Musts & Maybes Wednesday 28th July -
Wednesday 4th August

Wednesday 28th July

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• Work at Hidden, 100 Tinworth Street, Vauxhall, SE11 5EQ. 11pm-4am. £3 each with QX advert, £6 others. London’s busiest and biggest mid-week club featuring booming sounds, including pop, R’n’B, UK funky, old skool, hip-hop and bashment beats for a gorgeously multiracial party crowd. TONIGHT: Socialite about town Ahmed Jones hosts this Rude Boi/Rude Girl party with guest DJ Niyi Maximus Crown.

• RVT Hot August Fringe at The RVT, 372 Kennington Lane, Vauxhall, SE11 5HY. The stunning summer season of avant-garde performers, comedians, edgy cabaret and other sensational acts. See feature, page 30 for details.

• Barcode Soho at 3-4 Archer Street, Soho, W1D 7AP. 4pm-1am. FREE. Kris Di Angelis loops, samples and mixes new and classic house sounds with happy hours until 10pm and a friendly party vibe.

• Wasted Wednesday at Barcode Vauxhall, 69 Albert Embankment, Vauxhall, SE1 7TP. 4pm-1am. FREE. Chilled house in the front bar with all night long happy hour deals!

• Shinky Shonky at Ku Bar, 30 Lisle St, WC,2. 10pm-3am. FREE. Boogaloo Stu presents a unique clubbing experience of wild capers, game shows and madcap antics.

• Amateur Strip at BJ’s White Swan, 556 Commercial Road, E14. 9pm-3am. FREE. This infamous night sees spunky East End totty get totally naked to win big dollar. Expect outrageous cabaret stars hosting and a professional stripper to show you how it’s done.

• Shadow Boxer at The Shadow Lounge, 5 Brewer Street, Soho, W1. 10pm-3am. FREE b4 11, £5 after. Teaming up with Box bar in Covent Garden. Discounts on drinks at the Box with your Shadow Lounge membership card, free entry and discount on house champers, too!

Thursday 29th July

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• G-A-Y Late at 5 Goslett Yard, off Charing Cross Road, WC2. 11pm-3am. Hot pop sounds get played out across the club, drink specials, cute guys and an almost unrivalled highly electric atmosphere. Open 7 days a week.
  
  
• Industri at Barcode Vauxhall, 69 Albert Embankment, Vauxhall, SE1. 8pm-late. FREE. Minty hosts a superb social for those hotting up for the weekend ahead. Expect off-duty DJs, gogos (with their clothes on) and clubland’s most social reprobates.
  
  
• G-A-Y Porn Idol at Heaven, Villiers Street, WC2N 6NG.11pm-4am. FREE. The return of the notorious strip contest! Take it all off to be in with a chance to win £100 on the night or a grand prize of £1,000! Text 07769 792 443 or e-mail pornidol@g-a-y.co.uk to enter, either by yourself or with a friend. Plus, top pop tunes across this legendary venue.
  
  
• Retrosexual at Ku Bar, 30 Lisle Street, Leicester Square, WC2. Open ‘til 3am. FREE. Tasty Tim goes back to his new romantic roots and presents a fabulous night of shoulder-pads, big hair and even bigger tunes. Bringing everything that’s good from the 1980s.
  
  
• Gravity at Fire, South Lambeth Road, Vauxhall SW8. Midnight-8am. £5 with flyer/ad, MOTD. Get your Thursday fix of the coolest pumping house, a sexy crowd, cool laser and light show, plasma wall and LED dance bar.
  
  
• RVT Hot August Fringe at the RVT, 372 Kennington Lane, Vauxhall, SE11 5HY. The stunning summer season of avant-garde performers, comedians, edgy cabaret and other sensational acts. See feature, page 30 for details.
  
  
• OMG/Monroe Towers at The Edge, Soho Square, W1D 3QF. Two of London’s newest drag starlets take over as Munroe Bergdorf and Alyna Chic deliver two floors of popstastic, drag-fuelled action.
  
  
• Homosocial at Barcode Soho, Archer St, Soho. Weekly musical melange and male bonding session returns as DJs spin classic disco, soul, funk and house.
  
  

Friday 30th July

• Onyx 1st Birthday ‘Shades Party’ at Area, 67-68 Albert Embankment, Vauxhall, SE1. 10pm-5am. FREE with ad/flyer before 12, 12/£6 after, £5 advance, £6 NUS. The Friday night throw-down that gets busier every week. Music across three rooms playing house, pop and tech/trance at this superb venue. TONIGHT: Re-writing the Vauxhall landscape in just a year, Onyx is a rockin’ Friday night party! Tonight, the first 100 peeps in get a free pair of shutter shades. Plus, Amanda Wilson performs.
  
  
• Lo-Profile at 84 Wardour St, Soho, W1. 10pm-4am. £5 with QX ad B4 midnight, £8 otherwise. Pumping house for pumped bods playing deeper house and progressive sounds at this popular Soho club attracting a super-sexy crowd. TONIGHT: Jamie Head and Tony English work the d:floor.
  
  
• Bump at Barcode Vauxhall, 69 Albert Embankment, Vauxhall, SE1 7TP. 4pm-6am. FREE b4 10pm, then FREE b4 12 with QX advert in this issue, £4 after. Superslick Vauxhall club/bar venue welcomes Wayne G back for another bass bumpin’ session of upfront house from superstar guest DJ Bimbo Jones alongside Stewart Who?, Jo Public and co.
  
  
• Tonker at Eagle, 349 Kennington Lane, Vauxhall, SE11. 9pm-3am. £5 after 10pm. Big bear bar boozing, cruise and tunes has disco, house & soul, then sexier vibes ‘til late for hot daddies, bears, cubs and their admirers.
  
  
• Camp Attack at Heaven, under the arches, off Villiers Street, WC2. 11pm-4am. Discount with advert in this issue. Eternally popular night celebrating the best music spanning four decades: 70s, 80s, 90s and Noughties... It’s Showtime in the DP, with sing-a-long at 1am. TONIGHT: Paparazzi in the Star Bar featuring Jodie Harsh and Kris Di Angelis.
  
  
• Shadow Therapy at the Shadow Lounge, 5 Brewer Street, Soho, W1. 10pm-3am. free before 11pm; £5 after. Soho’s swish ‘n’ sassy drinking and dance spot features Kris Di Angelis and Paul Heron on the decks spinning electro pop, dance and vocal house.
  
  
• The Cave at Barcode Soho, 3-4 Archer Street W1D 7AP. 9.30pm-3am. FREE B4 10pm, £4 after. If you go down to Barcode Soho tonight you’re in for a big, burly, hefty and horny surprise at this night for bears, hunky homos and gruff gents and their admirers set against a stormin’ soundtrack.
  
  
• Laser Dance at Dalston Super Store, 117 Kingsland High Street, Dalston, E8 2PB. 9pm-3am. FREE. Pep Sanchez and Val Amador invite you into a laser & smoke filled space of sound in the basement. Upstairs its house and disco classics all the way.
  
  
• Rudeboiz at Fire, 39 Parry Street, Vauxhall, SW8 1RT. 11pm-4.30am. £7 with QX advert, £8 without. The original sexy night for lads who like lads, now teaming up with Eurocreme who help provide the eye candy and sexy performers every week for us.
  
  
• RVT Hot August Fringe at the RVT, 372 Kennington Lane, SE11 5HY. The stunning summer season of avant-garde performers, comedians, edgy cabaret and other sensational acts. See feature, page 30 for details.
  
  
• Popstarz at 16a West Central St, London, WC1A 1JJ. 10pm-late. £5/£7/£8. Queen of the gay indie scene. Spinnin’ top alternative, edgy and indie jams at this super-hot club space. Then, Popstarz After Dark. 3.15am (Saturday morning)-late. FREE for Popstarz guests. Spinnin’ out dirrrty tunes for a late night naughty crowd.
  
  
• A:M (afterhours) at Fire, South Lambeth Road, Vauxhall, SW8 1RT. 3am (Saturday morning)-11am. 12, £8 conc. Nutty late night club antics for a decadently mixed crowd of marys, trannies, twinks, straights and other fab creatures! Sexy electro on the main floor with the Bring Back The Funk, vinyl-only room in the Lounge.
  
  
• Black Cap at 171 Camden High Street, NW1. ‘Til 3am. Free b4 10pm, £3 after. Camp/funky house tunes with DJ Demon on the decks.
  
  
• Boudoir at The Edge, 11 Soho Square, W1. 9pm-1am. FREE b4 11pm, £4 after. Edge resident DJ Harvey Adams brings his usual high energy, chav tastic, twink filled performance to the decks with the best pop, R’n’B and old school.
  
  
• The O Zone at Ku Klub, downstairs at Ku Bar, 30 Lisle St, off Leicester Square, WC2. 9pm-3am. Free b4 11pm, £3 after. Queen of all things pop, Dusty O, plays the most perfect modern/contemporary pop, commercial dance and r’n’b.
  
  
• Caligula at Basing House, 25 Kingsland Road, Shoreditch, E2 8AA. 10.30pm-4am. £5 b4 12, £8 after. Weekly bubblin’ club spot of cute guys, glitzy gals and electric sounds. TONIGHT: New adventures abound as the massively popular night moves to a new home!
  
  

Saturday 31st July

• Lovechild ‘Hot Tropicana’ at Fire, South Lambeth Road, Vauxhall, SW8 1RT. 11pm-7am. £10 advance, £5 with QX advert in this issue b4 midnight, MOTD. Another hot ‘n’ horny club session from the Lovechild posse, this time they welcome guest DJ/porn star Nick Wolenski to this summer sizzlin’ tropical outing. Plus the cruisey Contact Room for more tactile adventures.

• Inferno at Shadow Lounge, 5 Brewer Street, Soho, W1. 10pm-3am. FREE b4 11pm, £5 after. A top-notch evening in the sexy Shadow surroundings playing funky house and other exquisite tunes.

• Lo-Profile at 84 Wardour Street, Soho, W1. 10pm-4am. £5 w. QX ad b4 midnight, £8 others. Pumping house for pumped bods playing deeper house and progressive sounds at this popular Soho club attracting a super-sexy crowd.

• The Wanted at G-A-Y at Heaven, Villiers Street, WC2. 10.30pm-5am. Discount with QX advert or wrist bands from G-A-Y Bar. Main floor is pop, with electro, house, 80s, 90s and R&B pumped across the rest of this vast venue. TONIGHT: Hot new boy band, The Wanted, take centre stage. See pages 40-42.

• Barcode Vauxhall at Barcode Vauxhall, 69 Albert Embankment, Vauxhall, SE1. 4pm-7am. Free entry until 10pm and £5 after 10pm; £4 for dogtag holders. Stylish, sleek club-cum-bar venue, with two bars, dancefloor, hot DJ sounds and a lively, friendly crowd. TONIGHT: DJs Nick Evans and Terry Vietheer in the front bar. Alessandro, Mattias and Steven Artis in the Dance bar?

• Carpet Burn at Carpet Burn at Eagle, 349 Kennington Lane, Vauxhall, SE11. 9pm-4am. £3 b4 10.30pm, £6 after, £4 NUS. Weekly throw-down of quality pop and edgy club & dance anthems from decades past at this intensely sociable venue! TONIGHT: Clash of the Camp Titans as Carpet Burn squares up against hi-NRG night Xanadude, with DJ Fonteyn.

• Deep Inside vs Phat Bitch at Dalston Super Store, 117 Kingsland High Street, Dalston, E8 1RT. 9pm-4am. FREE b4 11pm, £5 after. Luke Howard’s old school club concept goes head-to-head against drag DJ doyenne Tasty Tim’s bitchin’ night out.

• Circus ‘Pyjama Party’ at Paramount, Centre Point tower, 101-103 New Oxford Street, WC1A 1DD. £1o advance from Unconditional (Monmouth Street), £15 OTD. Jodie Harsh’s traveling club concept returns to the top o’ Londontown for another raucous club session. This time, it’s a pyjama party special with guest hosts Polly Fey alongside Scottee, Alexis Knox, Kingsley Wells and Luke Baden-Barnsley with DJs Filthy Dukes.

• Beyond (after-hours) at Area, 67 Albert Embankment, Vauxhall, SE1. 6am (Sunday morning)-1pm. £10 advance, £12 OTD. The UK’s biggest and best afterhours party every Saturday night/Sunday morning, with 3 rooms of sensational house music from brilliant DJs, plus sexy shows with dancers and performers.

• West 5 ‘15th Birthday Garden Party’ at 5 Popes Lane, Ealing, W5 4NA. From 2pm. Cabaret from 4.30pm. Donations to Food Chain. Come and join West London’s most fun-filled day as this popular venue celebrates 15 years.

• XXL at 51-53 Southwark Street, London Bridge, SE1. 10pm-6am. £8 members, £12 guests. Another full-on, attitude-free fur-fuelled fun-fest of men, music, mischief and mega-good times.

• Barcode Soho at 3-4 Archer Street, Soho, W1D 7AP. 4pm-1am. FREE b4 10pm, £4 after. Two floors of this modern gay club/bar packed with hot, horny hunks.

• The Black Cap at 171 Camden High Street, NW1. Open ‘til 3am. FREE b4 10pm, £4 after. Commercial and funky house with DJ Littlejohn.

• Fabulous at Ku Klub, 30 Lisle St, Leicester Square, WC2. 10pm-3am. FREE b4 11pm, £3 after. DJ P and Tuomo Fox present all of the best chart and pop music for a lively, young and up-for-it crowd ‘til the early hours.

• Lady Lloyd’s Love Box at The Edge, 11 Soho Square, W1. 9pm-1am. The luscious Lady Lloyd presents her Lovebox in the super camp, super funky club bar. Disco classics, top chart tunes and funky remixes.

• Duckie at RVT, 372 Kennington Lane, Vauxhall, SE11. 9pm-2am. £6. Post-poofter purveyors of progressive entertainment, hosted by Amy Lamé with music from Readers Wifes.

Sunday 1st August

• Revolucion! at Opal, Hungerford House, Victoria Embankment, WC2N 6PA. 6pm-1am. £5 advance, £6 with QX advert in this issue, MOTD. Club promoter empress Megan teams-up with Stevie B for a new club concept in this luxury West End venue. Joining Stevie on deck duty will be Danny Gilligan. Plus, cheap drinks specials and more.
  
  
• Later at Fire, South Lambeth Road, Vauxhall, SW8. Midday-7pm. £5. The after-after party for the dedicated disco bunny at Vauxhall’s popular club venue. Classic house in the main room plus, chill-out in the Later garden. TONIGHT: Pack your skimpiest Speedos as Team Later bring in a giant Balearic pool for the day!
  
  
• Social Sunday at Barcode Soho, 3-4 Archer Street, Soho, W1D 7AP. 4pm-10.30pm. FREE. End of the weekend blow-out as DJ Julio Bravo spins an eclectic mix of disco, power pop, New York house and electro at this fun playground with a friendly crowd. TONIGHT: Due to popular demand, now going weekly!
  
  
• Booster at Area, 68 Albert Embankment, Vauxhall, SE1 7TP. 7pm-late. £8, £5 wristbands from Later. The new club kid on the block opens its doors for a late afternoon/early evening Sunday session of sunny house sounds and happy punters.
  
  
• S.L.A.G.S./Chill Out at RVT, 372 Kennington Lane, SE11 5HY. 2pm-midnight. £8 b4 7.30pm, £5 after. The weekly institution that pulls a thoroughly dedicated crowd playing big dance anthems with The D.E. Experience on stage at 5:30pm.
  
  
• Horse Meat Disco at Eagle London, 349 Kennington Lane, Vauxhall, SE11. 9pm-3am £6. The Horse Meat Disco gymkhana continues to shake Vauxhall down every week. Residents spin super-kewl sounds with weekly guests.
  
  
• Sundays at Barcode Vauxhall, 69 Albert Embankment, Vauxhall, SE1. 5pm-1am. FREE. A plethora of hot disc jocks spinning equally fiery house sounds across two rooms of this super-modern Vauxhall gay club/bar.
  
  
• Orange at Fire, South Lambeth Road, Vauxhall SW8. 11pm-9am. £12. End the weekend as you mean to go on… at Sunday night’s most infamously funked-up club spot, playing pumping house on the main floor, minimal tech house in the RAW room. Pull a sickie tomorrow, anyone?
  
  
• Blah Blah Blah at The Edge, Soho Square, W1D 3QF. 8pm-11.30pm. Blow away those Sunday blues and witness the latest chart run down fresh off the press!
  
  
• Strictly Sunday at BJs White Swan, 556 Commercial Road, Limehouse, E14. 6pm-late. Retrotastic tea dance offering everything from ballroom to disco via Latin, Salsa, Jive... and line dancing.
  
  
• Sunday Sundae at Audio, Marine Parade, Brighton. 6pm-11pm. £2 b4 8pm. The South Coast sensation is set for a (hopefully) scorching summer of slick house and hot totty. Free BBQ (subject to weather).
  
  
• Hit Factory at Ku Bar, 30 Lisle St, Leicester Square, WC2h 7BA. 8pm-3am. FREE, £3 after 11pm. Lady Lloyd takes over the reigns every Sunday night playing out pop gems and commercial cuts for a funky, fresh and feisty crowd.
  
  

Monday 2nd August

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• Bearcode at Barcode Vauxhall, 69 Albert Embankment, Vauxhall, SE11 5AW. 4pm,-1am. Happy hour from 4pm-1am. FREE. Grrrowl your way to house happiness as this trendy Vauxhall club space welcomes in the hairy, hirsute and hunky for this Monday meltdown of epic proportions.
  
  
• Shadow Couture at The Shadow Lounge, 5 Brewer Street, Soho, W1. 10pm-3am. FREE. Open mic night with special guest appearances by top names. DJ Kevin spins the tunes.
  
  
• Popcorn at Heaven, under the arches, Villiers Street, WC2. 11pm-6am. FREE b4 1am w. wristband, NUS free all night, £4 others b4 12/£8 after. The massive mixed Monday night mash-up featuring four rooms of top sounds, from progressive house to chart hits via R’n’B tuneage. TONIGHT: The Sharp Boys are back for another mega session.
  
  
• RVT Hot August Fringe at RVT, 372 Kennington Lane, Vauxhall, SE11. Return of the RVT’s stunning new summer season of avant-garde performers, comedians, edgy cabaret and other sensational acts. See feature, page 30 for details.
  
  
• Pop Muzik at Barcode Soho, 3-4 Archer Street, W1D 7AP. 4pm-late. FREE. Monday nights at this funky Soho hotspot for hunky homos get poppin’ to the sound of top commercial tunes and dance from Tasty Tim and Leonardo Glovibes.
  
  
• Kinky Kabaret at Freedom, 66 Wardour Street, Soho, W1F 0TA. 11pm-3am. £5. Fabulous weekly cabaret and performance spot featuring and wild and wacky array of artists, singers and sensationalists. Hosted by the inimitable Dusty O.
  
  

Tuesday 3rd August

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• RVT Hot August Fringe at the RVT, 372 Kennington Lane, Vauxhall, SE11. Return of the RVT’s stunning new summer season of avant-garde performers, comedians, edgy cabaret and other sensational acts. See feature, page 30 for details.
  
• Comedy Camp at Barcode Soho (basement), Archer Street, Soho, W1. Doors: 7.30pm. Show: 8.30pm. £8 members (+£2 membership). The original gay comedy night hosts top weekly talent.
  
• OMFG! at The Shadow Lounge, 5 Brewer Street, Soho, W1. 10pm-3am. New weekly hot spot of top pop floorfillers and discoelectro anthems by Lady Lloyd and Kris Di Angelis at this snazzy Soho club.
  
• G-A-Y Late at 5 Goslett Yard, off Charing Cross Road, WC2. 11pm-3am. The weekend begins early or finishes late to a melodious mix of classic chart pop and current hits.
  

Get Your Rocks off!
Your Dirrrty Diary Your guide to what's Hot on the Scene Wednesday 28th July -
Wednesday 4th August

30/07/10: Scally Ladz
This is the night for all lovers and admirers of chavy, council chic and cock as Scally Ladz returns to Central Station. Horny blokes from all over the UK decked out in their best trackies, footie tops and Reeboks will all be cumming together for a council estate orgy that will knock your Burberry cap off! So get yer kit on and cum! Central Station, 37 Wharfdale Road, Kings Cross, N1 9SD. 7pm-12am. £5.

30/07/10: Frock Up Fridays
It’s tranny time at the Play Pit and if you’re a gentle-lady that has a flair for glamorous make-up and extravagant femme frocks then this is your chance to show’em all exactly what you’ve got! Every last Friday of the month get together with other fab trannies and mingle like there’s no tomorrow, compare make-up and tucking tips while sipping on soft drinks like a lady! Full changing and make-up facilities will be available for those that want to pull a Linda Carter (AKA Wonder Woman!) Play Pit, 357 Caledonian Road, Kings Cross, N7 9DQ. 2pm-8pm. Girls £10, Gentlemen £20.

30/07/10: RUT
London’s slutty and strict leather and/or rubber-only dress code night returns for a scorcher of a summer party full of horny leather lovin’ blokes and sexy rubber lads. Super smutty DJs Dick Rock and Jon Delano will be playing nothing but the dirtiest of dance tracks to keep the good times cumming ‘til they just can’t cum no’ more! For an unforgettable night full of kinky fetish fantasies check this special night out for an experience you’ll want to repeat again and again! The Hoist, Arches 47b+47c Lambeth Road, Vauxhall, SW8 1RH. 10.30pm-5am. £10.

31/07/10: Hard On
If you are in the mood for (very) dirty dancing then get your kinky ass to Hard On at Hidden for a horn-fest extravaganza! Super slick DJs Steven Black and Brent Nicholls will be playing sexy tribal beats in the Red Room, or cruise your way over to the Blue Room where Dmak, Hugo’sland and Halo-is will be spinnin’ tougher uplifting beats to kick that ass into action! There will be plenty of up for it guys in the Playroom with sensual leather sofas to chill and have fun on, plus loads of space to live out your wildest fantasies. Cum and indulge in it all! Strict fetish dress code too, so no plain jeans or trainers. Hidden, 100 Tinworth Stree, Vauxhall, SE11 5EQ. 10pm-5am. Membership essential at least 24 hours before event from www.hardonclub.co.uk. £15 for members, £20 for guests of members (max. 2).

06/08/10: SEXDANCE
After a fantastic launch event last month, Sexdance returns! A leather, rubber, naked and fetish party for all from the boys that bring you Nudity, Sexdance is about great music, sexy men and having a saucy time - whatever the naughtiness that gets you going! There’s also a backroom to play in as well as hot beats on the dance floor featuring chunky house, electro beats and hard house, provided by DJs Barry Ditson, David Jaxx and Red&Blue. Union 2 (Goding Street entrance), Vauxhall SE11. 11pm-5am. £10 includes free annual membership.

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