Gay Phoenix / Sttsdale 2023 Travel Gui - Hotels, Bars, & Events

Contents:

• 10 BT GAY BARS PHOENIX
• FOR PRI MONTH AND BEYOND, HERE ARE 10 SENTIAL GAY BARS PHOENIX AND STTSDALE
• 10 BT GAY BARS METRO PHOENIX
•  ARIZONA LBIAN AND GAY BARS, RTRANTS, LODGG, PRI EVENT, BS MAPS
• THIS PHOENIX SPOT IS ONE OF THE BT GAY BARS THE US — EVEN THOUGH 'S NOT A GAY BAR
• GAY EATS: 9 LGBTQ RTRANTS SERVG UP DELECTABLE CULARY DELIGHTS PHOENIX, ARIZONA
• GAY PHOENIX / STTSDALE TRAVEL GUI
• GROUP TEXT AND VIRTUAL DRAG SHOWS: HOW ARIZONA GAY BARS PED WH RONAVIS SHUTDOWNS

10 BT GAY BARS PHOENIX

Lote your favore pair of dancg sho and get your sgl ready, bee your gui to metro Phoenix's bt gay bars is here. 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.

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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. But if you are on the lookout for some of metro Phoenix's bt gay and lbian bars, keep readg.

FOR PRI MONTH AND BEYOND, HERE ARE 10 SENTIAL GAY BARS PHOENIX AND STTSDALE

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.

10 BT GAY BARS METRO PHOENIX

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. 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.

 ARIZONA LBIAN AND GAY BARS, RTRANTS, LODGG, PRI EVENT, BS MAPS

602-264-5307 The current Kobalt is the send lotn of this Park Central gay bar. 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.

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THIS PHOENIX SPOT IS ONE OF THE BT GAY BARS THE US — EVEN THOUGH 'S NOT A GAY BAR

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. 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. WE ARE an all-male clothg optnal bed and breakfast retreat terg to gay, bi, and straight men 21 years or olr.

Whether you're gay, straight, lbian, or transgenr, the Valley has a growg number of plac for drag queens to shake , karaoke lovers to sg , and soakg wet go-go dancers to, well, show . Here are our 10 favore gay bars metro Phoenix. This zy ltle gay bar is jam-packed wh weekly events cludg ee poker on Mondays, Wednday night karaoke, Thursday unrwear parti, Friday night go-go dancers, and alternatg Saturday performanc by queens Olivia Garns and Maraya Jordan (wh 50-cent beer refills).

GAY EATS: 9 LGBTQ RTRANTS SERVG UP DELECTABLE CULARY DELIGHTS PHOENIX, ARIZONA

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.

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. But most importantly, the McGarrys have built at Cis' 7th a send home to many, but pecially members of Phoenix's gay and trans muni. Google “Gay Denny’s, ” and you’ll see the first few hs are about the Denny’s on the rner of Seventh Street and Camelback Road Phoenix.

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Hula’s Morn Tiki is a member of the Greater Phoenix Gay & Lbian Chamber and owner Dana Mule has long supported lol LGBTQ anizatns cludg One N Ten.

Breakfast-and-bnch fay der Melrose Kchen shar s stretch of Seventh Avenue wh several gay bars and LGBTQ-owned bs the historil Melrose District, makg a great stop along an antique shop stroll followed by a drag show or a game of pool. (The Posto Hoton’s Montrose District even displays a mural honorg the area’s gay history. The Greater Phoenix Gay & Lbian Chamber holds s monthly luncheon at The Gladly, an airy and spac New Amerin rtrant loted across om the Biltmore Fashn Park, which mak a popular nosh-and-shop optn.

GROUP TEXT AND VIRTUAL DRAG SHOWS: HOW ARIZONA GAY BARS PED WH RONAVIS SHUTDOWNS

Esquire jt published s list of the untry's 32 bt gay bars om Alaska to Washgton, D. 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. " Esquire's Market Edor Alfonso Fernanz Navas suggted when the team set out to make the Burke, a ntributg edor at Esquire, GQ, The New York Tim and Travel & Leisure, selected Valley Bar Phoenix as his 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? "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 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. 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 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 the reporter at Follow @banooshahr on Twter.