Fire (nightclub)
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Fire is a visionary nightclub in London's Vauxhall "gay village". It specialises in majority-gay events, although maintains an open door policy. Originally known as the less than salubrious "Viaduct", Fire was created by current owner Craig Elder in 2002, whose investment, commitment and vision has seen the venue turn from ugly duckling to fully fledged swan.. and a world class venue in the making.
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[edit] Overview
Formed by several railway arches close to Vauxhall Station, the nightclub has seen many recent innovations and significant gentrification. It is owned by the Orange groupwho also own several other gay nightclubs and venues. A privately owned company, the name Orange derives from a Sunday Night/Monday Morning late night club at London's Prince of Orange Pub in Surray Quays, which relocated to the Viaduct club and subsequently Club Coliseum. After many incarnations and superlative re-inventions, the club returned to the newly fabulized Fire as their the flagship clubnight in 2003. The colorful name has since become the ident of what is undeniably the biggest gay club "brand" since the glory days of Heaven and G-A-Y.
Fire currently operates 3 distinct club environments in its three arches. The main floor remains the heart of the club with an unrivalled sound system and unique art-deco lighting system (rumored to be based on the opening stage of Kylie's Showgirl Tour). The recently opened Mirror Arch is renowned for it's old-skool multi-coloured dancefloor and harder music style. The Electrosexual Room provides an initially more chilled out environment though this generally proves a misnomer as the unrepenting energising music never allows you rest for more than a few minutes.. A 4th Arch (with VIP area) is scheduled to open on New Year's Eve 2006 and the news has already created such a huge buzz of publicity for the club that the owners are already loooking to expand the Orange Empire well outside of Vauxhall....
[edit] Nights
The club was well known on the London gay scene as an "After-hours" venue however in recent years it has become so popular that many top-name DJs maintain residencies at the venue. It now resonates as a venue at the cutting edge of dance music and proves far more enticing than many traditonal "Big" gay venues as it was conceived "by the people , for the people" rathatr than sheer corporate opportunity. nd n the UK and as such has . Its attendance is so and a majority-gay policy is enforced to sprevent the club becoming a straight venue. It has a strict no-ghb policy on the doors due to a number or recent deaths from the drug at the venue.
[edit] Rudeboyz
Rudeboyz in held on Thursday nights and is intended as a men-only night for men with a fetish for sportswear.
[edit] Gravity
Gravity starts at 2am on Friday mornings and is a medium-house music night. Gravity uses the mirror-arch room following the rudeboyz event on the main floor.
[edit] A:M
A:M is perhaps the best known night at fire. It starts at 11pm on Friday night and finishes at 11am on Saturday morning. Characterised by muscle-men and glamorous women. A:M's main floor music is focused on heavier dance music, with the current trend geared towards electro.
[edit] Beyond
Sunday morning 4am - 11am
[edit] Later
A Sunday morning/afternoon event with soft house music.
[edit] Orange
The flagship night of the club, that's so famous, the owner changed his surname to orange! It starts on Sunday night and finishes on Monday afternoon.
[edit] Open
Open plays electro house and funky electro house. It starts at 4am on Tuesday morning and goes until the early afternoon.
[edit] Criticisms
[edit] Opening Hours
[edit] Drugs policy
Lambeth the local council has a much more tolerant attitude towards drugs than adjoining Westminster. The club has been accused in the past of not taking adequete safeguards to protect patrons from drugs.
