Gay London Life | April '25 Edition - Magazine - Page 8
Going Out
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Ku Bar
The Old Ship
Freedom Bar
Right, let’s pretend you’re a twink who’s fresh off
Yes, it’s more old-school than an afternoon of
Not only is there never a quiet night at this
the train from Fuckknows-under-Lyme and you
watching Dinnerladies on UK Gold with a big
Soho fave, but there’s never a boring one,
know next to nothing about London’s LGBTQ+
bowl of Angel Delight on your lap, but The Old
either. The first half of the week is dominated
nightlife. Your first port of call should be Ku
Ship is as lovable a pub as you’ll find anywhere
by performance nights down in the basement,
Bar. Here, you can find a little of everything that
in London. She comes to life on the weekends
including Kinky Kabaret on Mondays and High
makes the city so special. There’s Cocktails and
when drag queens take to the stage and treat the
on Heels every Wednesday. Then from Thursday
Cabaret upstairs in the Lounge every Sunday,
crowd to a few show-stopping numbers and a
night onwards, it’s all about dancing and swinging
Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday. You’ve
bit of sharp-tongued patter. Over the May Bank
on those poles until oh-my-god-is-that-the-
got late-night parties down in the Klub, like
Holiday weekend, you’ve got the truly unique
time-o-clock. If you’re more of an early bird these
BOMBSHELL every Wednesday. And you’ve
Sandra (pictured) on Friday 4th, Gran Canaria
days, you might be interested to learn that there
also got the immaculate vibes of the ground-
royalty David Dale on the Saturday and the Voice
are happy hour drink offers until 8pm Monday to
floor bar. Welcome to London, darling!
of London herself, Tony Sinclair, on the Sunday.
Friday, or until 6pm on Saturday or Sunday.
7 Lisle Street, WC2H 7BA
17 Barnes Street, E14 7NW
60-66 Wardour Street, W1F 0TA
Nearest Station: Leicester Square
Nearest Station: Limehouse
Nearest Station: Piccadilly Circus
Groove Aspect
80:20
The Cock Tavern
We are being well and truly spoiled with Bank
The brief is dead simple with this one — resident
Holiday Weekends at the moment and what better
DJs Wayne David and Paul Joseph (plus the
What’s happening at Kennington’s most happening
way to make the most of an extra day off work than
occasional special guest) limit themselves to only
boozer this month? Well, the queer and quite frankly
spending a copious amount of time on a dance
playing pop, indie and dance released between
ridiculous rodeo night, Bonanza, will be ridin’ back into
floor? If you’re feeling particularly daring, you
1980 and 2020. And let’s just say, they know how
town on a horse with no pronouns on Thursday 29th
could try out the debut outing of Groove Aspect in
to pick a tune from these four decades that’ll send
May, while it’s also the pretty self-explanatorily titled
Brixton. This polysexual party has a huge line-up
a dance floor into a frenzy. This is the sort of club
Queer Open Mic Night on Sunday 25th from 5.30pm
of genre-spanning queer DJs booked across two
night that leads to big sing-a-longs heard down in
onwards. Hit up the Cock on any other night, however,
rooms who’ll be playing everything from reggae
Stockwell and startled realisations that, yes, you
and you can be sure that the backroom dance floor will
and amapiano to R&B and soulful house for a full
still haven’t forgotten a single word of Aly & AJ’s
be popping off thanks to one of the rotating cast of DJs
eight hours.
Potential Break-Up Song.
that take up residence behind the decks.
Saturday 3rd May, 9pm-5am, Bricks,
Third Saturday of the month (17th May),
340 Kennington Road, SE11 4LD
414 Coldharbour Lane, SW9 8LF
9pm-4am, Eagle London, 349 Kennington Lane,
Nearest Station: Kennington
Nearest Station: Brixton
SE11 5QY. Nearest Station: Vauxhall
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