=CbbVS`S
A13<3
Court (off Brewer Street), W1. outdoor balcony and loft bar. VILLAGE VOICE
020-7734 0377. Legendary Soho One of Soho’s longest-running gay bars,
cabaret club, attracting very gay NORTH LONDON the three-fl oored Village (81 Wardour
crowd with nightly cabaret, gigs Street, W1) has unveiled an irresistible
and burlesque. THE BLACK CAP, 171 Camden selection of summer promotions to
High Street, NW1. 020 7428 2721. keep you coming back night after night.
TRASH PALACE, 11 Wardour Camden Town tube. Shuffl ewick The popular karaoke session has been
Street, W1. 020 7734 0522. Bar: Mon-Thu Noon-1am, Fri-Sat relaunched on Tuesdays with hosts Lady
Piccadilly Circus tube. Sun-Thu 12noon-2am, Sun Noon-10.30pm. Lloyd and Cameille. There’s over 4,000
5pm-midnight. Fri & Sat 5pm-3am. Club: Mon-Thu 10pm-2am, Fri-Sat tracks to choose from, plus the chance
Indie, rock and trash fun on two 10pm-3am, Sun 10pm-1am. of winning a free trip to Athens if you
fl oors – very popular with students Long-running, famed gay pub make it through to the fi nal on the last
and alternative club freaks. – probably the most famous Tuesday of each month.
cabaret pub in London, with nightly Lady Lloyd is back each Thursday night
VILLAGE, 81 Wardour Street, W1. DJs and entertainment. www. for Village Rewind, when she’ll
020 7434 2124. Piccadilly Circus theblackcap.com be spinning her favourite retro tracks
tube. 12-1am, Sun 11.30pm. Late and past fl oor-fi llers. She takes the
night door charge. Soho’s original CENTRAL STATION, decks at 9pm, and it’s open till the later
gay café bar, spread over four fl oors, 37 Wharfdale Road, N1. Tel: 020 time of 1am. Heidi Licious takes her
and now with basement dancefl oor 7278 3294. Kings Cross tube. Mon- turn behind the decks on Fridays for
and discos. Wed 5pm-2am, Thur 5pm-3am, DiscoLiscious, promising non-stop hits from the 70s and 80s from 6pm till 1am. Then,
Fri 5pm-4am, Sat 1pm-4am, Sun on Saturdays, DJ Adamis spins more pop music all night long at Pop Tarts.
THE YARD, 57 Rupert Street, W1. 1pm-12am. Big gay bar on three Village is open every night of the week, with a happy hour between 5 and 8pm on
020 7437 2652. Piccadilly Circus fl oors, with ground fl oor cabaret Sundays to Thursdays. For more information, check www.village-soho.co.uk
tube. Mon-Thur 4pm-11pm, Fri and infamously cruisy cruise nights
& Sat 1pm-11pm, Sun 1pm- in basement. www.centralstation.
1.10.30pm. Busy gay bar with co.uk CLUB COLOSSEUM, 1 Nine 7pm-4am. Door charge on
hugely popular courtyard area, THE LOAD OF HAY, 207 Pinner Elms Lane, Vauxhall, SW8. Huge, weekend. Large, popular bar and
CLUB KALI, The Dome, 1 Road, Watford, 01923-441113. late-night venue for after-hours club, attracting big crowds at
E
P
S
O
N
Dartmouth Park Hill, Tufnell Park, Watford‚s only gay pub, with crowd – hosting various monthly weekends.
H
R
I
S J
N19. World’s biggest lesbian and big beer garden and regular promotions such as Bootylicious
gay Asian music night, running entertainment! www.loadofhay. and Megawoof. FACTORY, 65 Goding Street, SE11.
P
H
Y © C
every third Friday of the month. co.uk Stylish, railway arch Vauxhall venue,
G
R
A
www.clubkali.com DEPOT, 66 Albert Embankment, hosting occasional dance and
P
H
OTO
THE OAK BAR, 79 Green Lanes, SE1. 020-7793 9262. Cruisy dance cruise nights.
COSMO LOUNGE, 43 Essex Road, N16. 020-7354 2791. Manor club which hosts monthly parties
N1. Tel: 020 7688 0051. Angel tube. House tube. Friendly, divere gay bar such as Rent, Manhunt and Prowler THE FORT, 131 Grange Road,
Sun-Wed 2pm-Midnight, Thu-Sat with late-night club promotions, on Saturday nights, plus Cruise on SE1. 020-7237 7742. Small cruise
2pm-1am. Long, narrow, intimate open ‘til 3am at weekends. www. Friday nights. club, open till 11pm throughout
gay bar popular with locals girls oakbar.com week, with regular boots-only and
and boys. THE EAGLE, 349 Kennington underwear parties.
ON THE ROCKS, 25 Kingsland Lane, SE11. 020 7793 0903. Mon, www.thefortlondon.com
GHETTO GOSPEL THE GOLDEN LION, 2 Britannia Road, E2. Underground Shoreditch Wed, Thu, Fri, Sat 9pm-late, Tue
There have been a few changes down to the weekly Street, WC1. 020 78374734. venue that hosts the weekly Trailer 7.30-10.30pm, Sun 4pm-2am. FIRE, South Lambeth Road,
line-up at the Ghetto over recent weeks. The fi nal Nag Friendly, local gay pub with Trash club night each Friday – the Vauxhall tube. Large, club-bar with Vauxhall, SW8. Vauxhall tube.
Nag Nag is due to take place on Wednesday 28 May regular cabaret and late opening at ‘Dirty Eastend Gay Ravebox!’ www. nightly promotions. Horse Meat Infamous, late-night gay venue
(see pages 68-69). It’s certain to go out with a bang, weekends. clubtrailertrash.com Disco (Sundays) is particularly beneath the Vauxhall railway
with an exclusive PA from club favourite Boy George. popular. arches, host to the likes of Orange,
It will be replaced by Calling All Tribes (C.A.T), a new THE GREEN, 74 Upper Street, PLAYPIT, 76 Caledonian Road, A:M, Horizon and Gravity. Open
promotion from Buster Bennett and K-Tron. It will launch N1. 020-7704 0713. Angel tube. N1. Intimate, King’s Cross sleaze EGO, 82 Norwood High Street, around the clock at weekends.
on Wednesday 4 June with an exclusive appearance London’s fi rst ‘gay gay-stropub!’ club. Open Thur-Sat 9pm-3am, SE27. 020 8761 5200. West www.allthingsorange.com or
from Chupacabra, while the DJs will spin a fl amboyant Stylish, Islington bar, serving full Sun 3pm-7pm and 8pm-1am. Norwood BR. Sun-Thu 8pm-late, www.fi reclub.co.uk
mix ‘electro/booty/dancehall’. food menu and wide range of www.londonplaypit.co.uk
Former Sunday night outing BAD has now been replaced cocktails. Mixed, chilled crowd KIMONO MY HOUSE
by P. Y. T (Pretty Young Things). Like BAD, it’s a Sunday - now run by the same team as The SOUTH LONDON Kimono Krush is a one-off
night R’n’B, pop, hip hop and dancehall party, with DJs Edge in Soho. party taking place on Friday
Big Jon and Philly spinning the tunes from 10pm till AREA, 67-68 Albert Embankment, 30 May at South London
2am. Impromptu live PAs from homeboy rappers and KING EDWARD VI, 25 Bromfi eld SE1. Gorgeously-designed, hard Pacifi c, 340 Kennington
soul singers add to the friendly Ghetto atmosphere. Street, N1. Tel: 020 7704 0745. dance club and cabaret rooms, with Park Road, SE11. The surreal
Admission is £6 or £4 with an NUS card. Angel tube. Sun-Thu 12noon- eclectic roster of diff erent gay nights tiki bar will be presided over
The rest of the weekly line-up remains the same with 12midnight, Thu 12noon-1am, (Juicy on Saturdays) and one-off by host Al Dente, who will be
unpretentious indie disco Frat Party kicking off Fri-Sat 12noon-2am. Very promotions. www.areaclub.info introducing performers and
proceedings in a drunken fashion each Monday. Pop long-running gay pub, with ‘local’ DJs like the Sugarlow Boys,
night Don’t Call Me Babe runs each Tuesday, with atmosphere and character, plus BARCODE VAUXHALL, Arch 69, the Readers Wifes (Duckie),
with long-running indie session Miss-Shapes each popular beer garden. Albert Embankment, SE11. 0207 Marc with a C and Le Gateau
Thursday. Princess Julia and Tasty Tim preside over long- 734 3342. Vauxhall tube. Open 7 Chocolat. Expect a musical cocktail of tunes from 60s girl
running Friday night electro session The Cock, while KW4, 77 Hampstead High Street, days a week. Mon-Thu 4pm-1am, pop, through 70s disco and 80s new wave, to 90s Britpop
mainstream cheese and good-time pop is the order of NW3. 020-7435 5747. Large, cost, Fri-Sun 4pm-4am. Recently opened and 00s electro. “Bring a hula skirt, borrow your grandma’s
the day at Saturday’s Wig Out. traditional old gay pub, with regular and very popular club bar, with bikini and get the neighbours to take care of your cat while
You’ll fi nd Ghetto at 5/6 Falconberg Court, Soho, entertainment, beer garden and dancefl oor and mezzanine chill-out you’re gone.”
W1. www.ghetto-london.co.uk food. www.kw4.co.uk space. Doors will be open from 9pm till 3am, with entry £4.
%$
Page 1  |  Page 2  |  Page 3  |  Page 4  |  Page 5  |  Page 6  |  Page 7  |  Page 8  |  Page 9  |  Page 10  |  Page 11  |  Page 12  |  Page 13  |  Page 14  |  Page 15  |  Page 16  |  Page 17  |  Page 18  |  Page 19  |  Page 20  |  Page 21  |  Page 22  |  Page 23  |  Page 24  |  Page 25  |  Page 26  |  Page 27  |  Page 28  |  Page 29  |  Page 30  |  Page 31  |  Page 32  |  Page 33  |  Page 34  |  Page 35  |  Page 36  |  Page 37  |  Page 38  |  Page 39  |  Page 40  |  Page 41  |  Page 42  |  Page 43  |  Page 44  |  Page 45  |  Page 46  |  Page 47  |  Page 48  |  Page 49  |  Page 50  |  Page 51  |  Page 52  |  Page 53  |  Page 54  |  Page 55  |  Page 56  |  Page 57  |  Page 58  |  Page 59  |  Page 60  |  Page 61  |  Page 62  |  Page 63  |  Page 64  |  Page 65  |  Page 66  |  Page 67  |  Page 68  |  Page 69  |  Page 70  |  Page 71  |  Page 72  |  Page 73  |  Page 74  |  Page 75  |  Page 76  |  Page 77  |  Page 78  |  Page 79  |  Page 80  |  Page 81  |  Page 82  |  Page 83  |  Page 84  |  Page 85  |  Page 86  |  Page 87  |  Page 88  |  Page 89  |  Page 90  |  Page 91  |  Page 92  |  Page 93  |  Page 94  |  Page 95  |  Page 96  |  Page 97  |  Page 98  |  Page 99  |  Page 100  |  Page 101  |  Page 102  |  Page 103  |  Page 104  |  Page 105  |  Page 106  |  Page 107  |  Page 108  |  Page 109  |  Page 110  |  Page 111  |  Page 112  |  Page 113  |  Page 114  |  Page 115  |  Page 116  |  Page 117  |  Page 118  |  Page 119  |  Page 120  |  Page 121  |  Page 122  |  Page 123  |  Page 124  |  Page 125  |  Page 126  |  Page 127  |  Page 128  |  Page 129  |  Page 130  |  Page 131  |  Page 132