Charlie’s is a slice of Phoenix gay bar history that has huddled along Camelback Road jt wt of Seventh Avenue sce s but 1984. In those days, the “lil bty ol’ pissant untry place” and dance hall opened by John Kg (-founr of the Internatnal Gay Roo Associatn) was aimed at gay urban wboys and untry mic fans. As tim and terts changed (and petn creased) so did Charlie’s. Today, the place boasts a larger dance floor, an even bigger parkg lot, a ta tck out ont, an outdoor pat wh two bars and bleacher seatg the back, and a wi cross-sectn of the entire LGBT muny. Charlie’s events lendar is jt as diverse. Drag performanc, bgo gam, Lat and untry dance nights, and karaoke are some of s most popular activi. It's also famo for s after-hours weekend dance parti.
Contents:
- FOR PRI MONTH AND BEYOND, HERE ARE 10 SENTIAL GAY BARS PHOENIX AND STTSDALE
- WELE TO THE GAY IENDLY PHOENIX METROPOLAN AREA
- GAY EATS: 9 LGBTQ RTRANTS SERVG UP DELECTABLE CULARY DELIGHTS PHOENIX, ARIZONA
- GAY PALM SPRGS
- THIS PHOENIX SPOT IS ONE OF THE BT GAY BARS THE US — EVEN THOUGH 'S NOT A GAY BAR
FOR PRI MONTH AND BEYOND, HERE ARE 10 SENTIAL GAY BARS PHOENIX AND STTSDALE
Phoenix's bt gay bars keep the party gog wh drk specials, dance floors, drag shows and karaoke. Check out LGBTQ+ bars the Melrose District, Sttsdale and beyond. * downtown phoenix gay clubs *
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WELE TO THE GAY IENDLY PHOENIX METROPOLAN AREA
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From the Melrose District to Old Town Sttsdale, here are 10 of the bt gay bars the Valley. The qutsential gay night club the Valley, Charlie’s Phoenix has all: go-go boys, dance lsons, nightly DJs, karaoke battl, and r drag shows like High Heels & Halos and Saturday Unr the Stars.
This new gay nightclub is open om 4 p. This classic central Phoenix gay club has been around sce 1977, and is open daily om 6 a.
Read on for more of Phoenix's bt gay nightlife spots. Esquire jt published s list of the untry's 32 bt gay bars om Alaska to Washgton, D.C.
GAY EATS: 9 LGBTQ RTRANTS SERVG UP DELECTABLE CULARY DELIGHTS PHOENIX, ARIZONA
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And a bar downtown Phoenix ma the cut.Contributors om across the untry helped Esquire put together the lp of bars that clud classics and newers alike, om Oasis San Francis, an 8,000 square-foot bathhoe turned baret that has hosted nttants om RuPl's Drag Race to The Boatslip Provcetown, famo for s three-hour Tea Dance, and New York Cy's olst gay bar, Juli. “Can we, like, have fun?" Esquire's Market Edor Alfonso Fernanz Navas suggted when the team set out to make the list.Brett Burke, a ntributg edor at Esquire, GQ, The New York Tim and Travel & Leisure, selected Valley Bar Phoenix as his pick.While Valley Bar is an LGBTQ+ iendly bar, and a fabulo staple of downtown nightlife, a gay bar is not.Gaymers to RuPl:10 inic events that shaped Arizona's LGBTQ+ munyWhat is Valley Bar?Compared to the other bars on the list, most of which were tablished the '50s and '60s, this bar is a baby. The Rose Room cktail lounge is a speakeasy lounge where you'll fd an extensive menu of beer, w by the glass and bottle, spirs and signature cktails named after famo policians, like a Hobbs sour, Garcia Old fashned, Ground Control to Capta Kelly and That's a Ducey.And then there's a secret area that remds you of someone's apartment.It may not be Juli old, but acrdg to Esquire, "It’s like one of those dreams where you fd a new room your hoe, but ’s filled wh a random assortment of lightful weirdos."It's a ol spot and clive (you may have seen the rabow flag hangg over the entrance durg pri), but 's not a gay bar.
So, s cln on this list is a b puzzlg, pecially nsirg there are plenty of historic LGBTQ+ spots the Valley worth celebratg.Meet the neighbors:This rtrant is movg to historic Teeter Hoe downtownValley Bar is ol, but a weird choice for bt gay barPhoenix has s fair share of gay bars and drag clubs, many the Melrose District along Seventh Avenue. So, while we're always hyped when our cy gets natnal regnn, when to celebratg our LGBTQ+ nightlife, we'll stick to spots like Nu Towne Saloon, one of the olst gay bars Phoenix, open sce 1971.
GAY PALM SPRGS
The bt gay bars, dance clubs, gay-rated hotels, gay snas and gay cise clubs Palm Sprgs. * downtown phoenix gay clubs *
It's a welg, kschy spot on 50th and Van Buren streets, known for over the top Christmas ratns that seem to stay up almost year round and bartenrs who know most of the patrons by name.Or there's Cis' 7th, a gay and trans-iendly bar that opened 1977 on Roosevelt as Cis' Central.
10 sential gay bars metro Phoenix:For Pri month and beyond.Reach the reporter at BAnooshahr@. But if you are on the lookout for some of metro Phoenix's bt gay and lbian bars, keep readg.
602-266-9001 Far om the leather bars, rabow-flagged snas and diva-filled disthequ elsewhere, Bar 1 is sual gay nightlife that still knows how to have fun. (Historilly, 's been more of a gay male crowd, but everyone’s ved, regardls of their sexual orientatn or genr inty. 602-265-0224 Charlie’s is a slice of Phoenix gay bar history that has huddled along Camelback Road jt wt of Seventh Avenue sce s but 1984.
THIS PHOENIX SPOT IS ONE OF THE BT GAY BARS THE US — EVEN THOUGH 'S NOT A GAY BAR
Beg Asian Amerin and LGBTQ+ n feel lonely, wh stutns such as ethnic church often disavowg non-heterosexual relatnships while tradnal LGBTQ+ spac such as gay bars n be unwelg. * downtown phoenix gay clubs *
In those days, the “lil bty ol’ pissant untry place” and dance hall opened by John Kg (-founr of the Internatnal Gay Roo Associatn) was aimed at gay urban wboys and untry mic fans. 602-254-0231 The expansive, lorfully-l dance floor at this gay dance club is almost always packed wh bodi, whether 's boys dancg wh boys, gals gettg down wh other gals, or var other batns. 602-264-5307 The current Kobalt is the send lotn of this Park Central gay bar.
Charlie’s is a slice of Phoenix gay bar history that has huddled along Camelback Road jt wt of Seventh Avenue sce s but 1984. In those days, the “lil bty ol’ pissant untry place” and dance hall opened by John Kg (-founr of the Internatnal Gay Roo Associatn) was aimed at gay urban wboys and untry mic fans. As tim and terts changed (and petn creased) so did Charlie’s. Today, the place boasts a larger dance floor, an even bigger parkg lot, a ta tck out ont, an outdoor pat wh two bars and bleacher seatg the back, and a wi cross-sectn of the entire LGBT muny. Charlie’s events lendar is jt as diverse. Drag performanc, bgo gam, Lat and untry dance nights, and karaoke are some of s most popular activi. It's also famo for s after-hours weekend dance parti. * downtown phoenix gay clubs *
Click to enlarge Nu Towne Saloon is the olst gay bar Phoenix. 602-267-9959 Open sce 1971, Nu Towne Saloon has earned landmark stat as the Valley’s olst gay bar still operatn. 602-200-9154 Pat O’s puts the “G” the Melrose District’s LGBTQ+ scene — s clientele is largely gay men, many of whom are unabashedly members or fans of the bear or leathermen subcultur.
Former owner and namake Pat Olivo (a fixture the lol gay scene for s) died March 2022, but this bar ntu his legacy. Wh s roomy terr (’s a former home nverted s ago), a large bar, var tabl and untertops, relics om now-funct lol gay bars and plenty of playful banter and flickerg lghter are wag. Annually, this is the headquarters for the Arizona Gay Roo (which ris to town each Febary), as well as over-the-top parti on Memorial Day, Fourth of July and Labor Day weekends, thanks to the expansive pat out back.
Esquire didn't name Stacy's, Nu Towne or Boytt Bar among the bt gay bars the US. But downtown Phoenix's Valley Bar ma the cut. Here's why. * downtown phoenix gay clubs *
Gay owned and operated sce 2004, Exposed is a space that celebrat all forms of art across many mediums — cludg live body patg — and hosts rotatg llectns as well as pop-up events. The one thg all the spots on this list have mon: They ve ctomers to e as they 's somethg for everyone at the 10 sential metro Phoenix gay bars. 602-248-8559, 'It's about feelg weled':How gay youth fd belongg Phoenix's ballroom sceneAnvilAnvil, a bar loted on Thomas Road east of 24th Street, dubs self a "Leather and Levi" bar and wel those who want to don their gear and those who don't, jt the same.
602-264-5307, Towne SaloonKnown as the olst gay bar metro Phoenix, Nu Towne Saloon fds s home across the street om the stacked layers of the Tovrea Castle. BarMidtown Phoenix neighborhood the Melrose District may be packed wh gay bars, but they don't all ter to the dus.
Charlie’s is a slice of Phoenix gay bar history that has huddled along Camelback Road jt wt of Seventh Avenue sce s but 1984. Dance the night away at Stacy’s at Melrose, a favore among all segments of the muny; further up Seventh Avenue is Charlie’s, a mostly gay, wboy spired spot wh a dance floor and outdoor pat.