Queer Music Venues |
See also the list of Queer bands on tour, which you can also search through for cities where the bands are from. If I know about events, I will list them on the bands on tour page, not on this page. The list is sort of in East to West geographic order. You may also want to check out:
NEW STUFF (most recent update Feb 2008):
Virgo Artist Agency booking for Scandinavia and Europe [3/13/2008]
Combustion Malmö [3/13/200]
Queeruption 11 in Rome, Italy in
London Queer DIY Festival in July 2008 (cancelled) [2/21/2008]
Transformer - Queer Festival in April 2008 in Brussels, Belgium [2/14/2008]
Outre in Los Angeles [added 2/8/2008]
Club Echo in Huntington, WV [added 1/23/2008]
Band Fight at Rumors in Bellingham, WA [added 1/2/2008]
Mondo Homo, Pink Eye indie queer film salon, and Feminist Outlawz in Atlanta, GA [added 12/30/2007]
Jakes on 4th and Queer Music Festival, both in Olympia, WA [added 12/6/2007]
Queerbeat booking agency in Germany [added 11/15/2007]
Queers, Beers & Rears in Brooklyn [added 9/24/2007]
The Orphanage in Chicago [added 9/23/2007]
Make Yr. Break in Philadelphia [added 8/29/2007]
Blake's on the Park in Atlanta [added 8/7/2007]
TraniWreck in Boston [added 8/5/2007]
Flesh Hungry Dog shows at Jackhammer in Chicago and more Chicago updates[added 7/14/2007]
El Rio in San Francisco, CA [added 7/13/2007]
| Stockholm, Sweden |
Virgo Artist Agency - Booking and promotion of queer and feminist artists/djs for Scandinavia and Europe. http://www.virgo.nu or http://www.myspace.com/virgoartistagency
Combustion Malmö: www.myspace.com/combustionlive
| Brussels, Belguim |
| Rome, Italy |
Queeruption 11 was going to be 1-7 July 2008 in Roma, Italia, but has been cancelled. http://www.myspace.com/queeruption11roma - WWW.QUEERUPTION.ORG/Q11
| London, England |
Dirty Water Club presents live rock music in London.
Duckie is a London-based queer club. They did Nightbird series of performance events in May/June/July 2002.
Club Motherfucker promotes events in London, England with queer bands.
Club V is a now defunct queer indie club based in England.
Web page for defunct event
Club V (new URL)
Email: neilward@dircon.co.uk
Snail mail:
The V Files, Box 7984, London SE13 7XR, UK
Radical Queer DIY Festival in East London on 11, 12, 13 July 2008. Any bands or performers get in touch with queerbash [at] yahoo.com
A Queeruption happened in London in March of 2002. There have been other queeruptions in various spots.
| East Sussex, England |
| Brighton, England |
http://www.fuckthepainaway.co.uk is the website of an alternative queer club night in Brighton, England, which does regular benefits for queer/radical causes.
| Glasgow, Scotland |
Frock On is a female collective based in Glasgow which puts on events.
| Bristol, UK |
| Cardiff, Wales |
F.A.G. Club puts on events (mostly band nights) for QuAGS (queers of all genders and sexualities) in Cardiff, Wales, showcasing all that is unusual, subversive and freaky. They also release records by great people. http://www.fagclub.net/ http://www.myspace.com/lovefagclub
Peppermintpatti puts on shows with female fronted bands headlining in Cardiff, Wales at the Chapter theatre.
Queer Cymru is two weeks of queer fringe events in Cardiff, Wales in August 2006.
| Berlin, Germany |
There is a new party in berlin, germany called la moustache. Their first party was in the spring of 2007. Also they will book more female/queer bands in the future. The website http://www.lamoustache.org will be up soon, but for now they are on myspace: http://www.myspace.com/lamoustacheberlin
Queeruption 5 happened May 19-26 2003 in Berlin. Here's the official site queeruption.de, a Yahoo Group and an old webpage about it.
There are links to a lot of club nights in Germany on my International Queer Links page.
| Munich, Germany |
Queerbeat is a booking and promotion agency based in Munich, Germany. They are also on myspace: http://www.myspace.com/queerbeatagency
| Montreal, Quebec, Canada |
the Anticapitalist Ass Pirates ( www.geocities.com/slutsagainstcapitalism) put on a queer party once a month (usually the first or second tuesday) in Montreal at a bar called Pasalymany. We are open to queer bands or djs who want to play. Contact us at slutsagainstcapitalism@hotmail.com or call 514-920-7448 and leave a message for the Ass Pirates.
| Toronto, Ontario, Canada |
Half-Cocked: Gender Art Fest. Multigender showcase for music, art, photography, and short films by Toronto's hottest trans and genderqueer artists. Annual festival at Buddies in Bad Times theatre in Toronto. 2007 event is June 15. More info: http://half-cocked.avnerd.tv
Vazeleen is no longer happening Lee's Palace - however, Will Munro who used to do Vazaleen now co-owns a venue with Lyn McNeill called The Beaver Cafe in Toronto's Queer West Village with lots of DJ nights-- see this article.
Check out the events listings at Gay West Community Network for West Toronto and queer goings-on.
| Ottowa, Canada |
| Boston, MA |
Bazaar Bizarre -- punk craft fair.
Dyke Night -- weekly Thursday night club in Boston. Doesn't seem to do live music but has had drag king shows. The venue has live music on other nights, though.
Stephen Crowe, of Scarecrowe Productions is no longer doing "Hot Lunch" at Reel Bar -- http://www.myspace.com/hotlunchboston that event is RIP 9/07. Stephen is now doing events in NYC - see that city. Visit Stephen (aka DJ Sir Loins) on Myspace -- http://www.myspace.com/stephencrowe for more info. Here's an article about Hot Lunch.
August 2007: TraniWreck used to be at Jaques but isn't anymore.
There's a production company called Truth Serum that is doing some queer (lady) stuff, drag kings, bands etc.. http://www.truthserum.org/
Gender Crash is a monthly spoken word open mic for queer, genderqueer, transgender, bi, dyke, gay folks.
Boston Queer Agenda has an email list of events. [Formerly Hanarchy List.]
Sara Seinberg hosted K'vetch Boston, a monthly queer spoken word open mike -- sometimes music too. It moved from New Words Books to the Oni Gallery but I don't think it's happening anymore.
| Easthampton, MA |
| New York, New York |
Bearapalooza -- Has done events in Nashville, Florida, Seattle, etc.
Big Lug -- was bear and cub bar in New York City -- "good tunes, no techno." [now defunct]
Dumba (follow link for old schedule)
which was at 57 Jay Street, Brooklyn, is now closed.
Flameout is a webpage with one guy's picks of New York things to do.
Fagapalooza is the name under which LandShark Shows has done queer music shows in New York City.
Muffler is a club night in Brooklyn.
QxBxRx - Queers, Beers & Rears QBR is now once a month at the Cake Shop, NYC, and features live queer- and homo-friendly bands and guest DJs. QBR is hosted by Sir Loins (formerly of Hot Lunch Boston and Scarecrowe Productions), Go-Karff (of PIT NYC, a weekly party in NYC with Stephen Merritt of the Magnetic Fields), and A.Martini (of LIMPWRIST). More info about QBR: www.myspace.com/qxbxrx
| North Brunswick, NJ |
Generation Q is a queer radio show broadcasting on WRSU 88.7 FM.
| Philadelphia, PA |
There is a party " *girL* " that is every 3rd saturday of the month and has a live music stage as well as djs and dancing http://www.phillygirlparty.com
Updated March 2007:
Sugar Town is a series of
music events in Philadelphia.
Sugar Town is centered around female performers and DJs.
For booking contact sarasherr@gmail.com
and you can read more on Sara's Blog
Another series, Plain Parade is no more.
LAVA, the Lancaster Avenue Autonomous Space, is a center for radical media and organizing in the Belmont neighborhood of West Philadelphia.
Make Yr. Break is a monthly queer club night run by DJ Bunnystyle in Philadelphia which has had live hip-hop performances.
General Philly punk info: ExpiredMilk.com
| Pittsburgh, PA |
queer Event Listings is a mailing list of queer events in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
Resyst is a radical queer project.
| Washington DC |
3Word Productions supports underserved and underrepresented queer, transgendered and women artists and are based in Washington, DC. See also their list of past shows
Blowoff is a monthly DJ club night done by Bob Mould and Richard Morel. Also check for Blowoff dates at Bob's tour dates
Taint is an indie queer series in Washington DC which replaces the defunct Feint.
Qualm -- Queers United Against Laughable Mainstream -- email list based in DC.
NotaSquat House is a queer-friendly venue in Washington, DC. Yes, it's a house. Vicki books shows there (their living room) for local and touring bands, doing a show about once a month. About 50 people can fit comfortably in the space. Contact Vicki at vickiveg@hotmail.com
| Richmond, VA |
[note: websites nanciraygun.com and queerspace.org not working as of January 2008] The Richmond Queer Space project is hosting a bi.monthly queer night at a local venue called the nanci raygun. Our phone is 804.377.6902. there is lots of info about us on the website and people can email the collective at sc@queerspace.org. all of these shows are all ages unless a band's schedule necessitates them playing a late show. these shows all could start at 5 or 6 pm and go til 9 or 10 pm. they are every other tuesday. we are looking for all kinds of performers not just bands!!!!
The Lone Star House in Richmond Virginia is hosting shows for queer artists. Our house is quaint and has hosted many shows and parties in richmond and hopes to bring a safe fun environment for queers to take a break from challenging and boring clubs in the south. contact tex at 804.437.8655 or quillin99@hotmail.com. (House is personed by members of the richmond queer space project)
| Charlotte, NC |
Garbo's features female-fronted artists. [apparently defunct.]
| Asheville, NC |
Joli Rouge features performers including Katastrophe, Athens Boys Choir, and Robo Sapien.
| Huntington, WV |
| Atlanta GA |
The Feminist Outlawz put on a variety of music shows and radical actions in Atlanta and Athens, GA http://www.angelfire.com/indie/feministoutlawz/ http://groups.myspace.com/feministoutlawzrevolution
Mary's Bar is a queer dive bar in Atlanta which has various DJ nights, comedy night, etc.
MondoHomo is an annual queer culture fest on Memorial Day weekend, but they also book queer bands and performers throughout the year. http://www.mondohomo.com/index.php http://www.myspace.com/mondohomosouth
Pink Eye indie queer film salon shows independent queer shorts & films, with performances. http://www.myspace.com/pinkeyefilm http://movies.groups.yahoo.com/group/pinkeye/
| Tallahassee, FL |
| Pensacola, FL |
| New Orleans, LA |
| Tulsa, OK |
| Lawrence, KS |
| Austin, TX |
Added June 2007: Cockpit in Austin is a gay bar that has live bands on Saturdays.
Added June 2006: There are regular Wednesday rock shows at the Austin, TX gay bear bar, The Chain Drive. Check out the myspace page at http://www.myspace.com/1chaindrive They've got some great shows coming up and it would be a super-friendly place for queer punkers, rockers, or hip hoppers to play if they're in town.
QUEER WAD (a social, political and queer night) at Monkeywrench Books 110 E. Northloop Blvd (essentially 53rd and Ave F) on each and every Friday night from 6:30-9:00 pm. have questions, need directions? email mercuryrising22@yahoo.com http://www.monkeywrenchbooks.org/
Queerpunk Austin -- bowling, rock shows and other social functions. Also has yahoo group.
Gaby & Mo's was a gay owned and operated venue in Austin, TX. They have apparently closed. The Butchies and the Haggard have played there. For more info, try sending email to gabynmos@hotmail.com
Scott Wiggerman sets up group queer poetry readings in Austin.
| Denton, TX |
| Kentucky |
| Ohio |
| Indianapolis, IN |
| Detroit, MI |
The Trumbullplex (aka Trumbull theatre) is an anarchist collective space doing organizing and all ages shows. http://www.myspace.com/trumbullplex - Its phone numbers are (313)832-1845 or(313)832-7952 [numbers may be outdated] the mailing address is 4208 trumbull, detroit mich ,48208. Booking email is trumbullplex@yahoo.com - Here's an article
Xhedos Cafe - old management went under, is now
AJ's Music Cafe -
240 West 9 Mile Rd. Ferndale, MI.
248-399-2946.
Blind Pig. 206-208 South First ST. Ann Arbor, MI.
734-996-8555.
www.blindpigmusic.com
Try calling mike trombley
at (810) 367-3180.
Also a possiblity: Urban Break Coffeehouse.
Here's a webpage with a list of Michigan venues.
| Chicago, IL |
The Autonomous Zone in Chicago is having queer space on some Wednesday nights. It's at 2129 n. milwaukee ave (next to the congress theater).
Cake Chicago is a monthly live queer music show at The Redline Tap.
Dykediva.com has Chicago events.
Feast of Fools hosts a daily queer podcast.
The Finger was an All-gender queer open mike and variety show which ended in Spring of 2005. Hosted by Nomy Lamm and Jae Crue. At Early to Bed, 5232 N. Sheridan, Chicago.
The Flesh Hungry Dog Show does a monthly live GLBT music show at Jackhammer in Chicago. See http://www.fleshhungrydog.com or http://www.myspace.com/fhd
HomoLatte (formerly Grinder): queer spoken word and music showcase, now 1st and 3rd Tuesdays of the month. new location as of 2006 - Big Chicks / Tweet (Enter through Big Chicks/performance in Tweet space) 5024 N Sheridan 773-728-5511. all ages, $5 donation requested. Hosted by Scott Free.
There's an Indie-queer guide to Chicago.
Joanna, who was one of the people from Homocore Chicago, starting a new promotion business. It's not necessarilly queer, and she's ramping up slowly, but if you're looking to get booked in Chicago you may want to contact her at: flamedog@mindspring.com
The Mess Hall has exhibitions, screenings, lectures, workshops, meetings, music, and hosts the series "Hardcore Histories."
The Orphanage is an all-ages performance space/Art gallery in Chicago. Contact Angel who is liason to the gay community.
OutMusic / OutLoud Open Mic Night is now Fourth Thursday at Rubin's Chicago Room Callery Cafe, hosted by Lars VonKeitz. http://www.outmusic.com/chicago/index.html www.chicagoroomgallerycafe.com
http://www.pinkagenda.com/ has a Chicago calendar as well as national and international event calendars.
Think Pink is a weekly radio show on WLUW in Chicago. It's on Tuesdays from 6:30 pm- 8 pm [central time zone -- GMT-6]. To contact for sending demos and promos, email thinkpink @ wluw.org
http://www.thirdcoastmarketing.com/ has Chicago gay events listings.
| Minneapolis. MN |
The Flaming Film Festival is an annual festival in the Twin Cities founded by Lisa Ganser. http://www.myspace.com/flamingfilmfest
| Fayetteville, AR |
| St. Louis, MO |
StLPunk has profiles and lists of venues in St. Louis.
(old info below, rather outdated -- someone with current St. Louis info please get in touch!)
From Amy:
I live in St. Louis, MO and I do a zine called Elegant Discourse. The
Hi-Pointe is a VERY cool club here in town that lets us put on Elegant
Discourse Night there monthly. Bands that play are
either female/part-female and/or queer/pro-queer. You get the idea.
People who bring a copy of the zine get drink specials all night and the
shows are alway all ages or 18+. I do a write up about the show, bands,
etc., in the following issue of my zine. This is the only night of its
kind in the area and it's starting to gain some momentum. If you are in
a band or know someone who is and would like to play an upcoming show,
e-mail me at
mail@elegantdiscource.com
or call me at 314-845-7673. Thanks.
amy
| Omaha, Nebraska |
| Salt Lake City, Utah |
| Santa Fe, NM |
| Phoenix, AZ |
| Tucson, AZ |
Surly Wench Pub -- queer-friendly venue that has live bands.
| Las Vegas, NV |
The Huntridge Theatre-1208 East Charleston, Las Vegas, NV 89104 (it's a landmark, pretty much the only thing we have yet to explode...plus it was in Alex Cox's The Winner, so it's got extra indie cred.)...Imperial Teen were supposed to open for the Breeders back in Feb.(but for some reason didn't) & Le Tigre are playin' June 16th, 2003...
then there's Double Down Saloon -4640 Paradise Rd Las Vegas, Nevada 89109 (702) 791-5775...which is located in the pseudo-affectionately named "fruit loop" hub of gay bars(the Gypsy, Free Zone, etc.)...I believe Sister Spit has been there twice and they were just on Comedy Central's Insomniac...
and there's The Rock-4550 S Maryland Pkwy Las Vegas, Nevada 89154 702.795.7625 and The Cooler Lounge, 1905 N. Decatur Blvd Las Vegas, NV 89108 702-646-3009(mostly a bar but has some shows)...
| Riverside, CA |
Back to the Grind Coffee/Art House in Riverside, CA is queer-owned/ mixed audience, customers contact Darren @ (951) 784-0800. There is also a myspace page at http://www.myspace.com/b2tg and a webpage at http://www.back2thegrind.com/
| Los Angeles, CA |
Rudy, formerly Scutter zine and record label as of early 2008 is doing the club night Outre with Cody Wayne. Rudy and Senior of Junior Senior did a monthly club night called "Break-A-Way" at Akbar, but that is on hiatus - see Myspace page. Before that they did "La Polla Loca". Rudy also did Scutterfests in 2001 and 2002, and 2003.
The Freak Show ended in 2003.
LadexLA is a queer events weekly email list for LA. email LadexLA-subscribe@yahoogroups.com or visit http://groups.yahoo.com/group/LadexLA
Milk is no longer happening. It was last at The Echo
Shotgun - a queer club in Los Angeles - and when we say queer, we mean queer. Mostly ladies and bois gathering at Eagle LA, formerly the Gauntlet II: a leather bear bar, since summer 2004. Gendronaut, our drag contest, is first Wednesday of the month. 4219 Santa Monica Blvd. X Hoover in Silverlake.
Spitshine Records is doing events as of late 2004.
Vaginal Davis had a club night on Fridays called "Bricktops", but it's now on hiatus. Look at VaginalDavis.Com
| San Francisco Bay Area, CA |
I maintain this listing of Queer events in San Francisco -- check it out for ideas of venues where people perform.
For more venues in the SF area, check out Cool Waves
There was formerly a monthly GLBT Singer/Songwriter showcase at the Bazaar Cafe. It's not currently happening but it is a good venue for original singer songwriters (no ASCAP/BMI covers) http://www.bazaarcafe.com/
Dolores Park Cafe is a queer-owned cafe which has live music on Friday nights.
El Rio is a great queer friendly music venues that has live performances and dance parties. Outdoor patio, two rooms, mixed crowd. Fridays are specifically queer band night.
924 Gilman Street is a collectively run punk club in Berkeley, CA. Gilman has had almost every big queer/feminist punk act play on our stage. tribe 8, bikini kill, sleater kinney, harum scarum, pansy division, even chumbawamba (way back when, mind you). They book three months in advance, don't book racist sexists, homophobic or major label acts. all shows are all ages, drugs and alcohal free. send promos or demos to po box 1058 berkeley ca, 94701 or call tuesday or wednesday nights at 510.524.8180
Bands have been playing Thursday nights at the Eagle in San Francisco. Doug handles booking -- for booking arrangements contact doug@sfeagle.com -- more info here.
Kimo's is a gay bar in San Francisco that has bands play. [when it first started doing music, the bands would often perform in drag.] 1351 Polk at Pine. Am not familiar with bands that have played there recently.
Try Santa Cruz Underground Music for advice on Santa Cruz. (last updated 2003)
The Coco Club closed. Other CLOSED, NO LONGER EXISTING
local venues: Club Hot, The Cocodrie, Boomerang, Epicenter,
Mission Records.
Queers Together in Punkness (QTIP) used to put on shows in San Francisco, but
hasn't since May 1996 (sigh... wow, it was 10 years ago!)
| Portland, OR |
To get on a Portland events list, email list@puppdx.com
No longer happening, were at
at the Doug Fir Lounge
( http://www.dougfirlounge.com):
Snatch! A Dyke Knight and
Jack! Queer as Fuck -
http://www.jackpdx.com
2nd Sundays at Holocene
( http://www.holocene.org):
Tart: A Swank Soiree where the ladies play
Mondays: Queer Night at Le Happy, Free. (1011 NW 16th Ave.) Le Happy is a creperie with great drinks. No dancing.
2nd and 4th Wednesdays at Holocene ( http://www.holocene.org ) is Party Line. Queer Dance Party.
Booty - http://www.bootypdx.com/ -- Queer as Ye Be Portland's Queer Party For The Piratecore. was Every Thursday at ACME, ended in Sept 2007.
Current clubs as of late 2007: GayCation and QueerBait
Nocturnal closed at the end of 2006. http://www.nocturnalpdx.com
There is a new all-ages venue in the old Meow Meow space: Loveland Internation. http://www.myspace.com/lovelandinternational http://www.loveland-international.com/
NEW URL: Check out the queer page from alt.portland
| Olympia, Washington |
Jake's on 4th is a queer bar and they're always looking to promote queer artists, host shows, etc. Contact information is as follows: Jake's on 4th, Olympia, WA. Show promoter: Alex Awesome Contact: alexatjakes [at] gmail.com
There will be a Queer Music Festival in March of 2008. They are now booking. Contact: Queer Music Festival, Olympia, WA, March 2-6, 2008, Contact: Alex Awesome, queerfestoly [at] gmail.com
Homo a Gogo festival happened for the third time on August 2006 in Olympia, Washington. A future festival will hopefully happen in Los Angeles or San Francisco in 2009.
Yes Yes Alliance is an alternative art space and all ages music venue
| Seattle, Washington |
Cherry - the 4th Saturday of every month, now
at Re-Bar (as of June 2007, started in December 2005)
A hot night for lesbians and their friends. Resident and guest DJs.
21+.
Cherry website:
http://www.cherryseattle.com
Re-bar:
http://www.rebarseattle.com/
Girl4GIRL Seattle has been supporting the LGBT community and hosting the largest all-women's events since 1998, how held at the Premier Club every 3rd Saturday of each month. You can check them out at http://www.girl4girlseattle.com
Le Freak - the 5th Saturday of any month at the Wildrose (1021 East
Pike St. Seattle, WA 98122) (still going as of June 2007.)
A Queer dance party with resident DJs Amateur Youth, Blu, Julia and
Teenburger.
$5 cover, 21+, 9pm.
Le Freak website:
http://www.lefreakyou.com/
Le Freak myspace: http://www.myspace.com/lefreakyou
Wildrose - lesbian bar, has live music sometimes:
article on live music show.
website:
http://www.thewildrosebar.com/
The Vera Project is an all-ages venue in Seattle.
Seattle Spit: Seattle's queer spoken word event. Every first Thursday, 8pm, at the Wild Rose (1021 E Pike on Capital Hill).
Three Dollar Bill Cinema -- shows queer films in Seattle.
fast balls and cheap meat: queer pinball at shorty's 8pm, last thursday of every month
Pho Bang -- or as they seem to be spelling it now, Fauxbang -- is a club night in Seattle with a live band and radical drag hosts Ursula Android and Jackie Hell. Formerly at Foxes, and Sit and Spin, and also formerly at Rebar
Framework Productions is a non-profit art organization booking shows in and around Seattle, WA. We are always all-ages. We also do benefit shows for local organizations and are always looking for queer/queer friendly bands! 2222 2nd Ave., Suite#200 Seattle, WA 98121 frameworkpro@hotmail.com (206)447-6179.
| Spokane, WA |
| Bellingham, WA |
| Vancouver, Canada |
Skank and the queer punk collective are based in Vancouver BC Canada. If you are going in that area, join the QP Collective list for info on upcoming events, places to play, crash, etc.
Queeruption 10 happened in Vancouver in August 2007. For more information see http://www.queeruption.org/
| Argentina |
Muchacha Punk -- article on the queercore scene in Argentina.
"Perversos, Desviados y Invertidos" is a 7" compilation with songs from Islam, the She-Devils, The Haggard, and Limp Wrist.
| Brazil |
| Sydney, Australia |
| Lismore, NSW, Australia |