All venues will be doing something special on New Year's Eve and will have extended hours. Ring for details.

Bar 68, 68 Brigstock Road, Thornton Heath. 020 8665 0683. Fri and Sat: DJs. Sun: Karaoke. Pub hours. Thornton Heath BR.

The Bird of Pride, 291 Sydenham Road, Croydon. 020 8684.1469 Popular Croydon local. Pub hours. East/West Croydon BR.

Buzz Bar, 136 Battersea High St, SW11. 020 7207 3895. Clap Junction BR

The Goose and Carrot, 128 Wellesley Rd, Croydon. 020 8689 3473. Hard-to-get-to local though friendly enough when you do make it. West Croydon BR.

The George, 114 Twickenham Road, Isleworth. 020 8560 1456. Cosy and welcoming bar with cabaret every Friday and Saturday and alternate Sundays. Tonight Del Rio, bar open 4pm till 11pm; Saturday Samantha, bar open noon till 11pm; New Year's Eve Pearl White, bar open 5pm till 2am (doors close 9.30pm, free entry with ticket available at the bar).

Kazbar, 50 Clapham High St, Clapham. 020 7622 0070. Buzzing video bar, particularly popular with the up-for-it pre-clubbing/party crowd. Open 4pm-midnight Mon-Fri, noon-midnight Saturday, noon-11.30pm Sunday. New Year's Eve open noon-7pm, then 8pm till very late with Sparkle, a night of everything glam and glittery, with DJ Sue getting things warmed up with the video hits of the year, then shifting to vinyl. £7.50 on the door (£5 in advance). New Year's Day noon-midnight. North Clapham/

Clapham Common tube.

Marquis of Lorne, 117 Haydons Road, Wimbledon. 020 8542 3306. Saturday Lola Lasagne; Sun Hide the voddy Pearl White's back; Mon The DJ who really likes to get on with the locals (well, one of them, anyway); New Year's Eve Dec 30 Pearl White returns to drink the voddy she left behind last time; New Year's Eve Kelly Sadler. New Year's Day opens from 5pm; Tube: South Wimbledon.

Reflex, 184 London Road, Kingston. 020 8549 9911. Tonight Night Funk with the Reflex Go-Go Boys £3 before 11pm, £5 after, 10pm-3am; Saturday Night Fever £5 all night, 10pm-3am; Sunday disco, with both downstairs and the upstairs Forum bar now open 9pm-1am, free. New Year's Eve, 9pm-4am, £12. Kingston BR.

Richmond Arms, 20 The Square, Richmond. 020 8940 2118. Long standing establishment which has seen competition come and seen it go. Richmond BR and tube.

The Two Brewers, 114 Clapham High Street, Clapham. 020 7498 4971. Hugely popular cabaret bar hosted by genial Joe McJoe, with voluminous dancefloor at the back. Tonight a triple treat with Sandra, Lucia and Millie Turner on the stage, DJ Paul Short in the club; Sat Maxine Mazumder as Lulu, Mark Monroe in the club; Sun 5.30pm Pam Ann's Mile High Club, 7.30pm Lola Lasagne, 9.30pm Sandra's Corruption, Chris Reardon in the club; New Year's Eve (open 7pm-4am, £5 before 9.30pm, £8 after) the fabulous Jacquii Cann, Wayne Artex plays retro and pop in the club; New Year's Day (open 7pm-2am, £2 after 11pm) Cher Travestie; Wednesday Pam Ann Come Fly With Me, Mark Monroe in the club; Thurs Dave Lynn's Crowd Control, Paul Short in the club.Open Mon-Thurs 4pm-2am, Fri-Sat 4pm-3am; Sun 2pm-12.30am. Clapham Common tube.

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