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Fri 14th & Sat 15th Dec SE1Orbital at O2 Academy Brixton:Electro/Dance211 Stockwell Road, SW9 9SL7pm – 11pm £33Torch headed electro-dance Titans Orbital getset to light up the Academy as they go head tohead in Brixton once again this weekend. Expectsatanic classics from yesteryear & a new set ofexpansive explorations to make your weekendgo a little bit ‘wonky’… especially for any spacecadets heading to the official after party atJamm!

Friday 14th Dec SE1Discus Records and Idiosynphonic presentDub All or Nothing at Cable: Bass33 Bermondsey St, London Bridge, SE1 2EG10pm - 6am £10 Early Bird, £12 Advance, £15OTDWith Christmas on its way the juggernautinstitution that is Idiosynphonic has teamed upwith fellow promotion powerhouse Dub All orNothing and heavy hitters Discus Records todeliver a bout of early festive bass cheer.

SW9The Lost Cavalry live at Offline Club at PrinceAlbert: Indie, Punk, Ska, Electro Rock & Roll418 Coldharbour Lane, Brixton, SW9 8LF 9pm-2.30am Free entry.Formed by vocalist Mark West, ex-guitarist ofFanfarlo, The Lost Cavalry serve up beautifullytextured, finely crafted tales of adventure andhope. The soundman is kept busy as the bandwork their way through a vast array of acousticand electronic instruments to produce awonderfully eclectic sound. " As ever, there’ll bea cask of ale-spilling Offline DJs on hand to keepthe party going all night with ska, new wave, 80spop and big party tunes on the decks.

Saturday 15th Dec SE15Boom Boom Room at Bussey Building:House & Techno133 Rye Lane, Peckham, SE15 4ST 10pm - 6am £10 / £8 concessions & StudentsResidents Colin Dale, Terry Francis and JustJonathan bring you eight hours of tuff, dirtyunderground house tech and techno.

SE1Saturday Sessions presents Basement Jaxxat Ministry Of Sound: House, Electro, Dance103 Gaunt Street, Elephant & Castle, SE1 6DP£18 Advance, £10 from 4am, Students £12Beat Kings of Camberwell Basement Jaxxaddress the Ministry Of Sound for a bone-shaking Saturday night Session of dancefloordebauchery at the South London super club.Box: Basement Jaxx, Riva Starr, CharlieBanks & Shane Kehoe103: Spacestation: Waze & Odyssey , RickMaia & Jordan Wade

SE1Lips Choir live at The Coronet: Christmas Concert28 New Kent Road London, SE1 6TJ

8:30pm - 3am £10London’s favourite all-woman pop choir, Lips arebringing their legendary annual ChristmasConcert to the Coronet Theatre on 15thDecember and this year it promises to be biggerand better than ever. Always a highlight of thefestive season, Lips will be putting theirdistinctive spin on an array of powerful pop hits,killer tunes and of course a classic Christmasnumber.

SW9Prime Time presents Santa’s Elves at Club414: Hard Dance & Hard House414 Coldharbour Lane, Brixton, SW9 8LF 11pm - 7am £8 before midnight £12 afterCome all you Prime Time faithful, celebrateanother triumphant year with a good oldfashioned festive rave up at Club 414!

SE27Super Best Friends Club live at The RailwayTavern: Indie7 Station Rise, Tulse Hill, London SE27 9BW8pm -11pm Free entryThis band is so bloody weird that you just haveto see them to understand. Imagine a hybrid carcrash pile up of Jazz, Brit Pop, Electro andDance music. And they wear body paint. Needwe say anymore?Yeah, well they’re also one of the BBC’s up-and-coming acts and this gig is absolutely free toattend. Get involved.

SW9Cake Club Cabaret presents... Cameltoe &Wine at Kaff: Cake, Cabaret & Burlesque68 Atlantic Road London, Brixton, SW9 8PY8pm - 2am Free entry.Tonight is in aid of the Teenage Cancer Trust.They will be asking for donations on the nightand also creating some special cocktails withproceeds going towards the charity. Cake Club is taking over Saturday night with thisunique 'one-off' Christmas special with evenmore cheeky burlesque, more Ho-ho-ho's andbetter music than the Carol service at St Paul’s.Santa's favourite tea lady and our darling of theGolden-pie, Tina Turner Tea Lady will be hostingthis extravaganza.The ladies that'll be tearing off their stockingswhilst you fill them include: Cake Club favouritethe delectable Lady Cave; all the way from Ozfor a unique one-off performance the DiamondDahlia shows us her down-unders; a sprinklingof Mixtures from the delightful Dolly Rose; andone for the ladies and the man who put themince in to the pies, the sexy beast that is 'Davethe Bear'Comedy and Magic is brought to you by, MissDelores Deluxe Jaz Delorean will be on thepiano & DJ Lord 'S'Ant'a' B will be on the decks.

SW4 Read The Crowd at The White House:Everything goes!65 Clapham Park Road, Clapham; SW4 7EH9pm - 5am £8 before midnight and £10thereafterRead The Crowd invites some of the DJs thathave inspired their brand year on year to DJ ahuge pre-birthday celebration at Clapham'sWhite House. Expect nothing from the musicpolicy and you will receive everything in return!Line-up: Barry Ashworth (Dub Pistols / PartyAnimal), Chad Jackson (DMC Champ /Northern legend) , Alex P (Ibiza Hero andlifelong entertainer), Tim Cullen (MOS

Resident / Grin Label Head & Future hero),Lee Richard (All round legend and RTCHero): Room2 hosted by Salt Shaker

Sunday 16th Dec SW2Rootmaster with Lokandes live atHootananny: Alternative Andean95 Effra Road, Brixton, SW2 1DF 8pm - 12amFree entryLokandes aims to bring its audiences originalmusic with socially conscious lyrics, at the sametime bringing awareness to Latin-Americancultures. Lokandes is the combination of twowords: ‘Crazy’ and ‘Andes’ which represents theintention of our music – crazy music from theAndes -. This project was started in London,during December 2007, by Karlos Saldaña andAlx Alfaro. This project aims to create alternativemusic with roots from traditional Andean music.

SW4Live Blues Jamm at The Bread & Roses: Blues68 Clapham Manor Street SW4 6DZ 5pm start Free entryRoll on down to one of Clapham’s finest boozersfor sweet free evening of cool, cool bluesjammin’ .

Tues 18th, Wed 19th, Thurs 20th Dec SW9The Prodigy at O2 Academy Brixton: Dance211 Stockwell Road, Brixton, SW9 9SL 8pm – 11pmAfter notching up over 25 million record salesand selling out venues across the world, snarlinggods of synth punk & rave rock, The Prodigy areback doing what they do best for three nightsthis week in Brixton. Expect an explosiveperformance of skull crushing anthems from theirincredible back catalogue and maybe some newtracks fresh from the studio.

Wednesday 19th Dec SW9Brixton Jamms for Africa at Jamm: Reggae,Ska & Dubstep261 Brixton Road, Lambeth, SW9 6LH 7.30pm – late £5 18+

A fundraising charity night of live reggae, ska &dubstep night featuring CODA, ChainskaBrasska & Lunatrix plus DJ sets (proceeds godirectly to VSO).

SE1DJ Mag - Best of British 2012 Awards atCable: DJ Awards33 Bermondsey St, London Bridge, SE1 2EG7:30pm - 2am £5, £7, £10DJ Mag hosts its annual award ceremony atCable on Wednesday 19th December. Joiningthem on the red carpet and in the DJ booth willbe Richy Ahmed, Darius Syrossian and ShadowChild, plus some very special guests soon to beannounced. The party kicks off early doors(7pm) and will be pumping into the early hours(2am) with an awards ceremony in between.Last year's event saw the likes of Jamie Jones,Maya Jane Coles and Annie Mac scoop gongsat a rammed event scattered with the industry'smost influential players.

Thursday 20th Dec SW16Nicola Emmanuelle Christmas Show atHideaway: Jazz227 Streatham High Road, Streatham, SW16 8pm - 11pm £10Working hard in the studio, writing new original

material with a number of co- writers, andperforming live around London with her band,Nicola Emmanuelle has a sensational set ofsongs evoking the work and sound of theoriginal jazz pioneers of the Thirties, Forties andFifties, along with stunning and beautifulrenditions of some of the all-time great jazzstandards. Tonight Nicola performs Christmassongs from some of the great writers, madefamous by Ella, Frank, Judy and so on.

Friday 21st Dec SW9Mrs Mills Singalong, Mass Kazoo buzzalong,live magic and the Annual Brixton’s BestBono Challenge Offline Club at the PrinceAlbert: Indie, Punk, Ska, Electro Rock & Roll418 Coldharbour Lane, Brixton, SW9 8LF 9pm-2.30am Free entry.Offline Club know how to put on a good partyand this is going to be an unmissable one, withBBC TV stars The Mrs Mills Experienceknocking out rousing music hall classics. There’salso the incredible Sleighed! playing the greatestChristmas songs ever heard, including East 17and Wham, with drinkers invited to join in with aMass Kazoo Buzz-along for Jona Lewie’s‘Cavalry.’ After the success of last year’scompetition, Brixtonites will once again bechallenged to come onstage and deliver themost earnest Bono line from Band Aid’s trousermoistening classic - with prizes to be won!There'll also be the incredible Simon Subvertdoing mind-bending live magic tricks, VicLambusco busting the verse and other oddfestive treats, backed by DJs playing party tunesall night.

SW11Club Classics at Clapham Grand: Dance21-25 St Johns Hill, Clapham, SW11 1TT 10pm -3am Free entryA night of club classics & cool grooves mixed byThe Clapham Grand's resident DJs

SE15Jungle Bells with DJ Slipmatt, NickyBlackmarket, Billy ‘Daniell’ Bunter & loadsmore at Bussey Building: Jungle133 Rye Lane, Peckham, SE15 4ST

10pm – 6am £5Proppa Promotions are back to the Bussey fora very special event after tearing up theunderground London circuit. They specialise inputting on nights promoting and holding up theold skool banner while showcasing thebrightest and baddest up-and-coming talent.Tonight they have two of the highest rankedOld Skool DJs in the world playing attheir...’end of the world party’.

As well as celebrating the dawn of a new age

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The Official Orbital After-Party at Jamm:

House, Techno, Electro, Breaks

261 Brixton Road Lambeth,SW9 6LH 9pm – 5am £10adv Following the Orbital gig at Brixton's O2 Academy, Jamm

will be hosting an after-show party with a headline DJ set from one half of

the digital demi-gods, Phil Hartnoll.

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& Christmas, they’re also marking the birthdayof Proppa as it turns 4 years old. So hope forthe best and expect their worst as Proppaextends a very warm and welcoming invitationto come on down and 'ave it up for the last... &first night of your life!

SE1 Loud Noise End of the World Party x Coki /Kryptic Minds More at Cable: Dance33 Bermondsey St, London Bridge, SE1 2EG10pm - 6am £8, £10, MOTDThe 2012 Phenomenon comprises a range ofbeliefs that the world may end on December21st 2012. Well, if it does, you might as well bepartying your brains out when it happens soLoud Noise are hosting an 'End of the worldParty'. They will be returning to their 140 bpmroots on this epic occasion and throwing yetanother party of apocalyptic proportions.Line-up: Coki, Kryptic Minds, Jakes, Mensah,Swindle, Barely Legal, Jack Swift, Dubfreq &Dubson, Kai Marley & Pineal, Seedy Sonics -Brown Bear - Morri - LFM, Wiggs, Siktion,Amy Becker & more TBAs

SE27End of The World Party at The RailwayTavern: Indie & Rock ‘N’Roll7 Station Rise, Tulse Hill, SE27 9BW 8pm – 11pm Free entryWith apocalyptic live music from Slamboree andtop tunes from the Purple Radio DJs.

SW9 Christmas Party Old Skool Knees Up WithDanny Rampling at The Dogstar389 Coldharbour Lane, Brixton, SW9 8LQ 7pm - 4am. Free before 10pm, £5 after.The legendary Danny Rampling and IlonaInternational DJing with resident disaster DJJeffrey + Bella Taylor.

Fri 21st, Sat 22nd Dec SW9Soulwaxmas at O2 Academy Brixton: Dance211 Stockwell Road, Brixton, SW9 9SL8pm – 3am £27.50Belgian masters of the Soulwaxin' mash-up,2manydjs are back in Brixton causing moreChristmas carnage at the Academy withSoulwaxmas! Featuring a marathon mash-up ofbreaks, beats & boogietastic classis from2manydjs Live, Ego Troopers, Mike Simonetti(DJ), Kindness (Live), Soulwax, Erol Alkan &Mixhell...Happy Waxmas!

Sat Dec 22nd SW2Electric Social’s Christmas Party at ElectricSocial: Dance & Party Tunes40 Acre Lane, Brixton, SW2 8pm – 2am Free entryJoin Electric Social’s festive frolics as they throwa Christmas Party to shake Acre Lane to itscore. Featuring Tommy & The Thieves, JamesGoodhall & Aaron Curtis.

SE17I Love Acid Xmas Rave 2012 at CorsicaStudios: Rave , 4/5 Elephant Road, SE17 1LB 10pm - 6am £5 / £8 earlybird, £10 adv, £12 on the doorReturning to Corsica Studios for a very specialone-off Xmas party, London's monthlycelebration of the sound of the Roland TB-303(since April 2007) sees out the year with amassive, massive line-up of I LOVE ACID'sfavourite guests & residents. Line-up: MarkArcher, Altern-8, Radioactive Man, KirkDegiorgio, Paul Mac, Posthuman, AGT RaveCru, Transparent Sound, Affie Yusuf, GlobalGoon, Placid, Echaskech, Strangius Dudus

SW2A Joe Strummer 10th Anniversary Memorialwith The Ten O Sevens, The Lone Groover,Billy Prince Brown & White Ape at TheWindmill: Punk22 Blenheim Gardens Brixton, SW2 5BZ7:30pm - late £5A celebration of Uncle Joe Strummer – in

memoriam… and a Xmas bash to boot with fourgreat bands who have been inspired by and areindebted to Joe and The Clash, doing their bit inkeeping his memory alive and raising somemuch needed dosh for Strummerville.

Sat 22nd, Sun 23rd Dec

SW16Courtney Pine live at Hideaway: Jazz227 Streatham High Road, Streatham, SW167pm – 11pm £25 The incredible Courtney Pine makes his long-awaited debut at Hideaway.

Sun 23rd Dec SW2Sunbeats at Veranda: Brazilian, African &Latin Funky House, Jazz and Broken Beat,Independent Soul30 Acre Lane, Brixton, SW2 5SG 4pm – midnight Free entryDJs: Danny Tammuz, Rashan K, CLK, DJ Silk.

Mon 24th Dec SE27Steel Pan Christmas Carols at The RailwayTavern: Christmas Carol Service7 Station Rise, Tulse Hill, SE27 9BW 8pm start Free entryA steel pan Christmas carol service awaitspatrons of the Tulse Hill Railway Tavern thisChristmas Eve - come along & join the choir fora feel good festive sing along to warm yourcockles on the night before Christmas!

Wed 26th Dec SE1Fragrance - Boxing Day Special at Cable33 Bermondsey St, London Bridge, SE1 2EG 10pm - 5am Ltd £10, VIP from £15,BirthdaysFragrance is back for another finely ironedBoxing Day Bank Holiday Special with 3 roomsof house, electro, bashment, soca, hip hop &garage to give the Cable's Christmas partypeople a diverse night of festive frolicking.

SE1 Halcyon with Infected Mushroom (DJ) andAstrix (Live) at Ministry Of Sound:103 Gaunt Street, Elephant & Castle, SE1 6DP10pm - 6am £17.50 to £25Halcyon returns from a 10-month hiatus to endtheir year with a Boxing Day bang at MoS.They've invited Infected Mushroom, who will beperforming a rare and exclusive DJ set andAstrix performing his latest material live. Halcyonresidents including Libra 9 will also be in thehouse, with special guests across four rooms ofrump-shaking records.Bar: Babies Events Presents: This isProgressive - Baby Box: hosted by Illusiom -Loft: hosted by Liquid Records

SW9Bass Heaven with Congo Natty, Tenor Fly,Reggae Roast, DJ Spoony, NickyBlackmarket, Congo Dubz & much more atJamm: Jungle, Reggae, Dub, Bass Music,Garage, D&B261 Brixton Road Lambeth, SW9 6LH 10pm - 6am £8 Early Bird £10 adv £12 OTDA Christmas cracker of a line up for the nextedition of Bass Heavan with the finest purveyorsof bass to deliver the finest Xmas present youcould hop for.

SE24Renato D’Aiello Quartet live at Jazz On TheHill: Jazz, 214-216 Railton Road, Herne Hill,SE24 0JT 8pm – 11pm £6A Boxing Day treat from the Italian tenor saxmaestro. Sax as the instrument is meant to beplayed – with passion! Great originalcompositions and beautiful classic ballads.

Thurs Dec 27th SW2Roots Rock Reggae special with SharonTucker, Glen Sloley & JahRevelationMuziklive at Hootananny: Reggae 95Effra Road, Brixton, SW2 1DF 9pm – 2am Free entry (no admission after 11pm)Cecil Reuben presents a Roots Rock Reggaespecial. Real reggae and roots music from

Sharon Tucker backed by the artist's band. Plusold school hiphop RnB & reggae from London-based Glen Sloley & residentsJahRevelationMuzik.

Fri Dec 28th SW2Simply Salacious featuring Sy Sez (SoulHeaven), Gordon Mac (Mi-Soul.com) & PeterBorg at Market House: Soulful House443 Coldharbour Lane, Brixton SW9 8LN 9pm – 3am Free before 11pm £5 after Cecil Anextra special soulful pre-NYE party featuringKissFM founder Gordon Mac alongside Sy Sezand Peter Borg. The music policy is simple – ithas got to have soul! That’s right, be it house, beit disco, be it funk, not only will we guarantee toget your feet tappin, it will be music with soul!The Simple Salacious parties are about a timefor friends to come together, to laugh, to danceand of course to smile. A Funktion One soundsystem, a well-stocked bar that serves cocktailstoo, lots of room to dance and sexyChesterfields should you need to rest! .

SW4 Darren Emerson at The White House: Electro,Techno & Dance, 65 Clapham Park Road,Clapham; London SW4 7EH 10pm - 4am £8Before 12am/ £10 afterDarren Emerson is one of the most influentialfigures in dance music, with a 17 year careerthat has seen him work with everyone fromDepeche Mode to Jamie Cullum, as well ashijacking a decade of dance music as part ofelectro/techno transcendents’ Underworld.

During his time with Underworld, the bandreleased three albums and sold over a millionalbums world-wide. Emerson also emerged as amuch sought-after remix talent, with remixes foreveryone from Chemical Brothers, and Björk.

He parted ways with Underworld in 2000continued to release tracks by himself and newartists on the Underwater record label. In 2003Underwater was voted label of the year by DJMag. In 2010 he launched a new label,DETONE, on which he has so far released theclub tracks Gracelands and Decisions;meanwhile he continues his relentless globe-trotting DJ schedule. He’ll be joined by OliverGarth & Telemac for a formidable night ofethereal electronica.

NYEMon 31st Dec SW9New Year’s Eve All Nighter with UKF BassCulture at O2 Academy Brixton: Bass211 Stockwell Road, Brixton, SW9 9SL 9:30pm – 6am £45UKF Bass Culture returns to London for the UK'sbiggest New Year’s Eve dance event with an all-night affair incorporating the biggest and bestnames in bass music including... UKF BassCulture Live, Chase and Status, DJ Fresh,Foreign Beggars, Shy FX, B Traits, Mistajam,Koan Sound, Drumsound & Bassline Smith,Delta Heavy, Ayah Marar & True.

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SECRETSUNDAZE NYE 2012with Andres, Martyn, Amir Alexander,

Trevino, James Priestley and Giles Smith at

Bussey Building: House & Techno

133 Rye Lane, Peckham, SE15 4ST 9pm - 6am£22.50 Secretsundaze relocate to Peckham's party emporium The Bussey

Building for NYE 2012. Headlining the party is their favourite producer of

2012 Andres (Mahogani / La Vida).

Joining them for the second time in months is none other than Martyn -

Live (3024). Martyn was the headliner at Sundaze closing party this year at

Oval Space in September and loved playing so much that he emailed to

ask when he could play again.

The third and final guest for this special night is Marcus Intalex who has

now been transformed himself into Trevino! He has been another favourite

producer at Secretsundaze this summer & has remixed the next

Secretsundaze record from James Priestley and Marco Antonio entitled

'Speed'.

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NEW YEAR’S EVE PARTY at

Hootananny with The Correspondents,

Coda, Sheelanagig & Soul Jazz

Soundsystem at Hootananny: Electro,

Dubstep, Balkan Folk, Soul, Funk & Jazz

95 Effra Road, Brixton, London SW2 1DF 9pm - 5am £15earlybird £20 advance For the third year in a row The Correspondents bring their unique

blend of Lycra-clad vintage influenced electro madness to

Hootananny.

Coda bring their sensational live dubstep show, Bristol’s

Sheelanagig grace Hoots with their high energy virtuoso Balkan folk

mayhem, and DJs from the enormously respected Soul Jazz label

bring styles ranging from dancehall and afro-beat to house and

jungle as Soul Jazz Soundsystem.

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SW9New Year's Eve All Nighter Get Diverted andSlide NYE at Brixton Club House: Dance467 Brixton Road, Brixton, SW9 8HH 8pm - 6am £10 Early Bird, Advance £15/20MOTDAfter the success of the last 2 New Year partieswith Nic Fanciulli, Greg Wilson and AlexisRaphael, Slide and Get Diverted team up againto bring in 2013 at Brixton Clubhouse with man

of the moment Todd Terje headlining.Support comes from residents Elijah Collins,Rob Alldritt, Lloyd Wakeman, Rich Smith andmore. Plus after last year’s success, the 'Up OnThe Roof' Silent Disco returns on the terracepost midnight.Club Line Up: Todd Terje (3 hour midnightset), Elijah Collins & NIST, Rob Alldritt, LloydWakeman, Russell WaynIn The Boudoir: RichSmith, Tom Drew, Tom Huddart, Le PeepOn The Terrace: Joel Kane, Rudi Morgan &The 'Up On The Roof' Silent Disco

SW2New Year’s Eve All Nighter Defected In TheHouse at Electric Brixton: HouseTown Hall Parade, Brixton, SW2 1RJ 9pm – 7am £33Following the runaway success of last year'sLondon NYE event, Defected In The Housebrings some of the world's finest undergroundhouse DJs to Electric Brixton for a very specialNew Year's Eve celebration

SW9New Year’s Eve Party: How Does It Feel ToBe Loved at The Grosvenor: Indie Pop17 Sidney Street, Brixton, SW9 0TP 9pm-3am £10HDIF’s NYE Guest DJ will be Daniel Novakovicagain, but this time doing a Too Cute To Puke set - soplaying exclusively girl-fronted songs. As the TCTPwebsite says: “Sixties girl-groups, yé-yé and garagegirls, punk, indie pop, northern soul, new wave, post-punk, riot grrl, motown, ska, diy – as long as it’s sungby a girl we’re putting it on.”

SW9New Year’s Eve Party: How Does It Feel ToBe Loved at The Grosvenor: Indie Pop17 Sidney Street, Brixton, SW9 0TP 9pm-3am £10HDIF’s NYE Guest DJ will be Daniel Novakovicagain, but this time doing a Too Cute To Puke set - soplaying exclusively girl-fronted songs. As the TCTPwebsite says: “Sixties girl-groups, yé-yé and garagegirls, punk, indie pop, northern soul, new wave, post-punk, riot grrl, motown, ska, diy – as long as it’s sungby a girl we’re putting it on.”

SW9New Year's Eve All Nighter: Whiskey KittensRock and Roll Party at Kaff68 Atlantic Road Brixton, SW9 8PY 8pm – 5am£15 (free cocktail, glass of bubbly and food)A NYE rock and roll party with three burlesquebeauties; Miss Luna DeLovely, Ava Iscariot andSpank Grrrl for some truly tantalising fun. Livemusic from The New Cut Gang who are on handto provide some upbeat rock and roll revelrywhile Cats from Japan are going to inject someglam into your NYE with a David Bowie tributeset, The Whiskey Kitten DJs will make sure thatyour New Year starts with a bang.

SW2New Year’s Eve Party with The WinterOlympics, Local Girls, B.B. Manik, Effort &Blake Rumfitt live at The Windmill: Indie, HipHop, Rock & Roll22 Blenheim Gardens, Brixton, SW2 5BZ7:30pm Entry £6 early birdThe Winter Olympics was such a success at TheWindmill’s New Year’s Eve party last year, they’veinvited them back this year and for good measureadded a few more upbeat saaaarf london bands inLocal Girls, Effort and Blake Rumfitt as well as therap skills of BB Manik. Plus a shedload of DJsincluding: Dan (Best Laid Plans), Adam (MosquitoResearch Unit), Jon (Effort Collective/ShotgunWedding) & Twisted (a.m. Lounge).

SW9New Year’s Eve Party: Prime Time NewYear’s Eve Party at Club 414: Hard UpliftingHouse & Trance414 Coldharbour Lane, Brixton, SW9 8LF11pm – 7am £10 before 12am £15 afterDJs Jamie Tennant, Hemlock, Skol, Roosta, AndyMccall, JK, Matt Ashton, Flippie, Monique, Bosharing in the New Year at Club 414 & they’ll be followedby straight up by a New Year’s All Dayer of SoulfulHouse from 7am to 7pm (£5 before 8am & £10 after)LARGE.

SE1New Year’s Eve Party: Connected NYE atCable: House, 33 Bermondsey St, LondonBridge, SE1 2EG 9pm - 6am £30 / £35After a slamming year at Cable, one of London'sfavourite club nights celebrate with a massive NYEshindig, featuring a selection of the world’s top housetalent. Line-up: Marc Kinchen - MK, Amine Edge& DANCE, Waifs & Strays, No Artificial Colours,Matt Fear, Jesse James & Johnny Bloomfield,Matt Rich, Ricky Torres, Mark Derry, Kolo & Dyze,Neil Catlin, Scott Rozario, Habit To Others,Multiplayerz, Danny Lawson, Luke Jeffery, SamPope & Richie La Rue

SE17New Year’s Eve Party: Trouble Vision & TiefNYE Party with John Talabot, Move D, Bicep

at Corsica Studios: Dance4/5 Elephant Road, SE17 1LB 10pm - 7am£10/£15/£20 Advance, MOTDTwo years ago Trouble Vision took over CorsicaStudios for the big night with Four Tet, James Holden,Jamie XX, Dark Sky, Midland and Braiden. Last yearTief were at the controls with Scuba, Joy O and WillSaul amongst others, so this year they’ve combinedboth efforts to bring us a NYE party of epicproportions.

SE1New Year’s Eve Party: Eastern Electrics NYEAll Nighter at The Coronet: House andTechno 28 New Kent Road , SE1 6TJ 9pm - 7am, £20 Early Bird £40 AdvanceAfter five consecutive years of sell out NYE parties,there’s another gargantuan line-up of the finestHouse and Techno at London’s Coronet. HotCreations stalwart Miguel Campbell and soulfulFrenchman Shonky will join Joy Orbison, EatsEverything and Huxley, along with a plethora ofexceptional rising stars in the form of Santé, Geddes,Adeline, Behling & Simpson, Trikk, October, ChasingKurt, Sophie Lloyd, Oscar Thorton and Schumen.

SW9New Year’s Eve Party: NYE at Offline Club,Prince Albert: Ska, Punk, New Wave, DanceParty, 418 Coldharbour Lane, Brixton SW9 8LF 9pm-5am. £3 donation.One of Brixton’s longest running nights, Offline Clubhas a killer reputation for putting on great NYEshows, and this year they’ve got a gang of DJsplaying a fabulously diverse mix of party tunes.Expect to hear ska, skiffle, drum and bass, rock’n’roll,reggae, rock and roll, rockabilly, punk, dance andgood time music till the very small hours. The beer ischeap, the atmosphere friendly, the sounds areunpretentious and they’ve kept the price on the dooras cheap as a bag of festive chips. Damn, we lovethis place!

SW9New Year’s Eve Party: Lost in Space NYEparty at the Dogstar: Bass, Breaks. Rock &Roll & Party Tunes, 389 Coldharbour Lane,Brixton, SW9 8LQ, 9pm-7am, £10 adv.Disastronaut [Audio Sushi] is space cadet at thecontrols of the main room with late night support fromMike Swaine [Bass and Breaks], up in the InBallroom Get Low Cartel play everything Bass whileElvis in Area 51 take over top room with rock n roll,classics and space age. Remember you’ll needPhoto ID to get in - No ID, no entry!

SE1The Ark vs. The Life Aquatic New Year’s Eveparty aboard The Tamesis Dock: Boat PartyAlbert Embankment, Vauxhall, SE1 7TP 8pm – 4am £45A New Year’s Eve of biblical proportions aboard theTamesis Dock as Noah’s Ark goes head to head withThe Life Aquatic for this nautically themed fancydress New Year’s Eve boat party! Fill your sea legswith Rum & real ale as you enjoy some of the bestviews of the London firework. There will be live musicfrom Matt Everson & the DJ sets from The BoomBrothers plus a BBQ on deck (that’s a free burger tothose that arrive before 9pm)Dress: Think fish, Zissou, animals (2 x 2) andbearded men....DJ's: The Boom Brothers (AbsolutelySeamless)

NEW YEAR’S EVE PARTY: New Year’s Eve with Soul Street at

Hideaway: Soul, Funk & Disco

227 Streatham High Road, SW16 7pm – late £70 (includes three course meal & glass of bubbly) A massive celebratory evening for Streatham, chock full of soul, funk,

classic hits and much more. Ticket price includes a three course meal with

coffee and a glass of bubbly on arrival. Soul Street are labelled as

London's 'newest and funkiest soul collective' featuring the vocal talents of

Sharlene Hector. This thrilling line-up is the brainchild of keyboard wizard

Janette Mason, known for her outstanding work on DIVA and VOICE at

Hideaway. So far, their sell-out shows have featured 70s and 80s Classics

from Earth Wind and Fire, The Crusaders and Rose Royce plus

contemporary artists such as Alicia Keys and Erykah Badu. Expect to hit

2013 with your dancing shoes making all the decisions!

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Out and AboutBy: Theresa Heath

LAMBETH AND Southwark

may not have a reputation for

having a thriving gay scene,

but delve a little deeper and

there’s far more than first meets

the queer eye.

From much-loved stalwarts to

precocious newbies, the boroughs are

stepping up to the plate and taking

notice of their LGBT communities.

Particularly encouraging is this year’s

crop of Christmas events, showing

that, when it comes to yuletide,

Lambeth and Southwark know how to

throw a good knees up. Here’s the

pick of the bunch to help you have a

gay old time over the festive period.

PantoChristmas

wouldn’t be

complete without

panto, so get on

down to The

Landor Theatre

for the terribly

punned ‘Get

Aladdin’.

Billed as ‘filthier than a late night

takeaway’ and ‘sweeter than satay

sauce’ this version is camp as

Christmas and features not only

Aladdin and his widowed mum, but a

G4S detective and a dishy emperor’s

son. What’s not to love? Above the

Stag presents ‘Get Aladdin’, dir.Andrew Beckett, The Landor Theatre,SW9 9PH, 7th Dec - 13th Jan

Christmas EveFor those who can’t wait until the 25th

to start

celebrating, The

UK's longest-

running LGBT

Latin Dance Club

throws open its

doors for a

Christmas Party on December 22.

Fans of salsa, Reggaeton, Latin

Pop, Merengue and others can

expect a spicy mix all nationalities and

genders at this friendly Southwark

regular. Guy's Bar, St Thomas Street,

SE1 9RT, £13

Queer and all-inclusive night, Bar

Wotever, will be hosting a Queer

Christmas Pyjama Party at the Royal

Vauxhall Tavern. Don your Christmas

onesie and snuggle in for sing-along

Hairspray and other festive films fromaround the world. RVT, SE11 5HY,

24th Dec, 7pm till late

If you fancy something more

traditional, the largely gay Cambria

Choir sing a selection of favourites to

get you into the Christmas spirit.

Upstairs at The Cambria, 40

Kemerton Road, SE5 9AR 7.30-

8.30pm.