TROUGH London

This is the London branch of Australian fetish-aware gay dance party TROUGH, started in 2005 by Greek-Australian Nik Dimopoulos, who has staged his Melbourne and Sydney gatherings at the crossroads of sleeze, artiness, kitsch, SM, satire and fetish, appealing to "jocks, bears, hunks, queers, beards, twinks and in-betweeners". Dimopoulos uses only the finest techno to activate his dance floor, with Berghain's DJ Boris kicking off the London chapter. Dimopoulos is also good with a camera and likes to document the events. First ever London event: 28 January 2017 (at The Vaults in Waterloo), then May 2017 (at The Coronet in Elephant & Castle), then Fire (in Vauxhall), then Plus Bloc South until its May 2019 demise. Then Corsica Studios, 4–5 Elephant Rd SE17 1LB (minutes from Elephant & Castle tube station), then back to Fire, then E1 Club (110 Pennington St E1W 2BB) etc. In short, check website for future events.