Time Out's guide to Islington - Islington Council
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SCOTT WISHART, RICHARD ROWLAND<br />
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��Old St<br />
Odeon Holloway<br />
This handsome cinema<br />
shows both blockbusters<br />
and small independent<br />
films on its eight screens.<br />
419-427 Holloway Rd,<br />
N7 6LJ (0871 224 4007,<br />
odeon.co.uk)<br />
�Holloway Rd<br />
Lucky Voice Karaoke<br />
Make your own music at<br />
this swish karaoke bar.<br />
All seven private rooms<br />
have waiter service.<br />
173-174 Upper St,<br />
N1 1RG (7354 6280,<br />
bars.luckyvoice.com)<br />
�Angel<br />
O2 Academy Isling<strong>to</strong>n<br />
The two rooms feature<br />
indie rockers, metal<br />
bands and mainstream<br />
club nights.<br />
N1 Centre, 16 Parkfield<br />
St, N1 0PS (7288 4400,<br />
o2academyisling<strong>to</strong>n.<br />
co.uk) �Angel<br />
Screen on the Green<br />
THE HUB OF GAY LIFE IN LONDON<br />
Where Upper Street<br />
and Essex Road meet,<br />
The Green is a smartly<br />
designed bar with a<br />
good cocktail list and<br />
a great location. Just<br />
off Upper Street, the<br />
late-opening Eddy<br />
(on Bromfield Street)<br />
has been a one-for-theroad<br />
fixture for years.<br />
Along Pen<strong>to</strong>nville<br />
Road you’ll find<br />
Central Station,<br />
another of gay N1’s old<br />
favourites, smartened<br />
up last year but still<br />
offering cabaret,<br />
karaoke and a<br />
converted coal hole<br />
housing a men-only<br />
underground bar. Girls<br />
with guitars can get<br />
their fix at Chicks<br />
Rock every other<br />
Thursday at the Zenith<br />
The Gay Gordons<br />
Bar, Packing<strong>to</strong>n<br />
Street – giggers and<br />
groupies equally<br />
welcome. At Club Kali,<br />
Bollywood and<br />
bhangra are on offer<br />
on the first and third<br />
Friday of the month at<br />
the world's biggest<br />
gay Asian music club<br />
(changing facilities<br />
are available). More<br />
sedate movement can<br />
be found at Studio la<br />
Danza on Holloway<br />
Road – Wednesday<br />
night gay and lesbian<br />
classes are followed<br />
by a social dance.<br />
Then there’s The Gay<br />
Gordons (mixed<br />
Scottish country<br />
dancing). They meet<br />
on Thursdays at Unity<br />
Church Hall on Upper<br />
Street.<br />
www.isling<strong>to</strong>n.gov.uk/visitisling<strong>to</strong>n 25<br />
MUSIC & NIGHTLIFE
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