I feel the month of October is the time to get all spooky. Yes, let’s just be as gothic as possible for a whole month and get it out of our systems…actually I don’t need Halloween as an excuse to go gothic, ironic or just plain experimental and neither do you! The places we go to positively encourage opportunities to go glam/goth or mutant, even if it’s visit the pub or a weekend rave up!
So we’re getting all revved up for RuPaul’s Drag Race UK, mainly because there are a few familiar faces in the line up! Who will win? I’m surprised the cat’s not out of the bag tbh, but you can catch screenings at The Karoke Hole hosted by international Spice Girl lover Just May on Thursday 3rd from 7pm (it’s free)! Or – and wait for this – Crystal, who is an actual contestant, is hosting their own night Crystal’s super special v.exciting Drag Race UK viewing event! with Chris Weller aka Baby Lame, who is also the host of the show’s official podcast and is hosting a Q&A with Crystal after each episode screened at The Bethnal Green Working Men’s Club every Thursday from 7pm till the end of the run! Phew!
Our Fridays at The Glory are packed with entertainment. This week it’s show time with ShayShay’s Good Judy on Friday 4th from 7pm till 10pm. ShayShay channels their inner Judy (as we all do from time to time) to bring a show stopping bit of razzamatazz to the stage. International performer Margo Marshall joins ShayShay as Liza Mininelli so expect a monumental show full of classics we all know and love! Then get on down at The Glory on Friday’s at TROUBLE with special guest DJ’s and hosts till 2am.
At Horse Meat Disco the party never stops and this Saturday 5th October HMD embark on a marathon session at Oval Space from 6pm till 4am. Marathon indeed, a ten hour disco from DJ residents James Hillier, Jim Stanton, Severino and Luke Howard. Joining them the dance club moves of Little Gay Brother troupe who will be performing through out the evening with major swish and sass!
Over at Mariah & Friendz, Bethnal Green Working Men’s Club on Saturday 5th theirs more in the party pipeline as the drag circus brings you their October outing! Join partners in crime Crystal and Baby Lame with special guests Charity Kase, Oedipussi Rex and Bimini. Hosts Garcon Diamond, Drastik Measures and Petit Lamé. 9pm-2.30am.
Oh look at this, the Adonis fam are back for an October party at The Cause on Saturday 5th. OH ma gawd! We love it here! It’s a major rave up and this month DJs Carlos Souffront, Anil Aras, Grace Sands, Remove Me, Twice Shy and Shay Malt! What can I say…two rooms, dark room, sweaty bodies, pumping beats, beautiful people! 10pm – 6am.
More on the raving front as newish night Boudica presents a hedonistic party with DJs Melania, Samantha Togni, Lewis G Burton, Becky Stroke. Playing the ‘hedonistic side of electronic beats’ and run by womxn and non-binary folk, a record label and party it’s at The Pickle Factory 13-14 The Oval E2 from 10pm till 6am Saturday 5th October.
Calm down everyone…I’m back for another Sunday soireé Princess Julia Loves on the 6th with resident performer Kevin Le Grand. 7pm-11pm, free to pop in and be part of a casual night at The Glory!
Halloween news…
On Saturday October 26th, it’s The Glory’s Halloween Ball at Hackney Empire, 291 Mare Street, E8. Hosted by Jonny Woo and John Sizzle, The Glory decamp with a star billing of campery from the likes of Myra Dubois, The Sex Shells, Ma Butcher, the stars of Man Up and Lipsync 1000 plus more as the Hackney Empire is turned into a party space (they’re taking out the stalls) as DJ Chaka Khan’t plays all the Halloween hits, 6:30pm – 11pm!
Another Halloween night as Sink The Pink say It’s Halloween Hun 2 at The Troxy on Saturday 26th October. Join the gang for a major ‘spooktacular’ with special guests, star turns, walks offs and lots of fun! 9pm-4am.
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