QX Magazine

17/05/13: VOYAGE VOYAGE! – INTERNATIONAL RESCUE

Yes Voyageurs, they’re back pour la troisième fois à Vogue Fabrics (that’s French for summink, innit) with a musical and visual buffet par excellence! And this is what they have lined up for you this month: Having debuted new material at BURN recently, your hostess A Man To Pet has kept a little something back, and will perform a new piece exclusively for you! Come see what she has up her diamante-gloved sleeve. They’re proud to welcome your very special guest disc-jockeys The Sugarlow Boys, who will be putting their own unique spin on the music that we call global pop. And as it’s Eurovision Eve, resident disc-jockey Johnny Kalifornia will probably play a few more of those 3-minute wonders than usual.

Vogue Fabrics, 66 Stoke Newington Road, N16 7XB. 10pm-late. £3 before 11.30pm, £5 after.

18/05/13: G-A-Y PRESENTS EUROVISION WITH ALCAZAR

So you’ve seen Eurovision at G-A-Y Bar, and you want to carry on the party in the same theme, what’s a boy to do? Go see Alcazar at G-A-Y @ Heaven, of course! Sweden’s hosting the Eurovision so G-A-Y creates a Swedish Big Reunion, featuring the Swedish band renowned across Europe for huge single ‘Crying at the Discotheque’ and yet more camp kitsch. Look out for the usual perfect pop blend of commercial pop on the Main Floor, commercial R’n’B in the Star Bar and 80s/90s/00s and 01s in the Pop Room of Heaven.

Heaven, Villiers Street, Charing Cross, WC2N 6NG. 10.30pm-5am. £4 entry wristbands available from G-A-Y Bar.

18/05/13: XXL LEATHER

This Saturday, XXL are serving another sexed-up ‘Leather special’ – making us splash out on another new harness and keeping us on our toes, right!? Bugger that, we’re gonna be on our knees by the end it… but less of that. Anyway, today we’re bored of all the teddy bear, honey-pot and ‘going into the woods’ jokes we usually make, so today we’re just saying it’s XXL Leather, so if you wanna get the full experience, wear leather, get down there and grab yourself a bear, otter or a cub.

Pulse, 1 Invicta Plaza, Southwark, SE1 9UF. 10pm-7am. Members £8, Guests £15

18/05/13: THE STUD

The Stud is the first gay(ish) night to be held at the Horse & Groom, brought to you by the team who delivered the infamous midweek rave-up that was Disco Paradiso at the Joiner’s Arms. Held in the intimate rock & roll upstairs parlour of London’s most cutting edge pub, this monthly party aims to deliver the abandon of the 70s, excess of the 80s, swagger of the 90s, and the newness of now. With international DJ/producer Wayne G and regular East London and gay scene maestro Stewart Who? 

The Horse & Groom, 28 Curtain Road, East London, EC2A 3NZ. 9pm-late. Free before 10pm, £4 before midnight, £5 until 4am. Concessions = £1 less.

18/05/13: MANBAR

This and every Friday Manbar presents Hombre. Think muscle marys in wrestling masks and lycra, throw in an all-star DJ line-up, cheap shots and you’ll have a pretty good idea what’s going down. And if the three Jagerbombs for a tenner doesn’t have you on the floor, we’re sure the sounds of their residents will. Alessandro Londra, Pier Morocco, Brent Nicholls, Severino and Ross Jones are just some of them serving the sexy beats.

79 Charing Cross Road, Soho, WC2H 0NE. 9pm – 3am. Free entry.

18/05/13: LITTLE GAY BROTHER PRESENTS BIG TOP

Roll up, roll up, the circus is coming to Dalston Superstore! Ladies and gentlemen, twinks and bears, you are cordially invited to play with the Big Top as Little Gay Brother teams up with Dr Clive’s Circus, who will be bringing their travelling freak show to East London after their performance at Jackson’s Lane Theatre. Upstairs Dave the Unicorn is your Ring Master with his baggy hoop and crew of gypsy clowns, with music and merriment by Chris Camplin, James Phillips and NuAge. Downstairs The Lion Tamer will be keeping those pussies at bay so only the strongest of men survive his whip, and the beats continue with Per QX, Terry Vietheer and C_A_C. Come down for the greatest show on earth and get bent over the elephant’s trunk! (Not literally).

Dalston Superstore, 117 Kingsland Road, Dalston, E8 2PB. 9pm-4am. Free before 10pm, £5 after.

18/05/13: TRANNY SHACK EAST

Mother of all drags, Dusty O, brings her midweek party to the East to show the kids just how the boys dressed as girls do. Tasty Tim, Jonathan Bestley and Lady Lloyd will be providing the commercial soundtrack to get you twerking. We love the fact that the ‘ladies’ will be mixing it up – and we’re not talking about their gender; these bitches gon’ be ruling the Bloc!

East Bloc, 217 City Road, Hoxton, EC1V 1JN. 11pm – 6am. £10 b4 midnight, £12 after, £5 after 3am.

20/05/13 – 26/05/13: BEAR PRIDE

This month, Bear Pride grabs the May Bank Holiday by the balls – and back hair – with a week of burly and butch events to get you growling for more. From Monday to Friday, Kinsey Sicks dragapella will be performing nightly in a hilarious and camp cabaret. On Saturday, XXL’s residents Christian M, Alex Logan, Joe Egg and Phil Mariott unite for the main event which will see the archways packed out with bears aplenty.

While Sunday sees one hell of a ‘closing party’! With all the residents plus special guests Freemasons and Cahill, it’s set to be a night of epic promotions fur sure – how could any bear (or other gay) say no?

Pulse, 1 Invicta Plaza, Southwark Street, SE1 9UF. Mon – Fri 7.30pm – 9.30pm, Sat and Sun 9pm – 9am.

26/05/13: BLOCHEADS

Blocheads returns to the East End for the bank holiday Sunday with a splash – quite literally! Taking over Club Aquarium on Old Street, the only nightclub in London with a heated swimming pool, you’re going to be able to enjoy a crazy pool party all night long alongside Blocheads’ usual clubbing magnificence. A super-stellar line-up of DJs sees Pagano, Kris di Angelis, Tom Stephan, Cathal, C_A_C, Richard Mortimer, Jacqui Potato, Jonbenet Blonde and Joshyouare all playing! A true gay all-nighter for East London, this is presented in association with Hot 2 Trot, and featured Ursula Snakes, Kennedy Carter and Tomino on hosting duties. Don’t miss.

Club Aquarium, 256-260 Old Street, Shoreditch, EC1V 9DD. 11pm-8am. Tickets £10, more on the door. 

26/05/13: G-A-Y vs POPCORN

London’s biggest week-day club night and the giant of pop clubbing collide for a one off Sunday special featuring the best of both clubs under one roof! Get ready to rumble as the mighty pop sounds of G-A-Y on the main floor meet the hands-in-the-air hedonistic house of Popcorn in the Star Bar, as the Pop Room spins all the best ‘90s hits for this Bank Holiday blow out to end them all! PLUS, get your FREE entry wrist bands from G-A-Y Bar.

Heaven, Villiers Street, WC2N 6NG. 10.30pm – 5am. FREE entry wrist bands from G-A-Y Bar.

G-A-Y BANK HOLIDAY 5-DAY WRIST BAND

It’s simples, boys and gurls! One wristband = 5 days FREE entry across two venues! You may have failed at algebra but any dimwit can figure out that this is one offer not to be missed. Grab a wrist band from G-A-Y and enjoy all FIVE of these events for FREE: G-A-Y Porn Idol on Thursday 23rd; G-A-Y Camp Attack on Friday 24th; G-A-Y @ Heaven on Saturday 25th; The one-off G-A-Y vs Popcorn Bank Holiday special on Sunday 26th; and finally Popcorn’s ‘Royal House Garden Party’ with the Sharp Boys on Bank Holiday Monday 27th May.

The G-A-Y Bank Holiday FREE Wrist Band is available from G-A-Y Bar.