Bars with dancing in London

Heaven

The young, the restless and the G-A-Y

The enduringly popular G-A-Y remains one of London's defining gay institutions, especially among the under-25s....

3rd place in Best of GayCities 2023 - Nightclub

Central · Villiers St, London

• dancing
• mixed LGBTQ+

Poppy pre-club video bar

Three floors of lively and camp-sympathetic atmosphere, with a decidedly up-and-coming (read young) crowd meeting up...

Soho · 30 Old Compton St, London

• dancing
• video
• mixed LGBTQ+

Stand-alone Vauxhall mecca

Indestructible Victorian pub with a singular gay history — including drag performances since the middle of the...

Vauxhall · 372 Kennington Lane, London

• dancing
• drag
• outdoor seating
• bears
• mixed LGBTQ+
• cabaret

Ku ku ka choo

Very popular and casual hot spot luring an image-aware, youngish and camp-friendly clientele, set on three floors...

Central · 30 Lisle St, London

• 20+
• 30+
• 40+
• dancing
• outdoor seating
• comedy club
• cabaret

Gay antiquity for the cruising older gentleman and his followers

One of London's oldest traditional gay pubs, attracting one of London's oldest gay clienteles. An...

Central · 12 Old Quebec St, Marble Arch, London

• 50+
• dancing
• outdoor seating
• cruising
• karaoke
• cabaret

After-hours camp

An offshoot of massive club G-A-Y (based these days at Heaven), this late-night sister bar is a lively, camp place...

Soho · 5 Goslett Yard, London

• 20+
• dancing
• video
• mixed LGBTQ+

South London den of drag that packs them in

Hugely popular and lively gay institution established in 1981 and still worth crossing the river for. The front bar...

South · 114 Clapham High St, Clapham, London

• dancing
• drag
• karaoke
• pub
• cabaret

Pleasure-pushing Sunday evening party south of the river

Buzzy, weekly event providing happiness and gayness to mixed dance-lovers, from Italo disco to punk-funk, with disco...

Vauxhall · 349 Kennington Lane, London

• 20+
• 30+
• 40+
• dancing
• leather
• outdoor seating
• pool table
• bears
• cocktail lounge
• pub
• mixed gay/straight

Shirtless man-to-man clubbing on a big scale

A superstore-sized mixed club which previously specialised in gay nights, mornings and afternoons throbbing with...

Vauxhall · 39 Parry St, London

• dancing
• outdoor seating
• bears
• cruising
• after hours

Soho basement den doing its own thing

Slightly tucked away in a subterranean spot down an alleyway in the thick of Soho, the Friendly Society is a haven...

Soho · 79 Wardour St, London

• dancing
• mixed LGBTQ+
• cocktail lounge