For a cover charge, you can join the throng of sweaty bodies bouncing to EDM in the basement of this Henry Street bar. Sotto: While not branded as a gay club like the others, Sotto's downstairs dance floor is known to attract an LGBTQ crowd.In any case, this longtime Madison staple is deserving of its party place reputation. The neighborhood it's in, sandwiched between fast-food restaurants and strip malls, isn't especially inviting, either. The drawback to FIVE is its distance (4.5 miles) from downtown. This place has a large disco, lounge, and patio for summer evenings. FIVE Nightclub: Prior to Prizm, there was FIVE Nightclub (known as Club 5 back in the day).Mostly though, it gave LA its best new gay bar in. A variety of events keep the place interesting, including 18-and-over dance parties on Thursdays, ladies' nights, karaoke on Wednesdays, and plenty of other themed parties. Secondly, it allowed us to put events like Springtime Beef Ball and Bear Bust into our Google calendars. Prizm: A 15-minute walk northeast of the Wisconsin Capitol grounds, along the hip and trendy Williamson Street, this slick dance bar and video bar (formerly called Plan B) has garnered a massive following of gay men, lesbians, and more than a few allies.
You can have lot of fun at Gamekeepers on football sunday. Place features more than 40 flat screen TVs for sports fans’ entertainment. In addition to having a bustling gay-friendly nightlife scene, even bigger gay bar hubs are just down the road (Milwaukee is a 75-minute drive and Chicago-boasting one of the country's largest gay scenes-is a two-hour drive away). Gamekeepers is one of the best bars to watch Chicago bears game.
This is where the name of its annual OutReach Magic Festival, now held every August, came from. If you are visiting Chicago’s Boystown during their Pride Week (June 22-30), you should check out some of these bars. The LGBTQ community here would gather at what was called MAGIC picnics, de facto Pride fests, during the '80s or perhaps even before. Let it be known that there are other gay bars around Chicago but I’ve only been to the ones in Boystown. Deep dish pizza, the mob, jazz music and that Frank. In fact, Madison was celebrating pride before pride was even a thing. Youll find many gay bars in the Boystown district: a great place to begin if youre visiting Chicago. It isn't often that a city this size-with a population of about 250,000-has so much pride. Sure, there are plenty of sports bars in Chicago to catch the Bears game, but for die-hard fans, you dont want to share space with supporters of other teams. The outdoorsy, progressive, and well-educated settlement that straddles Lake Mendota and Lake Monona offers a small-town alternative to big city living for gays and lesbians. It probably has something to do with the youthful demographic that University of Wisconsin-Madison attracts and the city's reputation as a "liberal bubble," often having different political opinions than the rest of the state.
Unassuming as it may be, Madison, Wisconsin, is a mecca for the LGBTQ crowd.