Downtown mailbag: New Gay Street market brgg sodas, snacks, scratch-offs and smok

Contents:

• GAY NIGHTLIFE KNOXVILLE, TENNSEE: BARS, CLUBS, & MORE
• GUI TO GAY STREET KNOXVILLE, TENNSEE
• Y’ALL MEANS ALL – THE GAY SCENE KNOXVILLE
• 530 SOUTH GAY STREET
• DOWNTOWN MAILBAG: NEW GAY STREET MARKET BRGG SODAS, SNACKS, SCRATCH-OFFS AND SMOK
• GAY STREET
• CLANCY'S TAVERN& WHISKEY HOUSEDISVEROUR STORYCLANCY’S TAVERN AND WHISKEY HOE IS DOWNTOWN KNOXVILLE’S PREMIER IRISH PUB. LOTED DIRECTLY NEXT DOOR TO THE HISTORIC TENNSEE THEATRE, AT THE RNER OF GAY STREET AND CLCH AVENUE.ABOUT USDAILY SPECIALSMONDAYTEAM TRIVIA NIGHTSTARTS AT 7PM 1ST PLACE: $50 GIFT CARD2ND PLACE: $25 GIFT CARD3RD PLACE: $10 GIFT CARD TUESDAYBREWSDAY TUESDAY7PM – CLOSE $3 MICRO & DOMTIC DRAFTS $4 IMPORTS & HIGH GRAVY BOGO LIQUID GOLD BEER CHEE WEDNESDAYWINE WEDNESDAY4PM – 10PMHALF PRICE BOTTL OF WETHURSDAYHAPPY HOUR3PM – 7PMWHERE ELSE WOULD YOU RATHER BE?SATURDAYMORNING MIMOSAS11AM – 5PM$4 BLOODY MARY & MIMOSASSUNDAYMORNING MIMOSAS11AM – 5PM$4 BLOODY MARY & MIMOSASJO THE EXPERIENCEWE OFFER A RELAXED AND TIMATE EXPERIENCE THAT SETS APART OM THE RT. LOTED ON THE SAFE, CLEAN AND BTLG GAY STREET OF DOWNTOWN KNOXVILLE, CLANCY’S TAVERN AND WHISKEY HOE IS A UNIQUE SETTG AND THE PERFECT PLACE TO SPEND THE EVENG.VIEW THE EVENTS CALENDAR#GALLERY-0{MARG:TO}#GALLERY-0 .GALLERY-EM{FLOAT:LEFT;TEXT-ALIGN:CENTER;WIDTH:50%}KNOXVILLE IRISH PUBKNOXVILLE IRISH PUBKNOXVILLE IRISH PUBKNOXVILLE IRISH PUBCOME VIS US
• KNOXVILLE GAY BARS AND HOTELS

GAY NIGHTLIFE KNOXVILLE, TENNSEE: BARS, CLUBS, & MORE

Apart om a uple of gay-oriented spac, many bars the area are que mixed and blatantly show their support for the LGBTQ+ muny. The cy has bee a haven for gay rints and tourists throughout the regn.

For a cy far smaller than Memphis, 's a b surprisg that Knoxville has nearly the same number of gay bars.

GUI TO GAY STREET KNOXVILLE, TENNSEE

The Edge: One of the longt-nng and largt gay clubs, The Edge is well outsi the cy center—about 7 wt of town off I-40 along a by road led wh strip malls—but 's very much the top gay venue town. Held mid-June, 's a full-day event begng wh the morng para through the heart of downtown along the serendipoly named Gay Street. In 2012 the ternatnal LGBTQ Magaze The Advote listed Knoxville as the “8th Gayt Cy Ameri” durg s untdown of plac to live or vis the USA.

Y’ALL MEANS ALL – THE GAY SCENE KNOXVILLE

Gay Street Downtown Knoxville urty of Tod Sheley. Knoxville Gay Men’s Chos – Broadway on Gay Street Concert urty of Steve Soargoak.

530 SOUTH GAY STREET

I n easily say that I know hundreds of gay people that live Knoxville, and even after 13 years I meet new people every day that have lived here jt as long as me and yet I had never crossed their path up until recently.

DOWNTOWN MAILBAG: NEW GAY STREET MARKET BRGG SODAS, SNACKS, SCRATCH-OFFS AND SMOK

I thk this is important to highlight a way that mak our cy feel more personal and charmg to a gay person wantg to e vis .

At the same time, if you want to e to Knoxville and jt go explorg downtown or head off to one of our gay bars or gay iendly tablishments then there is a very good chance you will meet some amazg people.

I’m sure everyone has read and book or watched a movie where the plot volv a small town closeted gay kid movg away to go to the big universy, which wds up beg the life changg moment where they fally feel accepted for beg different and learn to love who they are, si and out.

GAY STREET

I thk around 50% of the gay people I know livg this cy eher moved here to go to school at the Universy of Tennsee or they moved here for a job at UT or Oak Ridge Natnal Laboratory.

Activism: Havg an activist spir is a thg to be valued the gay muny & Knoxville has had a urageo history wh activism of var sorts throughout the last century.

As the cy has grown and changed and bee more acceptg of gay and transgenr people our choic for plac to fd entertament and meet iends has opened up to clu most all of downtown Knoxville. Gay or straight, we all like to explore a cy and jt have a great time. Gay Nightlife: One si effect of Knoxville havg a welg environment towards LGBTQ people is that we have a smaller number of Queer Bars than we ed to a few s ago.

CLANCY'S TAVERN& WHISKEY HOUSEDISVEROUR STORYCLANCY’S TAVERN AND WHISKEY HOE IS DOWNTOWN KNOXVILLE’S PREMIER IRISH PUB. LOTED DIRECTLY NEXT DOOR TO THE HISTORIC TENNSEE THEATRE, AT THE RNER OF GAY STREET AND CLCH AVENUE.ABOUT USDAILY SPECIALSMONDAYTEAM TRIVIA NIGHTSTARTS AT 7PM 1ST PLACE: $50 GIFT CARD2ND PLACE: $25 GIFT CARD3RD PLACE: $10 GIFT CARD TUESDAYBREWSDAY TUESDAY7PM – CLOSE $3 MICRO & DOMTIC DRAFTS $4 IMPORTS & HIGH GRAVY BOGO LIQUID GOLD BEER CHEE WEDNESDAYWINE WEDNESDAY4PM – 10PMHALF PRICE BOTTL OF WETHURSDAYHAPPY HOUR3PM – 7PMWHERE ELSE WOULD YOU RATHER BE?SATURDAYMORNING MIMOSAS11AM – 5PM$4 BLOODY MARY & MIMOSASSUNDAYMORNING MIMOSAS11AM – 5PM$4 BLOODY MARY & MIMOSASJO THE EXPERIENCEWE OFFER A RELAXED AND TIMATE EXPERIENCE THAT SETS APART OM THE RT. LOTED ON THE SAFE, CLEAN AND BTLG GAY STREET OF DOWNTOWN KNOXVILLE, CLANCY’S TAVERN AND WHISKEY HOE IS A UNIQUE SETTG AND THE PERFECT PLACE TO SPEND THE EVENG.VIEW THE EVENTS CALENDAR#GALLERY-0{MARG:TO}#GALLERY-0 .GALLERY-EM{FLOAT:LEFT;TEXT-ALIGN:CENTER;WIDTH:50%}KNOXVILLE IRISH PUBKNOXVILLE IRISH PUBKNOXVILLE IRISH PUBKNOXVILLE IRISH PUBCOME VIS US

The nightlife for a gay person visg Knoxville is still very open to a whole lot of variety, wh many downtown clubs and bars hostg very mixed crowds of people and gays to be found large numbers everywhere you look. If you attend one of the “QDP” as they are lled then you n expect to see some of the largt variety of queer people to be found at any given moment the cy, wh many atten beg people that otherwise would shy away om a straight bar or even a tradnal gay bar. View down Gay Street durg the Knox Pri Para 2018 urty of Taryn Ferro.

KNOXVILLE GAY BARS AND HOTELS

Occurrg every June, Knox Prift is a ee event held downtown that featur a massive para on Gay Street followed by a day of performanc and entertament at one of our nearby parks.