Gay entertainment in England
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Eagle
This fantastic place is a haven of alternative queer goings-on in muscle-bound Vauxhall. Open nightly with a different feel throughout the week with Tonker every Friday, and Sunday night’s legendary Horse Meat Disco.
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Ku Bar Lisle St
With its smart interior, geometric black-and-white patterns on the walls and busy events schedule (disco, cabaret, DJ sets etc) in the basement, the Lisle street branch of this mini-chain attracts a young, fun-loving crowd. It’s student night on Mondays.
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Lo Profile
This addition to the gay club scene, with its go-go dancers, smoke machine and colourful star-shaped lights, is hugely popular. It gets a surge at 11pm when punters from the Profile Bar above move en masse for a boogie downstairs.
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Nelsons Head
Small, down-to-earth locals’ pub with quirky decor, a fun and friendly mixed clientele, and plenty of camp tunes.
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Profile
This American-diner-meets-Soho bar serves an eclectic mix of Absolut vodka cocktails, unremarkable wine, draught beer and dangerously tasty alcoholic milkshakes. The food menu sports such American classics as burgers and Caesar salad. Happy hour is from 4pm to 7pm daily.
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RVT
Rough around the edges to say the least, the Royal Vauxhall Tavern is the perfect antidote to the gleaming new wave of gay venues now crowding Vauxhall’s gay village. Saturday’s Duckie (www.duckie.co.uk), a wonderful indie performance night hosted by Amy Lamé, is rightly considered to be one of the best club nights in London. Also check out S.L.A.G.S. on Sundays, and keep an eye out on the website for other upcoming events – from cabaret nights to previews for the Edinburgh Fringe.
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New Union Hotel
Affordable fun in the heart of the Gay Village, a smart hotel that isn't exclusively pink but deliberately for the party: not recommended for a quiet layover.
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Ku Bar Frith St
This venue is not quite the party place that the Lisle Street Bar is and it therefore tends to be popular with a slightly older, smarter gay crowd.
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Area
Home from home for circuit party boys but still very welcoming to all, Area describes itself as ‘polysexual’ and hosts some of the most inventive nights in town.
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Green
The Green is a funky, friendly two-floor place where the young of N1 hang out, meet friends and warm up for a night out. It’s happy hour until midnight on ‘thirsty Thursdays’. There are regular DJ sets at weekends, when there’s usually a cover charge after 11pm.
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Hoist
One of Europe’s most famous fetish clubs, the Hoist is a one-stop shop for guys into leather and uniforms. The dress code is very strict – everyone has to wear boots, and rubber, leather or uniform. Check out the array of fetish nights on the website.
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Yard
This old Soho favourite attracts a great cross-section of the great and the good. It’s a pretty attitude-free place, perfect for preclub drinks or just an evening out. There are DJs upstairs in the Loft most nights as well as a friendly crowd in the eponymous, atmospheric courtyard downstairs.
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Black Cap
This friendly, sprawling place is Camden’s premier gay venue, and attracts people from all over North London. There’s a great outdoor terrace, the pleasantly pub-like upstairs Shufflewick bar and the downstairs club, where you’ll find plenty of hilarious camp cabaret as well as decent dance music.
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White Swan
The White Swan is a fun East End kind of place, with a large dance floor as well as a more relaxed pub area. Its legendary amateur strip night takes place every Wednesday and there are also cabaret and karaoke nights. Club classics and cheesy pop predominate.
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Edge
Overlooking Soho Square in all its four-storey glory, the Edge is London’s largest gay bar and heaves every night of the week: there are dancers, waiters in bunny (or other) outfits, good music and a generally super friendly vibe. There’s a heavy straight presence, as it’s so close to Oxford Street.
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Joiners Arms
Determinedly run-down and cheesy, the Joiners is Hoxton’s only totally gay pub-club. It’s a crowded, funky old boozer where hip gay boys hang out at the bar, dance and watch people play pool all night.
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Barcode
Tucked away down a Soho side street, this fun gay bar is full of a diverse range of people enjoying a pint or two and some evening cruising. There are frequent club nights in the downstairs area, including the popular Industri on Wednesday and Comedy Camp on Tuesdays.
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Heaven
This long-standing and perennially popular gay club, under the arches beneath Charing Cross station, has always been host to good club nights. Monday’s Popcorn night (mixed dance party, all-welcome door policy) has to be one of the best for weeknight’s clubbing in the capital. The celebrated G-A-Y now also takes place here on Thursday (G-A-Y Porn Idol), Friday (G-A-Y Camp Attack) and Saturday (plain ol’ G-A-Y).
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