BEARS

IMPORTANT DATES
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
  • 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. NEXT ON SUN 27 AUGUST 2023. (Facebook event for 2022: www.facebook.com/events/7874669455880194)
  • ​COME2DADDY is held every Friday 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 Friday from 9pm-1am, PAUNCHY on the second Saturday of each month from 6pm to 1am, and BEAR SUNDAY SOCIAL on the last Sunday of each month from  6pm to midnight. (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 last one held in London was at Electrowerks in October 2022. Check website for dates. (megawoofofficial.com)
  • ROAST - a monthly 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 at Electrowerkz, London, EC1V 1NQ from 10pm to 6am. NEXT ON SAT 25 MARCH, FRI 7 APRIL, SAT 8 APRIL, SAT 29 APRIL, SAT 13 MAY & SAT 27 MAY. (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
'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/
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