Gay Santa Barbara: The Insi Sop on California's Off the Beaten Path We Country

Contents:

• GAY SANTA BARBARA TRAVEL GUI
• GAY NIGHTLIFE SANTA BARBARA
• THE CENTRAL COAST HAS A THRIVG LGBTQ MUNY, SO WHERE ARE ALL THE GAY BARS? 
• GAY-FRIENDLY RTRANTS SANTA BARBARA
• GAY SANTA BARBARA: THE INSI SOP ON CALIFORNIA’S OFF THE BEATEN PATH WE COUNTRY
• EXPLORE GAY ROOMS & RENTALS SANTA BARBARA
• ELSIE'S TAVERNSANTA BARBARAMENUHOTELSBARSDANCE CLUBSGAY MAPELSIE'S TAVERN
• WILDT LOUNGESANTA BARBARAMENUHOTELSBARSDANCE CLUBSGAY MAPWILDT LOUNGE
• GAY-FRIENDLY RTRANTS SANTA BARBARA
• M8RXSANTA BARBARAMENUHOTELSBARSDANCE CLUBSGAY MAPM8RX
• SANTA BARBARA GAY

GAY SANTA BARBARA TRAVEL GUI

Although the unty has a cent-size LGBT populatn, cludg famo rints and lbian-and-gay fav Ellen Degener, Portia De Rossi, Oprah Wey, John Travolta, Katy Perry, Fannie Flagg, there's not really a discernible gay "scene" here, and you're not gog to see the pronounced LGBT prence Santa Barbara rtrants, bars, and hotels that you will Wt Hollywood, Palm Sprgs, or even San Diego.

There aren't any specifilly gay bars, but you'll see a smatterg of lbians and gay guys at most loung and dance clubs. For a mil night out, check the schle of the Fratelli Men's Chos, a gay men's chos that performs throughout the year. Here's a look at some of the top bars (listed first) and also rtrants and f that are popular wh gay travelers to Santa Barbara and the surroundg We Country.

For tips on where to stay town, check out the Santa Barbara Gay Hotels Gui, and for ias about the top attractns the regn, check out the Santa Barbara and We Country Gay Gui.

GAY NIGHTLIFE SANTA BARBARA

Although Santa Barbara hasn't had a full-time gay bar years, M8RX (409 State St., 805-957-4111) is a great club for dancg and partyg and very much a iend to the regn's LGBT muny. It's both a sponsor of the annual Santa Barbara Gay Pri ftival and an ocsnal host of Pri and other LGBT-related parti town. Elsie's is jt a short walk om Santa Barbara's most gay-popular hangout, the Wildt Lounge.

THE CENTRAL COAST HAS A THRIVG LGBTQ MUNY, SO WHERE ARE ALL THE GAY BARS? 

The most recent of Santa Barbara's gay bars closed a few years ago, but downtown's hip Wildt Lounge (15 W.

Still, 's always very gay-iendly ('s a sponsor of Santa Barbara Pri), and the Wildt has a dance floor, lounge seatg, red walls, and top DJs and live bands, and a stellar cktail menu.

GAY-FRIENDLY RTRANTS SANTA BARBARA

Text 'GAYTRAVEL' to 1-800-GAY-TRAVEL (1-800-429-8728). — Travel Guis wh a Gay Perspective.

GAY SANTA BARBARA: THE INSI SOP ON CALIFORNIA’S OFF THE BEATEN PATH WE COUNTRY

Featured Gay Friendly Hotel Santa Barbara.

EXPLORE GAY ROOMS & RENTALS SANTA BARBARA

Featured Gay Friendly Vatn Rentals Santa Barbara. Gay Santa Barbara. Red tiled roofs, Spanish Revival archecture, and a qutsential charm all ntribute to the character of the gay-iendly cy of Santa Barbara.

ELSIE'S TAVERNSANTA BARBARAMENUHOTELSBARSDANCE CLUBSGAY MAPELSIE'S TAVERN

Cy ordanc that rtrict drive-ths, billboards, and outdoor advertisg, among others, effectively ntribute to an air of affluence and exclivy that might make some gay visors feel like outsirs. However there is a gay prence town, and you are able to walk down State Street holdg hands whout elicg gawks or disparagg language om the lols—you’re still southern California after all.

Santa Barbara Gay Scene.

There is no fed gay neighborhood Santa Barbara, though there are tablishments that are gay-iendly. If you’re lookg to get to some hot gay nightlife, nsir takg the 90-mute drive south to Los Angel, where the gay scene really pops off.

WILDT LOUNGESANTA BARBARAMENUHOTELSBARSDANCE CLUBSGAY MAPWILDT LOUNGE

But even wh the limed optns for gay nightlife, the touristy nature of Santa Barbara mak a popular gay statn.

There’s even a gay club town (Wildt Lounge), and though ’s only gay on Sunday nights, Katy Perry has been known to pop when she’s tourg the area.

GAY-FRIENDLY RTRANTS SANTA BARBARA

The Pacific Pri Foundatn also hosts the annual Pacific Pri Ftival celebratn so there is a visible gay prence this classy, astal muny.

M8RXSANTA BARBARAMENUHOTELSBARSDANCE CLUBSGAY MAPM8RX

There’s also an unofficial gay beach the area. Santa Barbara Gay-Friendly Dg. Santa Barbara Gay-Friendly Bars & Nightlife.

While there aren't any exclively gay or lbian bars Santa Barbara, the town's most energetic nightlife tak place downtown and wh California's welg atmosphere, you'll sot gays and lbians at most loung, clubs, and bars regardls. The area is very welg and clive and there is a sizeable gay muny here.

The bars you go to may not be exclively gay, but the mixed crowd fely won’t md two guys dancg together. The Pacific Pri Foundatn hosts a Pri event every July at a park next to Leadbetter beach, and they have even hosted a gay night at the lol zoo.

SANTA BARBARA GAY

As a teen, Rory Uribe fantasized about gog to a gay bar or club and fally beg able to be unabashedly gay public. Click to enlarge Photo Courty Of Matthew Lalanne GAY CLUB ALCHEMISTS Daniel Gomez (left) and Frank Domguez (right) are known for turng typil bars to hugely succsful, LGBTQ-clive parti.

So Uribe always thought the gay bars Santa Barbara and San Luis Obispo unti would provi that much-need and missg support system and work. "I've dreamed of gog to a gay bar sce I was like, 16, " Uribe told New Tim. The lack of LGBTQ-specific nightlife on the Central Coast is an issue much of the lol gay and trans muny is forced to work around.