Heaven
The enduringly popular G-A-Y remains one of London's defining gay institutions, especially among the under-25s. Started in 1976, the dance-and-cruise club spent most of its iconic years in Charing Cross Rd, in various sections of the London Astoria (a former cinema). Until the late 1980s the club night went by the name of Bang!, but was changed to G-A-Y in the early 1990s when taken over by Bang! DJ Jeremy Joseph. In 2008, anticipating the Astoria's much-protested demolition, Jos...
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- trans-friendly
- 20+
- 30+
- dancing
- drag
- cruising
- after hours
- 18+
- mixed LGBTQ+
- $$
- live entertainment
- travelers
- LGBTQ+ owned
- nightclub
- techno
- locals
- daddies
- lively
- twinks
Address
9 The Arches, Villiers St
London,
England
WC2N 6NG
Near: Villiers St
Hours
Mon 10pm—4am
Thu and Fri 10pm—4am
Sat 9.30pm—5am
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Address
9 The Arches, Villiers St
London,
England
WC2N 6NG
Near: Villiers St
Hours
Mon 10pm—4am
Thu and Fri 10pm—4am
Sat 9.30pm—5am
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Simply an institution
To say a particular club night is an institution easy claim to make and there are probably few nights that are geninuely worthy of it. However, this is not the case for G-A-Y. There is no other venue that can attract a consistently high calibre of guest performers (Madonna, Adele, Kylie Minogue..). No artist is too big to appear at G-A-Y. The crowd is fun, young and free of attitude. The venue is impressively well run. The DJs serve up a slick menu of current pop as well as classics that define G-A-Y (including the mandatory play of "Better The Devil You Know" at 00.30). If you like pop music you simply cannot go wrong at G-A-Y.
OMG G-A-Y Heaven
Still there with a "Bang now " the best and will always be from since i worked there bending over to pull the drinks to now enjoying camp attack dance and cruising Keep going Heaven
love this bar
love this bar, I always meet some hotties there when i go, wish could move there, great bar to pick up
Showtime Night
I went on a Tuesday night, so the crowd was not the greatest. But the Open Mic Show Tunes / Drag Show was tons of fun. Cant wait to go back on a more crowded night and dance.
Just not my kind of music
Ok, positive things first: The venue is big-ish. 3 dance floors. Lots of people, almost packed, people are in a good mood. Negative things? I just don't like the music. They did have a few songs I like, but it totally wasn't my thing. A friend took me there, so I couldn't help it. I guess I won't visit again. Too poppy, teeny, 80s... I wish they at least put some more beats in those tracks.
