Cowboy & Cowgirl Night

Last Friday of the month is when The Brown Cow in Fulham hosts its cowboy and cowgirl night. It's a dressed-up, themed evening where the point is the collective commitment. Everyone shows up in character, and that shared effort is what makes the night work.

Themed nights like this succeed when people actually dress for it, and here they do. You get a predictable monthly fixture you can build into your calendar, the kind of social rhythm that creates its own London following. Turn up as a cowboy or cowgirl, spend the evening with others doing the same thing.