Bank holiday bonanza

With a four-day weekend get out on the town this Easter!

12 April 2012

With a four-day weekend to celebrate egg-brandishing bunnies, there's no excuse not to have at least one mad night on the tiles this Easter. Don't end up with egg on your face find the best places to have a cracking time right here...

PUBS

Hen and Chickens Theatre Bar
109 St Paul's Road, N1 020 7704 7621
With a name so seasonally apt, it would be rude to miss this venue out, plus they're living up to their name and hosting a fantastic range of comedy acts all Easter weekend.

The Big Chill Bar
Dray Walk, off Brick Lane, E1 020 7392 9180
If you've overdone it at one of the clubs listed below, but your mates are still insisting you go out 'for one drink', head to The Big Chill Bar for mellow vibes and ultimate chill-out tunes — and if that one drink turns into many you can relax knowing the bar's open until Midnight - even on Easter Sunday.

The Anglers
3 Broom Road, Teddington, TW11 9NR 020 897 7475
Lets not forget the kids, while you're letting your Sunday lunch go down the munchkins can have fun hunting for hidden eggs in The Angler's garden — British weather permitting of course. Plus all the money raised is going straight to the Tsunami Appeal — including all the staff's wages for the day.

The Dove
19 Upper Mall, W6 020 8748 5405
In true British-style the first glint of sunshine and the beer gardens are packed. Keep you fingers-crossed that the Bank Holiday doesn't jinx the spate of Spring weather we've been having so far and head to The Dove, which has the perfect garden for sipping pints and Pimms in.

The White Swan
The Riverside, Twickenham TW1 020 8892 2166
Further afield, if you don't fancy cooking the Sunday Roast yourself, The White Swan is a pretty pub serving top grub. Not only will you get out of doing the washing up, but you can impress your relatives with the riverside view and sunny (with any luck) garden.

CLUBS

Friday 25th March...

CLUB NME @ KOKO
1a Camden High Street, London NW1 0870 432 5527
Be Your Own Pet a Nashville band touted by NME and the Kings Of Leon as the next big things are playing at Club NME @ KOKO.

BACK TO IBIZA at Pacha
Terminus Place, Victoria, SW1 020 7833 3139
Funky, uplifting Balearic sounds with Laussane's Jerry C, Spain's Marcos Albitres, Coxswain, Jay Moreno and J.P. Candela. 10pm-5am, £15, concs £10.

THE GALLERY at Turnmills
63b Clerkenwell Road, EC1 0207 250 3409
House with Sander van Doorn, Marco V, John '00' Fleming, John Askew, Gareth Emery and Momento. Joy's second room features Steve Lee, Ewan MacNeil (Beginerz), Alex Anderson, Marc Houlihan and Jon Barber. 10.30pm-7.30am, £15, £12 before 11.30pm, mems £10, NUS £10 before midnight.

SMOOVE at the Ministry Of Sound
103 Gaunt St, London SE1 020 7740 8627
Garage from Sparkie and Quickdraw, Masterstepz and Femme Fatale, plus R&B with Davy Diamond, Semtex and Skinz. The Baby Box has soulful house from Daryl B. and Joe Butler. 10.30pm-5am, £12, concs £10.

VIEW at Cirque
10-14 Cranbourn Street, WC2 0871 075 1757
R&B, pop, dance, fashionable hip-hop and funk. Residents include Steve the Force, Gareth Watkins and Anthony Scott Lee. 9pm-late, £15, mems £12, mems £8 before 11pm.

FABRICLIVE at Fabric
77a Charterhouse Street, EC1 0871 075 1737
A Night of True Playaz with drum'n'bass from Hype, Pascal, Zinc, J. Majik, Simon 'Bassline' Smith, Hazard, Brockie, Storm, Phantasy, Flirt, Ratpack, Slipmat and more. 9.30pm-5am, £12, NUS £10.

FIDGIT at Plan B
418 Brixton Road, Brixton, SW9 0871 332 4067
Hip-hop, soul, party funk and heavyweight disco with Steady Diggin' Workshop, Mr Ben and Hoop. 9pm-4am, £7, £5 before 11pm.

DEEP FUNK at Madame Jo Jo's
Brewer Street, W1 0871 075 1771
Keb Darge and guests drop funk and rare groove. 10pm-3am, £8, £6 before 11pm.

DON'T STOP ME NOW at the Garage
20-22 Highbury Corner, N5 0871 075 1761
Pop tunes and more from the Seventies to the present day with Black Knight (Cigarettes And Alcohol). 11pm-3am, £7, listing/NUS/w/flyer £5.

REVOLUTION LATIN SOUND at Cuba
11-13 Kensington High Street, W8 0871 075 1759
Salsa, merengue and Latin pop. 5pm-2am, £8, £4 before 10pm, £2 before 9pm, free before 8pm.

LE BEAT BESPOKE at the Rocket
166-220 Holloway Rd, Holloway, N7 0871 332 3663
Sixties and Mod weekender, this session emphasises British R&B with Yardbirds, Nine Below Zero and Long Tall Shorty live, plus three rooms of DJs spinning underground Mod sounds, garage rock, beat classics and rock'n'roll. 8pm-4am, weekend ticket £45, day ticket £17.

Saturday 26th March...

UNDERWATER at The End
18 West Central Street, WC1 020 7419 9199
The West End club is hosting their Underwater Easter Special with DJ Tim Deluxe playing a special four hour set of the finest cutting edge house. Entrance costs from £12.

KOKO SATURDAY at KOKO
1a Camden High Street, London NW1 0870 432 5527
As part of their weekly celebration of dance music headline DJ's, bands and sound systems are brought together. Easter Saturday will see DR Almantado performing live, as well as Rob Da Bank on the decks, and Trojan Sound Systems. Entrance costs from £12.

FABRIC at Fabric
77a Charterhouse Street, EC1 0871 075 1737
Huge night of house, techno and more with Craig Richards, Akufen, Brooks, Robert Hood, Marco Passarani and Andrea Parker. In the third room, Swayzak presents Serieculture, featuring Brun and Roger 23. 10pm-7am, £15,ore 11pm.

GROOVE SANCTUARY at Madame Jo Jo's
Brewer Street, W1 0871 075 1771
Soulful house, nu jazz and Latin from Raw Deal and Joey Vieira. 10pm-3am, £8, £6 before 11pm.

PROLOGUE at Egg
200 York Way, N7 020 7609 8364
This triple-decker house of fun attracts a trendy yet genuinely friendly crowd to its subtly stylish enclave. Foot-stomping house grooves are served up techy, funky or classic courtesy of Paul Louth, Tom Dog and Dirt, People Like Us and Houseworks. 10pm-6am, £15, NUS £12.

SATURDAY SESSIONS at the Ministry Of Sound
103 Gaunt St, London SE1 020 7740 8627
Danny Rampling, Paul Jackson and Marc Hughes are in the Box while the Bar has Simply Salacious's 1st Birthday featuring Peter Borg, Gareth Cooke, Mykal Hand and Michelle Coe. 11pm-7am, £15, adv £12, NUS £8.

BREAKIN' BREAD at the Rhythm Factory
16 - 18 Whitechapel Rd, E1 020 7375 3774
Dirty beats, breaking funk and hip-hop from Jazzman Gerald, Fryer, Renegade, Junk, Skeg, Rob Life and Tufkut. B-boy crews Second To None and Foundationz guest. 10pm-4am, £9, concs £6, £5 before 10.45pm.

FROG at Mean Fiddler
165 Charing Cross Road, Wc2 020 7434 9592
Alternative rock'n'roll party with Sensible jaY, Dave Danger, the Eclectic Aristocracy (Shuffle) and the Panic crew. Upstairs, Artrocker's Tom, Paul and Stewart Plimsolls throw out angular sounds. Each week also features live guests. 11pm-4am, £10, listing/w/flyer £7, listing/w/flyer £5 before midnight, mems £4.

RICO at Cuba
11-13 Kensington High Street, W8 0871 075 1759
Latin rhythms, salsa, merengue and a dash of techno with Juan Carlos and Garcia. 5pm-2am, £8, £4 before 10pm, £2 before 9pm, free before 8pm.

Sunday 27th March...

SUBLIMINAL SESSIONS at the Ministry of Sound
103 Gaunt Street, SE1 0870 060 0010
A Bank Holiday treat from Erick Morillo, with Mr New Jersey, Jose Nunez, Krafty Kuts, and Cuban Brothers. This party sits in the middle of the Ministry's 10-day long Donate To Dance fundraising event where more than 200 DJs being pledged to the Nordoff-Robbins Music Therapy charity.

JADED at Egg
200 York Way, N7 020 7609 8364
Simply another cracker we couldn't resist including in our club round-up — plus where else could you go clubbing from 5am until late afternoon on Easter Sunday? Eggs-actly! £12, £10 w/flyer, concs £8.

HOUSOLOGY at Turnmills
63b Clerkenwell Road, EC1 0207 250 3409
Upfront funky house with DJ Disciple, Paul 'Trouble' Anderson, Neil Fernly and Leyton Perris. The second room has soulful house classics from Junior, Funky P and Clemy Riley while tribal beats and deep house come from Stitch And Belgrave. 10pm-6am, £15, £12 before midnight.

RIOT! at the End
18 West Central Street, WC1 020 7419 9199
Hard house with Ed Real, B.K. and guests. 3pm-10pm, £11, mems £9.

CIRQUEDAY at Cirque
10-14 Cranbourn Street, WC2 0871 075 1757
Krunski and KG blend R&B, hiphop party grooves and disco. 11pm-3am, £15, mems £10.

BUBBLING OVER at Bar Rumba
36 Shaftesbury Avenue, W1 0871 075 1733
Exclusive ghetto-style street soul, R&B and rap with Matt White (Kiss), Brian Norman (Fresh N Funky), Ben And Pete (BBE), Lloyd The Boogie Boy and DJ Stylez. 8pm-1am, £5, £3 before 10pm.

THE INDELIBLE MARKER at Madame Jo Jo's
Brewer Street, W1 0871 075 1771
Hip-hop to Motown and Studio One with rotating residents including MK, Mr Thing, Dan Greenpeace and the Nextmen. 9pm-3am, £6.

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