26/12/14: FITLADZ BOXING DAY
What many describe as the UK’s No 1 cruise and dance club is Fitladz, and the organisers are wishing all their ladz a knockout XXXmas of 2014! Open every Friday from 10pm, on Friday 26th you can expect a Boxing Day Blowout where members are FREE before midnight. In addition to Fitladz’ usual dance and cruise fun, with a men-only section upstairs, you can stay on for free for Bodyshakers afterhours with DJ Steven Geller from 4am. Fitladz has no dress code but encourages sportswear.
Barcode, 69 Albert Embankment, Vauxhall, SE1 7TP. 10pm-8am.
26/12/14: MEN INC. – THE BOXERS PARTY
Eagle London’s new weekly Friday night party for the gay men of London and beyond! Show your boxers and get free entry plus there’ll be an underwear catwalk show, £3 ice-cold beers, the return of Eagle London’s mega buffet, dishy dancefloor dudes, 2-for-£5 Jagerbombs and non-stop Friday night fun! This week’s DJs are Little Bastard warming up followed by Sugarbear.
Eagle, 349 Kennington Lane, Vauxhall, SE11 5QY. 9pm–3am. FREE for Eagle London and Paris Gym members before midnight, discount wristbands £3 all night, £5 otherwise.
27/12/14: DESI BOYZ ‘FANTASY BALL’
Just five seconds walk from Great Portland Street Station, DJs Manjy B and Haze will be playing the best in Bollywood, R’n’B, Bashment, Desi Beats, urban music and party anthems for the huge Desi Boyz Fantasy Ball. Continue the festive season at their elegant venue and walk up the red carpet like a superstar at a one-off special Desi Boyz that will go on until 4am!
229 Great Portland Street, W1W 5PN. 10pm-4am. £8 entry before midnight, £10 on door all night.
27/12/14: G-A-Y FREE CHRISTMAS PARTY
Heaven is one of the best loved gay clubs in the world, G-A-Y is one of the best loved gay brands in the world, and Jeremy Joseph is their owner who is throwing the doors open absolutely free of charge on Saturday 27th. Take advantage of this Christmas gift, the only day of the year where super-club Heaven is free, and join a huge gay Christmas party. No wristbands or flyers required!
Heaven, under the Arches, Villiers Street, Charing Cross, WC2N 6NG. 10.30pm-5am.
27/12/14: CHAPTER 10 XMAS RAVE
Chapter 10 is the brainchild of Morgan Clement, Dan Beaumont and Charlie Porter. Its mission is to bring no-compromise music to London gay parties. And at its Xmas rave you can find the most phenomenal line-up in town with DJs Spencer Parker, Boris and Daniel Wang plus messers Beaumont and Porter. A percentage of all ticket sales will be donated to the amazing Positive East, working for a better future for anyone living with or affected by HIV. Don’t miss this! See DJ of the Week, page 30.
Autumn Street Studios, Unit 3, Autumn Yard, E3 2TT. 10pm-7am. Advance tickets £8/12. On the door: £12 before 11pm, £15 after.
27/12/14: BOOTYLICIOUS XMAS SHOW
Bootylicious is back at The Brixton Electric, to see the old year out with a real party cracker. It’s just going to be all the best of Urban Party bangers, from Old School Hiphop R’n’B to Dancehall on the huge main floor, and Soul to House music in room 2. They’ll be adding to their DJ line-up, there will be a show, there will be presents, and most of all there will be loads of people who have missed their monthly Bootylicious fix!
The Electric Brixton, Town Hall Parade, Brixton Hill, SW2 1RJ. 11pm-6am. Door charge £8 for members, limited adance £10 jump the q tickets.
27/12/14: BENDER
Bender resident Fitzgerald presents a special between-Christmas-and-New-Years party full of hi-NRG, disco, house and more with local hero vibes to help you dance off all that turkey and roast potatoes. With special guest and Hackney hero Giles Smith (secretsundaze), Will Viper, John Sizzle, Rachael, and Ted Rogers on hosting duties.
Dalston Superstore, 117 Kingsland Road, E8 2PB. 9pm-3am. Free before 10pm, £5 after.
27/12/14: R&She
R&She is a night dedicated to the queens of R&B and hip-hop from the 90s to the present, featuring DJs QBoy, David Oh and Neil Prince. In the new Tipsy venue it’s going to be quite the party, and you can enjoy divas including the likes of Mary J Blige, Beyonce, Rihanna, Aaliyah. Janet Jackson, Nicki Minaj, Toni Braxton, Whitney Houston and many, many more!
Tipsy, 20 Stoke Newington Road, Dalston, N16 7XN. 9pm-3am. Free before 10pm, £5 after.
27/12/14: BEAR BLOCHEADS
East Bloc for post-Christmas fun times is given over to the bears! Get some hot, hairy good stuff from the hirsute boys descending into one of Shoreditch’s most edgy boutique basement bunkers. With DJs Chris Camplin, Done & Dusted, Jamin vs Jones, The Sugarlow Boys, Terry G & Sliverhook, Neil Evans plus special guest Tatu (Drag Attack).
East Bloc, 217 City Road, Shoreditch, EC1V 1JN. 10.30pm-6am. £5 before 12am, £8 before 1am, £10 after. £5 after 4am.
29/12/14: POPCORN – BOYS, BEERS AND BURGERS
On the first Monday after Christmas what did all the gays in London do? They went to Heaven for the almighty and long-running Popcorn club night, of course! Monday 29th sees a very festive BBQ taking over the venues for ‘boys, beers and burgers’ and the New Year Pre-Party. Add to that a roster of the most stellar DJs spinning sounds on the scene right now, and you’ve got yourself one big party you won’t want to miss!
Heaven, under the Arches, Villiers Street, Charing Cross, WC2N 6NG. 11pm-5.30am. Free entry with wristbands from G-A-Y Bar or student card, before 1am.
31/12/14: G-A-Y featuring KATY B and ALEXANDRA BURKE
This NYE at Heaven, there’s a couple of gyals ready to have you dancing ‘All Night Long’ when they hit the stage, or at least until ‘5AM’. Obviously Katy B will have you skanking, even with the ‘Lights On’, while X Factor winner Alexandra Burke will have all the ‘Bad Boys’ up on their feet. A great line-up with two of UK pop’s biggest stars…
Heaven, entrance via Craven Street off The Strand. 9pm-5am. £12 advance, valid before midnight only. MOTD.
31/12/14: G-A-Y LATE
You must have been living under a veritable stone if you didn’t know that G-A-Y has been fundraising for the Elton John AIDS Foundation for several years now. So far they’ve raised over £284,221 and the target is to get to £1 million to help create an AIDS Free Future. You can donate at www.justgiving.com/G-A-Y and their next fundraisers will be on New Year’s Eve itself, Wednesday 31st January. G-A-Y Bar will open for 36 hours from 12pm NYE to 12am Thursday 1st January with no door charge but a donation to EJAF, G-A-Y Late will be open from 12pm to 5am on New Year’s Eve, also with no door charge just a donation requested.
G-A-Y Late, 5 Goslett Yard, Soho, WC2H 0EA.
G-A-Y Bar, 30 Old Compton Street, Soho, W1D 4UR.
31/12/14: CAMP
When you ask your mates what they wanna do for NYE and they reply, “something caaamp, girl” – you might have just found something fitting! Up at Black Cap, you’ll catch Black Lace performing along with a number of other glitter-shitting (no, literally) acts! Scottee, Myra Dubois, Legs & Coq also take to the stage. While Kris Di Angelis, Dusty O and Holestar make the noise!
Black Cap, 171 Camden High Street, NW1. 7pm-4am. £15/£20.
31/12/14: EAST BLOC
Just exactly how much stamina have you got? Or more importantly, how much did you gorge at Christmas?! ‘Cause a dozen-hour dance-a-thon might be the solution! Mark Moore, Dave Kendrick, Per QX, Packin’ C, Bica and more take over Shoreditch’s basement with R&She owning the side room.
East Bloc, 217 City Road, Shoreditch, EC1V 1JN. 10pm-10am. £10/£15.
31/12/14: LITTLE GAY BROTHER
Everybody knows that the little gay brother knows how to party best! Just ask our straight, older sister. And there’s no doubt that these queens will be putting on a riot for y’all. A hoard of DJs that incude Terry Vietheer, Per QX, Nic Fisher, Maze & Masters to name a few get your tushy shaking. Plus trashy trannies, viscous voguing and club kids cutting a rug.
Dalston Superstore, 117 Kingsland High Street, Hackney, E8 2PB. 9pm-5am. Early bird tickets £10, MOTD.
31/12/14: KU KLUB
With an extended opening time until 5am, you’ve got a couple extra hours to dance (or find that last minute pity shag if you missed your midnight kiss). Free entry as normal means no horrific door charges, and aside from the Big Ben countdown and London fireworks, the screens will play the best pop videos of 2014! Hopefully a party popper won’t be the only thing you’re bursting…
30 Lisle Street, Chinatown, WC2H 7BA. Open ‘til 5am.
31/12/14: THE EDGE
Always one for a royal piss-up, that lush old bird The Edge is opening her doors – and floors – for your pleasure. Keyth David takes over the ground floor with commercial pop and floor fillers (get practicing those slut-drops) and KrizZ spins the hits on the 2nd floor. Free bubbly at midnight – in case you weren’t quite tipsy enough to get off with hostess Felicia Van Cartier.
The Edge, 11 Soho Square, W1D 3QE. 4pm-late. £8.
EAGLE LONDON
349 Kennington Lane, Vauxhall, SE11 5QY
31/12/14: THE EAGLE’S BIG NYE PARTY
Melonie Peel hosts this messy celebration – and even performs, if she’s not too mash-up. Bless her. The insanity continues with sensational YouTube parody sisters Queens Of Pop making a special NYE PA. DJs Little John and Wes B on the decks! Free champers, along with glitter canons and party poppers. Sounds like Fridays at Elton’s place.
9pm-4am. £15 advance, £20 OTD.
01/01/15: HORSE MEAT DISCO
The annual Horse Meat Disco takeover on NYD for their annual Gymkhana disco. It’s always busy, it’s always messy, it’s always insane. Queues around the block. Don’t miss it. With Maurice Fulton features as special guest DJ.
6pm-3am. £8.
31/12/14: PUSH THE BUTTON
Those of you that have been to a PTB party before know they can get a little cray. Well over NYE they won’t just be pushing the button, they’ll be tearing up the entire control panel. You’ll get all your favourite pop tracks of the last 15 years, along with performance, sing-along and kissing boys beneath the mistletoe… standard! And if RVT have learnt anything from being around all this time – it’s how to throw a party!
372 Kennington Lane, Vauxhall, SE11 5HY. 9pm-4am. £15.
31/12/14: ULTRAVIOLET
To see in the New Year, the Shadow Lounge are going all retro/rave on us with a laser party – think J.LO’s ‘Waiting For Tonight’ or school birthday parties at Quasar. Jodie Harsh represents on the decks with Munroe Bergdorf and Jonathan Bestley along for the ride! Hosted by Ollywood, Matthew Kenny and The Familyyy Fierce – we’re ready to get lost under those lasers!
The Shadow Lounge, 5 Brewer Street, Soho, W1F 0RF. £25 advance/MOTD.
31/12/14: THE GLORY
Fabulous new bar/club from scene superstar Jonny Woo throws a good old-fashioned NYE bash in his new-fashioned venue. Woo welcomes fellow Glory owner John Sizzle, Zoe and Julie Shebrew for a night of dancing, drinking and debauchery (no doubt). It’s also one of the few venues in London that’s free all night – a lovely addition to the fashionable Faggerston.
281 Kingsland Road, Haggerston, E2 8AS. 5pm-3am. FREE.
31/12/14: BARCODE
Barcode is one of Vauxhall’s most full throttle, 90mph reverberating clubs, and on New Year’s Eve you should expect something special and the organisers have not disappointed… Four club nights have been rolled into one with the sounds of Tik Tok, Dirty Disko, Higher and Unchill combined, with DJs Kurt Potter, Alex Georgiou, Johnny Kalifornia, Steven Artis, Mattias Dabo, Riano, Marco Gee and Gordon John giving it to you large! Hosted by Deborah Ombres and Raul Pony.
Barcode, 69 Albert Embankment, Vauxhall, SE1 7TP. 10pm-superlate (doors 8pm, free before 10pm). £15 tickets, MOTD.
31/12/14: MANBAR
Another one of the bars in this city that’ll be celebrating the turn of the New Year with a stamina-sucking party! Even the Duracell bunny is necking Red Bulls for this one. 12 hours of flirting, thirsting and twerking – not to mention their big balloon drop as we countdown the new year – it’s like Prom all over again! Minus the pig’s blood…
Manbar, 79 Charing Cross Road, Soho, WC2H 0NE. 6pm-6am. £10 OTD.
01/01/15: BEYOND (AFTERHOURS)
This is where 2014 ends and 2015 begins! Beyond takes over Fire complex with a massive all-stars line-up of its best resident DJs spinning from 5am on New Year’s Day morning through to 2pm. Plus, special guest DJ Ben Manson!
Fire, South Lambeth Road, Vauxhall, SW8 1RT. 5am (Thursday morning) – 2pm. Advance Platinum ticket for BEYOND, WE PURE and +GRAVITY (afterhours) just £30.
01/01/15: LATER VS LITTLE GAY BROTHER’S ‘THE BEST LITTLE WHOREHOUSE IN VAUXHALL’
Two big gay party brands combine together on New Year’s Day to provide a huge daytime shindig where they guarantee ‘all the whores are friendly and reasonably priced’! Pimps on the deck include Jamie Head, Miswhite, Maze & Masters, and whores on the dancefloor The Little Gay Brother Collective! The perfect warm-up to WE Pure at The Coronet.
Fire (Lightbox entrance), 6a South Lambeth Place, SW8 1SP. 1-10pm. £5 for Beyond clubbers, £10 concessions, £12 OTD. Advance Platinum ticket for BEYOND, WE PURE and +GRAVITY (afterhours) just £30.
01/01/15: WE PARTY LONDON – PURE
Don’t be one of those damp cum rags that complains about not having kissed anyone as the ball dropped. That’s weak. And besides, you were just saving yourself for someone much hotter at WE’s Pure party! Start the year as you mean to go on with this huge explosion from the WE crew celebrating the best stage themes of 2014. Catch Steve Pitron, GSP and Zach Burns to unleash the sounds that will make your resolution to ‘exercise more’ a whole lot easier!
The Coronet, 28 New Kent Road, Elephant and Castle, SE1 6TJ. 10pm-7am. £15 advance, MOTD. Advance Platinum ticket for BEYOND, WE PURE and +GRAVITY (afterhours) just £30.
01/01/15: ANTHEM – I JUST WANNA FUCKING DANCE
It’s a S.L.A.G.S/.Chill Out reunion special! Barely recovered from the night before, RVT get things straight back into full swing for NYD with a 12-hour soiree! DJs include Simon Le Vans, Andy Almighty and Sean Sirrs – which means you can expect uplifting, commercial and vocal house all night!
RVT, 372 Kennington Lane, Vauxhall, SE11 5HY. 3pm-3am. £10, £12 OTD.
01/01/15: MISFITS
Recovered from NYE already? Or maybe you’re still partying. Misfits hosts a banging NYD rave with Mark-Ashley Dupé, Nastee McQuaid, Sam DMS and Maximus Crown. Just ‘cause the ball has dropped don’t mean you won’t be puckering up again!
East Bloc, 217 City Road, Shoreditch, EC1V 1JN. 10.30pm-6am.