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Lip Service Mondays Drag Show Hosted by Allusia – Showtime at 10 PM
All That Tuesday’s 70s, 80’s, and 90s music Hosted by Mayhem Miller – Showtime at 11:30PM
Wednesdays – Nightly DJs starting at 9PM
Sweat Thursdays starting at 9PM
Sinful Fridays starting at 9PM
Saturday Brunch Service – Drag Brunch -- Showtime at 1PM
Confession Saturdays starting at 9PM
Sunday Service Performative Brunch – Showtime at 1PM
Sunday Funday starting at 3PM
Soul Sundays starting at 9PM
THE CHAPEL
Musical Mondays starting at 8PM
PRIME Fridays starting at 10PM
Salvation Saturdays starting at 9PM
Sunday Educational facility starting at 3PM
When it comes to queer nightlife options in Los Angeles, there’s lots to choose from—and not just in rainbow-dipped West Hollywood, home to countless gay bars. To help you pick the best spots for dancing, boozing, flirting and cruising in Hollywood, Silver Lake and beyond, check out this list of our favorite queer bars and clubs in L.A.—there are even Pasadena, Venice and Valley options, for those sick of the party-hearty WeHo scene. Now get out there, tiger.
May 2025: Just in occasion for WeHo Pride, I’ve updated our guide to the city’s best gay bars. This list removes St. Felix, Stache and Redline, all of which possess unfortunately closed, as well as the Ruby Fruit (which has recently been revamped to a neighborhood grill) and Revolver Video Bar. The newest addition is Kiso, a welcome entrant to Downtown’s queer nightlife scene.Time Out has also instituted a sitewide change in review policies. All food and drink venues included in guides now have celestial body ratings, with five stars corresponding to “amazing,” four to “great” and three to “good,” and we’ve also standardized how most listings are struc By Stuie Wood What happened to all the gay bars? Those heady days of flirting across the dancefloor, stepping in time to Kylie? Dating apps are the new norm and the gays were there first (of course), but many American and European cultural capitals are losing their LGBTQ venues. Such is the interest that London’s Mayor, Sadiq Khan, has set up a task force! Traditionally, the gay scene is an indicator of a buzzing nightlife, good melody and style, so this is a loss for all of us. But not in Downtown Los Angeles. Cue music…. Here in DTLA, we’re bucking the trend with four new venues opening in the past two years. Pershing Square, at the very heart of DTLA, hosted its first Pride festival last year and a recent Homosexual Block Party at the annual Bring Back Broadway festival, is placing DTLA as the same-sex attracted destination point of LA LA Country, stealing the tiara from West Hollywood’s rather tired Queens. Here’s my list of the 5 most fabulous gay spots in Downtown Los Angeles, all within walking distance of each other. Proceed to one, travel to all five! Precinct DTLA 357 S Broadway, Los Angeles, CA 90013. 5pm – 2am C HOT ROD
Wednesdays | 9 PM – 2 AM
Hosted by Stefano Rosso | Go Travel Dancers | Live DJ Set
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Wednesdays | 6 PM – 9 PM
Hosted by Darin | $5 Wells, Shots, Beer & Wine
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Weekdays | 5 PM – 9 PM
$5 Successfully, Wine, Beer, Shot of the Day | $9 Call Drinks
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Thursdays | 9 PM – 2 AM
Latin Bedtime | DJ IVAN | Upstairs
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Fridays | 4 PM – 8 PM
Happy Hour | $5 Wine | $5 Wells
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Fridays | 8 PM – 11 PM
Hosted by Jasmine Masters | Weekly Lineup | Distinct Guests
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Saturdays | 1 PM – 3 PM
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12 PM – Doors Open
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Saturdays | 8 PM
Spectacular Host | Weekly Lineup | No Cover
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