Gay London Life | Sept '24 Edition - Magazine - Page 6
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If you’ve never been to The Cock Tavern before, we can’t force
you. We can’t personally wrench you out of your armchair and
pop you on the Northern Line down to Kennington. However,
we can at least TRY to make you see the error of your ways.
It’s a gem of a gay boozer, complete with eclectic decor, a glam
cocktail list and a throbbin’ dancefloor brought to life by a fab
roster of resident DJs (Dom Topics, Mike Menace and Aamyko
among them). There’s also a queer open mic night on the last
Sunday of the month. Have we convinced you? That was easy.
340 Kennington Road, SE11 4LD
Nearest Station: Kennington
Frank’s Closet
Make musicals gay again! Make them full of dolled-up dancers,
The Old Ship
belting singers and more glittery frocks than RuPaul’s self-storage
Nestled away in the leafy backstreets of
unit. Agree with this campaign message? You’ll love Frank’s Closet, a
Limehouse, The Old Ship is a neighbourhood
show returning to Wilton’s Music Hall for another stint this September.
drinking den for the East London LGBTQ+
It follows the story of Frank, who has to clear out his diva dresses from
community and anyone lucky enough to call them
his closet, but what’s this? It’s actually the entrance to a fantasy world
friends. It’s famously welcoming and refreshingly
populated by musical divas dishing out advice through the medium of
free of pretensions. Wednesday is quiz night,
song? We sense a gloriously uplifting two hours awaits.
which is hosted by Question One, while it’s drag,
Tuesday 3rd to Saturday 14th September, Wilton’s Music Hall,
drag, drag on Saturday and Sunday nights.
1 Graces Alley, E1 8JB
This month, you can enjoy the songs of Martha
Nearest Station: Aldgate East
D’Arthur on Saturday 7th and the layered flavours
of Lola Lasagne on Sunday 8th.
The Locker Room
17 Barnes Street, E14 7NW
Nearest Station: Limehouse
Look, we know that a lot of gay guys have fantasies about gym
changing rooms, but rather than putting them into practice
and risking a lifetime ban from the Aldersgate branch of
Virgin Active, why not head to the Locker Room instead?
This Kennington venue has everything you need for a horny
escapade — a twenty-man sauna, a sixteen-man steam
room, and twelve private cabins. Not to mention some themed
events happening throughout the month, including bear night
every Tuesday and naked nights on the first Thursday and last
Saturday of the month.
6 Cleaver Street, SE11 4DP. Nearest Station: Kennington
Of all the reasons we love Ku Bar — and
ZODIAC
Fridays
trust us, there are a lot — we love that
Right, the working week’s done and dusted,
it’s a genuine day-into-night destination.
which is always a cause for celebration. Where
You could pop in during the afternoon for
better to head than ZODIAC Bar? Fridays start
coffee on the terrace, head into the main
off with Fun and Gaymes Campbaret, hosted by
bar come evening time with the post-work
Dee Chanelle and Farrah Mills — as the name
crowd, catch Cocktails and Cabaret
suggests, this means all sorts of quizzes, prizes and
upstairs in the Lounge (every Sunday,
performances. After 9pm, members of the ZODIAC
Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday), and
clan of queens take to the stage, be that the Z
finish it off with a bit of dancing down in the
Dolls, the Lip Zync Assassins or the daring duo of
basement Klub — Bombshell hosted by
Eileen Eiffel and Solero Summer. Then, who knows,
the inimitable Lady Lloyd on a Wednesday
perhaps a late-night shimmy down in the Z Club?
night is always a highlight.
119 Hampstead Road, NW1 3EE
30 Lisle Street, WC2H 7BA. Nearest Station: Leicester Square
Nearest Station: Euston
Ku Bar
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