Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
pp.192-193.
Definitive Shoreditch pub and venue, with
hip gigs and semi-ironic dancefloor cheese upstairs, a
decent bar downstairs and energetic hipsters everywhere,
many complaining that it isn't as cool as it was last year.
Occasional charges for bands, otherwise free.
Daily noon-
midnight, Fri-Sat till 2am.
Plastic People
147-149 Curtain Rd, EC2
T
020 7739
6471,
W
plasticpeople.co.uk;
!
Old Street; map
pp.192-193.
Thumping basement club whose cheeringly
broad booking policy stretches through techno, rock'n'roll
and Afro-pop. Try hit new night Deep Shit, set up by Foals
and Friendly Fires.
Usually Fri & Sat 11pm-4am.
Rhythm Factory
16-18 Whitechapel Rd, E1
T
020
7375 3774,
W
rhythmfactory.co.uk;
!
Aldgate East or
Whitechapel; map pp.192-193.
Plays heavy dance, with
techno and house leading the field. Fine if you're in the area
but don't go out of your way.
Bar all day, club usually Wed
& Thurs 6pm-midnight, Fri & Sat 10pm-6am.
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XOYO
42-37 Cowper St, EC2
T
020 7354 9993,
W
xoyo.co.uk;
!
Old Street; map pp.192-193.
This big
(it can hold nine hundred) venue and club has an annoying
layout (the main corridors get packed) but its well-
connected team bring in some tasty rock and hip-hop
talent.
Club nights until 3am.
GETTING THE LOWDOWN
Check these
websites
for upcoming club
nights, with Resident Advisor the best for
dance, and The Fly for guitar music.
Drowned In Sound
W
drownedinsound
.com
Fact Mag
W
factmag.com
The Fly
W
mamacolive.com/thefly
London Gigs
W
londongigs.net
NME
W
nme.com
Resident Advisor
W
residentadvisor.net
Time Out
W
timeout.com/london/
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indie pop and Sixties soul.
Club nights from around 10pm.
The Roxy
3-5 Rathbone Place, W1
T
020 255 1098,
W
theroxy.co.uk;
!
Tottenham Court Road; map p.97.
One of very few surviving student nights in town, this is a
broadly indie/pop club that's a decent enough West End
bet. Not many places still do student discount - here does,
plus there's a lengthy (very) happy hour.
Mon-Thurs
5pm-3am, Fri 5pm-3.30am, Sat 9.30pm-3.30am.
CLERKENWELL
Fabric
77a Charterhouse St, EC1
T
020 7336 8898,
W
fabriclondon.com;
!
Farringdon; map p.150.
Despite
big queues (you're best buying tickets online) and a con-
fusing layout, this 1600-capacity club gets in the big names.
Genres booming from the devastating soundsystem include
drum'n'bass (most Fri) and techno and house (most Sat).
Fri
& Sun 10pm-6am, Sat 11pm-8am, Sun 11pm-5.30am.
DALSTON AND HACKNEY
The Alibi
91 Kingsland High St, E8
T
020 7249 2733,
W
thealibilondon.co.uk; Dalston Kingsland
Overground; map p. 291.
The outside doesn't look like
much, but there's fun, hip DJ nights in the basement. Best
of all, it's free entry every night.
Mon-Wed & Sun
5pm-2am, Thurs-Sat 5pm-3am.
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Dalston Superstore
177 Kingsland High St, E8
T
020 7254 2273,
W
dalstonsuperstore.com; Dalston
Kingsland Overground; map p.291.
The
Superstore
has
maintained its role as Dalston's capital with picky door
staff, fashionable straight/gay clientele and a hedonistic
mix of disco, house and party tunes.
Bar daily, club
usually Wed-Sun 9pm-2am.
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Dance Tunnel
95 Kingsland High St, E8
T
020 7249
7865,
W
facebook.com/dancetunnel; Dalston Kingsland
Overground; map p.291.
Superstore's
sister venue - it
would be just a dingy basement if the music wasn't so
impeccably designed to get people moving. Home to
dubstep night FWD>>.
Usually Thurs-Sat 9pm-5am.
The Nest
36 Stoke Newington Rd, N16
T
020 7354 9993,
W
ilovethenest.com; Dalston Kingsland Overground;
map p.291.
Electro-house and disco for the arty hipster
crowd. Long sets from decent names and cheap drinks and
entry on Thursday.
Usually Thurs-Sat 9pm-4am.
SHOREDITCH, WHITECHAPEL AND
BETHNAL GREEN
Ì
Bethnal Green Working Men's Club
44-46
Pollard Row, E2
T
020 7739 7170,
W
workersplaytime
.net;
!
Bethnal Green; map pp.192-193.
Old school
decor and postwar kitsch set the backdrop for some serious
playtime: fifties dress-up, burlesque, disco, rock'n'roll,
cheese and a whole lot more.
Thurs-Sat 9pm-2am,
check listings for other days.
Cargo
83 Rivington St, EC2
T
020 7739 3440,
W
cargo
-london.com;
!
Old Street; map pp.192-193.
Shoreditch
has haemorrhaged cool in recent years, and
Cargo
has
suffered more than most. While the crowd can be pretty hard
work, you can have a decent night in the sunny terrace, at a
gig or its mixed (often house) club nights.
Mon-Thurs
6pm-1am, Fri-Sat 6pm-3am, Sun 6pm-midnight.
East Village
89 Great Eastern St, EC2A
T
020 7739 5173,
W
eastvillageclub.co.uk;
!
Old Street; map pp.192-193.
House and hip-hop nights at this big, fun, bolshy basement
and lounge.
Bar daily, club Fri & Sat 9pm-3.30am.
The Old Blue Last
38 Great Eastern St, EC2
T
020 7739
7033,
NOTTING HILL
Notting Hill Arts Club
21 Notting Hill Gate, W11
T
020
7460 4459,
W
nottinghillartsclub.com;
!
Notting Hill
W
theoldbluelast.com;
!
Old Street; map
