Love the nightlife

Drink in style, find a proper pub, enjoy an intimate gig, catch the biggest bands and DJs or party like its 1955.

Bourne and Hollingsworth

Order a prohibition style cocktail in a tea cup at this tiny basement bar in Fitzrovia, complete with fabulous granny chic interior. If you’re lucky, you could catch a performance of the Fitzrovia Radio Hour, where a talented cast of vintage clad actors present classic mystery, science-fiction and drama radio plays from the 1940s and 1950s.

28 Rathbone Place
W1T 1JF
020 7636 8228

The Flowerpot

A new addition to the Kentish Town nightlife, this venue hosts live acts each night as well as one guest DJ. There is no cover charge for entry as they want their customers to be guests and enjoy the music. They also provide a free BBQ on Sunday afternoons.

47 Kentish Town Road
NW1 8PB
020 7485 6040

The Westbury

A local pub that offers it all, including live music, pool, Sunday roasts, board games and signature cocktails. DJs work the bar every weekend and Thursdays and Sundays are set aside for live music talent.

34 Kilburn High Road
NW6 5RP
020 7625 7500
www.westburybar.com

Koko

Once a theatre and cinema, this stunning listed building at the bottom end

1a Camden High Street
NW1 7JE
0870 432 5527
www.koko.uk.com

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The Alice House

The cocktail menu is long and illustrious and a range of tapas is available making it a great weekend jaunt with friends. When Sunday comes around you can choose the traditional roast with all the trimmings and slurp on a Monmouth coffee to blow the cobwebs away.

283-285 West End Lane
NW6 1RD
020 7431 8818
www.alicehouse.co.uk

The Lamb pub

The Lamb

Sidestep the swarms of tourists in central London and enjoy the perfect pint at The Lamb. There is no music or TV screen to distract from the idyllic, olde world charm of this perfectly preserved Grade II listed Victorian pub. It even still has the etched glass snob screens in place above the bar. The Lamb also retains its original working polyphon – the predecessor to the gramophone The Lamb.

92 Lamb’s
Conduit St
Bloomsbury
WC1N 3LZ
020 7405 0713

The Jazz Cafe

It might be named the Jazz Cafe but the range of music performed here spans funk, soul, reggae, hip hop and much more. On Saturday nights don your legwarmers and big hair to make an appearance at their regular I love the 80s club night.

5 Parkway
NW1 7PG
020 7485 6834
www.jazzcafe.co.uk

Bloomsbury Bowling Lanes

Shake, rattle n’ bowl in the area’s second vintage bowling venue. With student nights, indie bingo and bands and DJs supplying rock ‘n roll and all things retro – not to mention the private karaoke booths – you’re certain to strike a party here.

Basement of Tavistock Hotel
Bedford Way
WC1H 9EU
020 7183 1979
www.bloomsburylanes.co.uk

The Luminaire

The music rules at this small but award winning venue. Recent acts have included Babyshambles, James Morrison and the Fratellis.

311 Kilburn High Road
NW6 7JR
020 7372 7123
www.theluminaire.co.uk