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QX_1113_Cover_test.indd 2 05/07/2016 17:26 QX 1113 MASTER 1.indd 4 05/07/2016 15:45 QX 1113 MASTER 1.indd 5 05/07/2016 15:45 GOK WAN Dylan Jones got drunk with Gok Wan at the Natural History Museum and talked the importance of pride, and his brand new burgeoning gay night at Shaftesbury Avenue nightclub, Century!

IT’S THE EVE BEFORE LONDON PRIDE, and Gay Men’s chorus stands on the main steps, we’re at the Natural History Museum in South crooning through a particularly camp rendition of Kensington. It’s a special pride edition of one Diamonds Are A Girl’s Best Friend. of their Museum Lates evenings. Stuffed dodos glower from behind panes of glass as drag We’re with fashion guru Gok Wan, tucked away queens stalk past in Marc Jacobs couture. The in a dusky corner near the glyptodon fossil. He iconic diplodocus skeleton peers pensively into a plonks his champagne down on a probably bustling bar area Pride in London have erected at priceless case of mysterious artefacts, and its feet, London’s gay glitterati clamoring for flutes we get talking about the upcoming weekend’s of prehistorically poured champagne. The London pride festivities.

So Gok, we’re at Pride! This is the start of Pride! that’s a reflection of how diverse our community is. I’ve actually told a lot of people that I’m opening pride this year. Absolutely. Pride must be as many different things to as many people Y’know, that this event is opening pride. So you have to help me with as possible. And events like this, and events all over the capital in that lie, because otherwise I’ll look dead silly. I don’t know where I’m particular, get people talking about that. It’s weird, because I was gonna be for the rest of the weekend. I live in town, so I live actually on a shoot today, for Sainsburys. And the minute you say “pride” in IN pride. People ask me where I live and I say “pride”. a room full of heterosexual people from all walks of life, and doing Have a little flat party or something! very different jobs, everyone knows what pride is. And I actually had I might do a little bit of a DJ session tomorrow night. I did send out a moment of proudness from that. Because once there would have a Whatsapp group message to everyone saying “I’ll be at home been no way these people knew that. And now they now. tomorrow”. Because my place is a bit like a halfway house. It’s a bit I always find it more touching when you see straight like the Prisoner Cell Block H green room. families and straight people at pride, because we’re Or Orange Is The New Black? obviously going to go, but it’s more of a statement when Yes, or Orange Is The New Yellow, in my case. So yeah there’ll no they do maybe… doubt be people coming over tomorrow. Either flocking over, or trying Yes! It’s very odd that you say that though. Say, if you go to a to fall asleep on my doorstep. heterosexual wedding and a gay couple come, I wonder if the Pride has a new significance after recent events doesn’t it. straight people would say “oh I’m really glad they’re here.” It’s a bit I think pride this year has never been more important. I’ve always odd isn’t it. And it’s kind of like actually, why shouldn’t it just be for been a huge supporter of it anyway though. When I was younger, I absolutely everyone. I think it will get there at some point. remember turning around and saying “I’m not going to pride! What Hopefully in the next few decades. have I got to be proud of?! I’m a proud man anyway!” It was all just Oh my god, do you know how old I am?! I can’t wait that long! Are complete naivety. A lot of it was about fear, a lot of it was about you kidding me? I’m older than that bloody dinosaur! being afraid of the mirrors. And I think it’s also because I thought So what have you got going on post-pride then? What are it wasn’t needed. But it isn’t just about having a big old party, it’s a your plans for the year? political stand. It’s a moment when the community gets together to This year is very, very busy! I’ve just made five series of different show the world that we’re here, and we must not ever be invisible to shows so I’m knackered. I’ve gonna have a bit of time off over the them. And if that just happens once a year then so be it. Obviously summer, and then I have some other new stuff in the pipeline, which all of us would like that to happen every single day, but right now I can’t talk about. I know it’s really dead boring when people say where we stand, especially with Orlando and all the other events that! But if you meet my agent, she’s really scary and she terrifies happening around the world, I think the significance of this weekend me, and she’ll kill me if I say anything! Although, very exciting…I’m is of great importance. starting my own gay night in London, where I’ll be DJing! DJ It’s interesting that you’ve changed your attitude towards Dumpling on The Wheels of Steel. So that’s my big goal this year. pride so much… Wow amazing! What venue will that be that? I think a lot of gay men do. It’s hard isn’t it, because if you get five Fingers crossed it’s going to be at Century Club. On the last Sunday hundred thousand people around the country, all celebrating pride at of every month. It’s going to be for the gay community and their some point over the summer, it’s hard to get one message out. And friends, so it’s gonna be for everyone. It’s a Sunday session. A lot of I’m not saying that’s a failure of pride, what I’m saying is it’s a failure my friends are the same age of me, which is basically dead. And the of how to be gay in the community. It might leave people a bit unsure type of music we listen to, you can’t really get anymore. of what the goal is. What, like monks chanting? I think it’s enough to just show up and have a good time! I know you’re joking, but that’s not funny. Yes! And to talk about it. And of course this year with social media Ha! What exciting news though! and stuff being more prominent than ever, it’s a great way of talking Yes, that’s my big gay news! My first ever night that I’m hosting. You about it too. must all come. On 29th July I’m doing a little set, and then fingers And when you say it’s difficult to get one message out, crossed the night’s opening at the end of August! “Pride must be as many different things to as many people as possible.”

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QX_1113_Gok Wan.indd 7 05/07/2016 17:04 QX 1113 MASTER 1.indd 8 05/07/2016 15:44 QX 1113 MASTER 1.indd 9 05/07/2016 15:44 Music, mayhem and mad nights out with Mutya WE MEET SUPERSTAR DJ PAUL MORRELL!

Sultry of face and tatted of arm, Paul Morrell ’s one of the industry’s most promising talents, both behind the decks and in the studio. He’s taken his urgent, sun-chasing sound to some of the world’s most iconic venues, from Islington to Ibiza.

Now he’s dived headlong back into the gay scene, with a new spot at cavernous bear’s den of hedonism XXL. Dylan Jones spoke with him about backstage glamour, sizzling island parties, and tall handsome men.

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QX_1113_Paul Morrell XXL.indd 10 05/07/2016 16:50 “ONE OF MY CLOSE FRIENDS DESCRIBED MY REMIX OF THE NEW ALL SAINTS SINGLE AS SOUNDING LIKE ‘IF OLIVER HELDENS AND MARTIN SOLVEIG HAD A BABY, THAT’S WHAT IT WOULD BE.’ I KINDA LIKED THAT COMPARISON.”

SO! You’re officially a new XXL DJ! Are that’s what it would be.’ I kinda liked that the people in the venue at the time. I’m you an XXL regular? comparison, and thought it was quite an performing at the 35’000 capacity Weekend I am indeed – I’ve been a regular clubber accurate description of my sound. Festival in Helsinki next month with Armin at Birmingham XXL at The Core venue for XXL caters for gorgeous hairy beary Van Buuren and Tiesto, and it looks set to a number of years, but until recently I’d men…who would be your ideal man? be one of the most memorable gigs of my never been to the London venue. The club Chris Robshaw. I’m a big guy myself (6’4” career so far. is phenomenal. I’m extremely excited to be tall), so would love to date a strapping guy We’re sure you’ve been to Ibiza. We’re playing for such an iconic gay brand. The like that. But in general tall & handsome. thinking of going next year…is it all crowd at XXL are so up for it, and seem to By the sounds of it you’ve been able it’s cracked up to be? really get my sound and the music I playing. to get a real insight into the music I think it was - I’m not so sure it is anymore. The fact that last time I was there I performed and DJ industry…what are the most The club scene has evolved massively over the closing set, and the guys stayed till the interesting things you’ve learned? there, and is nowhere near as vibrant as it end, was a brilliant endorsement! I’ve had some amazing mentors over the was in the late 1990s / early 2000s. I used What other venues have gigged at? years, and one of the best pieces of advice to play regularly for Judge Jules’ event, My other London residency is The Gallery I have been given is ‘always concentrate Judgement Sunday in San Antonio - he was at Ministry of Sound, where I’ve been a on what you are doing, don’t worry about responsible for breaking some fantastic regular for almost a decade. That said, I’ve other people’. This is such a good piece names and road testing huge records out performed at clubs and events around the of advice, as the music industry, and in there. In my opinion though, the club scene world since I was about 16. Some iconic particular the DJ industry, is extremely has become extremely commercialized in brands like Judgement Sunday, Cream, cliquey. I’ve never been one for cliques, so Ibiza, and the small, underground club Sundissential and Godskitchen etc. I’ve also I just get on with my own thing. Because nights that used to make Ibiza so special been privileged enough to support some I spent several of my teenage years as a are now long gone. Massive venues and major DJs and artists like Paul Oakenfold, warm up DJ in a big commercial club, I complexes like Ushuaia have drawn people Armin Van Buuren, Mark Knight and Boy also learnt how to become a crowd pleaser away from San Antonio, and it just isn’t the George. Always a great thrill. and really work a dance-floor instead of same anymore. We hear you’ve worked with Mutya off massaging my own ego by playing music What do you make of the London gay of the Sugababes! What’s she like? nobody had heard of. At the end of the day, scene at the moment? She seems like a laugh! people are on a dance-floor in front of me To be honest, as I live in the Midlands, Mutya is a great girl to be in the company of to have a good time. I like to ensure that I don’t often get the chance to visit the - she’s feisty, opinionated, pocket sized, but they leave the club as a hot sweaty mess London scene very much at all. When I come also a true professional. I had the honour of always wanting more. down to London I mainly arrive at the hotel, recording my track ‘Give Me Love’ with her What’s been your most glamorous go for dinner and then straight to the gig. I as the featured vocalist, and spent several backstage encounter? have a lot of friends down in London, and long days with her, and a couple of crazy I don’t really get ‘star struck’ anymore, as moving here is something I’ve considered for nights as well. Her vocals are absolutely I’ve been DJing for a long time and have a long time. I just think it will be a matter of impervious, and she literally came into met some amazing people. That said, the time before I take the plunge and become the studio and performed the track in a first time I performed with Boy George a fully-fledged city dweller. Every time I’ve couple of takes. Mutya was one of the very was quite memorable, as I was only very been out on the scene I’ve had an amazing first vocalists I worked with as a producer, young (19 or so) and he’s a British icon! evening, and I particularly love some of the so I set the bar quite high. I’ve since gone I was also lucky enough to be invited to cool little bars in Clapham etc. on to produce tracks with a host of other his 50th birthday party where I met some What advice would you give to DJs brilliant divas including Sonique, Kimberly amazing people including Jocelyn Brown starting out on the scene? Wyatt, Katherine Ellis, Lisa Maffia and Maria and Philip Treacy. I recently hung out with Be yourself, and don’t compromise your Nayler, all of whom are brilliant. Lisa Stansfield and DJ Fresh at Birmingham style. Christian M (Resident at XXL) told How would you describe your sound? Pride as well, which was very cool. But me to ‘just be yourself’ when I first played I began as a DJ in the mid 1990s in I have as yet had no real ‘shocks’ or surprise at the London event, and again I think Coventry. At that point I was playing encounters. A lot of the DJs I admired when that this is excellent advice. If you have to trance and hard dance, but quite early I was younger are now personal friends of change your style to fit into a venue, then on I discovered that the trance scene was mine so I am really lucky in that sense. firstly you probably won’t enjoy playing dying in the UK, and that I would have What’s the craziest gig you’ve ever there, and secondly you are probably more longevity as a house DJ. My sound done? not right for the crowd that attend the has always been influenced by the harder I’ve done a few crazy gigs over the years! venue anyway. The clubbers are the most edge of music, and I’m currently playing Birmingham Pride is always amazing important people in the venue, and not more EDM/Future House sets. One of my because of the scale and line-up, however I the DJ. Too many DJs have such enormous close friends described my remix of the new also played a 50 capacity boat party on the egos, so my main piece of advice would All Saints single as sounding like ‘If Oliver river Avon, which was absolutely insane! It be ‘Remember what your job is - to make Heldens and Martin Solveig had a baby, all depends on the atmosphere, the vibe and people dance’.

Paul Morrell is at XXL London – Pulse, 1 Invicta Plaza, SE1 9UF – on Saturday 9th July.

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QX_1113_Paul Morrell XXL.indd 11 05/07/2016 16:50 For full listings see Musts & Maybes, pages 50-5448-52 or the What’s On section at www.qxmagazine.com CLUB NEWS For listings on the go, download the free QX GAY LONDON app at the iTunes store.

We are HOMO SUPERIOR and our next party is downstairs at THE GLORY on! A home away from home for disco queens, rock chicks and indie gays, HOMO SUPERIOR celebrates queer artists, queer icons and queer anthems past and present brought to you by DJs Panos Z Friday 8th July and Sina Sparrow. Music policy: Punk, disco, indie, rock ‘n’ roll, heart Homo Superior and soul. Plus added DJ action upstairs from John @ The Glory Sizzle who’ll playing The Glory, some campyloo classics 281 Kingsland Road, E2 8AS, and added performances Doors 5pm, shows 10pm. from Crystal Lubrikunt. Free B4 10pm

Homostash are celebrating their first birthday at Superstore, and they’ve brought in some serious ammunition to do so! They welcome Paris based queer DJ NICOL plus the iconic Princess Julia & Dalston Superstore, your favourite regulars – 117 Kingsland High Street, Friday 8th July resident Tafkanik, JVP, E8 2PB. Pavliné & Carly Foxx! Free before 11pm, Come and shake your mo’!. £7 after Homostash: 1st Birthday

Ooh baby you like it, Friday 8th July it’s so exciting, don’t try to hide it, I’mma make you my bitch, it’s Le Le Cock COCK COCK COCK COCK COCK COCK. So yes, just to be clear this Friday sees East Bloc end of week fiesta take over once more. Le Cock will be spurt- ing hot, thick strings of fun and pleasure all over your willing faces. There will be HOUSE, there will be DISCO, East Bloc, 217 City Road, there will be R’N’B. EC1V 1JN, 11pm – 6am. There will be DJS ON £5 b4 midnight, then £10. ROTATION. What more could you possi- £5 after 4am. bly do in this heat?

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XXL have got a new resident DJ and he’s a right bit of crumpet! He’s called Paul Morrell Paul Morrell and he’s worked with people like the goddess MUTYA BUENA. So obviously, Saturday 9th July he’s top-drawer DJ material, meaning you’d XXL better get your firm butt down to the friendliest bear party in the Pulse, 1 Invicta Plaza, city and sample South Bank SE1 9UF. his dancefloor 10pm – 6am. £15 entry, delights! £8 for members.

So wrong it’s right! Saturday 9th July Or…so right it’s wrong? Either way, it’s MAJOR (as Wrong QX fave Victoria Beckham would say, it’s “MAYJOR DAVID! MAYJOR!”). Wrong! is a Friday night/ Saturday morning after-hours explosion of colour and light, underground techno Union, 66 Albert vibes from some of Embankment, SE1 7TP. the best DJs in the 1am - 1pm. £8 concessions/ city – Paul Heron, wristband, otherwise £10. Jamie De Rooy, Steven Sharp and Eduardo Herrera TO NAME BUT A Steven Sharp FEW.

Lets get noughty... do you see what they did there? Meth and George have roped in everyone's favourite scene slut, Lady Lloyd, to help deliver a Saturday 9th July night with ALL THE HITS DJ from 2000-2009. They have asked that you don’t Ignition hold them to that specifi- cally, as they will be “on the gin” so there may be a hit from 1999 that sneaks in! There will be shows, including a spe- cial performance of "Dip it Low" by Meth herself, Bloc Bar, 18 Kentish Town Rd, which is not to be missed! London NW1 9NX, On top of that, it’s Meth’s 9pm – 3am. boyfriend Joe’s birthday £5. so come celebrate!

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_QX 1113_Club News.indd 13 05/07/2016 16:13 QX 1113 MASTER 1.indd 14 05/07/2016 15:46 QX 1113 MASTER 1.indd 15 05/07/2016 15:46 For full listings see Musts & Maybes, pages 48-52 or the What’s On section at www.qxmagazine.com CLUB NEWS For listings on the go, download the free QX GAY LONDON app at the iTunes store.

Saturday 9th July Sunday 10th July Brüt is leaving its home at the Steelyard…. Just for one night only BRÜTSTOCK Beyond though! To launch the first annual BRÜTSTOCK at London's iconic Scala at King's Cross! Thousands of bears, blokes, cub and hunks are gathering for this furry mecca of hot- ness spread across four rooms with beefy beats from sixteen deejays hosted by Brüt, BeefMince, Bubba's & meat. The monster roster includes Tom Stephan , Louis Lennon, Ross Jones, Ben Jamin, Silverhook, Massimo Fire, South Lambeth Road, SW8 1SP. Paramour, the Meat 4am – 1pm. Boys, DJ Dreadful , £11 adv tickets, Martin Green, David £16 OTD. Mcalmont, Beary Carey, Dom Top, Throw caution to the outer reaches of the galaxy and go to…THE BEYOND! Cactushead, House Or at least to Vauxhall, where Beyond club happens in the initimable, Of Wallenberg and Scala, 275 Pentonville Road, labyrinthine nightclub mecca, Fire! Beyond has become an international Alex B. Looks like this Kings cross, N1 9NL, brand, having held nights in Miami, Tel Aviv, New York and Ibiza. But most is gonna be London's 10pm – 6am. importantly, they’re in our very own London EVERY WEEK! Their door host is biggest line-up of men's £12 advance, £15. Chrissy Darling, who looks like a Tellytubby who discovered bondage. clubs and DJs under one roof!

Friday 15th July A brand new addi- tion to Dalston’s Daddy Issues party playground, masterminded by daddy’s boy Fire, South Lambeth Road, Ollywood and SW8 1SP. 11pm – 11am. papa Borja Peña £5 before 1am, £8 adv, with a dash of Dom £13 OTD. Top promises to be a hot daddy mess! Othon A party that caters for sexy DILFs and their admirers, hot daddies, sexy boys and the guys that drool over them, with guest DJ from Toronto, Jeff Kirkwood, Sunday 10th July while Ollywood will be celebrating his birthday! Limited Orange edition Daddy Issues t-shirts will be issued for the first Freshly-squeezed madness at our mad old city’s most bangin’ Sunday 100 through the night! Who cares about work on Monday! Let’s be honest, by the time door. There’s only Sunday night comes around, it’s basically next weekend already. Like, one rule - bring after Sunday you’ve only got Monday and Tuesday, then on Wednesday Tipsy, 20 Stoke Newington your best vibes and it’s perfectly acceptable to go out drinking again, and then before you Road, N16 7XN, 9pm – 3am. looks and come… know it it’s Friday night again yaay! Anyway Orange is amazing, nice to daddy! Your £5 b4 11pm, £7 after. vibes, gorgeous beats and GLENDORA on the door-a!. Daddy wants you!

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_QX 1113_Club News.indd 16 05/07/2016 16:13 QX 1113 MASTER 1.indd 17 05/07/2016 17:49 XXL 02/07/16 Pulse, 1 Invicta Plaza, South Bank, SE1 9UF

Photos by Mark Storey

Our reviewers are still recovering the disco damage they inflicted on themselves last week at Pride! Luckily the lovely Mark Storey was still on the case, taking pictures of the proceedings at London’s biggest bear party. Take a look at the various furry hotties and daddies that got themselves up and out for another amazing night of unrivalled atmosphere and absolutely no attitude at XXL!

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QX_1113_Club Reviews.indd 18 05/07/2016 18:14 “Another amazing night of unrivalled atmosphere.”

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QX_1113_Club Reviews.indd 19 05/07/2016 17:44 Le Cock 01/07/16 East Bloc, 217 City Road, EC1V 1JN

Photos by Mark Storey

Do you love Le Cock? We certainly do! Check out the lovelies that headed over to the City Road den of sin on Friday night for their weekly dose of disco, house and R&B!

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QX_1113_Club Reviews.indd 20 05/07/2016 17:47 QX 1113 MASTER 1.indd 21 05/07/2016 17:08 FEMSESH! 01/07/16 The Glory, 281 Kingsland Road, E2 8AS

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Our favourite Haggerston superpub had it’s weekly session of madness “It’s gay, it’s and campylooo classic courtesy of glorious, it’s John Sizzle and friends. It’s gay, it’s The Glory!” glorious, it’s The Glory! Take a peek and see if you were snapped there too!

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QX_1113_Bar Reviews.indd 62 05/07/2016 17:49 QX 1113 MASTER 1.indd 23 05/07/2016 15:49 Sunday Social @ RVT 26/06/16 372 Kennington Lane, SE11 5HY

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It’s back-to-basics for Sundays at the Vauxhall Tavern. Sunday Social RVT now has 3 DJs, closes at midnight and, by popular demand, features commercial dance and pop immediately after the cabaret! Their world-class cabaret line-up continued this week with the lovely Charlie Hides, while a happy post-Pride party corwd danced, schmoozed and cruised the night away.

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QX_1113_Bar Reviews.indd 44 05/07/2016 17:49 QX 1113 MASTER 1.indd 25 05/07/2016 15:50 LAST CHANCE TO SAVE THE YARD! Even if you have objected before The Yard STILL needs you!

With its vine-strewn courtyard, amphora-scattered walkway, and tranquil but metropolitan atmosphere, The Yard is a rare and sought- after urban oasis of calm amongst Soho’s screeching sprawl. But, as with many good things these days, it seems we’re not allowed to enjoy it in peace. The Yard team have been fighting off developers over the last 18 months and, despite many rebuttals, they’re not letting up, determined to put a no-doubt soulless corporate stamp on The Yard’s gorgeously unique façade. The development, if built, would cause the loss of the balcony, remove the beautiful Victorian hipped roofs and cover the open air courtyard to enable flats to be built above. But they’ve got on last chance for preservation, and we can help them. In a final ditch effort for salvation, they’re attempting to get listed building status, and as part of that, they’re being evaluated by Historic England. It has an initiative called Pride of Place, which helps document places of LGBTQ heritage and historic importance across the UK. The key is to show that The Yard is an integral and historical part of our community. To do this, you can share your past experiences on the map, no matter how recent or old they are – special moments you had over a bottle of wine with friends, or even just fond memories of drunken Saturday nights. “Historic England’s decision is imminent so we need to act fast, any memories you have of The Yard are so vital!” says owner, Andy Jones “This is the last push to get the building listed and preserve it for future generations. “Historic England does not have access to the thousands of previous objections to Westminster City Council. Therefore, please make your voice heard by demonstrating the important role The Yard has played in the history of the LGBTQ community.” To do this, go to www.mapme.com/prideofplace, search for The Yard, and add your story.

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QX_1113_Last Chance Yard.indd 26 05/07/2016 17:13 QX 1113 MASTER 1.indd 27 05/07/2016 15:54 RAISING THE BAR

Vicki Vivacious

Ku Bar The Glory 30 Lisle Street, Chinatown, WC2H 7BA 281 Kingsland Road, Haggerston, E2 8AS Jutting proudly from a street corner in aromatic Chinatown, spilling THE GLORY! A paradise, a paragon! A queer mecca of cabaret, tipsy confirmed bachelors and raucous drag queens onto the cattiness, contemporary sensibilities, and…crisps? They do have cobbles, is London gay institution Ku Bar! It has a reputation for crisps behind the bar. We just needed another word beginning with urban glamour, and quite rightly – if its Adonis-esque bar staff and “c”. Anyway, it’s fair to say they’re widely regarded as one of the chic vibes are anything to go by, it’s a well-deserved title. Don’t miss city’s go-to gay pubs. On Tuesday 12th, don’t miss their special Retro Sundays on, as the name suggests, Sundays from 8:30pm. Edinburgh Preview of promising young comic Eleanor Conway with Ladies of the night Vicki Vivacious and Lady Lloyd DJ hits from the Eleanor Conway’s Walk of Shame! She’ll be talking all about sex, 80’s, 90’s and 00’s, taking you through to midnight and giving a drugs and Tinder! Hooray! That’s from 8pm. smooth end to the weekend.

Lola Lasagne

Diva Fever

Halfway 2 Heaven BJ’s White Swan 7 Duncannon Street, Charing Cross, Village 556 Commercial Road, Limehouse, WC2N 4JF 81 Wardour Street, Soho, W1D 6QD E14 7JD

Halfway is a warm and welcoming old- Slap bang at the end of Soho’s iconic We’d say BJ’s White Swan is Limehouse’s school gay watering hole, with cask ales Old Compton Street, is hive of drinking best-kept secret, except…IT’S NOT A and cabaret! What more d’ya want?! Great and partying, Village! They’ve got chintzy SECRET! Everyone knows about it and for post-working drinking or late-night velvety booths where you can sit and enjoy loves it. As one of London’s oldest gay weekend debauchery, depending on the a salubrious cocktail, and they’ve also got a venues, it’s sort of iconic. It’s got a unique mood you’re in. On Fridays from 8pm, nice smoking terrace where you can smoke old-school charm, and brilliant anything they’ve got Lola Lasagne! She’s crispy, and bitch and watch the world go by. Not goes vibes. Speaking of anything goes, catty and straight out of the oven! What that we’re condoning smoking, it’s BAD they’ve got X Factor’s twink duo Diva Fever does that mean?! Not sure, we were just FOR YOU. Don’t miss their Saturday night perfoming this Saturday 9th from 10:30pm. referencing…y’know…lasagne. Oh shut up. party FADOODLE, 5pm – 3am. MEGALOLZ.

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QX_1113_Raising The Bar.indd 28 05/07/2016 17:03 QX 1113 MASTER 1.indd 29 05/07/2016 15:55 Old Ship 03/07/16 17 Barnes Street, E14 7NW

Words by Jason Prince Photos by Joel Ryder

“Candy jumped 8pm on a sunny summer’s evening and the Old Ship pub is shining like a true east end Gem. Situated in the center of from one taboo to Limehouse the Old Ship really is one of the last traditional gay boozers left in the Capitol. Always busy on a Sunday, the pub is another with her full of fun loving queens and their local friends of varying ages, no-holds-barred gender and sexuality. You are hit immediately with the feel of community both from the customers and the very friendly staff. comedy” Serving at the bar is bubbly landlord John and lovely long- term bar lady Diane, although most of the guys are waiting to be served by sexy young barman Phil. This week cabaret is supplied by popular local act ‘Candy – Slag in Drag’ With a huge wig twice her own body weight, Candy stumbles straight from the smoking area through the crowd chatting to all the regulars on the way through. She arrives to the stage just in time to sing her opening number ‘Let Me Entertain You’ which she has changed the lyrics to in true Candy style. With patter so blue ‘it would make a whore blush’ Candy jumped from one taboo to another with her no-holds-barred comedy much to the delight of most of the queens. On to her rendition of ‘Lonely Goat Herd’ Candy reminisces about ‘double dropping’ ecstasy and taking acid all to the Sound of Music soundtrack. With more blue jokes about rimming, Candy manages to have us laughing at everything that we shouldn’t laugh at. Finally she reminds us that her picture was on the front of the Guardian for Pride before bursting into a naughty version of ‘The Winner Takes It All’ and it’s goodnight!

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QX_1113_Bar Reviews.indd 30 05/07/2016 17:39 QX 1113 MASTER 1.indd 31 05/07/2016 15:56 The Yard 01/07/16 57 Rupert Street, W1D 7PL

Words by Joel Ryder

One of Soho’s oldest and best-loved venues, the Yard is always packed full of city boys, cute twinks, super studs and their friends. The lovely Joel Ryder popped down this weekend to capture that fun. Don’t forget, the Yard still needs your help to stave off developers! The Yard is currently being evaluated by Historic England for listed building status. If it can gain this listed status, it is very unlikely that the developers will be able to get planning permission for a scheme that would destroy much of the building’s heritage and cause the loss of the open-air courtyard. This is our last chance to tell Historic England why The Yard is important and they need your help. Pride of Place is Historic England’s initiative to help map and document LGBTQ history and heritage across the country. They need you to add what love about The Yard, together with your personal experience no matter how recent or old these may be. Whether you have been going to The Yard since it opened in 1993 or are a new frequenter this is your last chance. Share your memorable experiences at Pride of Place!

“Don’t forget, the Yard still needs your help to stave off developers.”

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QX_1113_Bar Reviews.indd 32 05/07/2016 17:39 QX 1113 MASTER 1.indd 33 05/07/2016 15:57 Heels and handbags and hedonistic bamboozling It’s Lanah P!

Lanah P, known to many as Al Pillay, is what we describe here at QX as “A one”. She’s unforgettable. Unignorable. Unapologetic. She’s a whirling, turbulent durbish of smashed norms, gender-defying defiance, and underground London glamour!

She’s punk, she’s attention-grabbing, disruptive, and she formed a part of the cultural zeitgeist that has shaped our gay scene as we know it today. She’s done it all! She’s released music, been on telly, and she’s got everyone from the 80’s on speed dial!

Dylan Jones spoke with them about her contentious, impassioned and radical views on media, society and modern life.

Hey Lanah! How was your pridede this year? As a performer of some standing andd notorietnotoriety,y, I have pperformederformed at pridepride on a number of occasions. I think myy firstfirst pridepride was around 1984. BackBack then it was so much more politicized.. PeoplePeople weren’t bought, it wasn’twasn’t owned by self-serving Tory city boys on the MAKE whose main objective is to gain a ticket to the Barclays Banknk Christmas Ball. Ball Turning us all into a total capitalist commodity via the tool of hedonistic bamboozling. It was much more alternative in those halcyon days, and diversity wasn’t forced, it wasn’t it fake. It was organic, it wasn’t off a Topshop rail. Being our authentic selves, we fought for all these queens to wear their crowns with pride today! If I’m in the West End I just pass through, but this year I got spotted a lot. Strangers were asking why I wasn’t playing the main stage in Trafalgar Square. Maybe it’s because I’m too alternative? OR is it because I’m the original no filter hashtag? I was liberated from the day I was born, and suffered the consequences. My life has always been a movie called GO FUCK YOURSELVES! STARRING ME! ´

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QX_1113_Lanah P.indd 34 05/07/2016 17:01 QX 1113 MASTER 1.indd 35 05/07/2016 15:51 I was liberated from the day I was born, and suffered the consequences. My life has always been a movie called GO FUCK YOURSELVES! STARRING ME!

You were one of the faces of Channel 4 back when it started up. What do you think of British media and TV at the moment? What you mean to ask the lovely Lanah, is that you acknowledge that I set a precedent and was a seminal star of C4’s groundbreaking “The Comicstrip Presents” with French and Saunders. Yes! Sorry! Seminal! You were a SEMINAL face of Channel 4! The channel’s FIRST! The first ever unapologetic genderqueer, loud and proud personality. And there hasn’t been seen since! Ha! They wrote a movie for me. And there was NOBODY else like me on the British screen or in cinema. It’s called EAT THE RICH (because if things don’t change that’s all that will be left to eat!). As for what I think of the media today…well I think it’s a cis white middle class domain. I’ve also noticed tokenism posing as diversity on television. Hence the reason I rarely watch TV these days. I prefer to read Spinoza and George Orwell instead. What do you think of how sexuality and gender is being portrayed in our society today? I’ve always maintained that the whole concept of gender is a scam! It doesn’t truly exist for any of us. It’s just an earthbound illusion. I come from the optic that we’re all spiritual entities, biological gender being only an objective fact. And sexual diamorphism doesn’t cover it either. For most of us, gender is an essentialist social construct and an existentialist truth. But for some of us, there is no truth in it. Everybody’s origins begin in androgyny. How do you think your gender was perceived when you first came into the public eye? In the 80s, as Stock, Aitken & Waterman’s premier mixed race brown skin HI-NRG diva with the smash “Pistol In My Pocket”, I electively lived a transsexual woman’s role. I soon figured that I was buying into a misogynistic patriarchal idea of what it wanted a woman to be. genuine alternative people. But Torsten was avant-garde enough to get It was an attempt to turn me into a cisgender female for the sake of me interested again. And besides, I got to work with the lux Andy Bell, respectability politics and I wasn’t having it. That said, no amount of who I was astonished to hear is a big fan of mine also! male socialization or masculine posturing would ever be able to erase What plans do you have for the future? my intrinsic and inherent feminine traits. Queercore! Which Barney wrote for me initially, then Andy, hearing And what do you think of how trans rights have its brilliance and totally besotted with me, wanted to do it as a duet progressed over recent years? and thank goodness he did! QUEERCORE is a mildly autobiographical I’m happy to be living in this wonderful, phenomenal period of self-deprecating send-up piece. It’s actually saying “you’re even more gender transgressions. I predicted this future back in the gender- deluded about me than I am about myself”. bending climate of the 1980s when I was experiencing a lot of shit I’ve become my own producer over the years and next year will and altercation on the street against the prism of Thatcher’s right wing produce my own feature film. I think the mainstream is controlled by England. I do worry though that a lot of folk are just taking a micro too many parochial-minded tossers and imposters all toeing the line narrative and pushing it to a meter one, and ending up as the dupes and occupying positions they shouldn’t. I’m also currently the “Empress of their own existence. Gender is performative. It is as mutable as of Slap” on my Youtube channel, doing makeup turorials! I do possess mortality. Being male or female is not gender behaviour, it is human an NVQ level three in make-up and eyebrow shaping. And I also have behaviour. “Lana’s Story Land” videos, where I put my own particular slant on We loved you in Torsten with Andy Bell. You’re working traditional children’s fairy tales. As well as that, I’m about to play the with him again now aren’t you? role of a very affected theatrical character in a John Jenkinson film, That’s very kind of you! The role was created specifically for me by another documentary by Claire Lawrie which I’m attached to, and I’ve Barney Ashton, who is a genius talent, along with his creative partner been talking to moviemaker Gurinda Chada (Bend it like Beckham). Christopher Frost. I’m not a massive fan of the musical theatre world. Apart from that I’m open to offers. You know why? Because I GOT IT I’ve experienced it to be full of dysfunctionals, that are intimidated by GOING ON! I’M THE ORIGINAL NO FILTER GURL! Innit.

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QX_1113_Lanah P.indd 36 05/07/2016 17:01 QX 1113 MASTER 1.indd 37 05/07/2016 15:59 CABARET By Jason Reid 5 Years of Clitz! The road to becoming an established cabaret artist hasn’t been an easy one for Stephanie Von Clitz, but like a true pro her perseverance has paid off. This Saturday the Clitz celebrates five years as a drag artist with a night of song and laughter at Soho’s Admiral Duncan. I spoke to the man behind the Dorset tart with a heart, Steven Banks, this week...

Happy Anniversary! Five years in drag; does it feel like that long? It feels like I’ve been doing it for ages, but it’s been a hell of a roller coaster and I’ve learnt so much in that time. Why has it been a roller coaster? “In the Because it took quite a while to get myself going and established. There were a lot of highs and lows along the way and in all honesty; beginning as an artist, you learn so much from those knocks. They make you stronger, more determined and a better person. there What have you learnt? I’ve learnt to surround myself with good people, to always do my job to were the best of my ability, and most of all to be a humble person. Why is humility important to you? times It’s important to me because I believe it makes you more approachable and people feel more when I comfortable coming to see you perform. The last thing I’d want thought is for people to feel intimidated ‘am I by me. That’s not who I am. For me, it’s about striking up a actually honest bond with the audience Did you ever want to give up? and venues. In the beginning there were times when I thought good What was that very ‘am I actually good enough to do this?’ I would performance like? How did imagine every performer has gone through that enough to you feel? same thought process at one time of another. It was a Drag Idol heat. I was What kept you going? do this?’” dressed in a crazy purple wig As well as the encouragement from my close with a bizarre star drawn under friends, it’s the audiences that kept me going. To my eye. I was so nervous as I see them enjoying my show is a very special feeling. Giving joy to walked down the stairs of CXR others has got to be a good thing, right? singing Cabaret. Thankfully Over the past five years you’ve also entered various Bette Rinse took me under her competitions. Were they a good vehicles for Stephanie’s wing. evolution? Bette was your mentor for They helped me to become a more polished and technical performer. quite a while, Receiving constructive feedback from industry experts wasn’t she? also enabled me to see and work on things that I was Yes, she encouraged me to keep going even though unaware of myself. I was doubting myself, and I really did have periods What can we expect at Saturday’s anniversary of huge self-doubt. These can be so crippling for a show at the Admiral Duncan? performer. I was very lucky to have someone like Bette I’ll be performing with Rose Garden and The Bear to give me a hypothetical kick up the arse when I needed Lady and throughout the evening I’ll be recreating my it. Throughout Bette’s time at Halfway to Heaven she (shocking) looks from over the past five years. I’m told kindly opened up the stage to me so that I could develop there’s going be a few surprises too. I’m so looking my act and the character of Stephanie. forward to celebrating with you all!

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QX_1113_Cabaret.indd 38 05/07/2016 16:48 QX 1113 MASTER 1.indd 39 05/07/2016 15:51 ARTS by Eliot Rose

REVIEW: FUNNY PECULIAR at THE GLORY

Like fried chicken or the parts. Despite personally Walthamstow, comedy in pubs having seen this once or twice is cool again. The Glory’s new “The Glory’s new night before, it still had me floored. night Funny Peculiar is serving Like one of Diane Chorley’s up a characteristically queer Funny Peculiar is serving up a vintage jumpsuits, Jonny Woo take, hosted by duchess of keeps getting better with age. Canvey Island Diane Chorley characteristically queer take.” Finally, John Kearns in the pub’s discolicious performed his infamous brand basement. The grande dame of absurd, confusing humour. of Kingsland Road Jonny Woo from the comfort of a vintage to a character that was part He was recently on 8 Out of assisted Diane in welcoming YSL jumpsuit. morose circus clown, part 10 Cats Does Countdown, a host of gay and alternative First up was Catherine morbidly unwell northerner, where he made Susie Dent performers to the pub’s Bohart, Ireland’s premier with a hint of Jack Dee. He feel so uncomfortable in inaugural comedy showcase. bisexual comedienne, kept the audience on their dictionary corner she placed Diane Chorley, hot off her probably. Very upfront about toes, juggling awkward one between them. He latest run at Soho Theatre her strict catholic upbringing humour with darkly twee deserves the title of King of compered the evening with in Dublin (is it possible to say ukulele performances, all while Non-Sequiturs after spinning her usual aplomb, eschewing ‘catholic upbringing’ without wearing a bright green wig a tall tale about an imaginary her full band (‘The Buffet’) prefixing it with ‘strict’?), she and red nose. flatmate with an (also for just its lead guitarist, had the audience on the floor Between the stand-ups, imaginary) tattoo of the 2012 Milkybar Chris de Burgh, for when she suggested that when Jonny Woo kept us thoroughly olympic logo. You couldn’t an unplugged acoustic set. She bisexuals go on a date they entertained. First up was make it up. Well, you could. regaled the stylish East London order everything on the menu perennial favourite, a lip-sync We had a fantastic time crowd with a tale of when because “we don’t see dishes, of At the End of the Day from at the first Funny Peculiar. We Grace Jones nearly downed we just see food”. Les Mis (the original, not Anne can’t wait to laugh our way a Concorde flight, plus many New comedian to the scene Hathaway’s overwrought back down Kingsland Road for a hearty musical interlude, all Haydn Hades introduced us whinging) where he plays all the next installment.

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REVIEW: INDEPENDENCE DAY: RESURGENCE

Roland Emmerich’s 1996 scriptwriters, iconic Hollywood The overall “plot” runs like money, which get critically panned, sci-fi epic Independence Day, stars, and mind-blowing special a bad episode of Doctor Who. then fall under the radar. The awful is possibly one of the best- effects and STILL end up with a Like, if it’d been Doctor Who I’d B-movie Battle: LA that came out a loved action movies ever. There shit movie?! have watched for maybe the first few years ago is a good example. was something very 90s and Its main issue, from the start, twenty minutes, then rolled my The thing is, an Independence Day quintessentially American about it. is it’s all just too BIG. When eyes and opened Pornhub in a sequel shouldn’t have been of that It also sent Will Smith’s career the level of destruction is so new tab. It’s got every single sci-fi ilk. It’s desecrated the original, into hyperdrive. We saw him for gargantuan that you can’t get cliché going – an alien queen, a and probably upset legions of its the first time not only as a movie your head around it, you stop mysterious sphere…in fact, it’s not loyal fans. star, but as a HOT movie star! He caring. Also, it introduces way so much clichés as LAZILY STOLEN Independence Day: was well fit in it! And his grinning, too many new characters. I don’t IDEAS. Other than that, it’s just a Resurgence is a movie for stupid go-getting charm was infectious, give a shit about whether Liam brain-curdling assault of whizzing people. But, as we now know from lending a joyful sense of silly Hemsworth buys a house with spaceships, needless explosions recent events, the majority of the gung-ho to proceedings. his basic girlfriend. I want to see and dialogue like “WHEW THAT population is stupid, so it makes It’s a shame therefore, that more Jeff Goldblum stuttering WAS A CLOSE CALL, MAN!” and sense really. The only reason Independence Day: Resurgence through sci-fi mumbo jumbo, “SCREW YOU, ALIEN SCUM!” I’ve given it one stars rather than is so earth-shatteringly dire. It it’s what I came to see! They Four-year-old boys with IQ’s zero, is because it had a gay love makes me angry when movies are don’t spend enough time on under 50 will love this movie. It scene in it! Which was clumsy, this bad. It didn’t HAVE to be this any one of the many completely reminded me of inferior sci-fi pleb incongruous and rushed. But then bad. How can you spend millions unnecessary storylines so, again, fodder, those nonsense movies that so was the rest of the movie, so it’s of dollars on award-winning you just stop caring. studios churn out to make soulless all relative.

REVIEW: ABSOLUTELY FABULOUS

The Absolutely Fabulous one of her Facebook statuses. Movie is probably the most hotly- The Glory said on Twitter that it anticipated piece of cinema in was “empowering”. The Evening the gay community since...maybe Standard gave it three stars and ever. We don’t need any context said it was “amazing”, but that victimhood culture, people disgusting, stumbling around or background to this do we. You was on Friday morning so they dismissed the entire movie with the fabulous, unthinking all know who Eddie and Patsy were probably still drunk from because of a totally incidental, abandon that, as gay men, are. You’ve all quoted them a the premiere. completely inoffensive segment. we’ve all attempted to emulate thousand times, and watched Here’s our verdict: it’ll do. It is, And it was actually contextual – since episode 1 aired in 1992 every episode a hundred times by no means, a disaster of Sex & Jeanette Krankie made a couple (CHRIST, 1992!). whilst hungover or worse. The The City 2 proportions…despite of cameos in the original show as The other special thing about characters, and the show, are the fact that the celebrity cameos cultural caricatures, so it was just it was the many affectionate comedy icons, and have formed are so frequent and seemingly following on from that. Although, throwbacks to iconic moments in an integral part of the modern random, that it almost seems if I’d been working on the movie I the show. At Patsy’s first guttural gay man’s cultural lexicon. like Jennifer Saunders just had might have whispered in Saunders’ utterance “Is he from Gabon?” a Since its premiere on a bitch through Heat Magazine ear “maybe just don’t do that and roar went up from the audience. Thursday (that seemingly with her eyes closed. save yourself a bit of trouble.” There were some great original EVERYONE was invited to, Jen also shows her age a What was offensive however, lines in it too; Some wonderful including Kassandra Powell’s dog little – there are some painfully were a couple of unnecessary new insults are hurled at Saffy, and TeTe Bang’s hair extensions), obvious efforts to pull the and very clunky transgender and Patsy struggling to find the reception, both from critics characters into 2016, with jokes. But we must remember word for “cash” is priceless. and the public, has been… shoed-in appearances from they were uttered by Eddie and Ultimately, despite flaws, it polarized. Its rating on review dating apps, selfie-sticks, and Patsy, who are SUPPOSED to be manages to capture the essence aggregator Rotten Tomatoes Delevingnes. politically incorrect monsters. of the show: Absurd, celebrity- is currently at a VERY healthy There are also some clumsily And that’s what saved the obsessed, and a bit of a mess. 84%. The Guardian gave it two offensive moments. The anger movie, of course. As always, And that’s what we love! That’s stars, dubbing it “as painfully- at the “yellowface” portrayal Saunders and particularly our LIVES! And that’s what we’ve stretched as a botched facelift”. however, was totally unfounded. Joanna Lumley, were utterly always said about Ab Fab isn’t Smiley Vyrus gave it 10/10 in Typical of attention-seeking mesmerising, endearingly it…it’s US! SWEETIE!

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QX_1113_Ab Fab.indd 42 05/07/2016 17:52 QX 1113 MASTER 1.indd 43 05/07/2016 16:02 Fergie’s back. And when we say she’s back, we mean properly DOM POP! back. None of that “LA (la la la la Love)”-whatever bullshit they ended up using on that Kardashian’s spinoff. I’m talking “London Bridge”/”Fergalicious” back. Absolute, unbridled INSANITY. The song is called “M.I.L.F.$” and it’s like listening to the musical equivalent of an asthma attack, like having an epileptic fit inside a Beatz Pill & like listening to a synthesizer and a vocoder fucking on crystal meth. But you won’t even care.

As with the “Fergalicious” video, Stacey Ferguson is selling by Dom Top edibles again. She’s gone from candy to dairy now, as she welcomes you to the “Dairy Dutchess’ Love Factory”. Said factory seems to house numerous supermodels, shirtless muscular masseurs, FergieFerg herself and (sigh) Kum Kardassian in a white wig. There’s also a diner, where everyone’s got neon weaves, a classroom full of hot high school boys looking to deliver a bukkake session to a black-haired schoolmarm Ferg and a Wisteria-Lane-esque neighbourhood that’s serviced by Jon Kortajarena in a milkman’s outfit.

It’s FUCKING. MAD. Fergie looks like a beautiful sexbot for most of it, which seems about right, considering most of her parts are synthetic by now. Ciara’s there too; body popping and being gorgeous. Devon Aoki’s wearing a bizarre hat and getting her baby out of a car. There’s women pole dancing in giant milkshakes, Fergie bathing in milk, Fergie pouring more milk over herself whilst wearing a latex MILF leotard… it’s basically the music video you have always wanted to make. DAME MÁS LECHE, PAPI.

The video even ends with Basque guapo Jon Kortajarena with his beautiful head in her lap, about to start nursing off FF’s juicy teats. Attagirl Stacey, as if we ever needed anymore proof that she’s basically a gay man, now we have her filling a hot Spaniard’s mouth full of her milk. We fucking love it.

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#JULIASAYS...

by Princess Julia

Has the dust settled yet? I do hope so dears. So yes, as we try and make sense of everything, let’s step out and sample the delights London nightlife has to offer. This Homostash week I’ll be DJing up at Dalston Superstore for Homostash - Upstairs John Sizzle is joined by buzzing. It’s the old George a hop and a skip away at 235 1st Birthday on Friday 8th July. special guest Crystal Lubrikunt & Dragon transplanted, 483 Cambridge Heath Road! I mentioned it last week but hell performing star turns! OMG! Hackney Road everyone! I’m mentioning it again! Fancy something on the ‘live art Remember when everyone was Right, everyone seems to have performance tip’? Franko B Up at our lovely performance, going on about how there was a featured role in the Ab Fab has something of a cult following pub and club space The Glory, nowhere to go...well The Queen movie, (er, I’m not in it though, no and on Sunday 10th July he will they’re saying hello to Homo Adelaide is one of those newer one asked me!), anyway what’s be performing Milk & Blood at Superior in the basement on places that’s on our hit list. On it like? Transistor present the Rich Mix, Bethnal Green in Friday 8th from 10pm (I might pop Saturday 9th July Piggery II ‘Abfab’ weekend on Saturday Venue 1. This is serious stuff as in actually on the way to Dalston returns to the basement 9-2am, 9th at the Resistance Gallery, he enacts 13, 2-minute rounds Superstore!). They’ve got Sina with hosts Max Allen and Baby Poyser Street E2, 10-2am... feel of appropriated boxing, using its Sparrow from Debbie Does... Face Lady Face, guest DJs free to take on Abfab inspiration metaphors to explore endurance and Panos Z from Songs of Slimy Trout from Berlin and and let yourself go. After which and social struggle. 7:30 – 10:30. Praise on the decks, playing Coco Colaph from Mallorca. get yourselves down to weekly Prepare yourselves for something a fabulous indie-inspired set. Upstairs the local pub vibe is Saturday night Savage, only provocative and different!

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QX_1113_Review Section.indd 46 05/07/2016 17:54 QX 1113 MASTER 1.indd 47 05/07/2016 16:02 Your guide to the week’s best BAR, CLUB & CABARET events in London

06 July - 12 July MUSTS & MAYBES

WEDNESDAY 6TH JULY BackCounter: South Lambeth Road, Lights On at Lightbox: 6A South artists perform short new work in CLUBS & EVENTS Vauxhall, SW8 1SR. 12pm-3pm. Lambeth Place SW8 1SP, 10pm – development, a breeding ground XXL at Pulse: 1 Invicta Plaza, The perfect way to start or end your 6am. Resident DJs on rotation for next year’s must-see performers! Southwark, SE1 9UF. 9pm-3am. night in Vauxhall. Hard-Up Thursdays at Sweatbox: 1-2 Counter: Arch 50, 7-11 South £15 guests, £8 members. Midweek Sing-A-Long-A-Sound of Martha at Ramilies Street, Soho, W1F 7LN. Lambeth Road, Vauxhall, SW8 grizzly fun for bears and their Halfway 2 Heaven: 7 Duncannon 24 hours. Under 25s FREE all day, 1SR. Looking for a bargain lunch? admirers. Street, Charing Cross, WC2N 4JF. £16 others. Start the weekend COUNTER’s Snappy Lunch is £10 Uncontrollable Urge at Dalston From 9pm. Sing-A-Long with Mar- early and relieve the pressure with for a main and a glass of wine or Superstore: 117 Kingsland High St, tha D’Arthur and Justin Swift. this discounted day for under 25s beer. NEW Spring menu available E8 2PB. 9pm-2:30am. Free. Super- The Light Lounge: 1 Newport Place, (ID required) at Soho’s only gay now. store’s late-night midweek dose of WC2H 7JR. 5pm-11:30pm. Enjoy sauna. Circa: 62 Frith Street, Soho, W1. sleaze! Eccentric electronica and the Ku Group’s newest venue; a Room Service at Club 49: 49 Greek 4pm-4am. Thursdays are the new weirdo-disco! boutique cocktail bar. 2-4-1 cock- Street, Soho, W1D. 10pm-3am. Fridays at Soho’s intimate bar/ Klub at Ku Bar Lisle Street: 30 Lisle tails 5-7pm all week. Don’t you dare miss this fiercely club spot with the most amazing DJ St, WC2H 7BA. 10pm-3am. FREE. The Old Ship: 17 Barnes Street, social, sexy club spot, playing edgy booth in town. The party continues ‘til late in the Limehouse, E14 7NW. Quiz from and upfront house. Expect hot City of Quebec: 12 Old Quebec Ku basement. 9.30pm. Local gay bar in East gogo eye candy and hosted by fab Street, Marble Arch, W1H 7AF, London’s Limehouse. scene faces. 12pm-3am. The newly refurbished BARS & CABARET Two Brewers: 114 Clapham High Klub at Ku Bar Lisle Street: 30 Lisle venerable institution of the gay Bingo with Myra DuBois at Bloc Bar: Street, SW4 7UJ. Bar open 4pm- St, WC2H 7BA. 10pm-3am. FREE. scene rocks out some pop classics 18 Kentish Town Road, Camden, 2am. FREE b4 10pm, £3 after. The party continues ‘til late in the for an evening of fun. London, NW1 9NX. 5pm-1am, Free. Popular South London cabaret/ Ku basement. Tasty Tim’s Thursday Takeover at £2 a game, drinks, cash and crap club spot. SYNTHIA at Eagle London at 349 Comptons of Soho: 51-53 Old prizes to be won. Plus a show by the The Voice of The Village at The Vil- Kennington Lane SE11 5QY. 9pm Compton Street, Soho, W1D 6HN. old tart herself. Eyes down 8pm! lage: 81 Wardour Street, W1V 3TG, – 3am. Free entry. A new night of 12pm-2am. The grand dame of Nitrate Cinema at Eagle London: 5pm-1am. Karaoke with the outra- vintage italo, synth pop, hi NRG, Soho. Tasty Tim’s Takeover from 349 Kennington Lane, Vauxhall geous Robyn Banks from 9pm. Win electro oddities and dark disco with 8:30pm - big House classics all SE11 5QY. 9pm – 2am. £5 entry, a £50 bar tab. Wes Baggaley. night!. members free. Weekly cinema West 5: Pope’s Lane, South Ealing, G-A-Y Porn Idol at G-A-Y Heaven: G-A-Y Bar: 30 Old Compton Street. night showing some of the most W5 4NB. Open from 8pm. FREE. Villiers Street, WC2N 6NG. 10pm 12pm-2am. Free entry. Popular interesting and provocative works Ealing’s hugely popular club, bar – 5am. Amateur strip night with pop music bar with non-stop hits of LGBT cinema. and cabaret spot. £100 prize money! To enter email on the screens and a fun, flirty Wednesday Naughties at Central [email protected] atmosphere. Station: 37 Wharfdale Road, Kings THURSDAY 7TH JULY Candy at The Village: 81 Wardour Cross, N1 9SD. Open ‘til 4am. CLUBS & EVENTS BARS & CABARET Street, W1V 3TG, 9pm-2am. A FREE b4 10pm. Cabaret then DJs Acid Betty & JuJubee at West 5: New Bloomsbury Set: 76 March- night full of all things sweet and ‘til late. Pope’s Lane, South Ealing, W5 mont Street, WC1N 1AG. 4pm tasty! With Heidi Liscious on the Circa: 62 Frith Street, Soho, W1D 4NB. Open from 8pm. £15 show, – 11:30pm. Gorgeous cocktail bar decks, joined by gorgeous gogos. 3JN. Open ‘til 1am. Soho’s inti- £30 M&G. Ealing’s hugely popular in the heart of Central London. Backing The Stars at Halfway 2 mate but packed-out bar/club spot club, bar and cabaret spot plays Happy hour 4-8pm daily. Heaven: 7 Duncannon Street, with the most amazing DJ booth host to two Drag Race legends, the Funky Voodoo at Bloc Bar: 18 Kent- Charing Cross, WC2N 4JF. Popular in town juicy Jujubee and the sour faced ish Town Road, Camden, London, central London karaoke fun with Comptons of Soho: 51-53 Old cow Acid Betty. NW1 9NX. 9pm-2am, Free. Old Kevin Walsh. Showtime at 8pm. Compton Street, Soho, W1D 6HN. Goldsnap at Dalston Superstore: 117 school hip hop to get down to. The Light Lounge: 1 Newport Place, 12pm-11.30pm. Super social pub Kingsland High Street, E8 2PB. UnderConstruction at The Royal Vaux- WC2H 7JR. 5pm-11:30pm. Enjoy downstairs, chilled club lounge 9pm – 2:30am. Free. All-new girls’ hall Tavern: 372 Kennington Lane, the Ku Group’s newest venue; a upstairs with guest pianist tinkling night with good vibes and good SE11 5HY. Doors 7:30pm, shows boutique cocktail bar. 2-4-1 cock- the ivories. beats. 8:30pm £5 OTD. 10 Underground tails 5-7pm all week.

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Two Brewers: 114 Clapham High before 11pm. The one of the cool- Old Ship: 17 Barnes Street, Lime- W5 4NB. Open from 8pm, FREE. Street, SW4 7UJ. Bar open 6pm- est, friendliest gay crowds South of house, E14 7NW. 8pm-12am. The popular West London club, bar 2am. FREE b4 10pm, £3 after. the river. With a free buffet, drinks Free. Local gay bar in East Lon- and cabaret spot. Popular South London cabaret/ offers and guest DJs Li’l John & don’s Limehouse. The Yard: 57 Rupert Street, Soho, club spot. Louis Lennon. Karaoke at Central Station: 37 W1D 7PL. Open till 1am. FREE. Candy at The Village: 81 Wardour Savage at Metropolis: Strip Club, Wharfdale Road, Kings Cross, Renowned as one of Soho’s most Street, W1V 3TG, 5pm-2am. Snap 235 Cambridge Heath Road, E2 N1 9SD. Open from 6pm til 3am unique and popular destination cackling pop & chart with Heidi Lis- 9NN. 11pm-5am. £5. Your late or later... FREE The super-friendly venues, with terrific outdoor space. cious and the gorgeous gogo boys. night homo disco now every Friday Kings Cross bar. DJs ‘til late. West 5: Pope’s Lane, South Ealing, as well as Saturday. Hosted by DJ Chris Reardon SATURDAY 9TH JULY W5 4NB. Open from 8pm. FREE. Ku Bar Lisle Street: 30 Lisle St, Circa: 62 Frith Street, Soho, W1D CLUBS & EVENTS Ealing’s hugely popular club, bar WC2H 7BA. 8pm-3am. FREE b4 3JN. 4pm-4am. Soho’s intimate XXL: Sports Bear at Pulse: 1 Invicta and cabaret spot. 10:30pm, £5 after. Pop perfection but packed-out bar/club spot Plaza, Southwark, SE1 9UF. 10pm- and hot floor fillers as Ku’s hot watches Munroe Bergdorf and 7am. £15 guests, £8 members. FRIDAY 8TH JULY 3 spin the tunes in its downstairs friends werq the floor! A super-furry, super-charged club CLUBS & EVENTS basement club spot. Comptons of Soho: 51-53 Old night for bears and their friends. Le Cock at East Bloc: 217 City Road, Compton Street, Soho, W1D 6HN. Tonight get your kit on and get Shoreditch, EC1V 1JN. 11pm-6am. BARS & CABARET 9pm-2am. The grand dame of playing with the hottest bears in the £5 b4 1am, £8 after. House, disco, BFF at Bloc Bar: 18 Kentish Town Soho welcomes blokes and boys city. It’s Sports Bear with the gor- pop and Italo mash-up with Martyn Road, Camden, NW1 9NX. 9pm – to her bosom for a Friday night of geous Paul Morrell on the decks! Fitzgerald & friends 3am. £5. The Family Fierce takes socialising. TONIGHT: DJ Miswhite Fèmmme Fraîche at Dalston Super- A:M at Protocol: Protocol, 6A South over Fridays at Bloc with special City of Quebec: 12 Old Quebec store: 117 Kingsland High St, E8 Lambeth Place SW8 1SP, 11pm guests and the amazing DJ skills of Street, Marble Arch, W1H 7AF. 2PB. 9pm - 3am. Free b4 10pm, – 11am. £8.80. £4 with flyer/ Slim Chance & Tete Bang. 12pm-3am. The newly refurbished £5 after. Fèmmme Fraîche is back ad London’s most notorious after FunkyFriday at BJs White Swan: 556 venerable institution of the gay and this time they’re joined in the hours party! With Gonzalo, HiFi Commercial Road, E14 7JD. 8pm scene rocks out some pop classics basement by Belin’s Roxymre, and Sean, Chris Brogan and more! – 5am. Free entry before 10pm. for an evening of fun. London babe Majime – they’ll be Homostash Birthday at Dalston Super- The best club music all night from George and Dragon: 2 Blackheath tearing up the lazerpit with resident store: 117 Kingsland High Street, top DJ Jason Prince. Hill, SE10. 8pm-4am. The friendly Michelle Manetti, serving House, E8 2PB. 9pm-3am. Free before New Bloomsbury Set: 76 March- Greenwich local. TONIGHT: Lola Tech House, Acid and Techno jams. 11pm, £7 after. Homostash are mont Street, WC1N 1AG. 4pm- Lasagne Upstairs, Linzi Symons and Darren celebrating their first birthday at 11:30pm. Gorgeous cocktail bar in Friday Night Live at Halfway 2 Skene will be serving up a mish- Superstore, and they’ve brought in the heart of London. Happy hour Heaven: 7 Duncannon Street, Char- mash of Electroclash, pop-trash, some serious ammunition to do so! 4-8pm daily. ing Cross, WC2N 4JF. From 9pm. post-punk, ghetto-funk, riot grrrl, They welcome Paris based queer Bridge Bar: 8 Voltaire Road, SW8 Tickets from £10. With DJ Little garage, disco-sleaze, 80s cheese. DJ NICOL (La Klepto /La Culottée) 6DH, 4pm-12am. Free. Snug gay John & Sandra. Brütstock at Scala: 275 Pentonville plus the iconic Princess Julia hrh & bar in a railway arch, offering Ku Bar Soho: 25 Frith Street, WC1D Road, Kings cross, N1 9NL, 10pm your favourite regulars – resident cocktails, wines and light meals, 5LB. Open till 5am. Ku Bar’s little – 6am. £12 advance, £15. Brüt is Tafkanik, JVP, Pavliné & Carly Foxx! plus outdoor seating. brother stretches across two floors leaving its home at the Steelyard…. Come and shake your mo’! FEMSESH: Homo Superior at The Glory: for that perfect Soho warm-up Just for one night only though! To A Song of Summer at The Vauxhall 281 Kingsland Road, Haggerston, drinking session and a little dance launch the first annual BRÜTSTOCK Tavern: 372 Kennington Lane, E2 8AS. 10pm-2am. Free b4 with downstairs DJs. at London’s iconic Scala at King’s Vauxhall, SE11 5HY. 9pm – 3am. 10pm, £5 after. John Sizzle’s drag The Light Lounge: 1 Newport Place, Cross! Thousands of bears, blokes, Kate Bush tribute night. night of attack and disco plays host the WC2H 7JR. 5pm-12am. Enjoy the cub and hunks are gathering for Kate’s music all night and will fea- fabulously alternative queer party Ku Group’s newest venue; a bou- this furry mecca of hotness spread ture live performances by Mandy Homo Superior. tique cocktail bar. 2-4-1 cocktails across four rooms with beefy beats Paines and Michael Mayell from Friday Night Fever at BackCounter: 5-7pm all week. from sixteen deejays hosted by Brüt, the top Kate tribute band Cloud- South Lambeth Road, Vauxhall, Fadoodle at The Village: 81 Wardour BeefMince, Bubba’s & meat. busting, plus new tribute act A Sky SW8 1SR. 5pm – 1am. Happy Street, W1V 3TG, 5pm-2am, Free. Blocheads at East Bloc: 217 City Of Honey hour from 5-8pm. Vauxhall’s Into the Deep in the basement and Road, Shoreditch, EC1V 1JN. Men Inc. at Eagle London: 349 Ken- popular Friday Night Fever at Funhouse upstairs with Heidi Lis- 10pm – 6am. £5 before 12am, nington Lane, Vauxhall, SE11 5QY. BackCOUNTER – a live set with DJ cious and the Go Go’s. £10 after. £5 after 4am. East 9pm - 4am. £5, members free Chillz 8pm-1am. Free entrance. West 5: South Ealing, Pope’s Lane, Bloc’s weekly Saturday with Martyn

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Fitzgerald and DJs on rotation Compton Street, Soho, W1D 6HN. City of Quebec: 12 Old Quebec Ignition at Bloc Bar: 18 Kentish Town 5pm-2am. The grand dame of Street, Marble Arch, W1H 7AF. Road, Camden, London, NW1 Soho pulling in a more blokey 12pm-3am. The newly refurbished 9NX. 9pm-3am. £5. The LGBT crowd. venerable institution of the gay jewel in Camden’s crown gets your Sassy Saturdays at BackCounter: scene rocks out some pop classics Saturday off to a screaming start South Lambeth Road, Vauxhall, for an evening of fun. with a night of Noughties classics SW8 1SR. Open ‘til 1:30am. G-A-Y Bar: 30 Old Compton Street. from Meth, George and that slag Vauxhall’s best kept secret for fun, 12pm-2am. Free entry. Popular Lady Lloyd. They’ll be on the gin, decadence and cocktails. TO- pop music bar with non-stop hits so a 90’s hit or two might slip NIGHT: Live DJ set from DJ Chillz on the screens and a fun, flirty through as well. 8pm-1am. atmosphere. Eagle Saturdays at Eagle London: 349 Glory Lates at The Glory: 281 King- George and Dragon: 2 Blackheath Kennington Lane, Vauxhall, SE11 sland Road, Haggerston, E2 8AS. Hill, SE10. 8pm-4am. The friendly 5QY. 9pm – 4am. Free before 10pm-2am. Free b4 10pm, £5 after. Greenwich local. TONIGHT: Titti 10pm, £6 after. With DJs Lil John Late night cabaret performances La Camp and Andy Garbi. TONIGHT: Free from Mzz Kimberley and Jonny Woo. Rose Garden’s Swap Shop/Lipsync BBQ garden party to celebrate the Counter: Arch 50, 7-11 South Saturday at Halfway 2 Heaven: 7 relaunch of the summer garden bar! Lambeth Road, Vauxhall, SW8 Duncannon St, WC2N 4JF. Open Night Sheen at Birthdays Dalston: 1SR. Vauxhall’s fabulous ALL DAY ‘til 3am. Rose Garden and DJ Little 33-35 Stoke Newington Road, weekend bottomless brunch. For John from 4pm. Showtime at 5pm. N16, 11pm – 3am. £5 adv. £8 just £25, select two plates from Followed by Xanadu from 8pm, the OTD. Night Sheen welcomes one a tempting three-course menu of Camp Disco. of Classic Music Company’s head delicious and creative dishes and Ku Bar Soho: 25 Frith Street, WC1D honchos Luke Solomon to the let the prosecco and Bellinis flow 5LB. Open till 12am (3am last Fri- decks. He is joined by resident Josh freely for 90 minutes. day of the month). Perfect for that Caffe, with the music genres from New Bloomsbury Set: 76 March- Soho warm-up drinking session house and techno to ghetto tech mont Street, WC1N 1AG. 4pm- and cheeky dance with downstairs SaturGay at BJs White Swan: 556 11:30pm. Gorgeous cocktail bar DJs. Commercial Road, E14 7JD. 8pm in the heart of Central London. The Light Lounge: 1 Newport Place, – 5am. Free entry before 10pm. Happy hour 4-8pm daily. WC2H 7JR. 5pm-12am. Enjoy the X-Factor homo treats DIVA FEVER Bridge Bar: 8 Voltaire Road, SW8 Ku Group’s newest venuve; a bou- will be gracing the stage for your 6DH, 4pm-12am. Free. Snug gay tique cocktail bar. 2-4-1 cocktails pleshurez. bar in a railway arch, offering 5-7pm all week. Duckie at The Vauxhall Tavern: 372 cocktails, wines and light meals, Two Brewers: 114 Clapham High Kennington Lane, Vauxhall, SE11 plus outdoor seating. Street, SW4 7UJ. 10pm-4am. Free 5HY. 9pm-2am. £6. Duckie’s flag Central Station: 37 Wharfdale Road, b4 10, £8 after. Cabaret and club- ship rock ‘n’ roll honky tonk. Kings Cross, N1 9SD. Open ‘til bing ‘til late at the famous venue. Klub at Ku Bar Lisle Street: 30 Lisle St, 4am. FREE b4 10pm. Cabaret then House Party at The Village: 81 WC2H 7BA. 10pm-5am, FREE b4 DJs ‘til late. Wardour Street, W1V 3TG, 9pm- 10:30pm, £5 after. The party contin- Old Ship: 17 Barnes Street, Lime- 3am. Snap crackling pop upstairs ues in Ku’s basement club with hot house, E14 7NW. 8pm-12am. Free. with Heidi Liscious & Robyn Banks, pop and floor fillers from the DJs. Local gay bar in East London’s Lime- plus chunked up deep tech club Savage at Metropolis: Strip Club, house. TONIGHT: Lola Lasagne. vibes in the basement. 235 Cambridge Heath Road, E2 Circa: 62 Frith Street, Soho, W1D West 5: South Ealing, Pope’s Lane, 9NN. 11pm-5am. £5. Weekly 3JN. 4pm-4am. Soho’s intimate W5 4NB. Open from 8pm. The Saturday club night from the Sink but packed-out bar/club spot popular West London club, bar The Pink crew. watches Munroe Bergdorf and and cabaret spot, with added Glitter Bomb at The Shadow Lounge: friends werq the floor! Piano Lounge fun. Brewer Street, Soho, W1G 0RF. 10pm-3am. Let disco do its dance with live entertainment, dancers and DJs. G-A-Y at Heaven: Villiers Street, WC2N 6NG. 10pm – 5am. £5 entry wristbands available from G- A-Y Bar, Free entry with wristband. Hefty hits and huge acts at the palace of pop. Sweatbox: Foam Party at 1-2 Ramilies Street, Soho, W1F 7LN. 24 hours. 24hr pass £17, 48hr pass £19. Unwind and release some tension after a stressy week with the all the fun of the foam at Sweatbox’s original weekly party.

BARS & CABARET Ku Bar Lisle Street: Chinatown, WC2H 7BA. 6pm-3am. One of London’s hottest gay bars and clubs. Comptons of Soho: 51-53 Old

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The Yard: 57 Rupert Street, Soho, NW1 9NX. 5pm-1am, Free. Virgin the more social gays around the get 2 brunch courses and bottom- W1D 7PL. Midday ‘til Late. FREE. Xtravaganazah soothes away your Kings Cross/Bloomsbury area. less bellinis for £25. Served from Renowned as one of Soho’s most weekend sins. Rejoice! Brunch by Old Ship: 17 Barnes Street, Lime- 11am-5pm. unique and popular destination Carey Browne’s Grill all day. house, E14 7NW. 8pm-12am. Comptons of Soho: 51-53 Old Comp- venues, with terrific outdoor space. 3 Of A Kind at BJs White Swan: 556 Cabaret: 8pm. Free. Local gay ton Street, Soho, W1D 6HN. 12pm- Commercial Road, E14 7JD. 3pm bar in East London’s Limehouse. 11.30pm. The real queen of Soho. SUNDAY 10TH JULY – 2am. Free entry. New Sunday TONIGHT: Candy Slag in Drag & Bar Alex Eugenio from 8:30pm- CLUBS & EVENTS cabaret fun at The Swan, with Jason Prince. ‘Soulful House with a Disco Twist’ Beyond at Fire: South Lambeth Cosmic, Sandra & Krystal Ball Power of Three at Two Brewers: 114 plus Happy Hour from 5 ‘til close! Road SW8 1RT, 4am – afternoon New Bloomsbury Set: 76 March- Clapham High Street, SW4 7UJ. Backing The Stars at Halfway 2 (afterhours) £13 with flyer/ad Don’t mont Street, WC1N 1AG. 4pm – 5pm-2am. FREE b4 8pm, £4 after. Heaven: 7 Duncannon St. WC2. let your Saturday night stop! Head 11:30pm. Gorgeous cocktail bar in South London’s legendary club, bar 7.30pm. Karaoke with singer Kevin to Beyond for the likes of Fat Tony, the heart of central London. Happy and cabaret spot with Miss Jason, Walsh on hosting duties. HiFi Sean and Miswhite! Hosted by hour 4pm – 8pm daily. La Voix & Sandra. The Light Lounge: 1 Newport Place, Chrissy Darling and JJ Clark. Counter: Arch 50, 7-11 South West 5 South Ealing, Pope’s Lane, WC2H 7JR. 5pm-11:30pm. Enjoy Horse Meat Disco at Eagle London: 349 Lambeth Road, Vauxhall, SW8 1SR. W5 4NB. From 8pm The popular the Ku Group’s newest venue; a Kennington Lane, Vauxhall, SE11 Brunch, lunch, dinner or cocktails – West London club, bar and cabaret boutique cocktail bar. 2-4-1 cock- 5QY. 8pm – 3am. £6. Unbridled the weekend continues. spot, with added Piano Lounge fun. tails 5-7pm all week. Sunday night fun! Disco delights and Victoria Sponge Presents! at Central The Old Ship: 17 Barnes Street, handsome stallions abound. With Station: 37 Wharfdale Road, Kings MONDAY 11TH JULY Limehouse, E14 7NW. Local gay special guest Carry Nation. Cross, N1 9SD. Open ‘til 4am. CLUBS & EVENTS bar in East London’s Limehouse. Disco Brunch: Soul Food at Dalston FREE b4 10pm. Spongy Sunday fun Popcorn at G-A-Y Heaven: Villiers Superstore: 117 Kingsland High from Victoria Sponge! Street, WC2N 6NG. 11pm- TUESDAY 12TH JULY Street, E8 2PB. 12pm – 4pm. Sun- Big Gay Songbook at The Glory: 281 5.30am. £5 b4 1am, £8 after, CLUBS & EVENTS day fun, music, cocktails and music Kingsland Road, E2 8AS. From Last admission 3:30am. FREE with Bar Wotever at The Vauxhall Tavern: to lull you out of that hangover 3pm – 1am. Free entry. Keyboard wristbands from G-A-Y Bar b4 1 372 Kennington Lane, Vauxhall, stupor! This week it’s soul clas- covers of your fave hits with Rudi am. Massive mixed mash-up with SE11 5HY. From 7pm, show at sics feat. Chaka Khan’t & Dance Douglas and friends. four rooms of top sounds, from 8:30pm. £5. Genderbending Armstrong. Circa: 62 Frith Street, Soho, W1D upfront, progressive house to chart cabaret, live music and perfor- Sunday Social at The Vauxhall Tavern: 3JN. 4pm-4am. Soho’s intimate but hits, via R&B tuneage. mance at the monumental Vauxhall Royal Vauxhall Tavern, 372 Ken- packed-out bar/club spot with the Eagle London: 349 Kennington Tavern. nington Lane, SE11 5HY. 3pm most amazing DJ booth in town. Lane, SE11 5QY. 9pm – 2am. Free Klub at Ku Bar Lisle Street: 30 Lisle – 12am. £4 members/£5. Weekly Brunch off Broadway at Counter: entry. All new Eagle lounge bar! St, WC2H 7BA. 10pm-3am. FREE. Sunday fun at The Vauxhall Tavern, South Lambeth Road, Vauxhall, With dancing and drinks offers. The party continues ‘til late in the with cabaret and DJs on rotation. SW8 1SR. 12pm-3pm. The funniest Hard-Up Mondays at Sweatbox: 1-2 Ku basement. TONIGHT: Charlie Hides TV brunch this side of Bleecker Street, Ramilies Street, Soho, W1F 7LN. Eagle London: 349 Kennington Orange at Fire: South Lambeth piano bar delights. 24 hours. Under 25s FREE all day, Lane, SE11 5QY. 9pm – 2am. Free Road, SW8 1RT. 11pm -7am. £1 George and Dragon: 2 Blackheath £16 others. Finding Mondays hard entry. All new Eagle lounge bar! entry before 1am. £8 til 4am. £13. Hill, SE10. 8pm-2am. FREE. The to handle? Relieve the pressure With dancing and drinks offers. Orange gives you 100% fresh friendly Greenwich local. with this discounted day for under house. Rotation of superhot DJs ev- CK Sunday at Halfway 2 Heaven: 25s (ID required) at Soho’s only BARS & CABARET ery week, including Fat Tony, Zach 7 Duncannon Street, Charing gay sauna. Circa: 62 Frith Street, Soho, W1D Burns, D’johnny, Chris Barker, and Cross, WC2N 4JF. Open ‘til 11pm. Ku Klub at Ku Bar Lisle Street: 30 3JN. Open ‘til 1am. Soho’s inti- hosted by Glendora! Another award winning Sunday at Lisle St, WC2H 7BA. 6pm-3am. mate but packed-out bar/club spot Halfway to Heaven! FREE. DJs play the weekend out on with the most amazing DJ booth BARS & CABARET New Bloomsbury Set: 76 Marchmont a wave of hot pop. in town. Sunday Mass at Bloc Bar: 18 Kentish Street, Bloomsbury, WC1N 1AG. The Big Bingo Show at Vauxhall See you Next Tuesday at Halfway 2 Town Road, Camden, London, 4pm-11.30pm. Open all week for Tavern: Royal Vauxhall Tavern, 372 Heaven: 7 Duncannon Street, Char- Kennington Lane, SE11 5HY. 7pm ing Cross, WC2N 4JF. From 9pm. – 12am. Free. Mad bingo with See you next Tuesday with Bette TImberlina! Rinse and DJ LittleJohn Bridge Bar: 8 Voltaire Road, SW8 BARS & CABARET 6DH, 4pm-12am. Free. Snug gay Q Factor at Bloc Bar: 18 Kentish bar in a railway arch, offering Town Road, Camden, London, cocktails, wines and light meals, NW1 9NX. 5pm-1am, Free. plus outdoor seating. TONIGHT: Showtime 8pm. Come down to Quiz night, try to win a £60 bar Camden’s brightest queer jewel for tab if you’ve got the smarts! a queer little talent contest, hosted The Light Lounge: 1 Newport Place, by Silver Summers and Head WC2H 7JR. 5pm-11:30pm. Enjoy Judge Vanity Von Glow! the Ku Group’s newest venue; a Superficial at The Glory: 281 boutique cocktail bar. 2-4-1 cock- Kingsland Road, E2 8AS. 7:30pm. tails all night. £15 (£12 concessions). Pat Cash’s Quiz Night at The Old Ship: 17 Barnes new play starts 12 day run at Street, Limehouse, E14 7NW. The Glory! A ridiculous carnival 9.30pm. Local gay bar in East through pop music, masculinity London’s Limehouse. and drag. Karaoke at Two Brewers: 114 Counter: Arch 50, 7-11 South Clapham High Street, SW4 7UJ. Lambeth Road, Vauxhall, SW8 Bar open 4pm-2am. FREE b4 1SR. Brunch in Vauxhall gets even 10pm, £3 after. Popular South better! This Bank Holiday Monday London cabaret/club spot.

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