Restaurants

Dress up for Christmas
Rockin’ Around the Christmas Tree
The clue’s in the name: a 1950s-inspired Christmas party with a dance class to give you a few moves, and live bands and DJs to show them off to. Burlesque dancers the Teasemaids and singer-songerwriter and comedian Earl Okin guest.
Diary date Dec 21, 7pm-late, £17.50.
Rockin’ Around the Christmas Tree, Bush Hall, 310 Uxbridge Rd, W12 (0870 0600 100/www.bushhallmusic.co.uk) Shepherd’s Bush tube.

Ceilidh Club
Country dancing Scottish style (leaping, drinking, jumping and more drinking). Whether you know your Gay Gordon from your Dashing White Sergeant or not, the Ceilidh Club is the best fun you can have with your kilt on. All events include a caller, so you don’t need to know the dances. Pants optional.
Diary date Dec 8, 7.15pm-11pm, £10.
Cecil Sharp House, 2 Regents Park Rd, NW1 (08700 600 100/www.ceilidhclub.com) Camden Town tube. Feature continues

Whoopee presents Nymphaeum
It’s an aquatic burlesque adventure don’t you know, so dress up as a bathing belle, chorus girl or seahorse, in your finest pearls or as a sea god or goddess. The show kicks off the night, then everyone jumps ship – so to speak – to the afterparty for all night revelling.
Diary date Dec 2 & 3, 9pm & 10.30pm, £20 for show, £25 for show and afterparty.
Porchester Baths, Queensway, W1 (www.thewhoopeeclub.com) Bayswater tube.