Musts & Maybes - Wed 7th May to Tue 13th May

Wednesday 7th May

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  • Barcode Soho Re-launch Party at Archer St, Soho. 9pm-1am. Kris Di Angelis and Paul Coles play at the re-launch of the slickly refurbished Barcode Soho - a brand new ground and basement floor space, plus a new 1st floor level of toilets.

  • Trannyshack at Soho Revue Bar, Walker’s Court, W1. FREE in drag/elaborate dress. Shamelessly glam lip-stickingly wild mid-week soiree in this world famous cabaret venue! Dusty O hosts and Princess Nelly spins gender-bending choons for burlesque boys, top T-girls, dolly drags and inbetweenies.

  • Topping & Butch’s School Gang at the Royal Vauxhall Tavern, 372 Kennington Lane, Vauxhall, SE11. Doors 7pm. Show 8.30pm-11pm. Open ‘til midnight. £5. Topping & Butch return for the second term of their School Gang showcase featuring a changing weekly line-up of stellar comedy names. Tonight: End of Term party! The guest funny folk this week are Phil Nichol, Andre Vincent, Hattie Hayridge and Andrew Maxwell.

  • Plastique at Lo-Profile, 84 Wardour St, Soho, W1. 9pm-2am. £2 w/QX ad, £3 others. Nick Evans and Craig Daniel provide superlative house sounds.

  • Work at Heaven, under the arches, off Villiers St, WC2. 11pm-late. 11pm-4am. £5. Boasting four rooms of contrasting scenes and music policies, from big dance tunes on the main floor, 80s/electro in the Dakota Bar, hip-hop/r’n’b/dancehall in the Star Bar, with cabaret & performance in the Departure Lounge with an electric disco mix. London work it out!

  • Shinky Shonky at Ku Bar, 30 Lisle St, WC2. 10pm-3am. FREE. Boogaloo Stu presents a unique clubbing experience of wild capers, game shows and other madcap antics. Playing a curayzee mix of pop, rock, electro and disco tunes.

  • XXL at The XXL Arches (garden entrance), 51-53 Southwark St, SE1. 10pm-3am. The mid-week bear bash.

  • Amateur Strip at BJ’s White Swan, 556 Commercial Road, E14. 9pm-3am. £2 entry. This infamous night sees spunky East End totty get totally naked to win big dollar. The outrageous Sandra hosts plus professional stripper.

  • NagNagNag at Ghetto, 5-6 Falconberg Court, Soho, W1. 10.30am-3am. Flamboyant weekly night playing out synth-pop and techno. Tonight: Darlings of the Splitscreen are live!

  • All Day Underwear at The Fort, 131 Grange Road, SE1. 2pm-11pm. £4 incl locker hire. Cruise in underwear and gawp and the packets on show!

  • DLF (Dirty Little Fuckers) at Eagle London, 349 Kennington Lane, Vauxhall. 9pm-late. Guests £2 after, members FREE.. Horny, hung, young and full of fun. A new night aimed at the laddish/street/sports kit crowd and all randy gay boys and blokes. Porn cinema, cruise area and deep sexy beats.

  • Underwear Only at Manbar, 82 Great Suffolk Street, SE1. 8pm-1am. £6 entry includes free drink + cloakroom. Best pants please! Cruise, booze and show off your tighty whites

  • Strictly Underwear at Ted’s Place, 305a North End Rd, W14. 7pm-late. £4. Does exactly what it says on the tin! Strictly underwear and sexy pants only. Don’t dress up, dress down!

  • In Yer Face at The Underground Club, Central Station, 37 Wharfdale Rd, Kings Cross, N1. 6-9pm. £4. Men only, no dress code night. Followed by Come 2 Daddy. 9pm-2am. £5. You like ‘em big, you like ‘em round. At this club you get so much more to the pound. A night for big men, the fans and fanciers.

Thursday 8th May

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  • Club Couture at Lo-Profile, 84 Wardour St, Soho, W1. 9pm-3am. £5 w/QX ad b4 11pm, £7 others. Zhoosh and swoosh along the illuminated grand entrance and find yourself in the throbbing heart of Vanity’s new weekly night dedicated to bespoke clubbing, from 1950’s glamour to the End End nu-rave scene. What will you wear?

  • Gravity at Fire, Mirror Arch (rear entrance) South Lambeth Road, Vauxhall, SW8. 1am(Friday morning)-10am. £8 w/QX ad, £10 others. The night that pulls you full force into Friday morning and onto the weekend with some seriously sexy house beats moves back to its original dance zone, the Mirror Arch.

  • Vauxhallville at the Royal Vauxhall Tavern, 372 Kennington Lane, SE11. Doors 7pm, show 8.30pm, party ‘til late. £5. Free if you dress in theme! Sensational sit-down cabaret with themed avant garde performances with Nathaniel de Ville, Timbalina and Bearlesque.

  • G-A-Y Music Factory at Astoria, 157 Charing Cross Road, WC2. 11pm-4am. £1 w/conc, 50p NUS. Less fluff than Saturday night, but still the big party atmosphere. Dance anthems on the Main Floor, retrofab 90s anthems in room 2.

  • Industri at Barcode Vauxhall, 69 Albert Embankment, Vauxhall, SE1. 8pm-late. 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 reprobates.

  • Soho Squares at W1Club (top floor) The Edge, Soho Square, W1. 9.30pm-1am. A light-up disco floor, pole dancing and superb music. The gayest party in town? Hosted by Shelly Would (we’re told she does) and DJ Alimo.

  • Cabaret at Freedom, 66 Wardour St, Soho, W1. From 8pm-3am. Miss Kimberley presents a new weekly night of song and cabaret. Tonight: DJ Manny on the decks playing a campy-lou mix of show tunes and classic fun.

  • Homosocial at Barcode Soho, Archer St, Soho. 9pm-1am. FREE. The weekly musical melange and male bonding session returns with Stewart Who? and guests playing classic disco, soul, funk and house.

  • Black & Blue at Eagle London, 349 Kennington Lane, SE11. 9pm-late. Eagle members FREE, guests £3, FREE in leather/denim/rubber. Celebrating the infamous leather & denim crowd of Eagle. Men-only meet with deep ‘n’ dirty beats as an aural backdrop for dark room indiscretions & boozy cruising.

  • Boots Only at The Fort, 131 Grange Road, SE1. 8pm-11pm. £4 entry including free locker. Strip right down to just your boots for hardcore hankypanky.

  • Butt Naked at the Cruise Loft, Central Station, 37 Wharfdale Road, King’s Cross, N1. 8pm-midnight. £5. Naked is nature’s way... to get your end way.

  • Underground Club at Central Station, 37 Wharfdale Rd, Kings Cross, N1. Spankz 7pm-11pm. No dress code, men only cruise session. Horny 11pm-3am the men only cruise and booze night with a strip act.

  • Tranny Thursday at Ted’s Place, 305a North End Rd, W14. 8pm-3am. £4. Busy weekly night of fabulous tranny disco for TV/TS and their admirers at West London’s cruisiest hangout.

  • Boots Only at Man Bar at 82 Great Suffolk Street, SE1. 8pm-1am. £8 entry including ist drink + cloakroom. One of London’s best Boot nights... Sleazy, horny... watch out for bootshine boy. Also Monday nights.

  • Play Pit Circles: Shamen at Play Pit, 76 Caledonian Road, N1. From 6pm. £3. Weekly forum expanding conversation between gay men. ‘Shamen Circle’ looks at elements, sex, energy, love, spirit and more.

Friday 9th May

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  • Digital Dirt at Redstar, 319 Camberwell Road, SE5. 10pm-4am. £3 b4 11pm, £4 after midnight, £5 after. Nagnagnag stars Fil OK and Jonny Slut say goodbye to their much-loved mid-weeker and launch this all-new monthly foray into the alternative electro club scene. The future is upon us... now dance...

  • A:M at Fire, South Lambeth Road, Vauxhall, SW8. 11pm-11am. £5 b4 3am w/QX ad, £12 after w/QX ad, £15 others. A dedicated late night crowd all flocking to London’s biggest Friday night disco dance-off. Electro grooves on the main floor, funky & uplifting sounds in the Mirror bar.

  • Lo-Profile at 84 Wardour St, Soho, W1. 10pm-4am. £7, £10. The weekend starts here with an effortless mix of funk, vocal and deeper house sounds at this buzzing Soho club venue packed with hot spunky homos.

  • Circus at Soho Revue Bar, Walkers Court, W1. £5-10. Crazy and colourful party for fashionistas, club kids, freaks and cocktucking inbetweenies. Mixed musical mash of pop, rock, crunk electro & disco from Jodie Harsh, DJ Kris Di Angelis and celebrity guests.

  • Boxing Clever at The Box, 32-34 Monmouth St, Seven Dials, WC2. 7-11pm. FREE. The Sharp Boys present a weekly night of “knock-out house music with vintage disco twists and lounge inspired moments” for a super-sexy crowd.

  • Uncut at Geisha, 75 Charing Cross Road, WC2. 9pm-midnight. FREE. If you’re loving the Spanish house sound revolution join DJ Eduardo De La Torre as he spins out some Balearic bliss alongside hostess Elektra.

  • Rude Boyz at Depot, 66 Albert Embankment, Vauxhall, SE1. 9.30pm-5am. FREE b4 10.30pm, £6 w/QX ad, £8 others. Taking Rude Boyz back to its raunchy roots, DJ Stevie B takes over the promotion reigns with his Rude Crew headed by PJay. Featuring a ‘filthy’ strip show, the return of the Scally Alley, rude cabins and easy, sleazy boys.

  • Club Nation at Profile, Frith St, Soho, W1. 8pm-1am. FREE. Gary H plays the very best in house music hosted by the gorgeous Jonny Hooley. Also Saturday.

  • Barcode Vauxhall Fridays at Barcode Vauxhall, 69 Albert Embankment, Vauxhall, SE1. 4pm-3am. FREE b4 10pm, £4 after. Serving you some seriously sexy sounds with your rounds with up-to-date tunes in the club bar and soulful US and disco house in the front bar. Plus, check out the all-new multi-mirror balled, LED lighting!

  • The Enclave at 25-27 Brewer St, Soho, W1. Lounge bar from 5pm, Club from 9pm. FREE. Sexy, funky and smart gay bar in the heart of Soho. Lisa hosts the night with DJ Alan Roche mixing the sounds plus a special celebrity guest.

  • Tonker at Eagle London, 349 Kennington Lane, Vauxhall, SE11. 9pm-late. £5 after 10pm. The big bear bar boozing, cruise and tunes night. Kicking off with disco, house & soul, then sexier vibes ‘til late. Muscle bears give out free shots and caged muscle daddies tease & titillate.

  • The ‘O’ Zone at Ku Klub, downstairs at Ku Bar, 30 Lisle St, off Leicester Square, WC2. 10pm-3am. FREE w/QX ad, £3 after 11pm. The gay scene’s queen of all things pop, Dusty O plays only the most perfect modern/contemporary pop, commercial dance and r’n’b. Plus, hot new guest DJs and cheap drinks promos.

  • TrailerTrash at On The Rocks, 25 Kingsland Road, Shoreditch, E2. 10.30pm-x late. £3 before 11.30pm, £5 after, £3 NUS. Dirty East End electro for trucker boys, roller girls, anti-fashionistas & arty alternatives. Manic mash up! Tonight: Special guest DJ La Messa (Milan)!

  • Freedom at 60 Wardour Street, W1. 10pm-3am. £5 after 10pm. In the plush downstairs disco DJ Andrew Elmore and guests spins fierce and funky uplifting vocal house to a well-heeled metrosexual, polysexual crowd. Great cocktails.

  • G-A-Y Camp Attack at G-A-Y, Astoria, 157 Charing Cross Road, WC2. 11pm-4am. Cheap, cheerful and yup, you guessed it, camp as tits! Retrofabulous classics on the main floor from the 70s and 80s, all the biggest hits from the 90s in room 2. Classic Half Hour madness at 1am.

  • Popstarz at Sin, Charing Cross Road, WC2. 10pm-4am. Now even bigger! More space, more toilets, more bars! Pulling in gay indie kids and queer club rockers from far & wide. Nu DJs, nu sounds: a bigger Pop Lounge, a bigger all-nu Rave Room and more. Hurry though, last entry is 2am!

  • The Cock at Ghetto, Falconberg Court, Soho, W1. 10.30pm-4am. £5 b4 11.30/NUS all night, £7 others. The Friday night show down of hunky homos, kewl students, drag travesties and other Soho-ites. Playing out sleazy electro, rock, crossover and house. Gogos, live floor shows and more.

  • Dollywood at Kooklub, Brighton. 10.30pm-3am. £4 b4 11pm, £5 after 11pm, £3 NUS. Infamous scene scream Dolly Rocket hosts a night of pure fun to a mish-mash soundtrack of pop, trash and disco.

  • Cruise at Manbar, 82 Great Suffolk Street, SE1. 8pm-1am. £4 b4 9pm, includes free drink b4 9pm. £6 after 9pm. Booze, cruise and play in this purpose built men-only play space.

  • Underground Club at Central Station, 37 Wharfdale Rd, Kings Cross, N1. Klub Fukk 7pm-midnight. £5. Down ‘n’ dirty cruise club. Followed by Disco Disco upferit dance session ‘til 5am. £5/3.

  • The Hoist at South Lambeth Road, Vauxhall, SW8. 10pm-3am. Arch 1 is Fetish Friday with weekly theme.

  • Boners at the Cruise Loft, Central Station, 37 Wharfdale Road, King’s Cross, N1. 8pm-midnight. £5. Hard and horny action for a men only crowd.

  • Piss at The Fort, 131 Grange Road, SE1. 8pm-11pm. £4. Wet and wild party for lovers of yellow. Splishy sploshy.

Saturday 10th May

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  • Horizon at Fire, South Lambeth Road, Vauxhall, SW8. 11pm-10am. £12 w/QX ad /conc, £15 others, £10 conc, £8 after 7am. The massive Saturday night spectacular! Pulling a diverse crowd to this mega venue there are funky tunes on the main floor, tougher, twisted beats in the Mirror Arch, classics in the Light Box with the Sharp Boys in the Lounge. Stay on to Sunday’s Later for free.

  • Megawoof! at Club Colosseum, Nine Elms Lane, Vauxhall, SW8. 10.30pm-6am. The testosterone emporium celebrates five fantastic years of Megawoof! The big, the bulky, the bold and the beautiful all gather to hear the sounds of the Hunks Who Funk at this eternally popular supa-club venue. Legendary sound system, lasers and a fabulous outside smoking terrace.

  • Heaven, under the arches, Villiers St, Charing Cross, WC2. 10.30pm-v.late. £10 q-jump advance, £6 NUS and under 21s with ID, £12 full price. Four rooms of top quality sounds at this, the queen of the scene. House on the main floor with regular shows, pop sounds from Dusty O in the Star Bar, R’n’B and hip-hop in the Dakota Bar, VIP schmoozing in the DP Lounge.

  • Lo-Profile at 84 Wardour St, Soho, W1. 10pm-4am. £7, £10. Pumping house for pumped bods playing out deeper house and progressive sounds at this popular Soho club attracting a super-sexy crowd.

  • G-A-Y at Astoria, 157 Charing Cross Road, WC2.10.30pm-5am. Advance tickets from G-A-Y Bar, Old Compton Street. Best in commercial chart and dance hits at the undisputed palace of pop with top live shows.

  • Freedom at 60 Wardour Street, W1. 10pm-3am. Shake a well-preened tail feather in the swish downstairs club bar. DJ Paul Cooper and guests spin funky house to a mixed up-for-it crowd.

  • The Enclave Masquerade Ball at 25-27 Brewer St, Soho, W1. Lounge bar from 5pm, Club from 9pm. £5 without mask, £3 with mask. An evening of veiled intentions! Amazing drinks offers, free shots and funky tunes from DJ Jonesey.

  • Reflex at 184 London Road, Kingston-Upon-Thames. 10pm-3am. Kingston’s premier gay club dance venue! Also every Thursday (girls only) and Friday (boys only).

  • Cavo Paradiso at The Edge, Ground floor and upstairs W1 Club, Soho Square, W1. Open ‘til 1am. FREE. Pop classics with DJ Nick and Ben Parkes.

  • Exilio at LSE SU Underground, Houghton St, WC2. 10pm-3am. £5 b4 11pm, £8 after. Popular long running crossover Latino music night.

  • S.H.A.G. at Geisha, 75 Charing Cross Road, WC2. 9pm-midnight. FREE. 9pm-midnight. A different top-name DJ every week playing their own style of dance, house and club classics as host Tamsin keeps all the cheeky lads in check.

  • Foreign at Bar Music Hall, 134 Curtain Road, E2. 8pm-2am. FREE. Jodie Harsh & Scottee serve up a smorgasboard of entertainment, pulling in the cutest of the alternative, fashion fagerratti.

  • Duckie at the Royal Vauxhall Tavern, 372 Kennington Lane, Vauxhall, SE11. 9pm-2am. £5. Post-poofter purveyors of progressive working class entertainment. Hosted by the fabulous Amy Lame, music by Readers Wifes.

  • Wig Out at Ghetto, 5-6 Falconberg Court, W1. 9.30pm-4am. NUS/UB40 £5 b4 11.30pm, £8 others. Weekly clash of current and retro pop, from 60s-00s.

  • All Day Boots-Only at The Fort, 131 Grange Road, SE1. 2pm-11pm. £5 Boots-only cruise session. Free re-entry at any time. Cover charge includes locker.

  • The Hoist at South Lambeth Road, SW8. 10pm-4am. Guests £10. London’s heavy duty men-only fetish club for fuckers, fisters and dirty bastards. Tonight: Rubber-up for monthly latex, rubber and PVC night Rubber Muscle.

  • Boners at the Cruise Loft, Central Station, 37 Wharfdale Road, King’s Cross, N1. 8pm-midnight. £5. Sleazy cruise fun for horny guys.

  • Eagle at 349 Kennington Lane, Vauxhall. 4pm-4am. Free b4 10pm, £4 after, members £2. Men only cuise and booze and club session.

  • Depot at 66 Albert Embankment, Vauxhall, SE1. 11pm-5am. FREE b4 midnight w/QX ad, £10 others. Vauxhall’s horniest cruise club with pumping, funking sexy house sounds and endless corners for man play.

  • Cruise at Man Bar at 82 Great Suffolk Street, SE1. 8pm-1am. £4 b4 9pm, includes free drink. £6 after. Treat yerself to a bit of man meat at London’s infamous cruise club. Also every Friday and Tuesday.

  • Underground Club at Central Station, 37 Wharfdale Rd, Kings Cross, N1. Spankz 7pm-midnight. £5. Rougher play for tough guys. Followed by Club Remix with DJ Chris Reardon ‘til 5am. £5.

Sunday 11th May

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  • Later at Fire, South Lambeth Road, Vauxhall, SW8. 11am-5pm. £5. The after-after party for the dedicated disco bunny at Vauxhall’s popular club venue. Classic house in the main room.

  • Horse Meat Disco at South Central, 349 Kennington Lane, Vauxhall, SE11. 8pm-3am. £5. The alternative alternative. Continuing to pull in the widest crowd from our colourful scene. Crazy characters cavort with gruff bears, muscle boys mingle with superlative drag stars all set to a twisted disco beat.

  • S.L.A.G.S./Chill Out at The Royal Vauxhall Tavern, 372 Kennington Lane, SE11. 2pm-midnight. £7. Dance anthems and euphoric roofraisers from the RVT residents played at this long-running, hugely popular, no holds barred weekly at London’s legendary venue. Razor wit and vocal impressions from the D.E. Experience at 5pm.

  • Lady Lloyd’s Hit Factory at Ku Bar, Lisle St, Leicester Square, W1. 8pm-midnight. FREE. Lady Lloyd takes over the reigns every Sunday night playing out pop gems and commercial cuts for a funky, fresh and feisty crowd.

  • Orange at Fire, South Lambeth Road, Vauxhall, SW8. 11pm-11am. £10 QX ad, £12 others. The original adrenaline-busting afterhours session. A funked-up dose of house on the main floor and the “sound of now” in the Raw Room playing the best minimal bleeps and blips.

  • Icon at 562 Mile End Road, E3. 9pm-4.30am. FREE b4 10pm, £4 after. A new weekly night over in East London for those after a welcome change of scenery... and sexy local lads. A large venue playing host to performers, stilt walkers, flame throwers and a quality sound and laser system.

  • Ruggercub at Two Brewers, 114 Clapham High Street, SW4. 8pm-2am. £4. Rough ‘n’ ready to party! Monthly club night for rugby boys, ruggers and cubs. Great dance, pop and chart sounds in the club room, free access to Cabaret Bar. Grrrrr!

  • Sunday 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. A refreshing alternative.

  • P.Y.T. at Ghetto, Falconberg Court (behind Astoria), WC2. 10pm-2am. £6, £3 b4 10.30pm w/QX ad/£5. Pulling in a nu generation of polysexual, friendly, homo thugs/don’t ask/don’t tells/don’t cares, Beyonce-alikes, nu ravers, lipstick lesbians and other salubrious characters!

  • Club CP at Backstreet, Wentworth Mews, Mile End, E3. 6pm-10pm. £5, £4 w/Clubcard. 1,500 square feet of horny cruise space as Club CP finds a new home. Come and whack one out at this night dedicated to the harsher side of a play...

  • Underwear Party at Man Bar, 82 Great Suffolk Street, SE1. 2pm-8pm. £8, includes freedrink + free coatcheck. £6 b4 12. Underwear cruising session. Now with showering facilities. Followed by Cruise (8pm-midnight), admission £5. Underwear Party night also every Wednesday, 8pm-1am (£5).

  • Butt Naked at the Cruise Loft, Central Station, 37 Wharfdale Road, King’s Cross, N1. 3pm-midnight. £5. Get Sunday spit roasted at this new naked cruise night.

  • Boots Only at The Fort, 131 Grange Road, SE1. 2pm-8pm. £5 Boots-only cruise session. Free re-entry at any time. Cover charge includes locker hire.

  • Play Pit Jocks at 76 Caledonian Road, Kings Cross, N1. 8pm-1am. Members £5, £7 others. It’s pants! A very naughty night for undie lovers.

  • The Hoist at South Lambeth Road, SW8. Stark Bollock Naked 7pm-2pm. £10. Take it all off and party as DJ Simon Wallis spins filthy sounds. Then the club opens for regular Hoist boozing, cruising and kinky hi jinx from 10pm-2am. Members Free/£6 guests.

  • S.O.P at Central, Station, 37 Wharfdale Road, Kings Cross, N1. 1pm-6.15pm. £6. Streams of pleasure for yellow fans. Men only. No Dress code. Followed by Gummi 7pm-midnight. £5. The rubber lovers’ playtime.

  • Ted’s Tranny Night at Ted’s Place, 305a North End Road, W14. 7pm-late. FREE b4 9pm, £3 after. The infamous West London cruise club holds a new regular tranny night. Forget the camp of sequins & big wigs, this is for the tranny that likes her bloke butch with balls... and for the man that likes his gals the same.


Monday 12th May

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  • Shadow Live at Shadow Lounge, Brewer Street, Soho, W1. 9pm-late. Live entertainment every week at this new slot followed by top club DJs ‘til late.

  • Bubblegum at Geisha, 75 Charing Cross Road, WC2. 9pm-11.30pm. FREE. A new night featuring the very fabulous Miss Dusty O play a mash-up of dance anthems, dancefloor fillers and pure and perfect pop at the bubblegum bar.

  • Eclipse at Village, 81 Wardour St, Soho, W1. Open ‘til 1am. Wind down the weekend with that boy from Saturday night or perhaps find yourself a sexy new suitor and experience Village by candlelight. Music from the 80s-90s.

  • Frat Party at Ghetto, 5/6 Falconberg Court, W1. 10.30pm-3am. Hedonistic alcohol fuelled debacle taking its inspiration from the infamous USA Frat house parties promising an orgy of inapropriate behaviour.

  • Bingo Pub Night at The Royal Vauxhall Tavern, 372 Kennington Lane, SE11. Free entry. 7pm-midnight, eyes down 8.30-10.30pm. £1 per game. Bingo by Timberlina and music from DJs Hey Balen and 50 Pence.

  • Ku Karaoke at Ku Bar, 30 Lisle St, Leicester Square, WC2. 9pm-late. FREE. The weekly karaoke and live mic session with host Danyl Johnston.

  • G-A-Y Porn Idol - Just 4 Fun at Astoria, at Astoria, 157 Charing Cross Road, WC2.11pm-4am. £1 with conc. The most daring, down right cheekiest show on the gay scene - Porn Idol! Get your bits out to win big dollars. £100 top prize. To enter text 07940 676 251 or e-mail pornidol@g-a-y.co.uk

  • Open at Fire, South Lambeth Road, Vauxhall. 4.30am (Tuesday morning)-10.30am. £5 w/QX ad, £10 others. Rejoice! The naughtiest afterparty of the week with a distinctly saucy Brazilian accent, plays funky house for a mixed bag of the sexiest, most sordid and sauciest clubbers around. Hot gogo strippers too!

  • Popcorn at Heaven, under the arches, off Villiers St, WC2. 11pm-6am. FREE b4 12, £8 after, £3 NUs/conc. The Monday night mash-up pulling in a mixed crowd of straights, gays and strays playing commercial dance, underground house and r’n’b across four rooms.

  • The Underground Club at The Underground Club, Central Station, 37 Wharfdale Road, Kings Cross, N1. In Yer Face 6pm-9pm. £4. Boys play out their bukkake (that’s wanking to you) fantasies. D.C.D. 9pm-2am. £4 dresscode, £5 others. The leather, rubber, uniform and skinhead night for horny, dirty cruise blokes.

  • Boots Only at The Fort, 131 Grange Road, SE1. 8pm-11pm. £4 entry including free locker. Strip right down to just your boots for hardcore hankypanky.

  • Eagle London at 349 Kennington Lane, Vauxhall. 9pm-late. FREE b4 10pm, guests £2 after, members FREE. Porn cinema, cruise area and deep sexy beats.

  • Boots Only at Manbar, 82 Great Suffolk Street, SE1. 8pm-11pm. £4 entry including free locker. Strictly boots only boys!

Tuesday 13th May

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  • A Brief History of Homosexuality at Bistrotheque, Wadeson Street, E2. 9pm. The House of Homosexual Culture and Timberlina present ‘A Brief History of Homosexuality’, from classical ages to modern times.

  • Polari at Green Carnation, Greek Street, Soho, W1. 7pm-11pm. Readings 8pm. FREE. Outing for gay literary lushes. Tonight: A reading from David Llewellyn, author of Eleven, Torchwood: Trace Memory and Everything Is Sinister.

  • Magazine at the Royal Vauxhall Tavern, 372 Kennington Lane, Vauxhall, SE11. Doors 7pm, show 8pm. £6.99. The legend that is David Hoyle returns to cast his acerbic yet astute eye over another season looking at the issues of the day through a series of live dispatches. Tonight’s issue: The 18th Century!

  • Pop at Soho Revue Bar, Walkers Court, Soho, W1. 10.30pm-late £3, half price with QX ad, FREE with NUS card. Weekly fix of pop and commercial tunes. The fancy-shmancy den of gay tomfoolery. Expect fab pole dancing twinks, live pop acts and Miss Dusty O on the decks.

  • Dusty O presents Karaoke O at The Village, 81 Wardour Street, Soho, W1. 8pm-midnight. FREE. Drinks from £2 5pm-8pm. The Very Miss Dusty O and Camiele Humps host the campest karaoke in town where the public belt out the biggest tracks of past and present. 1,000s of songs to choose from!

  • Play Pit Circles: Talking at Play Pit, 76 Caledonian Road, N1. From 6pm. £3. New weekly forum expanding conversation between gay men. ‘Talking Circle’ discusses the issues of sex, relationships, clubs, drugs and more.

  • Bar Wotever at Central Station, 37 Wharfdale Road, King’s Cross, N1. 6pm-midnight. Open stage (from 9.30pm) for queers with any talent they wish to share!

  • Butt Naked at the Cruise Loft, Central Station, 37 Wharfdale Road, King’s Cross, N1. 8pm-midnight. £5. Strip off and get your rocks off.

  • Comedy Camp at Barcode Soho (basement), Archer Street, Soho, W1. Doors: 7.30pm. Show: 8.30pm. £8 members (+£2 membership). Back to its home venue! The original gay comedy night hosts top weekly talent. Hosted by Simon Happily.

  • SOP at The Underground Club, Central Station, 37 Wharfedale Rd, Kings Cross, N1. 7pm-2am. Streams Of Pleasure... the description’s in the title.

  • Eagle Bootcamp at Eagle London, 349 Kennington Lane, Vauxhall, SE11. 9pm-late. FREE b4 10pm, members £2, guests £3. £2 entry in military or skin gear. A horny mix of guys into leather, jocks, boots, military and sportswear. Deep and dirty sounds by the DJs plus porn cinema and alfresco cruising space. Watch out for the bootshine boy!