CLUBS & EVENTS
XXL at Pulse, 1 Invicta Plaza, Southwark, SE1 9UF. 9pm-3am. £15 guests, £8 members. Midweek grizzly fun for bears and their admirers.
White Leather Viper Club Dalston Superstore, 117 Kingsland High St, E8 2PB. 9pm-2:30am. Free. Your midweek does of eccentric electronica, weirdo-disco and mutant-pop.
Ku Klub at Ku Bar Lisle Street, 30 Lisle Street, WC2. 10pm-3am. FREE. The party continues ‘til late in the Ku basement.
Whatever Happened to Hushing Up The Baby? at RVT, 372 Kennington Lane, Vauxhall, SE11 5HY. Doors 7:30pm-11:30pm. All tickets £10. TONIGHT: musical parody with Lola Lasagne and Myra Dubois.
Cruise Control at Eagle London, 349 Kennington Lane, Vauxhall, SE11 5QY. 9pm-2am, members free, guests £3 after 10pm Cruise spaces to explore with darker, deeper beats to play to.
G-A-Y Late at 5 Goslett Yard, off Charing Cross Road, WC2. 11pm – 3am. Free entry. Hot pop sounds, drinks specials, cute guys and a pop perfect atmosphere.
Vogue Fabrics, 66 Stoke Newington Road, Dalston, N16 7XB. 9pm-1am. FREE b4 11pm/£5 after, NUS £3.
BARS & CABARET
DJ Robot at Bloc Bar, 18 Kentish Town Road, Camden, London, NW1 9NX. 5pm-1am North London’s coolest new gay venue is open for business! Perfect for a post-work pint. Classic and current pop with DJ Robot.
BoomBox at Kazbar at 50 Clapham High Street, SW4 7UL. 4pm-1am. FREE. DJ DBwoi playing your favourite R&B beats.
G-A-Y Bar at 30 Old Compton Street. 12pm-2am. Free entry. Popular pop music bar with non-stop hits on the screens and a fun, flirty atmosphere.
Bingo with Mary Mac at West 5, Pope’s Lane, South Ealing, W5 4NB. Open from 8pm. FREE. Mary Mac presents her inimitable quiz.
The Old Ship at 17 Barnes Street, Limehouse, E14 7NW. Quiz from 9.30pm. Local gay bar in East London’s Limehouse.
Wednesday Naughties at Central Station at 37 Wharfdale Road, Kings Cross, N1 9SD. Open ‘til 4am. FREE b4 10pm. Cabaret then DJs ‘til late.
Attack Attack Attack Circa, 62 Frith Street, Soho, W1D 3JN. Open ‘til 1am. Soho’s intimate but packed-out bar/club spot with the most amazing DJ booth in town.
The Edge at 11 Soho Square, Soho, W1D 3QE. 4pm-late. Last entry 1am. Soho’s multi-floored gay wonder.
#HushHushWednesday at Hush Hush Cabaret Club on the Tattershell Castle, Victoria Embankment, SW1A 2HR 7pm-12pm, £10. A genderfuck xtravaganza! A pop up club that’s a fusion of drag, burlesque, theare and cabaret.
Whatever Wednesdays at Halfway 2 Heaven, 7 Duncannon Street, Charing Cross, WC2N 4JF. From 9pm. Whatever Wednesday with Martha D’Arthur and Justin Swift. Showtime at 9pm.
Two Brewers, 114 Clapham High Street, SW4 7UJ. Bar open 4pm-2am. FREE b4 10pm, £3 after. Popular South London cabaret/club spot.
Comptons of Soho at 51-53 Old Compton Street, Soho, W1D 6HN. 12pm-11.30pm. Super social pub downstairs, chilled club lounge upstairs with guest pianist tinkling the ivories.
A Team Amateur Strip Night at BJ’s White Swan 556 Commercial Road, E14 7JD. 5pm-2am. £100 first prize to the winner and £10 bar tab to all who enter.
Your Dirty Diary – Wednesday 23rd September
Vault: Cruise/Underwear at 139b-143 Whitfield Street, W1T 5EN. CRUISE (1-7pm. £7) Then UNDERWEAR (7pm-1am. £8) Free drink, cloakroom and re-entry. Get down to your underwear.
Buff at MA1 Backstreet, Wentworth Mews, Mile End, E3 4UA. 7pm-11pm. £8 members/£9 guests (free drink/coat check). Horny, naked cruise party. Heated outdoor ‘naked’ smokers terrace.
Cruise Control at Eagle London, 349 Kennington Lane, Vauxhall, SE11 5QY. 9pm-2am. £3 entry after 10pm, free for members. Cruise spaces to explore with darker, deeper beats to play to.
The Underground Club at Central Station, 37 Wharfdale Road, Kings Cross, N1. HARD CRUZ (10pm-1am), hard cruising for hard men.
The Hoist Arches 47b & 47c, South Lambeth Road, Vauxhall, SW8 1RH, OFFICE, 9pm-1am, relax, chill and score after work. NBN, 9pm-1am, boots or trainers with jocks, shorts or underwear.