CLUBS & EVENTS
G-A-Y Porn Idol with guest judge Courtney Act at Heaven, Villiers Street, WC2N 6NG. 10pm-5am. Discount wristbands from G-A-Y Bar. London’s biggest amateur strip night. Get yer kit off and win £100 tonight, or £1000 in the final. To enter email info@g-a-y.co.uk or text 07789 553 868. TONIGHT: Guest judge Courtney Act.
WE Party London – Metropolis at The Coronet, 28 New Kent Road, SE. 11pm-7am. As One Festival tickets: orangenation.co.uk/AsOne. London’s debut As One weekend long festival kicks off with the Spanish beast WE Party London taking over the colossal Coronet for another night of big beats from DJs Aron, Steve Pitron, GSP and Fat Tony joined by the buff boys on stage. Plus, East London club BANG! hosts Room 2.
Grunge at East Bloc, 217 City Road, Shoreditch, EC1V 1JN. 10.30pm-late. 90s theme pop and anthems night with alt. cabaret, messy drag queens and club kidz.
Create at the Shadow Lounge, 5 Brewer Street, Soho, W1F 0RF. 10pm-3am. £8, £10 with Gravity (afterhours) ticket. Orange Group steps back into Soho with a new weekly venture bringing a selection of house DJs into this slick new space for a decidedly hot weekend warm-up.
G-A-Y Late at 5 Goslett Yard, off Charing Cross Road, WC2. 11pm-3am. Hot pop sounds get played out across the club, drink specials, cute guys and an almost unrivalled highly electric atmosphere. Open 7 days.
Ted’s TV/TS Night at Ted’s Place, 305a North End Road. 7pm-2am. £5. The night for fellas in frocks and their admirers.
Cruise Control at Eagle London, 349 Kennington Lane, Vauxhall, SE11 5QY. 9pm-2am. £3 entry, free entry for members. Cruise spaces to explore to darker, deeper beats.
Ku Klub at Ku Bar Lisle Street, Leicester Square, WC2. 6pm-3am. FREE. Pop sounds and floor fillers.
Room Service at Miabella, 12-13 Greek Street, Soho, W1D 4DJ. 10pm-3am. Don’t you dare miss this fiercely social, sexy club spot, playing edgy and upfront house. Expect hot gogo eye candy and hosted by fab scene faces. Get snapped by the legendary resident papper!
Decoded at Barcode, 69 Albert Embankment, Vauxhall, SE1 7TP. 10pm-5am. £5. Non-stop pumping house, plus a mix of nu-disco and uplifting deep vocal house from DJ’s Alex Georgiou and Steven Artis at Vauxhall industrial Barcode club spot.
Gravity: Official WE Party After-Party (Friday morning) at Lightbox, 6a South Lambeth Road, SW8 1SP. 3am-1pm. The official WE Party London after-party promoted by Fat Tony, featuring the iconic Gravity sound with uplifting influences. Part of the As One Easter Weekend Festival.
BARS & CABARET
Abracadabra at the Bethnal Green Working Men’s Club, 42 Pollard Row, E2 6NB. 7pm (show 8.30pm). Ticket price £10, door price £12. Cabaret terrorist, savior, avantguardian David Hoyle comes East for five unique evenings of must-see, magical alternative performance, protest, laughter and song for election season.
The Tavern’s Got Talent at the RVT, 372 Kennington Lane, Vauxhall, SE11 5HY. £5 in advance, £8 OTD. 8-10.30pm. London’s most aspiring performer and talented taverners battle it out in front of judges Simon Le Vans, Titti la Camp and Fat Tony, hosted by Mzz Kimberley with a special performance from 2014 winner Doctor Woof.
VS at Circa, 62 Frith Street, Soho, W1. 4pm-4am. Munroe Bergdorf and Adam Turner get you warmed up for Room Service with some unrivalled Thursday night hotness!
Two Brewers, 114 Clapham High Street, SW4 7UJ. Bar open 4pm-2am. FREE b4 10pm, £6 after. Popular South London cabaret/club spot. TONIGHT: Cabaret from Miss Jason with DJ Chris Reardon. DJ Phil Marriott in the club
Jake’s Easter Party at Counter and BackCOUNTER at 7-11 South Lambeth Place, SW8 1SP. Newcomer to the Vauxhall scene, open ‘til late for cocktails and food. TONIGHT: Gay networking and social group Jake hosts a its Easter party at Vauxhall’s swishest new venue from 6.30pm. Advance tickets only from jaketm.com
The Folly Mixtures at Hippodrome at Leicester Square, WC2H 7JH. 8pm. From £15. The legendary central London casino and cabaret venue. TONIGHT: The Folly Mixtures cabaret takes centre stage.
Rupert Street at 50 Rupert Street, Soho, W1D 6DR. From 8pm. Weekly dance session at the popular Soho bar. TONIGHT: Enriched with DJ Rich B.
Dr Woof’s Thursday Surgery at Kazbar, 50 Clapham High Street, SW4 7UL. 4pm-3am. Free. Dr Woof presents his weekly cabaret turn at the funky Clapham bar.
Comptons of Soho – Tasty Tim Teaches House at 51-53 Old Compton Street, Soho, W1D 6HN. 12pm-midnight. One of Soho’s best loved traditional gay pubs, always busy and always friendly and always fun. DJ Tasty Tim plays the delicious tunes from 9pm.
The Black Cap at 171 Camden High Street, NW1 7JY. 10pm-2am. Camden’s party-popping and beat-bumping venue rocks the gay scene!
Quiz Night at The Roebuck, 84 Ashmole Street, SW8 1NE. 8pm onwards. £1 entry. Cash prizes to be won at The Roebuck for their awesome Quiz Night.
Gossip at West 5, Pope’s Lane, South Ealing, W5 4NB. Open from 8pm. FREE. Ealing’s hugely popular club, bar and cabaret spot.
Backing The Stars at Halfway 2 Heaven, 7 Duncannon Street, Charing Cross, WC2N 4JF. Popular central London karaoke fun with Kevin Walsh.
The Edge at 11 Soho Square, Soho, W1D 3QE. 4pm-late. Last entry 1am. Soho’s multi-floored gay wonder.
Quiz Night at The City of Quebec at 12 Old Quebec Street, Marble Arch, W1H 7AF. 12pm-3am. The legendary pub holds its monthly quiz night with Sonny.
Your Dirty Diary – Thursday 2nd April
The Underground Club, 37 Wharfdale Road, Kings Cross, N1. PANTS (1-6pm) Underwear fun. SPANKZ (6pm-10pm) CP night for rougher, tougher play. Followed by COME TO DADDY (10pm-2am).
Vault: Cruise/Stripped at 139b-143 Whitfield Street, W1T 5EN. CRUISE (1-7pm. £7). STRIPPED (7pm-1am. £8). Free drink, cloakroom and re-entry. Get nude and rude. Strictly naked, except footwear.
Cruise Control at Eagle London, 349 Kennington Lane, Vauxhall, SE11 5QY. 9pm-late. £3 entry, free for members. Cruise spaces to explore with darker, deeper beats to play to.