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33 Stoke Newington Road

The East End’s queer, alternative pub and performance venue. Full of local creative and fashion folk. The jewel in London’s alt scene.

117 Kingsland High St

Dalston Superstore serves up food in the day and sounds at night. Arty, alternative, hipster and very gay. Basement dance floor.

483 Hackney Road

The former George Dragon moves east to it’s new Bethnal Green venue. East End hipsters plus their straight friends. Dancefloor.

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30 Old Compton Street

Commerical pop, cheap drinks and video screens on Central London’s gayest street! Busy, afterwork and young crowd.

Bars & Clubs

London

WayOut Club @ Minories

1 review

64–73 Minories

London’s biggest transgender club, every Saturday. For trans people and their admirers/friends.

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London

G-A-Y Club @ Heaven

9 The Arches

Megabrand G-A-Y hosts its main Sat night pop party @ Heaven. Thursday: G-A-Y Porn Idol, Friday: G-A-Y Camp Attack, also @ Heaven.

Bars & Clubs

London

Eagle London

349 Kennington Lane

South London Castro-style bar for hairy boys, hipsters and local lads. Eagle London is home to the world-famous disco night and DJ group Horse Meat Disco (Sundays). It also hosts different nights every week: check the Eagle London website for deta...

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London

Beyond @ Fire

44 Parry Street

Hedonistic dance music and show-stopping performances at this global party club.

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London

Duke of Wellington

77 Wardour Street

Local-style Soho gay pub. Decent prices and down-to-earth vibe means it’s always busy. Guys pack the outside area after work.

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London

Fire

39 Parry St

One of London’s iconic gay clubs in Vauxhall, with several dance floors some hosting straight parties. Follow their agenda to understand when the gay parties take place (Beyond, Orange).

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London

Central Station

37 Wharfdale Rd

Traditional gay boozer in down-at-heel King’s Cross. Free pool tables. Regular cabaret and perfomance. Cruise clubs in basement.

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London

Popcorn @ Heaven

The Arches (off Villiers St)

On Monday Heaven is home to Popcorn, a night of house, dance and RnB. Open from 23:00pm til 05.30am.

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London

Admiral Duncan

54 Old Compton St

Unpretentious bar with cabaret on London’s gayest strip.

Bars & Clubs

Manchester

Alert!

105-107 Princess Street

Alert is a popular gay club in Manchester which adds a touch of sleaze to your evening. Expect a skinhead and fetish-crowd, along with a dance floor, a dark-room, and some adults-only cruising.

Bars & Clubs

London

Bethnal Green Workingmen’s Club

42-44 Pollard Row

Regular queer and drag/fashion nights at this East End venue. Please check ahead as every night is not LGBT.

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Belfast

Boombox

108 Donegall Street

Boombox is a gay club in Belfast, offering club nights and hosting events with international DJs and drag acts from local queens and RuPaul’s Drag Race royalties. Opening hours: Monday 10pm 2:30am; Wednesday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday 10pm 3am; ...

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Brighton

Bulldog

31 St James's Street

The Bulldog is « Brighton’s premier gay bar since 1979 ». Two floors of entertainment, cabaret, karaoke, DJs

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London

Circa

62 Frith Street

Sleek and trendy Soho bar. Open till 01.00am every day of the week. Kick back on the old Chesterfields or dance to pop and commercial house.

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London

Comptons of Soho

51-53 Old Compton St

Stalwart of the Soho scene, Comptons attracts a mixed, manly crowd, often piling out onto the street. Cheap drinks and no frills!

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Manchester

Cruz 101

101 Princess Street

Cruz 101 is one of Manchester’s most popular nightclubs. It is open five nights a week, and offers pop music and various theme nights. It is particularly busy on Thursdays.

217 City Road

East London meets East Village NYC at this electro pop, disco and house club. Check their FB for club night updates.

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London

Freedom Bar

66 Wardour St (off Old Compton St)

Stylish and sophisticated cocktail bar in Soho. Trendy (sometimes flashy!) crowd.

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London

Friendly Society

79 Wardour St (the basement at Old Compton, enter Tisbury Ct)

Kitsch basement bar in Soho with small dance floor. Fun décor. Gay boys often bring their gal pals. Fun crowd.

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London

King William IV

77 Hampstead High St

Traditional gay boozer in one of London’s most exclusive hoods. Local, friendly crowd.

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Belfast

Kremlin

96 Donegall Street

Kremlin is Northern Ireland’s main gay club and first genuinely gay-owned and managed venue, since 1999. The club, with a layout and decor reflecting Soviet Russia has three distinct areas: Tsar (cocktail lounge), Long Bar (a two level disco bar) ...

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London

Ku Bar & Ku Klub

30 Lisle St

Stylish venue attracting a young crowd. Pop and commercial music. Gay Tea Dance on Sunday, Ku Live and karaoke night Mondays.

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Manchester

Manto

46 Canal Street

Manto bar opened in 1990 and its large glass windows were actually a big revolution at the time in Manchester Village ! Some say this was the kickoff of the Village as it is now. Many Queer as Folk scenes (the British version) were filmed here.The...

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Belfast

Maverick

1 Union Street

The Maverick bar presents itself as ”a radical alternative at the heart of Belfast’s Queer Quarter”. This gay bar is open everyday from 5pm to 1am, until 12am on Sundays with free entertainment every night: Hairyoke, Karaoke, RuPaul’s Drag Race sc...

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London

Retro Bar

2 George Court

Hidden alternative gem in central London. Queer, friendly pub playing 80s, 90s indie, pop and rock. Two floors.

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Manchester

Richmond Tea Rooms

Richmond Street

Don’t mhis this place if you go to Manchester: this tea room is a haven of English tradition, totally redesigned with a pop touch. Thanks to the cosy atmosphere, you just want to spend hours sipping your tea and enjoying the amazing English sandwi...

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London

Royal Vauxhall Tavern

372 Kennington Lane

South London’s premier cabaret, alternative and performance spot. Home to Duckie, Saturday’s night killer indie and alt night.

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London

Savage @ Metropolis

234 Cambridge Heath Road

Insane Saturday party in an East End stripjoint from the Sink The Pink crew, famous for their glitter-filled, polysexual parties. Three floors of madness!

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London

The City of Quebec

12 Old Quebec Street

A traditional pub just off Oxford Street, the City of Quebec attracts a slightly older gay clientele. Often hosts Cabaret nights including Charlie Hides from RuPaul’s Drag Race, 1st Sunday of the month. Nearest tube: Marble Arch

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London

The Kings Arms

23 Poland Street

London’s favorite bear bar in a traditional Soho pub. DJs on Saturdays and popular Sunday karaoke on Sunday night.

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London

Two Brewers

114 Clapham High St

South London’s premier gay bar attracts big-name drag and cabaret acts and a young, fun up-for-it crowd.

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Belfast

Union Street

8-14 Union Street

Union Street is a gay bar restaurant in Belfast, opened since 2003. It’s the right place for a quiet drink during the day as it is putting on outrageous entertainment by night, with karaoke and gameshows cabaret and the infamous Sunday Bingo Show...

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Manchester

Velvet Bar

2 Canal Street

The Velvet hotel bar is worth the stop: this bar has a very ”Moulin Rouge” spirit, with a very cosy atmosphere, felted carpet and sofas and a large selection of cocktails. Pretty unique in the Village!

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London

VFD (Vogue Fabrics Dalston)

66 Stoke Newington Road

Super-cool hidden basement club in Dalston, host to gay avant garde, fashion and alternative parties, such as DirtBox (BYO poppers!).

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London

Village 512

512 Kingsland Rd

Village 512 is an exciting nightclub in the heart of London’s über-cool Dalston district. With techno and house music filling the space until the early hours of the morning, a good night out with open-minded individuals is a given at Village 512.

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London

Yard

57 Rupert St (off Brewer)

One of Soho’s best. Initmate courtyard area with upper bar. Fantastic in summer. Happy hour til 20:00. Usually busy.

23-24 Greenside Place

28 Canal Street

VIA is one of the largest and oldest gay bars in Manchester Gay Village. This is a very friendly community bar.

63 Richmond Street

GAY was already a legend in London, in Soho gay neighborhood. Since its arrival in the heart of the Gay Village, close to Canal Street, G-A-Y Bar has brought a vibrant energy to Manchester . Young crowd, pop music, 3 floors + terrace!

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London

Duckie @ Royal Vauxhall Tavern

1 review

372 Kennington Lane

One of alternative London’s best, Saturday night at the Vauxhall Tavern belongs to Duckie. Expect perfomance, sarcasm and killer indie/alt tunes.

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Bournemouth

Play Pit Bournemouth

772 Christchurch Road

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London

G-A-Y Late

5 Goslett Yard

Late-night version of G-A-Y bar. Commerical pop and dance, video screens. Opens till 03:00am Fri-Sat.

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London

George & Dragon

2 Blackheath Hill (Greenwich)

One of South London’s biggest cabaret venues with drag, piano shows, bingo. Cheap drinks 16:00-20:00.

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London

Rupert Street

50 Rupert St (off Brewer)

pub hours, upscale “fashiony-types”

Bars & Clubs

Manchester

Alter Ego

105 Princess Street,

Club Alter Ego is one of three gay clubs in Manchester. It is particularly famous for its Popastic nights on Tuesdays and Saturdays. For those whose ears are tired of generic house, this will wake up your ears! From kitschy pop music to indie sou...

Bars & Clubs

Manchester

AXM Club

100 Bloom Street

This bar-club is one of the most popular venues of Manchester Gay Venues at night.

Bars & Clubs

Manchester

Baa Bar

27 Sackville Street

Baa Bar is a chain of shooters bars. This venues located in Manchester Gay Village Manchester attracts a very young crowd. Bright and flashy colors

Bars & Clubs

London

Bar Soho

23-25 Old Compton St (at Frith St)

Fun cocktail bar on the gayest street in town.

31-34 Marine Parade

40 Lower Essex street

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London

Bootylicious @ Union

66 Albert Embankment

LGBT night for the ethinically diverse. Afrobeat, dancehall, hip-hop.

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Bristol

Bristol Bear Bar

2-3 West Street, Old Market

60, Broughton St.

8 Marine Parade

11 Harden Street

28 Horse Fair

37 Chorlton Street

At the corner of Chorlton and Canal Street, the Churchills is a karaoke pub located in the Gay Village in Manchester.

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London

Club Kali @ Kolis

Archway Roundabout

Eastern flavours meet Western classics at this gay and mixed Bollywood, Bhangra, Arabic night! A refreshing and fun night of dance.

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Brighton

Club revenge

32.34 Old Steine Street

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Manchester

Company Bar

28 Richmond Street

Company Bar is Manchester (small) bears bar. Located in the same building as ”Molly’s House”, just behind Canal Street.

Bars & Clubs

Manchester

Coyotes

14 Chorlton Street

The Coyotes Bar is a lesbian club in Manchester Village, on 2 floors.

Bars & Clubs

Manchester

Crunch

10 Canal Street

Crunch is one of the most popular venues on Canal Street, the main street of Manchester Gay Village. Very young crowd. Packed on weekends.

68 Virginia Street

31 Poole Hill , Soho Quarter

125 Hurst street

44 Queen street

53 Bloom Street

Foo Foos is one of the latest gay bar to open Manchester Gay Village.

6 Baker Street

Arcadian centre, Hurst street

16 Western street

22 Greenside Place

7 Duncannon St (at Charing Cross, West End)

No-frills Central London cabaret bar.

Bars & Clubs

Manchester

Icon Bar

Richmond Street

The Icon Bar is one of the latest bars to open in Manchester Gay Village. This is a cocktail bar, located on the corner of Richmond and Sackeville streets.

31-34 Marine Parade

143 Bromsgrove Street

53 Old Market Street

7 Albion Street

70 Hoxton St

9pm-2am

13 Hadden Street

4 Princess Street

48 Bromsgrove Street

35 Bloom Street

This 3-story bar club claims to be the oldest gay venue in Mancheter. as it opened in the 40s. It has long been the only gay club in Manchester. Very popular with drag queens, trans, transvestites Open 6 nights a week.

Bars & Clubs

Manchester

New Union

111 Princess Street

The New Union is a historic venue Manchester Gay Village. This pub has always been there and always been gay, as long as any Mancunian remembers. Rather mature crowd. The hotel of the same name is located just above the bar.

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Manchester

New York New York

94 Bloom Street

New York New York is one of the most popular bars in Manchester Gay Village. Mixed clientele of all ages.

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Nottingham

NG1

76-80 Lower Parliment Street

NG1 is the gay club in Nottingham, Midlands, with 4 distinct species, 2 dancefloors, 4 bars

Kent Street

43 Gloucester Lane

29-30 Old Market Street

Bars & Clubs

Birmingham

Our Place

2115 7th Avenue South

Bars & Clubs

Manchester

Paddys Goose

29 Bloom Street

Paddys Goose is a traditional English pub, located in the heart of Manchester Gay Village. Large selection of draft beers, food served all day.

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Bristol

Pineapple

37 St. Geoargz's Road

2824 5th Ave south

7 George Street

Queen's Shilling. The

9 Frogmore Street

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Birmingham

Quest

416 24 Th Street South

5-7 Marine Parade

10 John Street

1 Canal Street

Taurus is located at the beginning of Canal Street. It is a large bar of Manchester Gay Village, where you can also eat. Friendly atmosphere, no attitude.

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Glasgow

The Arches

253 Argyle Street

A huge complex housed in former warehouses beneath Glasgow’s railway station, sometimes hosting gay or gay-friendly parties.

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Brighton

The Basement Club @ Legends

31-32 Marine Parade

The club at Legends, a gay hotel in Brighton, UK, is open 4 nights a week, on Wednesdays, Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays. It hosts some of Brighton’s best gay nights, and has the advantage of opening very late!

Bars & Clubs

Brighton

The Club @ Charles Street

8 Marine Parade

102 Wrentham Street

17 Lower Essex Street

Bars & Clubs

Manchester

The Molly House

28 Richmond Street

The Molly House is a 2-story bar-pub-restaurant located in the heart of the Gay Village in Manchester. It has a large selection of beers. Very cosy atmosphere, terrace, 3040 yo crowd, very mixed. Crowded on weekends.

Bars & Clubs

Manchester

The Outpost

6 Whitworth Street

The Outpost is one of the many gay bars in Manchester Gay Village. It is located right next to Legends.

84 Wilson Street

33 Sackville Street

The REM bar is a 100% male bar, with a rather leather fetish crowd. It’s located close to Canal Street, in the heart of Manchester Gay Village.

58 Virginia Street

21 Sackville Street,

The Thompson Arms is a gay bar / club in Manchester Gay Village. Rather cheap drinks.

33 St james's Street

50 Sackville Street

Tribeca is one major mixed bar in Manchester Gay Village.

Bars & Clubs

London

Unskinny Bop @ The Star of Bethnal Green

359 Bethnal Green Rd

Occasional alternative night at this East London boozer. Queer boyz and girlz dance to rock’n’roll, soul, country, hip hop, indie, punk, disco... whatever!

Bars & Clubs

Manchester

Vanilla

39-41 Richmond Street

Vanilla is the ”lesbian mecca” of northern England.

31 Old Steine

East Overcliff Drive

40 Chorlton Street

This large bar that extends over two floors is located in the heart of Manchester Gay Village, on Canal Street.

152 Hurst Street

4 Richmond Street

This is a popular after-hours gay club in Manchester that is set in a basement location. On weekends it is open until 10am, meaning you don’t need to kill the vibe too early - or go home for that matter!

Bars & Clubs

London

Way Out at Zodiac Bar

119 Hampstead Road

East End drag and cabaret venue. Fri and sat club nights with drag shows. Atracts big-name cabaret. Mixed, local crowd.

72 Bristol street

Wellman's Health Sudio

218 Holborn Street

Bars & Clubs

London

West Five (W5)

5 Popes Lane (South Ealing)

West London’s longest-established gay bar. Open Wednesday-Sunday with cabaret, karaoke and drag shows. Local crowd.

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Brighton

White Horse. The

30-31 Camelflord Street

West Street

Wonky at The Warehouse

55 Prince Street

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London

Wotever World

37 Wharfdale Rd (at Central Station, King’s Cross)

6pm-midnight Tue (Bar Wotever) Wed (Film Wotever), genderqueers and their admirers

4 The Triangle

58 Old Ct

10:30pm-3am, theme nights

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