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Hours{'monday': 'closed', 'tuesday': 'private events', 'wednesday': '17:00-00:00', 'thursday': '17:00-00:00', 'friday': '17:00-00:00', 'saturday': '17:00-00:00', 'sunday': 'private events'}

Tip: Tickets drop on the 60-day mark and sell within minutes. Sunday and Tuesday are private events; Wednesday through Saturday is public.

Location

Address: 5 North Sq, Boston, MA 02113

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Club Café ★ 4.4

$$south-end{'monday': '16:00-00:00', 'tuesday': '16:00-00:00', 'wednesday': '16:00-00:00', 'thursday': '16:00-00:00', 'friday': '16:00-02:00', 'saturday': '11:00-02:00', 'sunday': '11:00-00:00'}

Club Café on Columbus Avenue has anchored Boston's LGBTQ community since 1983. Drag bingo, cabaret in the Napoleon Room, monthly Iconic Drag Brunch with Mizery and TRANScendence variety nights.

Tip: Drag Brunch sells out a month ahead. Walk-in for the front bar; Sunday tea dance is the long-running afternoon party.

209 Columbus Ave, Boston, MA 02116

Trophy Room ★ 4.3

$$south-end{'monday': '16:00-23:00', 'tuesday': '16:00-23:00', 'wednesday': '16:00-23:00', 'thursday': '16:00-23:00', 'friday': '16:00-01:00', 'saturday': '08:00-01:00', 'sunday': '08:00-22:00'}

Trophy Room on Chandler Street is the South End queer cocktail lounge and kitchen, open for dinner, late-night drinks and weekend breakfast. Drag and karaoke nights run through the week.

Tip: Saturday breakfast from 08:00 is the easier walk-in slot. Kitchen runs to 22:00 most nights; bar carries past midnight on weekends.

26 Chandler St, Boston, MA 02116

Cathedral Station ★ 4.2

$$south-end{'monday': '16:00-01:00', 'tuesday': '16:00-01:00', 'wednesday': '16:00-01:00', 'thursday': '16:00-01:00', 'friday': '16:00-02:00', 'saturday': '11:00-02:00', 'sunday': '11:00-01:00'}

Cathedral Station on Washington Street is the South End queer sports bar and neighborhood pub with TVs on every wall, a patio out back, pool, darts and Sunday trivia. Mixed crowd on game days.

Tip: Sunday brunch is the unofficial gathering for South End queer sports leagues. Patio season runs May through October.

1222 Washington St, Boston, MA 02118

Jacque's Cabaret ★ 4.3

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Jacque's Cabaret on Broadway has run drag and cabaret seven nights a week since 1938, the oldest continuously operating LGBTQ venue in Boston. Two shows on Saturdays, $7 to $10 cover, cash only.

Tip: Saturday 22:00 show is the marquee slot. Arrive 30 minutes early for a seat; the back of the room fills first.

79 Broadway St, Boston, MA 02116

Dani's Queer Bar ★ 4.6

$$back-bay{'monday': '16:00-02:00', 'tuesday': '16:00-02:00', 'wednesday': '16:00-02:00', 'thursday': '16:00-02:00', 'friday': '16:00-02:00', 'saturday': '11:00-02:00', 'sunday': '11:00-02:00'}

Dani's Queer Bar on Boylston Street opened 2024 and took Boston Magazine's Best New Nightlife Venue 2025. Drag brunch, no-cover karaoke, weekly Drag Race watch parties and Slutty Saturdays.

Tip: Thursday karaoke from 22:00 is free entry. Drag brunch Saturday and Sunday at 11:30 books out a week ahead on Resy.

909 Boylston St, Boston, MA 02115

Headroom Hi-Fi Lounge ★ 4.4

$$$seaport-fort-point{'monday': '17:00-23:00', 'tuesday': '17:00-23:00', 'wednesday': '17:00-23:00', 'thursday': '17:00-23:00', 'friday': '17:00-23:00', 'saturday': '17:00-23:00', 'sunday': 'closed'}

Headroom Hi-Fi at Trillium Brewing on Thomson Place runs a vinyl listening lounge with craft cocktails, live music Tuesday through Thursday and vinyl DJs Friday and Saturday from 17:30.

Tip: Reserve via the Trillium booking system for a sound-room table. Last call 30 minutes before 23:00; kitchen closes one hour earlier.

50 Thomson Pl, Boston, MA 02210

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