It's the season to be merry and a nice free cocktail courtesy of The Brush Lounge and Cocktail bar at London's Hoxton's glittering new art'otel should help with that.

The Christmas season is set to kick off early and in style at JAKE's Christmas bash, which sees the international networking/social for gay men returning to one of the favourite venues they visited this year to take over the first floor bar that sweeps around giving 180-degree views of London's coolest neighbourhood, Shoreditch.

Newcomers are more than welcome - no one ever gets left on their own at JAKE events - while VIP members get in free and are invited to bring a plus one. Oh, and VIP members should look out for a brand-new addition to their membership being worked on as we speak.

The first 100 revellers through the door will receive a free Brush cocktail but drinks will be flowing throughout the event... and some while news is afoot for something big (hint: it was such a smash hit success last time that we couldn't NOT do it all over again... only bigger).

So, clear your diaries for 26th November from 6.30pm when the doors of the JAKE Christmas bash will be thrown open.

Tickets available from the events section of this very site.