Every good gay bar, minus the guesswork.

Short North / N High St · 775 N High St

Columbus's main gay dance club, with several rooms, big DJ nights and touring drag stars on the stage. Save it for a late Friday or Saturday after drinks across the street.

Northalsted · 3349 N Halsted St

Multi-room video bar; showtunes and retro nights.

Northalsted · 3356 N Halsted St

DJs, drag and cheap-drink nights.

Northalsted · 3458 N Halsted St

Circuit-style club, busy after midnight, open until 4–5 am.

Northalsted · 3726 N Broadway

Line dancing, then go-go dance club after 1 am on weekends.

Church-Wellesley Village · 467 Church St

The Village's busiest men's bar since 1989, with several rooms, drag shows, dancing and a patio, plus the club-style Sailor under the same roof. Weekend afternoons and late evenings are when it really fills up; closed Mondays.

Church-Wellesley Village · 508 Church St

A two-floor house that has been the Village's main drag stage since 1994, with shows most nights and DJs and dancing on Fridays and Saturdays. It draws a younger, mixed crowd and gets loud and happy after 11.

Logan Circle · 1410 14th St NW

Queer dive with a packed dance floor.

U Street · 915 U St NW

Several bars and dance floors; pop and rap.

Church Street, Midtown · 1519 Church St, Nashville, TN 37203

Nashville's big gay dance club, with drag shows several times a night from Wednesday to Sunday. It's open until 3am on weekends.

The Grove / Manchester Ave · 4112 Manchester Ave

The biggest room in the Grove, with a dance floor, a stage for drag and karaoke, and two patios. Good from happy hour on, and it stays open until 3am most nights.

Gayborhood · 202 S 13th St

Weekend DJs, Monday karaoke.

Gayborhood · 1221 St James St

Multi-floor late-night club.

Baltimore Ave · 57 Baltimore Ave

A bar and grill with a big outdoor deck that fills up right after the beach, plus DJ nights, themed parties and fundraisers. It never charges a cover, so it's an easy first stop.

Rehoboth Ave Extension, just outside downtown · 37298 Rehoboth Ave Ext

The town's main dance club, with a Sunday T-dance, drag bingo, splash parties and DJs on weekends. It's open year-round except Mondays, and it's the busiest place late at night.

Midtown · 990 Piedmont Ave NE

Big dance club with a weekend cover.

Midtown · 893 Peachtree St NE

A cornerstone of Black gay Atlanta.

Cheshire Bridge · 2069 Cheshire Bridge Rd

Foam parties and pup nights.

Chelsea · 225 W 19th St

The '90s favorite, back in 2025 under its original founder, with a new dance floor.

Chelsea · 250 W 26th St

New in June 2026 from the Boxers founders: a 160-capacity club with a no-phones dance floor.

Hell's Kitchen · 355 W 52nd St

Big room, younger crowd, drag every night around 11. 2-for-1 from 5–9.

Hell's Kitchen · 348 W 52nd St

Two-floor club in the old Therapy space with theme nights all week, including Latin Thursdays.

Hell's Kitchen · 697 10th Ave

Former hardware store with a drag stage and dance room; half-price drinks 2–8.

Hell's Kitchen · 369 W 46th St

Narrow bar that opens into a packed dance floor; reopened under new owners in 2025.

East Village · 93 2nd Ave

Late-night cruise bar, Wed–Sun 10 pm–4 am. No photos.

East Williamsburg · 260 Meserole St

Warehouse club with an outdoor yard and big weekend parties.

Greenpoint · 307 Meeker Ave

Upscale queer cocktail bar with a patio (opened 2024).

Bushwick · 1260 Myrtle Ave

Astrology-themed bar with a sweaty little dance floor.

Jackson Heights · 85-28 37th Ave

Long, narrow Latin dance bar.

Le Village, Sainte-Catherine Est · 1478 Rue Sainte-Catherine Est

A big multi-floor complex with a ground-floor pub, dance rooms and a summer rooftop with a pool and hot tub. Go on a summer afternoon for the terrace or on a Saturday night for dancing and drag.

Downtown, Hennepin Ave · 830 Hennepin Ave, Minneapolis, MN 55403

A gay-owned dance club open since 1977, with DJs, weekend drag and late-night food. It's open until 3am on Fridays and Saturdays.

Downtown, Hennepin Ave · 408 Hennepin Ave, Minneapolis, MN 55401

A big complex with seven bars on two floors. The drag shows in La Femme Lounge run most weekends, and a karaoke bar is part of the mix.

South End · 209 Columbus Ave

The flagship: restaurant, cabaret and dancing.

Masonic Place, off Commercial St · 4-6 Masonic Place

A creaky old tavern with three rooms under one roof: the Little Bar downstairs for a quiet drink, the Macho Bar upstairs for the leather and denim guys, and the Big Room for dancing late. It's open year-round, so it's the reliable stop in the off-season too.

Commercial St, center of town · 247 Commercial St

A big complex with the Wave Bar, the Paramount for dancing, a cabaret room for drag and comedy, the Vault for the leather crowd, and an outdoor courtyard. New owners reopened the bars in stages in 2026 while the hotel rooms stay closed for renovation, so check what's running the night you go.

West End, Commercial St · 161 Commercial St

The afternoon tea dance on the waterfront deck, starting around 4pm, is how a lot of people end their beach day, with a different theme on different days. It runs daily in summer and drops to weekends into the fall.

French Quarter · 800 Bourbon St

The Bourbon Street dance club.

French Quarter · 801 Bourbon St

Video bar with the club upstairs.

Oak Lawn · 3923 Cedar Springs Rd

Busy, iconic, with a street patio.

Oak Lawn · 3911 Cedar Springs Rd

The big club, with nightly drag in the Rose Room.

Oak Lawn · 3912 Cedar Springs Rd

Country dance hall with free lessons.

Wilton Drive · 2232–2238 Wilton Dr, Wilton Manors, FL 33305

A big multi-room bar with a little of everything. There's karaoke early in the week, two-stepping and line dancing on Wednesdays, a dance floor on weekends and a classic Sunday tea dance.

NE 6th Ave, Wilton Manors · 3073 NE 6th Ave, Wilton Manors, FL 33334

A country-western bar where you can learn to line dance or two-step, and the instructors are patient with beginners. There's karaoke too, and the crowd is mixed and welcoming.

South Beach · 1057 Washington Ave

Seven bars, no cover, open until 5 am.

Coral Way · 2301 SW 32nd Ave

Latino LGBTQ club with theatrical drag; starts late.

Wilton Manors · 2232 Wilton Dr

The main dance club on the Drive.

Wilton Manors · 2345 Wilton Dr

Large nightclub complex (limited nights).

Montrose · 2312 Crocker St

Chill by day, DJs at night.

Montrose · 710 Pacific St

Dance club, Thu–Sun.

Duval St · 724 Duval St

A big compound with several bars, a back garden and a men-only pool, plus go-go dancers and video screens at night. It works for an afternoon pool hang and for a late party, especially on big event weekends.

Duval St at Petronia · 801 Duval St

An open-air corner bar that's good for people-watching, with drag shows from the 801 Girls upstairs every night and karaoke too. Stop in any time from noon, but the shows are the reason to come at night.

Petronia St, behind the Duval bars · 504 Petronia St

Key West's leather bar, popular with bears and their admirers, with gear nights on weekends. It's darker and more low-key than the Duval bars, and it fills up late.

Upper Duval St · 1125 Duval St

A guesthouse with bars around the pool and a cabaret room that brings in singers and drag performers. Go for a drink by the pool before a show, and look out for its Sunday tea dance during Fantasy Fest.

4th St · 211 W 4th St

The anchor dance club.

4th St · 217 W 4th St

Big dance floor and karaoke.

RiNo · 3500 Walnut St

The big dance club.

Capitol Hill · 900 E Colfax Ave

Country-western and pop, plus drag brunch.

Capitol Hill · 629 E Colfax Ave

DJs, patio and drag bingo.

Harvey Milk Blvd (900 South) · 49 E 900 S

A queer-owned, trans-safe bar and kitchen with a dance floor, a runway stage for drag battles and a back patio where DJs play. Open Thursday to Sunday, and busiest late on weekends.

Melrose District · 727 W Camelback Rd, Phoenix, AZ 85013

A country-western bar open since 1984, with two-stepping, drag, karaoke and a big patio. It's home base for the Arizona Gay Rodeo, and it stays open until 4am on weekends.

Central Phoenix · 1724 E McDowell Rd, Phoenix, AZ 85006

Phoenix's Latin gay dance club, with reggaetón, drag and karaoke. Check which nights are open before you go.

Zona Rosa, Calle Amberes · Calle Amberes 1, Juárez

Three floors in one building: a cantina on the ground floor, a glass-walled karaoke bar upstairs and a rooftop looking toward Reforma. It's packed with a young crowd Thursday to Saturday, so come before 1 a.m. to avoid the list.

Zona Rosa, Calle Londres · Londres 182, Juárez

The city's bear bar, started by the BearMex community, with upbeat DJs and karaoke on Fridays. Busiest Thursday to Saturday after 10.

Centro Histórico · República de Cuba 18, Centro

A campy, cash-only salón downtown where Latin pop and '80s hits fill a small dance floor and drag shows start around midnight. Worth the short cab ride from Zona Rosa on a Friday or Saturday.

Fruit Loop · 4633 Paradise Rd, Las Vegas, NV 89169

A big multi-room club open seven nights a week, with drag performances and a packed dance floor. Come late on a weekend.

Fruit Loop · 4605 Paradise Rd, Las Vegas, NV 89169

Piranha's neighbor, rebuilt and reopened in 2023, with drag, dancing and a weekend drag brunch. It has a different theme every night.

Twain Ave · 501 E Twain Ave, Las Vegas, NV 89119

A 24-hour bar with no cover and a loyal local crowd. The weekly lineup has karaoke on Wednesday, a drag show on Thursday and DJs on weekends.

Fruit Loop / Twain · 495 E Twain Ave, Las Vegas, NV 89169

A no-frills, open-all-hours dive where the leather and bear crowd mixes with locals over cheap drinks and pool. It's the friendliest place in town to show up at 4 a.m. in a harness or a T-shirt.

Commercial Center / East Sahara · 953 E Sahara Ave #22B, Las Vegas, NV 89104

One of Vegas's longest-running gay bars, a laid-back 24-hour saloon in the Commercial Center with pool, darts, bingo, karaoke and Friday drag. It's a true locals' hangout far from the Strip.

Fruit Loop · 4640 Paradise Rd, Las Vegas, NV 89169

A 24/7 Fruit Loop video bar where music videos play on every screen and a long two-for-one happy hour runs most of the day. It's an easy pre-game a few steps from Piranha.

Zona Romántica, Ignacio L. Vallarta · Ignacio L. Vallarta, Zona Romántica

The town's oldest gay club, going back to 1989, mixing country and pop with full-production drag shows at midnight and again later on. Unpretentious and fairly cheap; it gets going well after 11.

Playa Los Muertos · Malecón 169

A beach club with a pool, sushi and cocktails on Los Muertos beach that hosts the big gay pool parties during Bear Week, Easter and Thanksgiving. On quieter days it's an easy place to spend an afternoon on a lounger with a drink.

Arenas Road · 302 E Arenas Rd, Palm Springs, CA 92262

The biggest room on Arenas, open from morning until 2am. Come for the long afternoon happy hour and ballgames on the screens, then stay as the dance floor fills up later.

Arenas Road · 217 E Arenas Rd, Palm Springs, CA 92262

A lively bar with something different every night: a Latin night midweek, DJs and dancing on weekends, and a drag brunch on Sundays. The happy hour runs until 7pm, so it's an easy early stop.

North Palm Canyon · 2100 N Palm Canyon Dr, Palm Springs, CA 92262

A kitschy tiki bar with tropical drinks and drag shows. It's open later in the week, so plan a Friday or Saturday night.

Hillcrest · 1051 University Ave, San Diego, CA 92103

San Diego's main gay dance club, with DJs and late nights from Wednesday to Sunday. Saturday stays open until 4am.

Hillcrest · 3796 Fifth Ave, San Diego, CA 92103

San Diego's oldest gay bar, with roots going back to 1934. In 2026 it went back to its full historic name. Saturdays bring a busy Latin night with reggaetón and Latin pop.

WeHo · 692 N Robertson Blvd

The gothic megabar (35 years in 2026). Skews tourist at night.

WeHo · 8857 Santa Monica Blvd

Two-story club, open until 4 am under new owners.

WeHo · 8928 & 8911 Santa Monica Blvd

Miami-themed; Tropicana (the former Heart) books big-name drag.

Silver Lake · 4356 W Sunset Blvd

Neighborhood bar with a back dance room.

DTLA · 357 S Broadway

The rock-and-roll gay bar with a terrace.

Long Beach · 1435 E Broadway

Video bar with dance parties Thu–Sun.

Capitol Hill · 1533 13th Ave

Leather bar plus a dance floor.

Downtown · 1809 Minor Ave

Queer-owned underground electronic club.

Capitol Hill · 1221 E Madison St

Divey dance bar with a patio.

Capitol Hill · 1518 11th Ave

Drag catwalk; calm weekdays, party weekends.

Old Town/Chinatown · 219 NW Davis St, Portland, OR 97209

Portland's longest-running gay nightclub, open since 1981. New owners stepped in when it nearly closed in 2025. There's drag bingo on Mondays, live-band karaoke on Sundays and dancing on weekends.

Old Town/Chinatown · 110 NW Broadway, Portland, OR 97209

A video bar and dance club in the old Embers space, with music videos on lots of screens. Nights include karaoke, trivia, open-call drag and Drag Race viewing parties.

Castro · 2344 Market St

The Castro's dance club.

Castro · 4067 18th St

Video and dance bar, weekend drag brunch.

SoMa · 298 11th St

Drag cabaret, saved by a donation and reopened July 2026.

West End, Lisle Street (Leicester Square) · 30 Lisle Street, London WC2H 7BA

A big bar on several floors that plays music videos and has one of the area's largest outdoor terraces. The basement club stays open late with DJs and karaoke. Easy to find if you've just arrived in the West End.

Vauxhall · 372 Kennington Lane, London SE11 5HY

A Victorian pub with a horseshoe bar and a small stage, home to cabaret, drag and queer performance for decades. Check the listings and book for weekend shows; Friday and Saturday club nights run late.

Vauxhall · 349 Kennington Lane, London SE11 5QY

A no-frills bar and club with a leather-friendly crowd that welcomes everyone. Its Sunday Horse Meat Disco night has run for years. Late on weekends, closed Monday to Wednesday.

Reguliersdwarsstraat · Reguliersdwarsstraat 42, Amsterdam

A three-floor club on the main gay street, where each floor plays different music. Go late on a Friday or Saturday after the bars nearby.

Chueca, Calle de Pelayo · Calle de Pelayo, 11, 28004 Madrid

A two-level bar with a show every night, usually drag, starting around 10:30pm, and no cover. Shows are upstairs, downstairs is calmer for a drink, and the crowd leans bear-friendly. Shows are mostly in Spanish.

Chueca, Calle de la Libertad · Calle de la Libertad, 34, 28004 Madrid

A long-running club on two floors: a quieter bar upstairs and a dance floor downstairs, with nightly drag and cabaret. It stays open until 6am.

Chueca, Calle de San Bartolomé · Calle de San Bartolomé, 7, 28004 Madrid

A packed basement bar with baroque decor and black-and-white movie star photos on the walls, playing disco and pop until late. The crowd is mixed gay and straight. Go after midnight.

Schöneberg, Motzstraße · Motzstraße 19, 10777 Berlin

A bar that has been part of the neighborhood since 1990, with several rooms, a friendly mix of locals and visitors, and pop hits from past decades. The Sunday disco nights and themed parties are when it's busiest.