#lgbtq nightlife

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"The memories, the friendships, the feeling of belonging and those joyous moments on the dance floor. The bars evolve as we do. They come and go and sometimes come back again. The spaces may be fleeting, but what they’ve given us is permanent."

—D.C.’s Gay Bars: An Oral History, Citypaper

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Moments: Sardinian Speakeasies and Basil Martinis

Every picture tells a story… Filed under Travel Stories. It was one year ago this very moment I was in Cagliari, Sardinia. It was the beginning of a month-long trip to Italy, and I began the vacation with a four-day weekend in Sardinia before heading on to Naples. Though I’d been to Italy many times before, this was my first time in either place. I found Cagliari fascinating, for I knew so…

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Club Shugga at Boondocks

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we met at the afters

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[queermtl]

Queer MTL things to do: February 2025

It’s the month of love and romance, and you’re sure to find your fill of both this February in Montréal. (And Black History Month too!) Like every month, Montréal is stuffed to the brim with events, parties and unique experiences painted in all the colours of the LGBTQ+ rainbow. From drag to community, circuit to underground, here’s some of our picks for the best LGBTQ+ things to do in the city. For further announcements, including those not announced at time of publication, follow QueerMTL on Instagram, Facebook and Tumblr! Got an event coming up? DM it our way!

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🎥 Cinema 👑 Drag 🥳 Parties 🎶 Concert ✊ Activism 🏳️‍⚧️ Trans 🏳️‍🌈 Community 😆 Comedy 🎭 Performance 💪 Sports 👯‍♀️ Dance 🎤 Karaoke 🎨 Arts 📚 Literary / Educational 👠 Ballroom / Vogue

Saturday, February 1, 2025 🎨 Pointe-à-Callière’s exhibition Witches—Out of the Shadows runs until April 6, 2025, Pointe-à-Callière 🥳 Igloofest with Adriatique, Marten Lou, Yulia Niko, Oiseau de Nuit B2B Döb, Kora et Reg Ina and Moti, Old Montréal 🥳 Cirque De Boudoir presents Debasement K!nky Dance Party with Vicky Devika and Davidé, Cabaret Berlin 🎭 Michel Marc Bouchard’s Une fête d’enfants directed by Florent Siaud with François Arnaud, Sylvie Drapeau and Iannicko N’Doua, Théâtre du Nouveau Monde 🎥 Marco Bellocchio’s Devil in the Flesh, Cinématheque québécoise 👑 Drôles de Drags with Miss Butterfly, Ciathanight, Crystal Starz or Emma Déjàvu in rotation, Bar Le Cocktail 👑 🎶 🎭 Cult of AnarchKey presents The Underground Cabaret with Korra AnarchKey, Jodie Jodie Roger, Big Sissy, C.I.D.B., Yikes Macaroni, Geneviève Allura and Irony and Tristan Nestea, Bâtiment 7 🎭 Black History Month Burlesque Extravaganza! with Yaya Havana, Enshantay, Cat Zaddy, Eva Von Lips, The Foxy Lexxi Brown and Zyra Lee Vanity, The Wiggle Room 🥳 Homopop presents WEST END GAYS House & Disco Dance Party—ÉDITION I WANT YOUR LOVE with West End Gays DJs and gogo dancers, Bar Le Ritz PDB

Sunday, February 2, 2025 🎭 La ligue d’impro Gailaxie, Cabaret Mado 🎭 Michel Marc Bouchard’s Une fête d’enfants directed by Florent Siaud with François Arnaud, Sylvie Drapeau and Iannicko N’Doua, Théâtre du Nouveau Monde 👑 Le Tracy Show with Tracy Trash and guests, Cabaret Mado 👑 Mère & Fille with Michel Dorion and Crystal Starz, Bar Le Cocktail 🎶 Soccer Mommy with Tomberlin, Théâtre Beanfield 🎶 Sarah Neufeld / Richard Reed Parry / Rebecca Foon, La Sala Rossa

Tuesday, February 4, 2025 👑 Full Gisèle with Gisèle Lullaby and guests, Cabaret Mado 🎭 Michel Marc Bouchard’s Une fête d’enfantsdirected by Florent Siaud with François Arnaud, Sylvie Drapeau and Iannicko N’Doua, Théâtre du Nouveau Monde

Wednesday, February 5, 2025 🏳️‍🌈 Archives gaies du Québec hosts the queer zine exhibition GÉNÉRATION XEROX, Archives gaies du Québec 🎭 Michel Marc Bouchard’s Une fête d’enfants directed by Florent Siaud with François Arnaud, Sylvie Drapeau and Iannicko N’Doua, Théâtre du Nouveau Monde 👑 Halftime Show with Jessie Précieuse, Foxy Lexxi Brown, Tracy Trash, Lady Boom Boom and Serge Ladrag, Cabaret Mado

Thursday, February 6, 2025 🏳️‍🌈 Archives gaies du Québec hosts the queer zine exhibition GÉNÉRATION XEROX, Archives gaies du Québec 🎭 Michel Marc Bouchard’s Une fête d’enfants directed by Florent Siaud with François Arnaud, Sylvie Drapeau and Iannicko N’Doua, Théâtre du Nouveau Monde 🥳 Igloofest with Mahmut Orhan, Maxi Meraki and Elles & U, Old Montréal 👑 Starz Wars with Crystal Starz, Lana Dalida and Jojo Bones, Cabaret Mado 👑 Concours MX Cocktail 2025 with Michel Dorion, Bar Le Cocktail

Friday, February 7, 2025 🏳️‍🌈 Archives gaies du Québec hosts the queer zine exhibition GÉNÉRATION XEROX, Archives gaies du Québec 🎭 Michel Marc Bouchard’s Une fête d’enfants directed by Florent Siaud with François Arnaud, Sylvie Drapeau and Iannicko N’Doua, Théâtre du Nouveau Monde 🥳 SUPER TASTE MTL presents DANCE PARTY 2000: ÉDITION HOLLABACK GIRL featuring ‘00s anthems with a suggested dress code of Hollaback Girl and Mr. Brightside, Bar Le Ritz PDB 🥳 DÔMESICLE with System Olympia and Sierra, Society for Arts and Technology [SAT] 🥳 Igloofest with Cloonee, Classmatic, Molyness, Kidcrayola, Laskway and YKTV, Old Montréal 😆 Soirée HAHA! with Alex Hamel, JF Denommée, Radi and Maïté Sinave, Pub Le Vieux 🎥 Ang Lee’s Lust, Caution, Cinématheque québécoise 👑 Mado Reçoit with Mado Lamotte and guests, Cabaret Mado 👑 Vendredi Fou with Michel Dorion, Bar Le Cocktail

Saturday, February 8, 2025 📚 The Violet Hour Book Club reads Audre Lorde’s Zami: A New Spelling of My Name, Archives gaies du Québec 🏳️‍⚧️ Pop the Balloon—Speed Dating (Queer Trans Edition) with free admission for trans women, Bar Notre-Dame-Des-Quilles 🎭 Michel Marc Bouchard’s Une fête d’enfants directed by Florent Siaud with François Arnaud, Sylvie Drapeau and Iannicko N’Doua, Théâtre du Nouveau Monde 🎭 Open Mic, le Coin des Arts mtl 🏳️‍🌈 Le Dating Show (Lesbo-Queer Edition) hosted by Charlie Morin, Ping Pong Club 🎶 Chris Luno, Society for Arts and Technology [SAT] 🥳 Igloofest with Four Tet, Avalon Emerson, Priori, Awwful, Princess Superstar and Sisi Superstar, Old Montréal 👑 Mado Reçoit with Mado Lamotte and guests, Cabaret Mado 👑 Drôles de Drags with Miss Butterfly, Ciathanight, Crystal Starz or Emma Déjàvu in rotation, Bar Le Cocktail

Sunday, February 9, 2025 🎥 Jacques Demy’s The Umbrellas of Cherbourg with Catherine Deneuve, Cinématheque québécoise 👑 Le Brunch aux Folles with Misty Waterfalls, La Drag On-Ay and Eva Moist, Bar Social Verdun 🎭 La ligue d’impro Gailaxie, Cabaret Mado 👑 Le Tracy Show with Tracy Trash and guests, Cabaret Mado 👑 Dimanche Show with Michel Dorion, Bar Le Cocktail

Tuesday, February 11, 2025 🎶 Toro y Moi & Panda Bear with Nourished By Time, MTelus 👑 Full Gisèle with Gisèle Lullaby and guests, Cabaret Mado Wednesday, February 12, 2025 🏳️‍🌈 Archives gaies du Québec hosts the queer zine exhibition GÉNÉRATION XEROX, Archives gaies du Québec 🎭 Michel Marc Bouchard’s Une fête d’enfants directed by Florent Siaud with François Arnaud, Sylvie Drapeau and Iannicko N’Doua, Théâtre du Nouveau Monde 👑 Sashalicious : Bonne Saint-Valentin with Sasha Baga, Celes, Esirena and Velma Jones, Cabaret Mado

Thursday, February 13, 2025 🏳️‍🌈 Archives gaies du Québec hosts the queer zine exhibition GÉNÉRATION XEROX, Archives gaies du Québec 🎥 Queer Cinema Club of Montréal and Image+Nation hosts two screenings of Alfred Hitchcock's Rope, Cinema Moderne 🎥 Norman Jewison’s Moonstruck with Cher, Cinématheque québécoise 🥳 Ellelui presents NOT A VALENTINE’S PARTY with La Niña Kiwi, Spinelli and Teykirisi, système 👑 My Heart Goes Boom with Lady Boom Boom and guests, Cabaret Mado 👑 Concours MX Cocktail 2025 with Michel Dorion, Bar Le Cocktail

Friday, February 14, 2025 🏳️‍🌈 Archives gaies du Québec hosts the queer zine exhibition GÉNÉRATION XEROX, Archives gaies du Québec 🏳️‍🌈 BLUF Montréal leather men monthly gathering, Bar Le Stud 🥳 LOVE CAMP presents Homosexual Hand Holding On Ice, Berri Street 🥳 Lana's Valentine: Dance Party, Lana Del Rey X Vanetine’s Day dance party, Turbo Haüs 🥳 Cerise Noire goth night, Notre-Dame-des-Quilles 🥳 DÔMESICLE x MUSIK ME LUV with Batu and Melek, Dick Lee, Nad (B3B), Society for Arts and Technology [SAT] 🥳 Cassius Club with Cassius B2B Miley Serious, Jacques Greene and Andrea de Tour B2B Esther Côté,Society for Arts and Technology [SAT] 🥳 Italo Queer Montréal hosts Apéro Amici: Saint Valentine’s Party, Caffe della Pace 🎶 Pierre Lapointe, Salle André-Mathieu 🎶 SMCQ presents the Festival Montréal/Nouvelles Musiques with Dynamite Barrel, Society for Arts and Technology [SAT] 🎶 Nick Bendzsa’s Emotional Creampie single release Valentine’s Day Party with UTILS and Pantie Wilson, Brasserie Beaubien 🎥 Wong Kar-Wai’s In the Mood for Love with Tony Leung and Maggie Cheung, Cinématheque québécoise 👑 Mado Reçoit with Mado Lamotte and guests, Cabaret Mado 👑 Vendredi Fou with Michel Dorion, Bar Le Cocktail

Saturday, February 15, 2025 🏳️‍🌈 🏳️‍⚧️ Queer Trans and/or Two-Spirit WINTER MARKET, Le Frigo Vert 🎤 Bareoke: Strip Karaoke (Michael's Birthday Edition!), Café Cléopatra 🥳 Taylor's Valentine: Dance Party, Taylor Swift X Vanetine’s Day dance party, Turbo Haüs 🥳 OtakuRave Mtl presents Cyberpink, Complexe Sky 🥳 Esc presents CUPID: A Techno Psytrance Love Affair with Contrapunctus, Gazélektrik, Kristiam, L’d, Thompson and V.Rock & Deadfunk, ESC 🏳️‍🌈 Le Dating Show (Lesbo-Queer Edition) hosted by Charlie Morin, Ping Pong Club 👑 Drag Aux Foufs featuring punk, emo and metal lip syncs with Zyra Dymond, Saltina Shaker, Emma Déjà-vu, Lady Boom Boom, Demone LaStrange, Ad’Horrible and Elle Would, Les Foufounes Électriques 🥳 Balls Deep Disco Montréal! with Burn Baby and The Robotic Kid, Cabaret Berlin 🎶 SMCQ presents the Festival Montréal/Nouvelles Musiques with Machine for Taking Time—Palais de Mari featuring pianists Isak Goldschneider and Eve Egoyan, Society for Arts and Technology [SAT] 👑 Mado Reçoit with Mado Lamotte and guests, Cabaret Mado 👑 Drôles de Drags with Miss Butterfly, Ciathanight, Crystal Starz or Emma Déjàvu in rotation, Bar Le Cocktail

Sunday, February 16, 2025 🏳️‍🌈 🏳️‍⚧️ Queer Trans and/or Two-Spirit WINTER MARKET, Le Frigo Vert 🎶 SMCQ presents the Festival Montréal/Nouvelles Musiques with ¡NÉMANGERIE MÂCHÉE! featuring Phth and Beth Frey, Society for Arts and Technology [SAT] 🥳 Dad Bod—Tea Dance with Dr. Love and Laura Ingalls, Robin Des Bois 🎥 Pablo Berger’s Robot Dreams, Cinématheque québécoise 🎭 La ligue d’impro Gailaxie, Cabaret Mado 👑 Le Tracy Show with Tracy Trash and guests, Cabaret Mado 👑 Dimanche Show: Happy Birthday Michel Dorion! with Michel Dorion, Bar Le Cocktail

Monday, February 17, 2025 🎶 SMCQ presents the Festival Montréal/Nouvelles Musiques with Kafka’s Insect featuring Tricia Dawn Williams and Ruben Zahra, Society for Arts and Technology [SAT] 📚 Dr. OmiSoore H. Dryden launches their book Got Blood to Give: Anti-Black Homophobia in Blood Donation, McGill Faculty Club

Tuesday, February 18, 2025 🏳️‍🌈 Pride at Work Canada presents Winter Pride 2025 with Tranna Wintour, RBC Royal Bank 👑 Full Gisèle with Gisèle Lullaby and guests, Cabaret Mado Wednesday, February 19, 2025 🏳️‍🌈 Archives gaies du Québec hosts the queer zine exhibition GÉNÉRATION XEROX, Archives gaies du Québec 👑 Out of the Closet: Next Generation with Aizysse Baga and guests, Cabaret Mado

Thursday, February 20, 2025 🏳️‍🌈 Archives gaies du Québec hosts the queer zine exhibition GÉNÉRATION XEROX, Archives gaies du Québec 🎶 îLESONIQ & NEON present Vladimir Cauchemar & guests, Society for Arts and Technology [SAT] 👑 Les Folies Draglesques with Uma Gahd, Miami Minx, Anaconda La Sabrosa, Bobépine, Moonshine Sunshine and Winona J Fox, Cabaret Mado 👑 Concours MX Cocktail 2025 with Michel Dorion, Bar Le Cocktail

Friday, February 21, 2025 🏳️‍🌈 Archives gaies du Québec hosts the queer zine exhibition GÉNÉRATION XEROX, Archives gaies du Québec 🏳️‍🌈 Theorised Identities—Race, Class and Gender in the Field of Education, Centre for the Study of Learning and Performance 🥳 SUPER TASTE MTL presents 90's DANCE PARTY: ÉDITION WHAT IS LOVE featuring ‘90s dance anthems, Bar Le Ritz PDB 👑 Mado Reçoit with Mado Lamotte and guests, Cabaret Mado 👑 Vendredi Fou with Michel Dorion, Bar Le Cocktail

Saturday, February 22, 2025 🥳 DÔMESICLE x HOMEGROWN with Volvox, Frankie Teardrop and Parts Project, Society for Arts and Technology [SAT] 👑 Mado Reçoit with Mado Lamotte and guests, Cabaret Mado 👑 Drôles de Drags with Miss Butterfly, Ciathanight, Crystal Starz or Emma Déjàvu in rotation, Bar Le Cocktail 👑 Queens of 4 Seasons with Lulu Shade, Sarah Winters, Esirena and Selma Gahd, Bar Le Cocktail 🎶 Cult of AnarchKey presents Folk Punks at Turbo with Korra AnarchKey, Bambi Killed Folk Punk, Illicit Biscuit, Stinkbox, and The You & Me’s, Turbo Haüs 🎭 AfroFurturism Burlesque Spectacular! with Cat Zaddy, Eva Von Lips, Enshantay, Zyra Lee Vanity and Kinky Karma, The Wiggle Room 

Sunday, February 23, 2025 🛼 Skate with Marly presents the SAT Roller Dance, transforming the Espace SAT into a roller rink with 90s tunes from DJ BlackGold, Society for Arts and Technology [SAT] 🎭 La ligue d’impro Gailaxie, Cabaret Mado 👑 Le Tracy Show with Tracy Trash and guests, Cabaret Mado 👑 Dimanche Show with Michel Dorion, Bar Le Cocktail

Tuesday, February 25, 2025 👑 Full Gisèle with Gisèle Lullaby and guests, Cabaret Mado

Wednesday, February 26, 2025 🏳️‍🌈 Archives gaies du Québec hosts the queer zine exhibition GÉNÉRATION XEROX, Archives gaies du Québec 👑 Shade Channel with Lulu Shade, Natachatte, Kelopatra Perfection, Sir Vernon and Anastasia, Bar Le Cocktail

Thursday, February 27, 2025 🏳️‍🌈 Archives gaies du Québec hosts the queer zine exhibition GÉNÉRATION XEROX, Archives gaies du Québec 🥳 QUARTZ Soirées Lesbiennes—Lust Castle Edition with Foxy Lexxi Brown and Alyssa Da Silva, Bar Confessional 🎶 Faux Real with Sean Nicholas Savage and Lola 1:2, Cabaret Foufs 👑 Concours MX Cocktail 2025 with Michel Dorion, Bar Le Cocktail

Friday, February 28, 2025 🏳️‍🌈 Archives gaies du Québec hosts the queer zine exhibition GÉNÉRATION XEROX, Archives gaies du Québec 🥳 DÔMESICLE with Laurel Halo, Kiju and Evita, Society for Arts and Technology [SAT] 🎶 (Avec) Courage & MUTEK present Marie Davidson with Syana, Society for Arts and Technology [SAT] 🎥 Bertrand Blier’s Ménage with Michel Blanc, Miou-Miou and Gérard Depardieu, Cinématheque québécoise 🎭 Divine Divas: A Burlesque Tribute to Whitney Houston, Diana Ross and Tina Turner! with Foxy Lexxi Brown, Erockfor, Aizysse Baga, Yaya Havana and Zyra Lee Vanity, The Wiggle Room 👑 Mado Reçoit with Mado Lamotte and guests, Cabaret Mado 👑 Vendredi Fou with Michel Dorion, Bar Le Cocktail

OTHERS / LES AUTRES

👠 Montréal’s ballroom goings on can also be found at the Montréal Kiki Ballroom Alliance (Mtl-KBA) and Ballroom4Community pages on Facebook and Instagram. 

👠 Twice a month on every second Tuesday, Bring It! hosts an OTA night of ballroom and vogue with commentator and DJ. Follow their Instagram for dates and details.

🎤 Queer Karaoke MTL hosts regular karaoke events. Follow their Instagram for dates and location.

💪 Montréal Roller Derby hosts regular matches and open boot camps throughout the year. Follow their Facebook page for additional info. 

🤠 Club Bolo—Danse Country Montréal meet on Fridays at the Association sportive et communautaire du Centre-Sud.

👯 Tango/Salsa Queer holds lessons every Saturday, visit queertangomtl.com for information or contact tango.queer@hotmail.com or call +1 (514) 709-4678 for prices and signup information, Espaces des Arts.

🏐 Les Ratons-Chasseurs (Montréal’s LGBTA dodgeball group) holds regular events. Keep an eye on their Facebook for upcoming opportunities to join in and play. 

🕹Montréal Gaymers hosts regular gatherings including board game nights and gaming gatherings. Check their Facebook for what’s next!

🏃🏾Join the Out-Run run and workout club for people relating to the queer / sapphic experience. Details on their Instagram!

🐦 Bird lovers should keep their eye on Queer Birders' regularly scheduled birdwatching events and excursions. Join the Facebook group and get those binoculars at the ready.

💪 Queer Bloc’s monthly bouldering events bring together MTL’s queer climbing community with live DJs, after-drinks and even a tattoo artist on-site. Follow their Instagram for all of the details.

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[asherferal]

another city:

five minutes into our final club of the night

with an old friend

I’m in the arms of a tall, dark man

stalking me with piercing eyes

he sticks his tongue in my ears

I suck his lip until it bleeds

I feel the size inside tight pants

addicted to being feral

the music didn’t matter

in fact we couldn’t hear it

we were told no more drinks by the bartender

a man stared at me on the floor

he gave us a VIP table for free

his husband bought two bottles of Don Julio

sharing with anyone brought over by me

they only took a few shots

so I finished everything

multiple hazy adventures to the bathroom

perhaps a bloody nose

maybe a UTI after tonight

we stumbled back into wet streets

the third random city in a month

then fell asleep

- Asher Feral (me)

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Luxx Noir London

fallout- richmond, va 2023

[anonil88]

My next shirt/project design is for a fictional queer club/lesbian bathhouse.

My question is what should the logo be? (Dm or reply suggestions)

And when I say bathhouse I mean like how gay men have bath houses, aka gym community pool and cruising center galore. But with the intended focus on lesbians and other queer people (bipoc would be to the front but all are welcome vibes).

My inspirations are; Queer clubs and party nights throughout the world primarily u.s. in the 80s thru 00s like Gauntlet II the club (@ileaveclawmarks has some ads on their page) and MEAT I'll insert images, thermes in ancient Greece and Rome, currently existing saunas like Steamworks which there are a couple of and now closed bathhouses like Man's Country in Chicago which had sets inside.

I'm trying not to go full brand and identity board and just making a logo/tshirt design. Fun fact this all started cause I was looking at match books and fell down a rabbit hole.

You don't have to read the rest to answer, I'm just going to free write about my design/research process a bit.

Many of the gay saunas have artwork by Tom of Finland, REX, or similar art style. G.B.Jones makes similar work for lesbians but I'm not trying to use anyone's art cause that's weird to do and copyright.

I could however draw something but idk still feels too...obvious. I do like the abruptness of events like Garlands or Clt Club but i do want to make something people could have worn and get an "Oh 😏" rather than a 😒. Many of these new places still operate with some discretion or at least act like they're just a gym with day passes that happens to have a glo hole in the bathroom. This is where I was looking at other venues and events that were lgbtq owned but cheeky. For example a bird logo for a bar named White Swallow (San Francisco closed in 80s). Kind of seems like even some of the more openly "its artsy rabbit season in here" had a secondary logo that was simple or just their name for similar reasons.

All I've got right now is a rough simple flip flop, inspired because of this original tile they found at an ancient thermae site in Libya [image link]. The other thing I've drawn is a flower out that kinda looks like a sticker seal or those boob light fixtures. Thought about a toilet drawing cause lavs short for lavender and lavatory. Oh the name is Lady Lavs.

Anywho curious what others think.

Inspo images below:

Here's some article links, it would take some time to link everyone i've been lookibg at:

Mother and Jackie 60/Meat/Cl't Club - a nice breakdown

Remembering Cl't Club

Man's Country closing article and images -they just closed in 2017

Manchester 90s photos

Mineshaft NYC - Back2Stonewall

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do you wanna get out of here?

[nicolasfolch]

"Plus de temps je passe à shooter ces artistes, plus j'apprends de leur sagesse et légèreté tellement profonde".

(notes d'un shooting)