BEARS
IMPORTANT DATES
Brighton Bear Weekend - 6 to 9 July 2023 (www.brightonbearweekend.com)
BearScotFest - 5 to 8 Oct 2023 (www.bearscots.org.uk)
Brighton Bear Weekend - 6 to 9 July 2023 (www.brightonbearweekend.com)
BearScotFest - 5 to 8 Oct 2023 (www.bearscots.org.uk)
None of the following has a dress-code policy, although most of them are men-only.
REGULAR NIGHTS
OCCASIONAL EVENTS - check websites for dates
'THE BEAR TARTAN'
PAUL HENRY KILTMAKER can make ties scarves and kilts from "The Bear Tartan" - more info at www.paulhenrykilts.com/The-Bear-Tartan/
REGULAR NIGHTS
- BEARBAIT - on the first Thursday of each month from 6pm to 10pm at the Bunker Bar, 217-221 City Rd, London, EC1V 1JN (bunkerbar.co.uk)
- *RECOMMENDED* BEEFMINCE (mixed sex) is a monthly club that runs from 10pm to 4am on the first and third Friday of each month at the Royal Vauxhall Tavern, 372 Kennington Lane, Vauxhall, SE11 5HY. Beefmince is not "men only" and all are welcome. (www.facebook.com/beefmince)
- BOATMINCE - is the annual “on the water” party organised by BeefMince on the last Sunday in August. (Facebook event for 2023: www.facebook.com/events/1514588969069572)
- COME2DADDY is held every Thursday from 9pm to 1am at The Lord Clyde, 9 Wotton Road, Deptford, SE8 5TQ. Entry £8 (www.meetup.com/thelordclydelondon/)
- THE EAGLE LONDON at 349 Kennington Lane, Vauxhall has been leather pub and a bear venue. I can't see any specifically bear events on now, but the photo galleries give the show some hairier guys attending. (www.facebook.com/EagleLDN)
- THE KINGS ARMS is a popular pub for bears at 23 Poland Street, London, W1. Nearest tube Oxford Circus. Open from 12pm every day. (www.kingsarms-soho.co.uk/london)
- THE LORD CLYDE in Deptford holds several bear nights, including COME2DADDY every Thursday from 9pm-1am, and PAUNCHY on the second Saturday of each month from 6pm to 1am. (www.meetup.com/thelordclydelondon/events/)
- LONDON BEARS MOVIE CLUB is a group of bears and their admirers who meet up in Central London to see movies, theatre and other things of interest. (www.facebook.com/groups/londonbearsmovieclub/)
- MEGAWOOF - is a men-only dance club welcoming hairy, muscular and beary men that travels around the world. The London event is held on Fridays from 10am to 4am at at Circa Embankment, London, WC2N 6PA. Entry £8. Check website for dates. (Tickets from www.outsavvy.com/organiser/megawoof - Megawoof website: megawoofofficial.com)
- ROAST - a club for “bears, cubs, chubs, chasers, muscle bears, muscle men + admirers”. Billed as a “men-only event, with one of London's largest darkrooms”. Held twice a month at Electrowerkz, London, EC1V 1NQ from 10pm to 6am. NEXT ON SAT 30 SEPT, 14 AND 28 OCTOBER 2023. (www.instagram.com/roast.london.roast and tickets from https://dice.fm/promoters/roast-p9ky)
- SAILORS SAUNA - Sailors is a men/male only spa and sauna at 570-574 Commercial Road, London, E14 7JD, close to Limehouse rail and DLR station. Jason emailed in Sept 2021 to say "Monday nights at Sailors Sauna are their Big & Cuddly nights". Open every day from 12pm to 10pm, entry £18. (www.sailorssauna.com)
- XXL closed in London September 2019
OCCASIONAL EVENTS - check websites for dates
- Bear World Magazine is an online resource that includes the European bear scene, including a page of bear events around the world at bearworldmagazine.com/category/events/
- GayTravel4u has a page of worldwide bear events at www.gaytravel4u.com/bear-events-not-to-miss
'THE BEAR TARTAN'
PAUL HENRY KILTMAKER can make ties scarves and kilts from "The Bear Tartan" - more info at www.paulhenrykilts.com/The-Bear-Tartan/
Page updated 18 September 2023
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