Bristol Scene Guide
Venue Listings
Bent
Bent is a popular modern bar featuring custom made booths. If the music isn't to your taste then you can even change it, with a jukebox with over one hundred thousand songs. Open from Monday - Saturday, It's handily located opposite the QueenShilling so it's great for pre-club drinks
Bristol Bear Bar
Bristol Bear Bar is the first and currently only, purpose built bear bar in the Country. Steve and his team welcome everyone to an attitude free and friendly bar. Open Tuesday to Sunday you'll find the bar in the heart of the Gay Village at the crossroads where Old Market Street becomes West Street.
The Lounge
The Lounge is small, but very modern & popular. It attracts a mixed crowd, but is particularly popular with the younger element of the gay scene.
The Phoenix
The Phoenix is a pub located next to Bristol's Cabot Circus and Future Inn's Hotel with a relaxed and friendly environment. It is the ideal place to host any type of get-together: meetings, birthdays, leaving do's, Christmas parties. All are welcome.
Old Market Tavern
Attracting the office crowd during the day, offering a superb range of food and snacks. As the evening progresses The Old Market Tavern is the favoured venue for the local 'Bear' crowd, and also as the starting point to an evening within the Old Market Village.
OMG!
Since opening in December 2010 OMG has taken the Bristol gay scene by storm. It's state of the art sound and lighting systems, buzzing atmosphere, and competitive pricing have made OMG the incredible, lively club it is today.
The Palace
Bristol's very own Palace in Old Market - With fabulous theatrical and opulent decoration that would put the Moulin Rouge to shame. The Palace in Old Market (also known as The Palace Hotel and The Gin Palace) has been a staple of the area for nearly 150 years. The building is Grade II listed and, despite being an established part of Bristol's Gay Village it is open to anyone looking for a warm welcome and a good drink.
The Pineapple
A comfy, warm pub with a fantastic atmosphere. Open 7 days a week from 6pm, The Pineapple, provides a good gay grounding for a night out in Bristol. With a mainly younger crowd, perhaps weighted slightly toward the males and also features occasional live DJ's.
The QueenShilling
With its reputation for being Bristol's friendliest nightclub, The QueenShilling is proud to offer clean modern surroundings, pristine sound quality and a warm welcome from our barcode trained staff. Located in Frogmore Street just a short walk away from Park Street, The Hippodrome and The Colston Hall.
The Retreat
Situated in the heart of Old Market, The Retreat offers a varied range of events and is home to Sunday Cabaret, Curry'Oke! ,as well as great chart music and special offers
Club Nights
WONKY
Wonky is a monthly alternative club night for gay people. Infact it's for gay people, bi people, trans people, straight people and every other sort there is really. Well, except homophobes
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Members Bristol
A professional gay social networking night, held monthly at Goldbrick House, Bristol. We hold monthly "Members Bristol" Drinks Events on the last Wednesday of each month in Goldbrick House on Park Street in Bristol, with over 60 members attending
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Indigo Bristol
Run by an all-female team, Indigo was established to create professional and friendship networks. Indigo creates a space where women can connect in relaxed surrounds.
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HorsePlay
Purveyors of hedonistic equine revelry, Horseplay throw unique parties, spinning a frisky mix of cutting edge underground dance music and a fine dusting of glitter and sleaze. We have a monthly residency every last friday at our disco stable the Cavern Club (Bristol). It's a dirty basement beneath a metal bar with a mixed queer crowd, cheap beer and a haze of smoke and lasers.
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