Best london gay clubs

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Our newsletter hand-delivers the best bits to your inbox. Sign up to unlock our digital magazines and also receive the latest news, events, offers and partner promotions. Are you more in the market for a drink and a sit london Been there, done that? Think again, my friend. At night, anything goes.

Warm up in the upstairs bar before heading into the basement for gay of the most electric nights on offer in the city, which have seen appearances from La Roux, Arca and Charli XCX in alone. The place is steeped in history and offers up an eclectic calendar of events throughout the week. A fab new queer venue run by the time behind recently shuttered Haggerston icon The Glory, The Divine is located just a short strut down the road.

The venue is split across two floors; a main bar upstairs where you can enjoy a quiet ish drink, and a performance venue in the basement. Go along for offbeat and mercilessly camp drag shows and cabaret nights, followed by sweaty discos on its always-hectic dancefloor. Electrowerkz has been hosting cult club nights since it opened in and describes itself as 'London's oldest alternative venue'.

Spread over three floors, it's a gritty warehouse space with an ai ry inner courtyard, making it perfect for restless clubbers who like to ping from room to room. Now, it's home to more queer nights than ever before, including Roast, a 'men-only' rave for bears and their admirers that takes place every second Saturday.

Check the website to find out what's on in the coming weeks. If you thought East London was past its clubbing prime, think again. FOLD, which att racts a predominantly though not exclusively queer crowd, has a reputation for killer programming and a vibe that radiates the raw energy of grassroots clubbing. Founded by a group of artists, DJs and party people known as The Shapes Collective responsible for Hackney venue The Glove That Fits the club is made up of a capacity main dancefloor that fills up fast in the ea rly hours of Saturday and Sunday morning.

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It's open until 6am at weekends, which means it picks up plenty of punters when nearby Dalston Superstore closes a few hours earlier, but don't wait until everywhere else is shut to head down: excellent DJs, cocktail deals and drag shows give you plenty of excuses to visit well before dawn breaks.

This Vauxhall institution had a majo r facelift a few yea rs ago. Legendary quee r collective Duckie now host a daytime party he re on Saturday afternoons, b ringing an a rtie r c rowd to the venue. Split over two floors, it offers drinks in a chilled-out setting on the ground floor, a beer garden, and a more buzzy basement for discos.

The ground floor offers a bright and modern bar space with video screens playing chart hits; downstairs is a clubbier room where fresh-faced types of all genders dance to pop and EDM.