 1 Nine 7pm-4am. Door charge on
CENTRAL STATION, 37 MA1 BAR, Central Station, 37 Elms Lane, Vauxhall, SW8. Huge, weekend. Large, popular bar and
Wharfdale Road, N1. Tel: 020 7278 Wharfdale Road, King’s Cross, N1. late-night venue for after-hours club, attracting big crowds at
3294. Kings Cross tube. Mon-Wed Intimate, sleazy men-only cruise crowd – hosting various one-off weekends.
5pm-2am, Thur 5pm-3am, Fri bar, open throughout the week. promotions such as the monthly
5pm-4am, Sat 1pm-4am, Sun www.ma1.co.uk Future. FACTORY, 65 Goding Street, SE11.
1pm-12am. Big gay bar on three Stylish, railway arch Vauxhall venue,
fl oors, with ground fl oor cabaret THE OAK BAR, 79 Green Lanes, DEPOT, 66 Albert Embankment, hosting occasional dance and
SOHO STYLE and infamously cruisy cruise nights N16. 020-7354 2791. Manor SE1. 020-7793 9262. Cruisy dance cruise nights.
One of Soho’s best-loved bars, Barcode Soho has recently been in basement. House tube. Friendly, divere gay bar club which hosts monthly parties
undergoing the biggest re-fi t in its 11-year history. After closing with late-night club promotions, such as Rent, Manhunt and Prowler THE FORT, 131 Grange Road,
for a couple of weeks, the ground fl oor reopened last week, along CLUB KALI, The Dome, 1 open ‘til 3am at weekends. www. on Saturday nights, plus Cruise on SE1. 020-7237 7742. Small cruise
with the all-new fi rst fl oor space! It’s still sporting a sexy, masculine Dartmouth Park Hill, Tufnell Park, oakbar.com Friday nights. club, open till 11pm throughout
and industrial feel, but the gleaming new look brings it bang up to N19. World’s biggest lesbian and week, with regular boots-only and
date. The fi rst fl oor also provides additional toilets and an express gay Asian music night, running ON THE ROCKS, 25 Kingsland THE EAGLE, 349 Kennington underwear parties.
coat-check space. Now that the ground fl oor and fi rst fl oor has been every third Friday of the month. Road, E2. Underground Shoreditch Lane, SE11. 020 7793 0903. Mon, www.thefortlondon.com
completed, the team have closed the basement bar in order to give www.clubkali.com venue that hosts the weekly Wed, Thu, Fri, Sat 9pm-late, Tue
that a makeover too – expect new seating, state-of-the-art lighting Trailer Trash club night each Friday 7.30-10.30pm, Sun 4pm-2am. FIRE, South Lambeth Road,
and DJ boxes. The whole venue will be unveiled with a VIP party on COSMO LOUNGE, 43 Essex Road, – the ‘Dirty Eastend Gay Ravebox Vauxhall tube. Large, club-bar with Vauxhall, SW8. Vauxhall tube.
Wednesday 23 April, followed by the weekly Homosocial session N1. Tel: 020 7688 0051. Angel tube. for trucker boyz, roller grrls and nightly promotions. Horse Meat Infamous, late-night gay venue
on Thursday 24 April. Sun-Wed 2pm-Midnight, Thu-Sat assorted fabulous fashion kids!’ Disco (Sundays) is particularly beneath the Vauxhall railway
“Barcode has always been known for an attitude free, friendly vibe, 2pm-1am. Long, narrow, intimate www.clubtrailertrash.com
the best DJ’s on the scene and well priced drinks,” says owner Troy gay bar popular with locals girls CENTRAL SPRING
Wear. “None of that will change except that we are bringing the bar and boys. PLAYPIT, 76 Caledonian Road, There have been a couple of
bang up to date – we feel it will be one of best gay bars in London.” N1. Intimate, King’s Cross sleaze little changes down at Central
When we pressed him on the changes that customers will notice, KING EDWARD VI, 25 Bromfi eld club. Open Thur-Sat 9pm-3am, Station in King’s Cross. The
he told us, “We have brought the fi rst fl oor, which is dedicated Street, N1. Tel: 020 7704 0745. Sun 3pm-7pm and 8pm-1am. DCD session each Monday
entirely to ancillaries - i.e. toilets and coat check - which should Angel tube. Sun-Thu 12noon- www.londonplaypit.co.uk has now closed, but instead
make things more convenient and comfortable for our customers. We 12midnight, Thu 12noon-1am, you’ll fi nd all-day cruising at
have repositioned the bar and DJ box on the ground fl oor and added Fri-Sat 12noon-2am. Very SOUTH LONDON Pants (1-6pm), In Yer Face
seating areas. We are also moving the DJ box in the basement and long-running gay pub, with ‘local’ (6-9pm) and Meatpackers
putting in seating. It will feel bigger and a much more inviting space. atmosphere and character, plus AREA, 67-68 Albert Embankment, (9pm till late). There’s plenty
Obviously the decor is all totally new.” popular beer garden. SE1. Gorgeously-designed, hard of other cruising opportunities
Now running for over ten years, we asked him what factors were dance club and cabaret rooms, with throughout the week, plus weekend cabaret throughout the month of
behind Barcode’s success. KW4, 77 Hampstead High Street, eclectic roster of diff erent gay nights April. Catch singer Kelly (Friday 4 April), dragster Pat Cruise (Saturday 5
“I think we are a trusted brand. We are consistent, well-priced and NW3. 020-7435 5747. Large, cost, (Juicy on Saturdays) and one-off April), Earl Grey (11 April), Dolly Diamond (12 April), Wilma Fingerdoo
we attract an attitude-free, sexy crowd. I’d like to think that opening traditional old gay pub, with regular promotions. www.areaclub.info (18 April), Sandra (19 April), Lizzy Drip (25 April) and Kandi Kane (26
a second branch in Vauxhall showed innovation, as will Soho when entertainment, beer garden and April). This gay scene institution is spread over three fl oors, with the
people see what we have done to it.” food. www.kw4.co.uk BARCODE VAUXHALL, Arch 69, basement disco, ground fl oor pub and cabaret space, and the upstairs
Check out the new look Barcode Soho at 3-4 Archer Street, Albert Embankment, SE11. 0207 MA1 cruise bar which has its own roster of men-only sessions. All this
Soho, W1. www.bar-code.co.uk THE LOAD OF HAY, 207 Pinner 734 3342. Vauxhall tube. Open 7 plus the outdoors smoking terrace. Check it out at 32 Wharfdale Road,
days a week. Mon-Thu 4pm-1am, N1 – just fi ve minutes from King’s Cross station.
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