Proclaiming, “Chains and whips excite me…” we’ll tell you now that Rihanna ain’t the Only Girl In The World with a taste for S&M. So whether you like to be the one slung in a sling, or the one with the power (and paddle), here’s a guide for cruising, bruising and browsing – there’s something for every dirty, deviant bitch out there… join the Fetish Fair!
VENUES
THE BACKSTREET
As well as providing daily cruising for all manner of naughty geezers, those East End boys get Buff when The Backstreet hosts fun-filled naked and nearly-naked nights three times a week. Attracting a wide-ranging crowd of guys for attitude-free naked-only sessions, Buff runs on Wednesdays from 7pm-11pm and Sundays (except the first Sunday of each month) from 6pm-10pm (plus after-party ‘til late for those in the venue – no admission after 9.30pm). Buff Saturdays (naked and underwear/sportswear) run weekly from 6pm-10pm with attractions on offer including full bar, outdoors smoking area and play space and horny visuals. The ever-accommodating team will even supply you with a big bag for your clothes and a smaller one for your condoms, lube and cash. Check it out!
The Backstreet, Wentworth Mews, Mile End, E3. £8 members/£9 non-members, includes FREE drink. www.ma1.co.uk
THE HOIST
Located beneath the rumble and clank of Vauxhall’s overground rail station, The Hoist has brought fantasies to life as a fully-equipped fetish playground for many a sleaze-filled year. The world-famous cruise venue incorporates two action-packed arches including a well-stocked bar, labyrinthine cruise maze, fantastically-furnished play room, filthy vids ‘n’ visuals and its very own resident shoe shine boy, not to mention a diverse array of desirable dudes packing out the place on any given night. Bend over for a spanking sesh at Boys & Sirs this Saturday (13th October) from 2pm-7pm, or whip ‘em off at SBN (Stark Bollock Naked) and NBN (Nearly Bollock Naked) – this Sunday, 2pm-7pm and 7pm-1am respectively. Meanwhile, make a date for the annual Mr Hoist Rubber contest on Saturday 27th October in conjunction with Invincible Rubber. A whopping £500 is up for grabs along with the chance to represent the UK in Chicago at International Mr Rubber. Dress code is strictly enforced!
The Hoist, Arches 47B & 47C South Lambeth Road, Vauxhall, SW8. www.thehoist.co.uk
TED’S PLACE
Attracting one of the most loyal followings in West London, the popular Men’s Night has been a fixture for the last six years, complete with affordable drinks prices, friendly staff and a randy crowd of blokes. Meanwhile, TV/TS nights have been going strong for two decades, making it one of the longest running TV/TS venues on the London scene.
Ted’s Place, 305A North End Road, West Kensington, W14. 7pm-11.30pm Mon-Fri, 7pm-11pm Sun. Closed Sat. www.tedsplaceuk.co.uk
THE UNDERGROUND CLUB
A veritable bastion of fetish activity in London, The Underground Club, beneath Central Station in King’s Cross, offers a dizzying calendar of fetish fixtures to suit all kinks or perversions (well, most of the ones we can think of, and we can think of a lot!). Whether you’re a no-nonsense sportswear fan (monthly Shoot! and Scally Ladz), lust after suited types with a penchant for pinstripe (monthly City Boyz) or just love a good old-fashioned bare-bottom whacking from a portly gent in lederhosen (Spankz), this near-legendary venue is bound to have something for you.
What else is on? Come To Daddy draws in a randy crowd of bears, daddies, cubs, chubs and chasers for boozin’ ‘n cruisin’. Pants worships the wonder of undies – meet up with a crowd of like-minded guys who think sexy bottoms are tops.
Put your best foot forward every third Friday for Feet on Friday for guys who like feet, socks and footwear do their thing. Think kink as Collared hits every second and fourth Saturday of the month. Explore your fantasies and try out new activities whilst making new friends. There’s also: Fetishbound for friendly BDSM fun; S.O.P. for water works activists; Butt Naked for those who like to bare all; and Sweet Wednesday is the in-house TV/TS night. Finally, if you have a penchant for exhibitionism and want to watch it after, XXX Club lets you get your rocks off and get filmed, with a DVD available afterwards.
37 Wharfdale Road, London N1 9SD. www.theundergroundclub.net
THE VAULT
Located within groping distance of Warren Street tube, this welcoming venue features a fully-stocked bar, comfortable seating for watching the boys go by, and a dazzlingly appointed cruise maze complete with nooks, crannies, naughty video screens and more. Get down with the guys for steamy sessions including the all-naked Stripped, Lockergear Underwear Party and ever-popular Night Cruise – open seven days a week!
The Vault, 139-143 Whitfield Street, Fitzrovia, W1T. www.vault-london.com
SPECIAL EVENTS
Every Friday: FITLADZ
The Friday night ‘spunktacular’ continues weekly as Vauxhall’s Barcode hosts Fitladz fun for sporty boys and cheeky chappies. Whack on your Reeboks and trackies or just come as you are to see what all the fuss is about as DJs PJay and Pete Blakely whip up a dancefloor storm of vocal, progressive and tech beats. Promoter Steve Darragh says: “Fitladz prides itself on not taking the whole ‘sex scene’ too seriously and being more about having fun. The atmosphere is very friendly and welcoming and this attracts some ladz not wanting to get into the heavier side of the scene. We still do hold specialist parties emphasising the fetish side of sports wear such as grey trackies nights, sports shorts nights and footie kit nights. On the 11th October Fitladz Fetishismo will encourage everyone to come down wearing their kit and get in for just a fiver.” We say get your funky ass down to Barcode quicktime!
Barcode, 69 Albert Embankment, Vauxhall, SE1. 10pm-8am. £8/£6 with QX ad. www.fitladzclub.co.uk
12/10/12: JACKHAMMER CLUB
A new club night for those into more extreme sex. It’s a kinky and friendly orgy, with people advised to use coloured bands to signify what they’re into – making it all the more easier for you to find the right one(s) to get you hot. See the website for more details and venue information…
13/10/12: XXL – LEATHER
Those XXL honchos get wild for a man-lovin’ ‘Leather’ outing as the capital’s biggest weekly bears bash indulges its fetish this Saturday. Christian M, Mark Ames and Alex Logan go hell-for-leather on the pounding Pulse main dancefloor whilst top pop-daddy Joe Egg gets a litter darker than usual with a jukebox selection of super-smashes from the past to the present. Four action-packed arenas also include mega chill areas, drinks specials, massive garden and supersized cruise space. Strap on those chaps for a night of studs ‘n’ stomping as the XXL crew blow the roof off the South Bank!
Pulse, 1 Invicta Plaza, SE1 9UF. 10pm-7am. £8 members/£15 non-members. www.xxl-london.com
13/10/12: HOTWIRED
Hotwired returns for a third monumental annual outing this Saturday 13th. The massive leather and rubber bash hijacks the industrial wasteland of Ewer Street car park for a Berlin-style roof-raiser guaranteed to turn you on. Futuristic DJ action includes Jon Delano, Brent Nicholls, Dick Rock and Hugo’sland tearing up dirty, progressive electro on the main floor, whilst smokin’ gun Pistol Pete joins Luscious Flajore for dark ‘n’ sexy beats in the Play Space. A horned-up crowd get down across two well-equipped play areas, plus chill out room and outdoor zone. Dress code of leather and rubber only!
Ewer Street Car Park, 29 Great Suffolk Street, SE1. 10pm-6am. £25 advance, MOTD. Check out www.hotwiredlondon.com for more details.
14/10/12: GUMMI
Rubber-lovers get frenzied as men-only Gummi hits The Hoist every second Sunday of the month. This weekend sees the lads going undercover for a ‘Hoods, Gags and Masks’ special that’ll have you heavy breathing in no time. Live out your deepest fetish fantasies at a sexy session through ‘til late with a crowd of like-minded men. Changing room and coatcheck available, members and non-members welcome!
The Hoist, Arches 47B & 47C South Lambeth Road, Vauxhall, SW8. 6pm-midnight. www.gummi.org.uk
18/10/12: SM GAYS
Formed more than 30 years ago and run by volunteers without any funding, SM Gays is a not for profit social and educational group aimed at gay men interested in consensual, sexual sado-masochism. Whilst it may sound like a slightly kinky offshoot of the Bromley Ornithological Society we’ll wager their ‘discovery nights’ are a damn sight more exciting than sitting in a pop-up hide for hours on end with nothing but a tartan Thermos and a pair of steamed-up binoculars for company. Conversely, the SM gentlemen are ‘bound’ to be getting up to all sorts when they meet for a ‘Bondage – Outer Casings’ discovery night on 18th October at The Hoist. If you like being tied up, or would like to find out more, simply head on down!
The Hoist, Arches 47B & 47C South Lambeth Road, Vauxhall, SW8. 8pm-midnight. £6 (concessions available with proof of entitlement). www.smgays.org
19/10/12: HUSTLABALL BERLIN 10TH ANNIVERSARY
The world’s most famous fetish event returns for its 10th anniversary party in Berlin! Taking over the infamous Kit Kat Klub, expect a packed-out party of hot sounds from DJs Steven Redant, Fabio White, Micky Friedmann, Ben Manson, and many more. Plus porn studs Spencer Reed, Landon Conrad, Jonathan Agassi, Sebastian Keys and an army of other horny lovers provide the visual entertainment!
20/10/12: NUDITY
Strip down to the absolute essentials for men-only naked partying every second and fourth Friday of the month as Nudity lets it all hang out with a bouncing bevy of buff blokes getting into the swing of things. From dazzling DJ events to thrill-packed foam parties, it all happens in the altogether, right in the heart of Vauxhall. Don’t miss the Big Naked October Foam Party on Saturday 20th when the crew unleash a tidal wave of bubbles from late night to early morning – check out the web page for updates!
Big Naked Foam Party at Union, 66 Albert Embankment, Vauxhall, SE1. 10pm-5am. £15 members/students, £20 non-members. Membership and discount advance tickets available online. Regular Friday parties at Union 2, 66 Goding Street, Vauxhall SE11. www.nudityclub.co.uk
27/10/12: HARD ON
Suzie Krueger’s long-running dirty dance club is back in full effect this month as Hard On hijacks Union for a super sleaze-fest. Get your fetish freak on for roof-raising spurting grooves with residents Brent Nicholls and Hugo’sland, plus hot and sweaty performance from up ‘n’ cumming Freshsex/UK Naked Men/Cazzo porn stud Bryce Cruise. Get down to it in the darkrooms, sling maze and wet area, relax in the chill out bar or kick back on the heated smoking terrace before heading back into the fray at one of the most legendary fetish parties in town. Plus, October’s Hard On is sponsored by Xlube.com with FREE samples available for clubbers but remember the dress code of rubber leather sports kit skin gear or just boots is strictly enforced – no plain jeans or trackies. Trainers are permitted with sports kit only!
Union, 66 Albert Embankment, Vauxhall, SE1. 10pm-late. £15 members/£20 guests. www.hardonclub.co.uk
HOIST BASEMENT BERLIN
The infamous rent-a-dungeon in the heart (and balls) of gay Berlin contains a modern dream upstairs and a torturous wet dream downstairs. Bondage wheels, hanging cages and a multitude of restraints and collars mean you’re bound have a good time. And no neighbours mean you can scream like the little submissive bitch you are.
08-11/11/12: MASPALOMAS FETISH WEEKEND, GRAN CANARIA
The Yumbo centre is set to be taken over by even more kinky Europeans than usual. Expect more leather than DFS, more subs than your local sandwich shop and a wide range of kinky events. What better way is there of keeping warm this winter?
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RECON EVENTS
The RECON Events team has been keeping busy over the past months! Event Manager, Antoin, said: “This year has been really hectic for us. Fetish Week London was hugely successful and it’s simply opened the door for even more fun events. The website is getting busier with updates. It would be great to think that our members can travel everywhere we go.” Look out for the RECON boys at the events below and see www.recon.com/events for more details:
Saturday 20th October: Full Fetish Antwerp – The Boots 29th Anniversary
Saturday 3rd November: Full Fetish Chicago – Mr International Rubber Weekend
Saturday 10th November: Full Fetish Paris @ Full Metal
Saturday 1st December: Full Fetish Amsterdam @ The Eagle Amsterdam
Saturday 29th December: Full Fetish New Year’s Weekend – London @ Fire
Saturday 19th January: Full Fetish Antwerp – Leather Pride Belgium 2013
