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late-night venue for after-hours
crowd – hosting various monthly
promotions.
THE EAGLE, 349 Kennington
Lane, SE11. 020 7793 0903. Mon,
Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri, Sat 9pm-late,
Tue 9pm-2am, Sun 9pm-late.
Vauxhall tube. Large, club-bar
with nightly promotions. Tonker
(Fridays) and Horse Meat Disco
(Sundays) are particularly popular.
www.eaglelondon.com
EXILIO, Bar Rez, Club Colosseum,
1 Nine Elms Lane, SW8. Vauxhall
tube. Long-running, Friday night
gay Latin and salsa night. Open
11pm till 4am. www.exilio.co.uk
FACTORY, 65 Goding Street, SE11.
Stylish, railway arch Vauxhall venue,
hosting occasional dance and
cruise nights.
THE FORT, 131 Grange Road,
SE1. 020-7237 7742. Small cruise
club, open till 11pm throughout
week, with regular boots-only and
BOOTYLICIOUS
Fabulous once-a-monther Bootylicious will be
returning on Saturday 15 May for what is sure to be one
of its busiest nights of the year. The club will be throwing
the grand final of its Bootylicious Next Top Model
competition, following heats during April. The winners
(male and female) will win cash prizes, clothing from
designing fashion outlet Rio Beach, free guestlist for life
plus the chance of future photoshoots.
Once again, the night will take place at Club Colosseum
(1 Nine Elms Lane, Vauxhall, SW8). Bootylicious is
dedicated to the best in urban music, and offers three
rooms of old-skool, slow jams, r’n’b, hiphop, dancehall,
UK funky and house – including a new second
dancefloor dubbed ‘Let There Be House’, with Sugabear
and Tyron on the decks. Admission is £10 before
midnight and £12 after (with reductions for students or
those with flyers). www.bootylicious-club.co.uk
underwear parties. Check website
for full listings.
www.thefortlondon.com
FIRE, South Lambeth Road,
Vauxhall, SW8. Vauxhall tube.
Infamous, late-night gay venue
beneath the Vauxhall railway
arches, host to the likes of Orange,
A:M, Later and Juicy. Open
around the clock at weekends.
www.allthingsorange.com or
www.myspace.com/firelondon or
www.clubtickets.com
THE FRIDGE, Town Hall Parade,
Brixton, SW9. 020 7326 5100.
Brixton tube. Large and legendary
venue - formerly a theatre. Now
home to occasional gay club nights
such as Love Muscle. www.fridge.
co.uk and www.lovemusclexx.co.uk
THE GEORGE & DRAGON, 2
BlackheathHill, Greenwich, SE10.
020 8691 3764. Deptford Bridge
DLR. Mon-Thu 4pm-1am, Fri &
Sat 4pm-4am, Sun 4pm-2am.
Late-night pub with nightly
entertainment and cabaret.
www.gandd.org.uk
HIDDEN, 100 Tinworth Street,
SE11. Railway arch venue, home
to infamous Hard On night once
a month (www.hardonclub.co.uk),
and now also Megawoof (www.
megawoof.com) and popular urban
night Work on Wednesdays.
THE HOIST, Arch 47c, South
Lambeth Road, SW8. 020 7735
9972. 10pm-late. Door charge and
strict dress code. One of London’s
most famous dress-code and cruise
clubs - busy with a men-only
crowd. Open Friday-Sunday and
occasional Thursdays (SM Gays
every third Thursday of the month
- www.smgays.org).
www.thehoist.co.uk
JACKIE’S JUKEBOX, Rivoli
Ballroom, 350 Brockley Road,
SE4. First Saturday of the month,
7pm-midnight (£7). Gay ballroom
and Latin dancing night, attracting
up to 300 dancers a month to the
glam 1950s-style Rivoli Ballroom.
Crofton Park BR. www.therivoli.co.uk
KAZBAR, 50 Clapham High Street,
SW4. 020 7622 0070. Clapham
North tube. Mon-Thu 4pmmidnight,
Fri 4pm-1am, Sat noon-
1am, Sun noon-midnight. Clapham
video bar, popular throughout the
week, with DJs at weekends.
LITTLE APPLE, 98 Kennington
Lane, SE11. 020 7735 2039.
Kennnigton tube. Open 7 days a
week. Small, traditional gay boozer
for local gay boys and girls - open
till 1.30am Fri-Sat.
PARIS GYM,
73 Goding Street, Vauxhall, SE11.
020 7735 8989. Vauxhall tube.
Huge, well-equipped men-only
gym with large, devoted following.
Regular classes. Tourists welcome.
Check website for entry details and
membership. www.parisgym.com
ROYAL VAUXHALL TAVERN,
372 Kennington Lane, SE11.
020 7840 0596. Opening times
vary. Vauxhall tube. Door Charge.
Huge, traditional and historic gay
pub, with long history of hosting
cabaret. Packed to rafters on
Saturday (Duckie) and Sunday
(S.L.A.G.S/Chill-Out). Check
www.rvt.org.uk or the facebook
group RV Taverners for information.
THE STAG, 15 Bressenden Place,
SW1. 020 7828 7287. Victoria
tube. Mon & Tue midday-midnight,
Wed-Fri midday-2am, Sat 5pm-
2am, Sun 4pm-midnight. Dark and
atmospheric gay bar in Victoria,
with occasional cabaret and DJs
at weekends, and now an upstairs
theatre space.
286, 286 Lewisham High Street,
SE14. 020-8690 7648. Large, lateopening
gay venue, with regular
entertainment, DJs and cabaret.
Open till 2am Sun-Thur and 4am
Fri-Sat. www.two8six.co.uk
THE TRAFALGAR ARMS,
148 Tooting High Street, SW17.
020-8767 6059. A spacious, lively,
attitude-free pub. Excellent food
served all day. Weekly DJs on Friday
and Saturday nights. Karaoke on
Wednesdays.
THE TWO BREWERS,
114 Clapham High Street, SW4.
020 7819 9539. Clapham Common
tube. Mon-Thu 5pm-2am, Fri & Sat
5pm-4am. South London’s most
famed gay cabaret venue. Large
bar and separate dancefloor room.
An institution for over 20 years.
www.the2brewers.com
UNION, 66 Albert Embankment,
SE1. 020-7793 9262. Cruisy
dance club which hosts regular
promotions. Plays areas and hot
go-go’s. www.clubunion.co.uk and
www.ma1.co.uk
XXL, The Arches, 51-53 Southwark
Street, SE1. www.xxl-london.
com. London Bridge tube. Huge
KIMONO KRUSH
Kimono Krush, the
monthly, alternative
club night at the Royal
Vauxhall Tavern
(Vauxhall Tube Station,
SE11), will be celebrating
the 90s on Friday 4
May. Presented by
The Sugarlow Boys, Al
Dente, the Duchess of Pork and Lady Susan, the night
promises to remind you of the “foulest fashions, fads and
Teletubbies of the decade”. The music will include grunge,
Britpop, Eurodance, 90s pop and, of course, some Kurt
Cobain. The evening’s special guest is camp and filthy
Nathan Evans (www.nathanevans.co.uk), known for his
collaborations with David Hoyle and for creating and
hosting Vauxhallville.
Kimono Krush hits the RVT every second Friday of the
month, and describes itself as a ‘musical cocktail of
alternative pop, retro gems, electro favourites plus indie
hits and obscurities’. Grab a rave whistle, dig out your
best 90s outfit: doors open between 9pm and 2.30am,
£3 before 10pm and £5 after. www.rvt.org.uk
www.myspace.com/kimono_krush
world-famous club for bears, big
men and admirers, on Saturday
and Wednesday. Pulls in 1,000+
customers each Saturday with
uplifting dance anthems and
occasional guest DJs.
SAUNAS
CHARIOTS STREATHAM
292 Streatham High Road, SW16.
020 8696 0929. Streatham station.
Kate Bush
Large sauna, with weekly theme
nights (bears, men of colour, etc).
www.gaysauna.co.uk
CHARIOTS VAUXHALL
63-64 Albert Embankment,
Vauxhall, SE1. 020 7247 5333.
Vauxhall tube. Large, modern
sauna in converted railway arch.
www.gaysauna.co.uk
PRIDE MAGIC
There are a couple of special fundraising events for
Pride London coming up this month, kicking off with
a one-off spectacular of “world-class magic and music”
at the Café De Paris on Thursday 6 May. Promising to
be a night with a difference, you can expect illusions
and sleight of hand from Magic Shaun, Paul Warren, the
award-winning card magician Steve Dela, Lee Warren,
Neil Henry and ‘the Magic of Dave and Joe’. Spinning the
sounds will be the Sharp Boys and Alex Logan.
This will be followed by the DJ and dance fundraiser the
Royal Vauxhall Tavern in Vauxhall on Wednesday 12 May,
featuring DJ DMS, performer Melissa Totten, and live
dance performances.
This year’s Pride festival is scheduled to take place from
18 June till 4 July 2010, with the Pride Parade taking
place Saturday 3 July. This year’s theme will be “Paint
the town Ruby Red: Celebrating 40 Years of the Gay
Liberation Front”.
www.pridelondon.org