Tuesday (8pm till late - offering r’n’b, bashment, Soca and funky).
THE BACKSTREET, Wentworth Mews, off Burdett Road, E3. 020-8980 8557. Over 25 years old – small but legendary East End dress code leather club, open Thur-Sun. Very strict rubber and leather dresscode, ensuring a wide and loyal following. www.
thebackstreet.com
BISTROTHEQUE, 23-27 Wadeson St, E2. Tel: 020 8983 7900. Bethnal Green tube. Very mixed, gay/straight crowd of trendy metrosexuals. Great bar, restaurant, plus separate cabaret room.
www.bistrotheque.com
DALSTON SUPERSTORE, 117 Kingsland High Street, E8. 020 7254 2273. Highbury & Islington tube. New, two-floor mixed gay- straight venue - café by day and fashionable performance space and club promotions at night. Open noon-2am every day.
GAY LICK, Club Lick, 58 Hoe Street, E17. Walthamstow tube. Twice-monthly gay promotion at a cruisy club space. Every first and third Friday from 9pm-4am. Entry £4 before midnight and £7 after.
www.gaylicke17.co.uk
THE JOINERS ARMS, 116 Hackney Road, E2. Tel: 020 7739 9854. Debauched decadence – old-skool boozer popular with post-club crowd at weekends. Gets busy later in the evenings.
KINGS HEAD, 11 Church Street, E15. Tel: 020 8534 0197
Following our news of its announcement last month, performance artist Scottee’s new venture – Burger Queen – comes to the Royal Vauxhall Tavern this month. A beauty contest with a difference, it will run each Thursday for four weeks – 1, 8, 15 and 22 June. Why with a difference? Because Scottee is describing it as a “A beauty pageant for fatso and so’s!” “Flick through any primetime TV spot and you’ll find a gluttonous array of programmes designed to point and laugh at obesity – Britain Biggest Loser, Britain’s Fattest Man, Supersize VS Superskinny, Gok: Too Fat, Too Young – the list goes on but do these programmes help solve the ‘obesity time-bomb’ or have fatties become the modern freak show?” In an effort to find some positive role models within chub culture, Scottee has devised the first Burger Queen contest. The competition will be open to all, including chub admirers, as “fat is a politic and not just a dress size”. Each heat is judged by some special guest judges, which we’re told will include Paloma Faith, Lisa Stansfield, CockNBullKid, Mel Blatt, Jodie Harsh, Sue Tilley, La Gateaux Chocolat, Julian Ganio and resident judge Amy Lamé! The winner will receive £100 cash and £300 of gifts from the shows sponsors, a paid gig at The Hospital Club during London Fashion Week, and the “golden broken scales award”! The first heat is 1 June, with the final on 22 June.
www.burger-queen.info
BURGER QUEEN
Stratford BR and tube. Intimate and welcoming East End gay pub – regular cabaret. Open till late throughout the week.
THE OLD SHIP, 17 Barnes Street, E14. Tel: 020 7790 4082. Limehouse DLR. Small, local, traditional gay pub, with regular cabaret - five minutes’ walk from BJ’s White Swan (see below).
VOGUE FABRICS, 66 Stoke Newington Road, N16. New, underground and arty hangout for the Dalston set. Mixed crowd but regular gay events.
BJ’s WHITE SWAN, 556 Commercial Road, E1. Tel: 020 7780 9870. Limehouse DLR. A large, legendary, long-running gay pub and club, open throughout the week. Wednesday’s Amateur Strip is an institution. www.
bjswhiteswan.com
SAUNAS
CHARIOTS LIMEHOUSE, 574 Commercial Road, E14. 020 7791 2808. Limehouse rail station. Multi-level, well-established sauna. Themed parties such as ‘Big and chunky’ each Monday evening, amongst others. www.
gaysauna.co.uk
CHARIOTS SHOREDITCH, 1 Fairchild Street, Shoreditch, EC2. 020 7247 5333. Liverpool Street station. Biggest gay sauna in UK, with a maze of rest rooms. Very popular (particularly at weekends).
www.gaysauna.co.uk
E15 CLUB, 6 Leytonstone Road,
Stratford, E15. 020 8555 5455. Stratford tube. Deceptively large sauna behind a discreet facade.
www.londonnoise.com/e15
WEST LONDON
THE HOPE & ANCHOR, 20 Macbeth Street, Hammersmith, W6. (020 8748 1873). Gay pub for Hammersmith and Chiswick. Traditional boozer with nightly entertainment – open noon-11pm throughout week, with popular karaoke at weekends.
THE RICHMOND ARMS, 20 The Square, off Princes Street, Richmond. 020-8940 2118. Long- running, traditional gay pub, with regular cabaret and entertainment. One of gay London’s better locals.
TED’S PLACE, 305a North End Road, West Brompton, W14. 0207 385 9359. Earls Court or West Brompton tube. Mon-Fri from 7pm- late, closed Sat & Sun. Small, West London cruise club. Dark and sleazy.
www.tedsplaceuk.co.uk
WEST 5, Popes Lane, South Ealing, W5. 020-8579 3266. Large, popular gay pub with Piano Room and cabaret bar, open till late at weekends with entertainment and DJs. Attracts a big local crowd - particularly at weekends.
www.west5ealing.com
WINDSOR CASTLE, 152 Bath Road, Hounslow, TW3. 020 8577 6590. Hounslow West tube. Large, local gay pub with regular cabaret and entertainment throughout the week.
www.thewinz.co.uk
AUDIO, Marine Parade, BN1.
www.audiobrighton.com. Club venue with outdoor terrace – making it a summer favourite. Hosts regular club nights such as Sunday Sundae (www.
aeonevents.co.uk)
AMSTERDAM BAR, 11-12 Marine Parade, BN2. www.
amsterdam.uk.com. 01273 688825. Long-running establishment, with an adjoining hotel and sauna. Great outdoor terrace for the summer months.
AQUARIUM, 6 Steine Street, Brighton. 01273 605525. www. the-aquarium-theatre-bar.
co.uk. Long-running, traditional style pub popular with gay guys. Regular entertainment.
BLANCH HOUSE, 17 Atlingworth Street, Brighton, BN2. 01273 603504. www.
blanchhouse.co.uk. Plush, hip, mixed hotel cocktail bar that’s popular with a cross-section of Brighton residents and visitors. Open late at weekends.
BRIGHTON TAVERN, 100 Gloucester Road, North Laine, BN1. 01273 680365. A stylish but homely venue with wooden flooring, open fire, real ales and a friendly welcome.
THE BULLDOG, 31 St. James Street, Brighton, BN2. 01273 -696996.www.bulldogbrighton. com. Legendary scene bar (nearly 30 years old!), attracting a bloke-ish crowd with drinks promotions, entertainment and
long hours thanks to a 24-hour licence in operation at weekends.
CHARLES STREET BAR, 8 Marine Parade, BN2. 01273
624091.www.charles-street. com. Large, stylish and popular gay bar overlooking the seafront – particularly busy with pre-club crowds at weekends.
DOCTOR BRIGHTONS, 16-17 Kings Road, BN1. 01273 208113.
www.doctorbrightons.co.uk. Another long-running scene institution, ideally placed for the seafront, shopping on The Lanes, or Brighton’s club life.
THE HONEYCLUB, 214 Kings Road Arches, BN1. 01273 202807.
www.thehoneyclub.co.uk. Acclaimed club venue, which hosts occasional gay nights and parties.
THE KING’S ARMS, 56 George Street, BN2. 01273 245128.
www.kingsarmsbrighton.co.uk. Brighton’s bar for bears and blokes, with promotions throughout the week and occasional dress-code parties.
LEGENDS, 31-32 Marine Parade, BN2. 01273 624462. www.
legendsbrighton.com. A true scene stalwart, and part of the New Europe hotel complex. Long- running bar that’s still going strong – open late throughout the week.
MARINE TAVERN, 13 Broad Street, BN2. 01273 681284. www.
marinetavern.co.uk. Small, cosy, traditional-style bar.
QUEEN’S ARMS, 7 George Street, BN2. 01273 696873.
www.queensarmsbrighton.com. Long-running scene pub with camp tunes and fun entertainment throughout the week.
R-BAR, 7 Marine Parade, BN2. 01273 608133.
www.revenge.
co.uk. Sister bar to the long- running and famous Revenge nightclub. A hip and stylish establishment that’s popular with its own crowd of regulars.
REVENGE, 32-34 Old Steine, BN1. 01273 606064. www.
revenge.co.uk. Brighton’s famous, long-running, full-time gay club, offering two floors of music and club promotions. Attracting a wide range of customers from all sections of the city’s gay scene, and a hot spot for visitors.
VAVOOM VIDEO BAR, 31 Old Steine, BN1. 01273 603010.
www.vavoom.co.uk. As its name suggests, a bight and glitzy video bar, next door to Club Revenge.
WILD FRUIT, Tru, West Street, BN1. 01273 327083. The biggest gay night on the south coast. A huge, monthly party that’s been running for years – pulling in clubbers from far and wide. Check the website at
www.aeonevents.
co.uk for details of upcoming dates and ticket prices.
THE ZONE, 33 St James’s Street, Brighton, BN2. 01273 682249. Friendly, mixed venue with regular entertainment and laid-back attitude.
BRIGHTON
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