In 2009 London Pride won the Seen Queen coveted BEST EVENT OF 2009 award in the annual Seen Queen Club Poll.

This year London Pride is on Sat 3rd July with a march, followed by various activities around London but mostly centred on Trafalgar Square with FIRE takeing over Leicester Square for the official dance arena.

For post-Pride clubbing we have focused on the Saturday night/ Sunday morning clubs that continue from the event itself. To view other club nights on the preceeding Friday and following Sunday check our CLUB DIARY for the full gAyLISTing.

LONDON PRIDE is always a great weekend to party as thousands of proud gays descend upon London to get out into the streets and basically scream 'we're here, were queer...get used to it!'.

With so much on and all the clubs vying for your hard earned pink pounds...what are the top choices that London has to offer? Don't worry, as usual Seen Queen steps up to the mark to deliver the Essential gAyLIST PRIDE guide to London. We list all the best events, bars and parties post the Pride March all the way to Sunday Morning.

Stand up for your love rights, then get down and boogie!!

IN THE STREETS

PRIDE LONDON from 1pm: Winner of the BEST EVENT AWARD 2009, London Pride returns to conquer London again. It all starts at Baker Street where the Parade starts at 1pm and it moves towards Trafalgar Square. Details of the main stage at Trafalgar Square have not yet been announced, but we will keep you informed. >>PARADE ROUTE MAP

Pride are celebrating 40 years so there will be a distinct 70's vibe to the celebration...

For more information visit: www.pridelondon.org/

THE FIRE PRIDE DANCE STAGE @ LEICESTER SQUARE Saturday 3rd July 2pm – 8pm Leicester Square:.... FIRE will be hosting the official dance stage at this year's London Pride. With the planned closure of the Soho area this year, Fire will now host the dance stage in London's Leicester Square. It's going to be bigger, better and louder than ever before, with more DJs, more production, and more special guest PAs crammed into six hours than you ever imagined possible! The Fire DJs have totally rocked the dance stage for the last few years, but this time there's an even bigger stage, and even more space for people to have a brilliant time... Confirmed running order for the DJs is as follows: 2 – 3 JONNY M 3 – 4 TERRY BRYAN 4 – 5 MIKEY D B2B JAMIE HEAD 5 – 6 THE OLI B2B PAUL MARTIN 6 – 7 STEVE PITRON B2B ALAN K 7 – 8 THE SHARP BOYS Plus: two exclusive special live performances, the sexiest gogo boys and the most glamorous hosts; this will be a very special day indeed.

CLUBBING: Sat 3rd July

HARD ON @ HIDDEN (10PM-5AM): Being dubbed as HARD PRIDE LONDON, those with a taste for the fetish will make their way to Vauxhall for this special HARD ON Pride event. Two rooms of music, a large playroom and hot and sexy out of towners in leather/rubber/military. They are offering FREE membership to those who haven't been to HARD ON before and you will not need membership for this night to ge int...a unique one-off offer for those who want to march for thier rights and then go and express them!

SUPERMARTXE 'WIZARD OF OZ' PRIDE @ CORONET (10PM-7AM): Logan goes all out to present one of the biggest of Pride parties as he returns to gay old OZ for this special Pride party. They promise "Excessive production, sexed up glamour, an electric party vibe, pumping Spanish house beats with the hottest crowd in town..." and knowing Logan, you can believe it! >>MORE

BEST OF BRITISH @FIRE (9.30PM-7AM): Celebrate PRIDE at FIRE with their new clubbing brand the Best Of Brits. They tell us that the club will have 5 rooms- BEST OF BRITISH MAIN ROOM, LONDON UNDERGROUND, INTERNATIONAL ROOM, BRIT POP and NEW BRITS ON THE BLOCK...>>MORE

LIBERATION @ KOKO (10PM-5AM): This is the official post PRIDE PARTY, except it is not in Soho but rather at Camden's KOKO club. The venue is absolutely stunning, and the DJ line up features the best in commercial house with FREEMASONS, WAYNE G, ANDY ALMIGHTY & STEWART WHO. >>MORE

 

BARS

BARCODE SOHO 3-4 Archer St, Soho, W1 (>>MAP): Open early from 4pm BARCODE SOHO is a great place to come and escape the hectic world of the street. The club downstairs opens between 10pm -1am.

RUPERT STREET 84-86 Wardour St, Soho, W1F (>>MAP): A fantastic place to hang out at Pride with it's huge glass frontageand mix of hotties (including the bar staff!)

THE EDGE 11 Soho Square, Soho, W1 (>>MAP): Right next to Soho Square, the official Pride dance space...perfect for a drink, a cruise and to meet up!

CLUBBING Sun Morning 4.7.2010

BEYOND PRIDE @ AREA (6am-1pm): With HARD ON, SuperMartxe, The Best Of British and Liberation all on Saturday night we can guarantee this BEYOND PRIDE will be one of the biggest and rocking parties of the whole weekend. No matter where you go on Saturday night you will all end up at BEYOND!! STOP PRESS!! STOP PRESS... we can now confirm that BEYOND will have an exclusive live PA from KAYSEE (Barcelona) performing the monumental hit SHE LOVES (produced by Albert Neve and David Oleart)>>MORE

GLOBAL PRIDE:

Here is a list of other PRIDES that may be of interest. Click on the citys name for more information.

NEW YORK PRIDE 19th-27th June

PRIDE PARIS 26th June

CSD COLOGNE 2nd-4th July

ORGULLO (PRIDE) MADRID 1st-4th JULY

EUROPRIDE 2010 @ WARSAW 9th-18th July

GAY PRIDE SITGES 9th- 13th July

BRIGHTON PRIDE 7th August

AMSTERDAM PRIDE 1st-7th August

GAY PRIDE MONTREAL 10th-15th August

MANCHESTER PRIDE 27th-30th August