Going out in Bristol

Gay life

Basically two areas whith lots of gay and gay-friendly businesses:

• Frogmore Street area (West End Gay Village) and page on Out Bristol.

• Old Market - Bristol's Gay Village and page on Out Bristol. North of the Temple Meads main station.

Check also:

• Out Bristol magazine page events page

Gay bars

• BBB - Bristol Bear Bar

• OMG Bristol Bar

Gay-friendly bars

• Old Market Assembly has a number of LGBT+-nights

• Old Market Tavern

• Phoenix Pub

• Punch Bowl: Craft beer, wine and food.

• To The Moon. Gay-friendly rather than gay

Gay clubs

• OMG Bristol Club: Close to OMG Bristol Bar (opposite side of the main road). Themed events, open on Wednesday, Fridays and Saturday.

  (and )

• Queenshilling: Karaoke, drag nights, and themed parties. Closed on Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Sundays

Cruise/fetish bars

• There is or used to be an Eagle bar in the same complex as Dare to, but I can't find any recent information.

• Gay saunas seem to have all closed down

  • Lad's Locker Room social media also closed after Easter 2019.

  • Sparta, the successor of Lad's Locker Room closed at the end of 2022.

  • Some links refer to Village Sauna but that also doens't exist anymore. ItsTwitter/X page seems to serve other purposes now.

  • Elite Retreat likley closed already in the summer of 2013.

Parties/clubbing events

• FetClub: Men-only fetish wear event, usually the third Sunday of the month.

• Don't tell your mother: LGBT+friends party at The Phoenix on the first Saturday of the month.

Other options

Parties/clubs

• Club Love Ltd: Queer-owned sex-positive members club. Approved membership required for the activities, and that membership cousts 35 GBP per year, so it is not so interesting for tourists.

• Dare to (D2) Club: Party venue for alternative parties, mostly sex-positive, including fetish, BDSM, LGBTQ+ or even gay only.

• Labyrinth Parties: Private queer-focused parties (mixed gender).

  FetLife profile

• SWAMP: South-West Alternative Market: Every second Sunday of the month (not gay).

Meet-ups

• QM Bristol: Monthly socials for queer men.

• LeatherWest has a web site under construction. The Twitter/X account is also dead and the Facebook page hasn't seen any updates since early 2019. The YouTube channel also hasn't seen any n ew post since 2017 or so.