After an extended coherent night in the depths of Vauxhall I feel I am finally able to diagnose the truth of this infamous railway arch clubbing scene. Vauxhall consists of a number of pubs and clubs all situated either under the bridge or in close enough proximity to pick up on the odd-ball waves which seem to be generated from this area. There are a wide variety of locations in this area, making it what I would call a mini SOHO. Most of these venues have both standard nights and then nights with a twist. These include the Royal Vauxhall Tavern, from the outside it looks like a standard english pub but on some nights it hosts cross dressing and transexual nights, Hoist, a leather fetish club, Factory, Union, Area and Fire who all host straight nights but have a reputation for being some of the most popular clubs in the gay scene, Hidden, which is really just a labarynth venue, but has been known to host some hectic fetish nights... Overall I would class this place as either heaven if you are not straight or into early morning tear drop electronic music or absolute hell if Kings road and Mayfair are more your cup of tea.
On this occasion a group of us visited Fire for the second time, and unlike my first expereience which was a harsh one, the club provided a more friendly atmosphere and the semi-famous Sneaky Souns System headlining with a good live performance, there were of course the few odd remarks and scary figuerines wandering the depths, but that is what you should expect if you are going to party Vauxhall side. For interests sake we also ventured forth into LightBox for the first time. The club is basically the same set up as Fire, 2 dance floors a triplet of bars and a very large smoking concrete garden area, which has a selection of well presented woodern furniture (random comment but I take it is a highlight in the summer). The night was one of drum and bass filling only one dance floor with very serious faces. Think this may have to be visited again on a larger night as the experience was not worth paying for and my plan to usea a bartering chip "Will" payed off on a quick escape.
Drink: vodka redbull
Type: gay electro
££$$: ££/£££££
Best memory: The Bang of the glitterati exploding over the crowd
Worst memory: walking through lightbox, attempting not to make eye contact with some of the minions
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