dj bar directory
aka - dedicated dj bar next to the end
little sister (or brother) to the end club next door, aka is a proper dj bar with top line djs and an intimate vibe that's dedicated to cool new tunes to make you feel good & dance. on saturday nights the aka gets together with the end for a joint clubbing experience - check it out - aka, 18 west central st wc1a 1jj @ tottenham court rd 020 7836 0110
alphabet - 61-63 beak st w1f 9sl @ piccadilly circus 020 7439 2190
apple tree - 45 mount pleasant wc1x 0ae @ farringdon - 020 7837 2365
bar kick - where table football rules
tucked away in Clerkenwell between jamm and cargo, the name reveals the character of the place, as bar kick does it's bit to carry the east city 20's playground vibe with table football machines along the wall to keep your wrists busy. plus look out for the film nights in the basement usually on mondays or tuesdays & the chance to join the monthly baby-foot tournament - bar kick, 127 shoreditch high st e1 6je @ old st 020 7739 8700
bar soho - 23 old compton st w1d 5jq @ leicester sq 020 7439 0439
bartok - 78-79 chalk farm road nw1 8ar @ chalk farm - 020 7916 0595
bed bar - 310 portobello road w10 5ta @ ladbroke grove - 020 8969 4500
bedroom bar - 62 rivington st @ old st ec2a 3ay 020 7613 5637
big chill bar - dray walk, brick lane e1 6ql @ shoreditch - 020 7392 9180
bluu - vip clubbing in hoxton
corporate bar-club-dining experience named after the blues jazz club on which the hoxton square branch now stands - bluu's statement is to create enormous synergy in the ethos of the offering. branches as far afield as glasgow, nottingham and manchester. privilige and vip cards are available on application - bluu, 1 hoxton sq n1 6nu @ old street - 020 7613 2793
bricklayers arms - where dressing down is a fine art
chalk to bluu's cheese, the bricklayers arms is down a dark, dark alleyway, down at heal but hey up-tempo. clientele includes local art students and studio apartment-types who live, work and study in the area, while old style eastender geezahs appear from somewhere. various djs spin house, jazz, funk & techno, DJs, Thu-Sunbehind the decks result is largely successful. It's a noisy pub after 7pm, so maybe not the place to discuss english literiture with a date - bricklayers arms, 63 charlotte rd ec2a 3pe @ old street - 020 7739 5245
babalou (bug bar) - brixtons newest club
friday nights welcome love sensation, committed to putting the ‘house’ back into ‘soulful’, while saturday nights are kushti nights, with dirty house music, the kind of music you only find in sub-terrainian brixton, so
what better way to launch saturdays at babalou than by asking the djs from four
of the best local parties to join forces - babalou, st matthew's church sw2 1jf @ brixton - 020 7738 3366
boudoir - 47 chiswell street ec1y 4sb @ moorgate -
bullet bar - 147 kentish town road nw1 8pb - 020 7485 6040
bunker bar - 41 earlham st wc2h 9lx @ leicester sq 020 7240 0606
cafe de paris - 3-4 coventry street w1d 6bl @ piccadilly circus - 0207 734 7700
cantaloupe - 35 charlotte rd ec2a 3pb @ old street - 020 7613 4411
catch - 22 kingsland rd e2 8da @ old street - 020 7729 6097
with a rooftop terrace, and an intimate atmosphere this cocktail bar is among a cluster (along with salmon & compass & the elbow room) that puts on dj sets to a chillede out vibe - chapel bar, 29a penton st n1 9px @ angel - 020 7833 4090
charterhouse bar
situated on the north side of smithfield market, london's famous meat-packing district, the charterhouse building has an unusual triangular shape, and if that wasn't enough to catch your eye, it also happens to be close by fabric, making it an ideal stop before a night of clubbing, or just a more intimate laid back alternative - charterhouse bar, 38 charterhouse street ec1m 6jh @ farringdon - 020 7608 0858
cherry jam
little sister of west london's neighbourhood club means that the jam has got a pretty good feel to putting on a good night at the dj bar, though it's intimate size and the limited clubbing options out west see cherry jam get pretty busy - cherry jam, 58 porchester road w2 6et @ royal oak - 020 7727 9950
clockwork, 96 pentonville road n1 9jb @ angel - 020 7837 5387
club 414 - just groove
club 414 is one of the original clubs to invite the techno scene into the club and it started off with nuclear free zone with the legendary dj's liberators and the party has been hold once a month since 1995. the venue has seen many dj's kick off their careers here and develop their talents on the scene. friday nights are trance-orientated, saturdays tech-house and sunday nights hard house. afterparties on saturday mornings are another feature with up to date listings on the club 414 website - club 414, 414 coldharbour lane sw9 8lf @ brixton - 020 7924 9322
cocomo - 323 old st ec1V 9le @ old street - 020 7613 0315
colour - 22 inverness street nw1 7hj @ camden town -
copyright club - 110 pennington street e1w 2bb @ shadwell - 020 7488 9000 - capacity 300
darbucka - 182 st john st ec1v 4jz @ angel/farringdon - 020 7490 8772
departure - 2 crutched friars >ec3n 2ht @ aldgate/tower hill - 020 7480 7550
detroit-bar - 35 earlham st wc2h 9lt @ leicester sq 020 7240 2662
dragon - 5 leonard st ec2a 4aq @ old street - 020 7490 7110
the dogstar - original brixton dj bar with free wi-fi
brixton's dogstar offers 3 floors of live entertainment with a large downstairs area with dance floor, chill out sofas and multimedia visuals and mo.ca, a modern caribbean restaurant that serves food through the day. as well as hosting dj sets throughout the week, like the neighbouring ritzy cinema cafe, the dogstar offers free wi-fi access - the dogstar, 389 coldharbour lane sw9 8lq @ brixton - 020 7733 7515
dreambagsjaguarshoes - 34-36 kingsland rd e2 6da @ old street - 020 7729 5830
drunken monkey - dim sum eatery & dj bar in one
this chinese-style dim sum eating-and-drinking den hosts daily djs playing electro-funk, hip hop, deep house, jazz, dub, rare grooves
and soul from monday to sunday - drunken monkey, 222 shoreditch high st e1 6pj @ old street - 020 7392 9606
dust bar
with a 4am license, dj sets on fridays & saturdays and a handy location just a couple of
minutes walk from turnmills, dust goes for
an understated atmosphere. imported beers, a cocktail menu and artwork for sale make dust worth checking out - dust, 27 clerkenwell road, ec1m 5rn @ farringdon - 020 7490 5120
elbow room east - 97-113 curtain rd, ec2a 3bs @ old street - 020 7613 1316
elbow room north - 89-91 chapel market n1 9ex @ angel - 020 7278 3244
the embassy is a restaurant, bar & club that hosts djs wednesdays to saturdays. wedenesday night features commercial chart & classic dance, thursday means old soul, hip-hop & r'n'b, friday hosts dj ollie lee mixing floor filling sets of funky house & r'n'b while saturday evenings are a "beautiful thing" hosted by inproductions, is heralded by martin collins (capital radio) as the best party in london - embassy, 29 old burlington street w1s 3an @ piccadilly circus - 020 7851 0956
embassy bar - 119 essex road n1 2sn @ angel - 020 7226 7901
equinox - leicester square wc2h 7nh @ leicester square - 020 7437 1446
the original eve club opened its doors in 1953 on 189 Regent Street mi5 and the kgb both frequented the club, as documented in the fbi files that have now been released. frank sinatra was a regular when in town, and judy garland sang her last london performance on the stage at the eve club. the original eve club closed its doors for the last time on new years eve, january 2003 due to the crown estates redevelopment of regent street. the new eve club around the corner includes some of the original interior of the old club - eve club, 3 new burlington street, w1s 1jf @ oxford circus - 020 7734 4252
fluid bar - 40 charterhouse st ec1m 6jn @ farringdon - 020 7253 3444
g lounge - 18 kentish town road nw1 9nx @ camden town
ge club - great eastern hotel, 40 liverpool street ec2 @ liverpool street - 020 7813 6249
great eastern - 54-56 great eastern st ec2a 3qr @ old street - 020 7613 4545
guanabara - london's brazillian bar & live club venue
guanabara is the tupi-guarani name for the famous bay in rio de janeiro, the gateway to brazil and a home of blazing extremes. samba, bossa, fiesta - this is the place to tap into brazillian style & flavas, the london gateway to new sounds and artists with some classical brazillian performers for good measure - guanabara, parker st @ drury lane wc2b 5pw (020 7242 8600) @ covent garden
hackney central - amhurst road e8 1ll - 0208 986 5111
harlem - 467 brixton rd sw9 8hh - 020 7326 4455
havana central - 17 hanover square w1s 1hu @ oxford circus - 020 7629 2552
heaven - under the arches by embankment station wc2n 6ng @ embankment - 020 7930 2020
hobgoblin - 95 effra road sw2 1df @ brixton - 020 7501 9671
the idea behind home is to take the warmth and comfort of your own home, move it to a converted victorian warehouse in the heart of shoreditch, and provide a home away from home complete with a restaurant & bar where you dont have to do the cooking, mixing & serving - home, 100-106 leonard st, ec2a 4rh @ @ old street - 020 7684 8618
hoxton sq bar & kitchen - 2-4 hoxton square n1 6nu @ old street - 020 7613 0709
industry club - 1 curtain road ec2a 3jx @ old street - 020 7422 0958
infinity club - 10 old burlington st w1s 3ag @ oxford circus - 020 7287 5255
inigo @ 642 wandsworth rd sw8 3jw @ clapham common - 020 7622 4884
jamm - 261 brixton road sw9 6lh @ brixton - 020 7274 5537
juno
playing disco to hip hop, funk, house, soul, big beat, electro
punk & jazz with modern euroipean & north african menu and
retro gaming machines - juno, 134-135 shoreditch high st, e1 6je @ old street - 020 7729 2660
kinky mambo bar- 144-145 upper street n1 1qy @ angel
the legion pub - 348 old st ec1v 9nq @ old street - 020 7729 4441
light bar - 233 shoreditch high st e1 6pj @ liverpool st 020 7247 8989
live bar - 41-42 deptford broadway se8 4ph @ new cross - 020 8469 2121
living brixton
a two floor style bar around the corner from the ritzy cinema, living has a 4am licence friday and saturdays and a 2am licence during the week. the bar has lots of comfortable sofas, with large glass fronted windows weekend nights it’s a party on fridays and poptastic on saturdays with the best of funky/classic house on the ground floor and 80s/90s upstairs particularly popular. weekday nights include media lounge music and film night on wednesdays and the negligee nights on sunday with joe egg playing his unique pop rock mishmash. free during the week with a charge after 10pm on fridays and saturdays - living, 443 coldharbour lane sw9 8ln @ brixton - 020 7326 4040
lock tavern - 35 chalk farm road nw1 8ab @ camden/chalk farm - 020 7482 7163
lockside lounge - 75-89 West Yard @ camden nw1 8af - 020 7284 0007
loungelover
loungelover, 1 whitby st e1 6ju @ old street - 020 7012 1234
the love bar - 4 calvert avenue e2 7jp @ old street - 020 7729 6533
lowlife bar - 34a paddington street w1u 4hg @ baker street - 0871-223-1097
macbar - 102-104 camden road nw1 9ea @ camden town - 020 7485 4530
market place - 11 market place w1w 8ah @ oxford circus - 020 7079 2020
mash - 19-21 great portland st w1w 8qb @ oxford circus 020 7637 5555
match - 45-47 clerkenwell rd ec1m 5rs 020 7250 4002
mattandmatt bar
matt & matt bar has been open for business on upper street for over 8 years, founded by two friends called matt & matt. weekends are always very busy with a fine selection of dj music events organised. if you're looking for a comfortable and friendly place to meet friends or in search of a venue that plays music that gets you rockin' then check them out - matt & matt bar, 112 upper st n1 1qn @ angel - 020 7226 6035
medicine bar - angel of the north
from jazz funk to jazzy drum 'n' bass, hip hop to soul & a little bit of house - check out angel's number one dj bar & club - medicine bar, 181 upper st n1 1rq @ angel 020 7704 9536
medicine bar - 89 great eastern st ec2a 3hx @ old street - 020 7739 5173
millenium club - 167 drury lane wc2b 5pg @ holborn - 020 7831 9399
related to the play bar on old street & with a similar 70's theme, nights include House Attack on thursdays, gravy on fridays and squish squash on saturdays, mixing up 80s, 90s & classic house house. entry is usually free except for fridays & saturdays when there is a £5 cover charge after 10pm - mish mash, 45 lavender hill sw11 @ queenstown road - 020 7326 7455
moonlighting - 17 greek street w1 @ leicester square - 020 7437 5782
mother bar - 333 old st ec1v 9le @ old street - 020 7739 5949
the nectar bat opened on chelsea’s kings road in september 2005 the latest project from the team behind living in brixton and mishmash in clapham. music comes courtesy of contributions from mishmash and living’s favourite djs. aimed at a 20-30 something crowd, friday night honeycomb brings early classic house mixed in with 80/90s hits, while saturday night ambrosia sees 80/90s disco delights and car boot classics. look out for the multi coloured lighting system where the lighting automatically changes in line with the mood of the evening & the outside drinking terrace for that al fresco feeling.- nectar bar, 562 kings road sw6 2dz @ fulham broadway - 020 7326 7455
new foundry - 84-86 great eastern st ec2a 3jl @ old street - 020 7739 6900
north star - 188-190 new north road n1 7bj @ angel - 020 7534 5400
number 3 bar - 3 new burlington street w1s 2jf @ piccadilly circus - 020 7287 1991
number 10, 10 golbourne road w10 5pe @ westbourne park - 020 8969 8922
old blue last - 38 great estuary street ec2a 3es @ old street - 020 7739 7033
the old dairy, 1-3 crouch hill n4 - 020 7263 3337
one-ten old st, 110 old st ec1v 9bd @ old street - 020 7253 0110
on the rocks - 25 kingsland road e2 8aa @ old street
opium - 1a dean street w1d 3rd @ tottenham court road - 020 7287 9608
oporto - 168 high holborn wc1v 7aa @ tottenham court rd 020 7240 1548
plan b - post gig clubbing
just a minute from the academy & open throughout the week, the party picks up a gear on thursday nights with a mix of old skool/uk hip hop & b boy events with the throwdown, fidgit - an old skool disco/funk/hip hop & soul on fridays & the b side house nights taking over the sound system on saturdays. an intimate but well spaced out venue with a friendly vibe thats hosted the likes of house legends joey negro, danny krivit and damon dash - a new live stage has added live performances to the scene too - plan b, 418 brixton rd sw9 7ay @ brixton - 020 7924 0480
play bar
a two floor style bar and club with a 4am licence friday and saturdays and a 2am licence during the week, the play bar goes for a retro styled theme with 70s wallpaper and seating. weekend nights include playtime on fridays and playback on saturdays (free before 10pm, £5 after) with the best of funky/classic house on the ground flooras well as free dj nights during the week - play bar, 58 old street ec1v 9aj @ old street - 020 7733 9556
polar bear - 28 lisle st wc2h 7ba @ leicester sq 020 7839 4188
pool bar - 104-108 curtain rd ec2a 3ah @ old street - 020 7739 9608
pop - 14 soho street - 020 7734 4004
redstar bar - 319 camberwell rd se5 0hq - 020 7207 4040
the reliance - 336 old st ec1v 9dr @ old street - 020 7729 6888
ritzy cafe bar - coldharbour lane sw2 1jg @ brixton - 020 7733 2229
the roxy - 3-5 rathbone pl w1t 1hj @ tottenham court rd 020 7255 1098
rococo - 7-9 cranbourn street wc2h 7ag @ leicester square
ruby lo - 23 orchard st w1h 6hl @ bond st 020 7486 3671
salmon & compass - 58 penton street n1 9py @ angel - 020 7837 3891
sand bar - 156 clapham park road sw4 7de @ clapham common - 020 7622 3022
seOne/deep blue - weston street se1 3qx @ london bridge - 020 7407 1617
smersh - 5 ravey St ec2a 4hj @ old street - 020 7739 0092
the social - 5 little portland st w1w 7jd @ oxford circus 020 7636 4992
soho spice - 124-128 wardour st w1f 0tu @ tottenham court rd 020 7434 0808
soma bar - 230 mile end road e1 4lj @ stepney green - 020 7790 3412
sosho - 2 tabernacle st ec2a 4lu @ old street - 020 7920 0701
south london pacific - 340 kennington road se11 4ld @ kennington/oval - 020 7820 9189
spirit - 2-5 carthusian st, ec1m 6eb @ old street - 020 7253 6009
st moritz - 161 wardour street w1f 8wj @ tottenham court road - 020 7437 0525
studio 5 - 5 elephant road se17 1lb @ elephant & castle shopping centre exit
t bar - 50 shoreditch high st e1 6jj @ shoreditch - 020 7729 2973
tabernacle - 55-61 tabernacle st ec2a 4aa @ old st - 020 7253 5555
teatro
teatro covers the role of sophisticated, exclusive members lounge, public lounge restaurant and late night bar.
its pretty intimate with a 240 capacity, tuesday night see the crazysexycool club night playingg r'n'b, hip hop & bashment. thursdays and
fridays see djs on from 11pm with an over 21s policy - teatro, 93-107 shaftesbury avenue w1d 5dy @ leicester square - 020 7494 3040
trafik - 40 hoxton square n1 @ old street - 020 7613 0234
troy - 10 hoxton st, n1 6ng @ old street 020 7739 6695
trap - 201 wardour street w1 @ tottenham court road - 020 7434 3820
10 room - 10 air street w1b 5ab @ piccadilly circus - 020 7734 9990
underbelly - 11 hoxton square n1 6nu @ old street - 020 7613 3105
if you're on the south side of the river, the white house in clapham is a great place to chill out with their 50% food deals on monday nights and the likes of soulful house
duo bobby & steve , phats & small & tim sheridan behind the decks. plus there's the chance to put your hand on the vinyl with new night stick it on, giving everyone
a chance to dj for 15 minutes by registering on their
site - no experience necessary (mixing actively
discouraged) - the white house, 65 clapham park rd sw4 7eh @ clapham common 020 7498 3388
woody’s began life in 1890 as the carlton bridge conservative working man’s club. in the 1980’s it was sold and became the seediest nightclub in west london. in 1999 it was refurbished and redeemed. the club still retains a little of the underground element whilst at the same time offering an eclectic range of cocktails, wine, champagne and of course, music - woody's, 41-43 woodfield road w9 2ba @ westbourne park - 020 7266 3030
yatra (formerly bar bollywood) - 34 dover street w1s 4ng @ green park - 020 7493 0200
zeta bar - hilton hotel, 35 hertford street w1j 7sd @ hyde park corner - 020 7208 4067
zigfrid & underbelly - 11 hoxton sq n1 6nu 020 7613 1988
zoo ba - 13-17 bear street wc2h 7as @ leicester square - 020 7839 4188
zyrus bar - 102-108 clerkenwell road ec1m 5sa
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