Denver's bt gay bars: LGBTQ and queer clubs to check out Colorado

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• GAY NIGHTLIFE THE ROCKI: BT BARS, CLUBS, & MORE
• THE 5 BEST DENVER GAY CLUBS & BARSGAY CLUBS & BARS DENVER
• CHARLIE'S NIGHTCLUB DENVERDENVERMENUHOTELSBARSDANCE CLUBSSNASMASSAGEGAY MAPGAY WEDDGSCHARLIE'S NIGHTCLUB DENVER
• TRACKSDENVERMENUHOTELSBARSDANCE CLUBSSNASMASSAGEGAY MAPGAY WEDDGSTRACKS

GAY NIGHTLIFE THE ROCKI: BT BARS, CLUBS, & MORE

Wh s mythil two-step lsons early the eveng, go-go boys, cheap sloshy beer, and an entire room for s equent drag shows, this staple of the Denver gay scene has somethg for everyone. Frequent Charlie’s-goer Sean Doyle ced the “be-yourself vibe” as one of the thgs that keeps him g back and ghed that, as Denver don’t have a ncentrated gayborhood the way, say, Chigo or San Fran do, Charlie’s is one of the “few plac that the gay muny n own as one of theirs.

Denver’s olst gay bar, R&R Bar is a Denver staple. If you’re lookg to see some queer entertament outsi of the regular gay bar circu, you n ually fd somethg out-of-the-ordary gog on at the Clocktower Cabaret.

2023 Benef Recipient:Project Angel Heart is the recipient of specific fund-raisg efforts by the Rabes durg * refers to Lbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgenr, Queer, Qutng, Intersex, and their iends. It don’t intify self as an explicly gay bar, but ’s a popular hangout for olr gay men occupyg the former Barker Lounge space. Its owners have claimed ’s the cy’s olst gay bar, havg opened the 1950s and gone openly gay the 1970s, acrdg to Wtword, wh s stantly regnizable, rabow-pated door.

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Although ’s not an overtly bear bar — owners scribe as Denver’s queer, unrground fetish bar — ’s a favore of the beard, equently mcle-bound class of gay men who scrib themselv as such (particularly the absence of the late Denver Wrangler). Tra also helps fill a blank spot that particular area’s Denver’s gay scene, wh a perch along Santa Fe Drive and diverse programmg that rang om drag shows and DJ nights to leather nights and beer bts. The name stretch back to the 1970s when the slim brick buildg hosted a gay club lled Triangle, and was a tryout spot for var, unsuccsful bars and craft rtrants after the origal Triangle closed the early 2000s.

Like Lucid, #Vybe featur a b more diversy than many gay bars, wh drag queens of lor and top tourg queens like Adore Delano swgg through regularly, addn to stand-up edy, game nights, Denver Brons parti (the cheerlears even stopped for a show recently) and lots more. Tracks is one big gay party.

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The extent of queer nightlife Colorado ed to be ltle more than a few unrground nightclubs for gay men, but now the scene has expand to clu optns for jt about everyone. Its bnch shows (wh $15 bottomls mimosas available) are a rollickg good time, but be warned: Gay bars do not water down their mimosas.

But still has plenty of strong signature cktails and live entertament, makg an ial spot for people who want to have a gay old time outsi of a nightclub environment. Opened Augt 2020 and loted on East Colfax the heart of Denver's Gayborhood, 's advertised as "Denver's Dis Lounge. Tra is kd of a throwback to when the gay nightlife scene was mostly unrground, before beme wily mercialized to draw a straight dience.

Tra's Facebook page explas, "While we are a gay men's bar, we are welg to all the queer and kk muny. #VYBE offers s own versns of all the ual gay bar entertament, like drag bgo wh a Lat twist (Lotería), Karaoke wh Sexy J, and equent drag shows om rints Kat Danger, Lala Queen and Krystal Towers.

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2036 BroadwayToday's Triangle is a rurrectn of a legendary Denver gay bar of the same name, loted the same historic triangular buildg as the origal. Click to enlarge Tight End is Denver's first (and only, officially) gay sports bar. Tight End, owned by Steven Alix (-owner of the Squire Lounge) and Sudy Kudva, is Denver's first (and only, officially) gay sports bar.

Denver fally has s own Eagle — the gay bars poppg up across the untry spired by New York Cy’s leather jot that was origally lled the Eagle’s Nt (now Eagle NYC).

Saturday night is a great time to check out Denver's most happeng gay nightclub, the always-packed Tracks (3500 Walnut St. Gay Nightlife The Rocki: Bt Bars, Clubs, & More. The largt gay club Colorado Sprgs, and one of the largt the state, The Unrground occupi a historic buildg the center of downtown and really pris three distct spac one.

For whatever Colorado Sprgs lacks s number of gay bars, this imprsive and handsomely signed gay entertament plex fely mak up for .

Other gay bars Colorado Sprgs clu Club Q, on the cy's east si, and the Bijou Bar and Grill.

It's dive-y, cise-y, slightly rnchy, and plenty of fun: BoyzTown is a highly popular part of the gff but lovable South Broadway gay scene, a neighbor of such standbys and BJ's Caroel.

As gay strip bars go, the crowd is remarkably age-diverse and iendly. Next door you'll fd the gay ffeehoe and Inter fe, Off Trax, which is open for breakfast and lunch as well as om 1 am until 3 am on Friday and Saturday nights, a full hour after Try-Angl clos. The five Denver gay dance club, Tracks is a huge, eclectic, and enormoly fun spot an dtrial area northeast of downtown ('s safe, but a b of a hl - bt to take a b or drive there).

Although ters to a mixed crowd, the GLBT-iendly Qucy Bar is the clost thg you'll fd to gay nightlife wtern Colorado. There's a good selectn of beer on tap, and most nights you'll fd more than a few gays and lbians here, along wh a mix of other lols.

Part of a popular brand of gay untry-wtern bars wh addnal branch Chigo, Phoenix, and Las Vegas, Charlie's Denver opened 1981 on the se of what is now Ms. Home bar of the Colorado Gay Roo Associatn and a great place for untry-le dancg and two-steppg, Charlie's also has a standard dis (Club Charlie's) playg current techno, hip-hop, and dance tun.