London has the world's most diverse late night gay scene. Mainly located around its three gay villages - Soho, Shoreditch and Vauxhall - there's a gay nightclub to suit every taste, with music policies ranging from R&B and pop to full-on funky house via more underground, edgier sounds. There are, of course, many one-off and special events that happen around town to keep a look out for. And if it's something more 'adult' that you're after, then there's a whole heap of men-only and fetish special interest clubs out there, too.
CARPET BURN
04/05/13: The first Saturday of the month and a bank holiday weekend? What better way to spend the night than having “a right effing knees up,” as promised by Carpet Burn.
TONKER 10TH BIRTHDAY
22/03/13: Oh yes, in 2013, it’s still very much about the bears! Ten years ago when Tonker swung its doors open to provide a burly, beefy alternative for London’s pruned and preened gay scene, the bear as we know it today was still very much an outsider amongst outsiders.
MR EAGLE
16/03/13: There are few better reasons for going out than the opportunity to stare at hot guys and judge on appearances. Or so I’m told.
THE TONKER 10
Tim Jones: “Tonker started as an idea from three of us - Tim, Tony and Lee - back in 2002, and from there we have grown into an international brand and one of the biggest weekly bloke nights in London.
EAGLE 9TH BIRTHDAY
09/02/13: QX Club News hit top Vauxhall hotspot, Eagle London, as the crew celebrated an amazing nine years of first class partying with a dazzling display of disco, decadence and debonair dudes last Saturday.
LIKE AN EAGLE…
...sang 80s porn star Dennis Parker. Now Eagle London is following suit and spreading its wings, ready to reach loftier heights as it enters a new era offering its hot-blooded homo horn beasts a whole new array of entertainment with its ‘Sex Entertainment License’ and impending 9th birthday! Owner Mark Oakley reveals all to Cliff Joannou…
CLUB R18
27/01/13: Leather, pleather and SEX! The Eagle in Vauxhall now has a sex license, which means the birth of a new night called… Wait for it… R18.
CARPET BURN BIG NYE KNEES-UP
31/12/12: Being the filthy homosexuals that we are, we’ve always preferred a New Year’s Steve to a New Year’s Eve – but given the immediate unavailability of the former we headed down to Vauxhall’s Eagle for a stomper of a Carpet Burn NYE knees-up that saw the guys heralding the dawn of 2013 in classic style.
CARPET’S BEST CUTS OF 2012
Celebrating the biggest moments of the year with the Carpet Burn crew…
BEARS VS BULLYING!
Ahead of the big Tonker Christmas party this week, Patrick Cash catches up with club promoter Tim Jones to find out what to expect, and organiser of the ‘Inclusion for All’ programme Shaun Dellenty to talk about the charity the club is supporting…
TONKER
14/12/12: As the nights get colder and my 300-count duvet fails to do the job, I find myself increasingly in need of a big strong man to warm my toes and chop firewood.
EAGLE SATURDAYS
08/12/12: Life at QX Towers really is a glamorous whirl taking in one glitzy red carpet reception after the next – and so it was that we found ourselves limousined like superstars to the heart of London’s Vauxhall for the launch of a hot and happening new retail experience at one of our favourite venues last weekend.
CARPET BURN’S TASTIEST TRANNY CONTEST
01/12/12: London’s sassiest she-males were out in force as Carpet Burn marked World AIDS Day with a shagpile spectacular in the form of a ‘Tastiest Tranny Ball’ at the Eagle last Saturday.
XXL – 12TH BIRTHDAY
15/09/12: Last Saturday saw Mark Ames’ XXL, Europe’s biggest bear club, reach the ripe old age of 12, and although subtitled ‘The Dirty Dozen’ this was no Charles Bronson military takeover, but a glorious mix of bare hairy chests, suits, leather, sportswear, cammo and even twinks.
TONKER – PARIS GYM NIGHT
14/09/12: What a BEARilliant idea! It’s a match made in heaven, Paris Gym in Vauxhall and Tonker united for a night of hair raising drink, dance and good eatin’ (and that’s a lot of hair to raise for bear!).
HORSE MEAT DISCO ‘CARNIVAL’
26/08/12: Vauxhall’s Eagle got set for a bank holiday blast as Horse Meat Disco galloped into town for a rampaging ‘Carnival’ bash last Sunday.
HORSE MEAT DISCO
‘DRAG BALL’
03/06/12: “Would you be a judge for this year’s Drag Ball?” asked Eagle owner Mark Oakley. Before the words had even left his mouth I’d started working on my Simon Cowell scowl and planning my finest ‘talk to the hand’ gestures.
DRAG IT UP
Horse Meat Disco celebrates the Queen’s 60 years with a Diamond Jubilee Drag Ball on Bank Holiday Sunday! Turn up and turn it out, whether you dress in theme or just stick any ol’ wig on to simply join in the fun. Cliff Joannou speaks to promoter James Hillard…
FUNK & RIDE
26/05/12: On Saturday night we took ourselves south of the river to Vauxhall, where Eagle London was hosting another monthly ‘Funk & Ride’.
TONKER
25/05/12: QX Club News hit the Vauxhall tiles for a night of bumpin’ beats and beefy blokes as Tonker got grizzly at Eagle London last weekend.
