GAY VILLAGE - All You Need to Know BEFORE You Go (wh Photos)

Contents:

• THE 10 BEST MONTREAL GAY CLUBS & BARSGAY CLUBS & BARS MONTREAL
• MONTREAL GAY DISTRICT: THE VILLAGE
• [TOP 13] BT MONTREAL GAY BARS AND LGBTQ CLUBS MONTREAL
• MONTREAL’S GAY VILLAGE
• TIPS FOR GAY AND LBIAN TRAVELERS MONTREAL
• A GAY UPLE RAN A RAL RTRANT PEACE. THEN NEW NEIGHBORS ARRIVED.
• MONTREAL GAY CISE CLUBS
• DISVER MONTREAL'S GAY VILLAGE
• GAY VILLAGE
• MONTREAL GAY BARS
• GAY PARKS NEAR ME
• MONTREAL GAY DISTRICT: THE VILLAGE
• VISG A GAY SNA MONTREAL - MONTREAL FOM

THE 10 BEST MONTREAL GAY CLUBS & BARSGAY CLUBS & BARS MONTREAL

The cy is home to one of the largt Gay Villag North Ameri, but queer nights and tablishments n also be found outsi the Village—a ttament to the cy’s all-embracg joie--vivre. Complexe SkyOne of the biggt gay clubs Canada, Complexe Sky boasts three floors of entertament topped by a popular summertime rooftop terrasse plete wh outdoor pool and jacuzzi.

MONTREAL GAY DISTRICT: THE VILLAGE

Aigle Noir / Black EagleMontréal’s Black Eagle is lled Aigle Noir, an old-school neighbourhood gay bar the heart of the Village. Stock BarMontreal is famo for s gay male strip jots and none is bigger than Stock Bar the Village.

14 plac sorted by traveller favourGay Bars • Dance Clubs & DissGay Bars • Dance Clubs & DissWhat travellers are saygThis bar is pretty special you need to be open md and rpectful of other peopl sexual Drag Queen shows are very good, funny and entertag and staff iendly.

[TOP 13] BT MONTREAL GAY BARS AND LGBTQ CLUBS MONTREAL

Time travel to a different kd of of gay venue. Dance your ass off at the biggt gay dance party outsi of the Village.

Mec Pl Ultra, or MPU for those the know, is a monthly dance party of electro/die/pop mic where all the gays and their alli let loose.

MONTREAL’S GAY VILLAGE

MPU started out as an optn for gays that simply uldn’t fd anythg that appealed to them Montréal’s LGBTQ+ Village. As for gay ftivals, there are a number of them, om the huge Montréal Pri celebratns, to more timate events such as image+natn, a film ft specializg LGBTQ+ cema. Reportedly, North Ameri's first LGBT publitn, "L Mouch Fantastiqu" (The Fantastic Fil) was found here 1918; by the early 1970s a queer bohemian scene was flourishg (1974 die film "Montreal Ma" offered a glimpse); the first Montreal Pri march took place 1979 (memoratg the 10th anniversary of NYC's Stonewall rts), and Montreal's famed "gay village" me to be the 1980s, as gay bars, clubs, and rints overtook a formerly impoverished, crep sectn of the cy's Centre-Sud district along Sate-Cathere Street East.

TIPS FOR GAY AND LBIAN TRAVELERS MONTREAL

Rehgly, Montreal's gay village (which is closed to rs durg warmer months) remas a lively and ncentrated hub that's even more lerally lorful and easy to spot thanks to s overhead, 1 kilometer long "18 Shas Of Gay" - prised of 180,000 lored recycled plastic r balls spend overhead. The gay-owned Spa & Palac offers "non-touristy tours" by bike and by foot, which are perfect for both newers and those who know the cy but would like a eper dive. Book the four-hour, lunch-clive Beyond The Bike Lan tour that vers both rintial and popular tourist zon cludg the Gay Village, or nsir the two-hour Beyond The Village one that spotlights the gayborhoood and s history and landmark s.

A GAY UPLE RAN A RAL RTRANT PEACE. THEN NEW NEIGHBORS ARRIVED.

Get your selfi on the Gay Village durg daylight while takg s art stallatns and muny spac, cludg the Park of Hope (Parc L'poir) and AIDS Memorial. Montreal-based graphic novel publisher Drawn & Quarterly has a fantastic store, Librarie Drawn & Quarterly, the buzzy Mile End district, a favore stompg ground of lol, acclaimed gay filmmaker and actor, Xavier Dolan.

MONTREAL GAY CISE CLUBS

Bota Bota Spa, suated on a multi-level ship the Old Port, is a iendly spot to unwd and get pampered (wh kid-iendly hours), though some mal might prefer one of Montreal's adults only gay snas, which clu the 24-hour Sna Oasis and four-floor Sna G.I. You'll fd most of Montreal's LGBTQ nightlife nveniently ncentrated s gay village along Ste.

While the Gay Village's dg scene hasn't exactly proven as foodie-centric as other parts of Montreal (lols might feel that's puttg diplomatilly), there has been some improvement the past few years. A few blocks away, the chic 152-room gay-fave W Montreal is posed jt across om the Square-Victoria-OACI metro statn (look for s art nouve Paris-style entrance porti, a 1967 gift om the Cy of Lights) and received s own prehensive, multiln update 2015.

DISVER MONTREAL'S GAY VILLAGE

If you're keen to be based the Gay Village a gay-owned property, make rervatns at the five-room Sir Montlm Ge B&B. Montreal Gay District: The Village.

Montreal is not the gay statn that to md when you plan a trip to North Ameri.

However, the gay district of Montreal is one of the largt and effic of the ntent....

GAY VILLAGE

However, the gay district of Montreal is one of the largt and effic of the ntent. Called The Village, the gay district occupi an area stretchg om Rue Sat-Hubert to Avenue Pape, the heart of all happeng around Rue Sate-Cathere (clost metro Bedry). Gay snas Montreal are also popular, wh the two ma on beg the GI Joe Sna (1166 e Sate-Cathere Est), and for fans of leather and uniforms, Oasis, which is open 24/7 year-round (1390 e Sate-Cathere Est).

Bt gay bars and clubs Montreal.

MONTREAL GAY BARS

The Camp (1111 Rue Ste-Cathere Est) and the Stock Bar (1171 Rue Ste-Cathere Est) are the two ma gay bars Montreal, wh strippers attractg fans of bulgg mcle-men.

Cathere East and s si streets, home to Montreal's gay and lbian muny.Top ways to experience nearby attractnsThe area Neighborhood: Ville-MarieBedry • 4 m walkPape • 7 m walkSee what travelers are saygRabows everywhereThe entrance at the bottom of Place Eie Gamel to the Gay Village is ftooned wh overhead rabow lors as far as the eye n see down this road (St Cathere's St East. The area was by when we were there.Wrten July 14, 2020Thomas VOakland, California15,698 ntributnsBars and SnasI suppose this is the heart of the LGBT muny, and you n fd gay-owned bs along St. Still sad to see so many sleepg doorways.Wrten July 18, 2021Gay Village BluI had the displeasure of visg the gay village recently.

Montreal's gay village has seen better days and has clearly been eefall cle recent years.

GAY PARKS NEAR ME

The ONLY place I know where the ATM clos at 11pm, be refulWrten July 17, 2022ZachsMontreal, Canada6 ntributnsGay Village lost 's edgeI startg visg Montreal about 5 years ago. In those days the Gay Village was vibrant wh sexual energy and had an edge that was excg. Montreal's Gay Village has been rced to a play ground for straights, twks and girls.

MONTREAL GAY DISTRICT: THE VILLAGE

It seems that Montreal's Gay Village will share the same fate as other ci North Ameri, where they have ma Masculy out of style thereby removg the generatg force that fueled this once vibrant and edgy place to be.Wrten September 5, 2010Disaster I lived Montreal for 6 years cludg 2 years the village (St Christophe street). No the kd of thg you see other ci and siar gay villag. One vis to the gay village and was a plete turn off.

VISG A GAY SNA MONTREAL - MONTREAL FOM

I'm no snob, but this Gay Village is cheap and lacks a lot and I mean a lot of class. Montreal has a lot more to offer - fet the gay village is not worth the money. We're om Boston and *ually* a gay neighborhood means a better class of rtrants and townho.

Good luck Gay Village!Wrten July 26, 2023This review is the subjective opn of a Tripadvisor member and not of Tripadvisor LLC. Montreal is a betiful cy and the myth that "you n only be gay the village" is somethg the gay merchants society there created.

Read our transparency report to learn more.Oct 2022I suppose this is the heart of the LGBT muny, and you n fd gay-owned bs along St.