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’. 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. There’s no mistaking that these two girls will tear the dancefloor up and the bring the roof down!
Heaven – entrance on Craven Street, off The Strand (next to Boots). 9pm-5am. £12 advance – tickets valid before midnight only. MOTD.
31/12/14: EAST BLOC
Just exactly how much stamina have you got? ‘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. The Shoreditch basement club is ready to blow the roof of with this twelve hour mash-up.
East Bloc, 217 City Road, Shoreditch, EC1V 1JN. 10pm-10am. £10/£15.
31/12/14: CAMP
When you ask your mates what they wanna do for NYE and they reply, “Something caaaamp, girl” – you might have just found something fitting! Up at the Black Cap, you’ll catch Black Lace performing along with a number of other glitter-shitting (no, literally) acts!
Scottee rules the roost as 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: 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: 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! Hosted by Deborah Ombres and Raul Pony.
Barcode, 69 Albert Embankment, Vauxhall, SE1 7TP. 8pm-superlate. FREE before 10pm. £15 advance tickets, 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, lush Soho landmark 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.
31/12/14: EAGLE LONDON
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.
349 Kennington Lane, Vauxhall, SE11 5QY. 9pm-4am. £15 advance, £20 OTD.
31/12/14: G-A-Y LATE
G-A-Y has been fundraising for the Elton John AIDS Foundation for several years now and far they’ve raised over £284,221. The next fundraiser will be on New Year’s Eve, Wednesday 31st January, when G-A-Y Late will be open from 12pm to 5am. And unlike other clubs out there that raise their door charges for NYE, they are merely asking for a donation to EJAF for entry. So please give generously!
G-A-Y Late, 5 Goslett Yard, Soho, WC2H 0EA. 12pm-5am.
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 the RVT has learnt anything from being around all this time – it’s how to throw a party!
The RVT, 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.
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
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.
349 Kennington Lane, Vauxhall, SE11 5QY. 6pm-3am. £8.
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!
372 Kennington Lane, Vauxhall, SE11 5HY. 3pm-3am. £10, £12 OTD.
02/01/15: RECON presents FULL FETISH
What with everybody throwing New Year’s Soirees left, right and centre, Recon would look pretty stupid if they didn’t throw their legs in the air and do the same. Expect to get tied up like a gammon joint in the bondage room, or put on your rubber bands for the piss room. Just remember to ditch your bangles before going fisting. Massimo Paramour, DJ Ariel, Gordon John, Ivan Pequeno and Zaman lay down those pulsating beats as Full Fetish takes over the Fire arches for this hot as hell party.
Fire, 39 Parry Street, Vauxhall, SW8. 10pm-6am. £20 advance, £25 OTD.
02/01/15: THE HOIST THANK YOU PARTY
Spent an absolute bomb over New Years? Of course you have! Well The Hoist are throwing a thank you party! Which means that all members get free entry, so you won’t have to stretch your… wallet! After all, it is still the festive season; treat yourself to a pounding, without putting a pound in! (See what we did there?)
The Hoist, 47b South Lambeth Road, SW8 1RH. 10pm-3am. Free.
02/01/15: MEN INC.
Weekly bloke and bear hang out! DJ line-up on rotation playing commercial chart hotness, pop remixes and countless other great grooves, plus there are £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 Silverhook warming up followed by Severino.
Eagle London, 349 Kennington Lane, Vauxhall, SE11 5QY. 9pm–3am. Entry is FREE for Eagle London and Paris Gym members before midnight, discount wristbands £3 all night, £5 otherwise.
03/01/15: G-A-Y presents ANDREA FAUSTINI
Andrea Faustini left the judges open mouthed as he belted out Jackson 5’s ‘Who’s Loving You’ in his audition. The Judges were expecting a quirky audition when the Italian walked in with a Mel B doll but, as Cheryl said, you shouldnt judge a book by its cover, as Andreas made it to the live final and became 2014’s X Factor third placed contestant. Expect a full house when he takes to the stage at G-A-Y on Saturday 3rd January.
Heaven, Villiers Street, WC2h 8NH. 10.30pm-5am. £3 entry wrist bands available at G-A-Y Bar.
03/01/15: QUEER NATION
It’s a new era for Queer Nation, as Patrick Lilley’s jumpin’ juggernaut takes over Union in Vauxhall, for a massive blowout full of bootyshakin’ soulful house and disco-fused tunes courtesy of resident DJ Supadon and a very special guest Booker T! Hosted by super-cute Clington, it looks set to be a stormer.
Union, 66 Albert Embankment Vauxhall SE1, 11pm-5am.
03/01/15: SONGS OF PRAISE
The Songs of Praise boys are back in the East London bunker club that gets everyone in a spin, cutting a rug and throwing a shape! Playing eternal perfect pop you’ll find special guest DJs Alejandro Asencio, Ryan Phur, with residents David Oh, Neil Prince and The Sugarlow Boys. And it’s a Rihanna special in Room 3, with non-stop Rihanna!
East Bloc, 217 City Road, Shoreditch, EC1V 1JN. 10.30pm-6am. £5 before 11.30pm, £10 after.