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Australia Gay Bars & Clubs

Clubs
ARQ Sydney
Sydney
ARQ Sydney
1 review
16 Flinders St
ARQ is one of Sydney’s most iconic nightlife venues, a purpose-built club on Flinders Street just off Oxford Street in Darlinghurst that has been a pillar of the city’s queer nightlife and cultural landscape for over two decades. Now reopened unde...
Bars
Red Rattler Theatre
Sydney
Red Rattler Theatre
1 review
6 Faversham St
 The Red Rattler, affectionately known as ”The Rat,” is one of Sydney’s most beloved queer cultural spaces: a community-owned, not-for-profit warehouse theater in Marrickville, founded in 2009 by five local queer artists who wanted a legal, l...
Bars
Stonewall Newtown
Sydney
Stonewall Newtown
1 review
157 King Street
Stonewall Newtown is the Inner West revival of Sydney’s iconic Stonewall brand, opened in 2026 on King Street after the original Oxford Street hotel closed its doors. Carrying forward nearly three decades of legacy, it brings the same energetic mi...
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Bars
Sunday Bears (Town Hall Hotel)
Sydney
Sunday Bears (Town Hall Hotel)
1 review
326 King Street
Sunday Bears is Harbour City Bears’ relaxed weekly afternoon social, the laid-back Newtown counterpart to their Friday night. Held every Sunday from 4 pm at the Town Hall Hotel on King Street, it draws a friendly crowd of hairy gay men, their admi...
Bars
The Imperial Hotel
Sydney
The Imperial Hotel
1 review
35 Erskineville Road
The Imperial is one of Sydney’s most iconic LGBTQ+ venues, an Erskineville institution that’s been the beating heart of the Inner West’s queer scene since 1983 and is now listed on the NSW State Heritage Register. World-famous as the pub from The ...
Bars
The Newtown Hotel
Sydney
The Newtown Hotel
1 review
174 King St
The Newtown Hotel is one of the Inner West’s most iconic pubs, a King Street landmark serving the community since 1887 and long one of Sydney’s most famous gay venues. After a period as a broadly queer-friendly pub, it was bought in 2025 by longti...
Bars
Kinselas Hotel
Sydney
Kinselas Hotel
1 review
383 Bourke St
Kinselas is a Taylor Square icon, a striking Art Deco landmark in the heart of Sydney’s Oxford Street gay village that was a funeral parlor (the headquarters of undertaker Charles Kinsela) from the 1930s until 1982, before its second life as a bel...
Bars
Marlbourough Hotel (Marly Bar)
Sydney
Marlbourough Hotel (Marly Bar)
1 review
145 King St
The Marlborough Hotel, universally known as ”The Marly,” is a Newtown institution that’s been watering the Inner West since 1860, a big, characterful pub that’s all things to all people: a sun-drenched beer garden, a retro upstairs bar, live music...
Clubs
Universal Sydney
Sydney
Universal Sydney
1 review
85-91 Oxford St
Universal is one of Oxford Street’s most storied LGBTQ+ nightclubs, a multi-level dance venue that, for nearly four decades, was The Midnight Shift, Sydney’s legendary gay club that opened as a men’s disco in 1980 and became a hub of queer life, d...
Bars
Furry Friday
Sydney
Furry Friday
244–248 William Street (Kings Cross Hotel)
Furry Friday is Sydney’s weekly bear social, hosted by Harbour City Bears, the largest bear community group in the Southern Hemisphere. Held every Friday evening at the Kings Cross Hotel, it’s a warm, welcoming gathering for hairy gay men, their a...
Clubs
Poof Doof
Melbourne
Poof Doof
386 Chapel Street
Poof Doof Melbourne: Chapel Street’s unapologetically queer Saturday night Poof Doof is one of Melbourne’s biggest and most exuberant queer club nights. Rather than operating as an independent gay bar, the party takes over Chasers Nightclub a...
Bars
Pride of our Footscray
Melbourne
Pride of our Footscray
1/86-88 Hopkins St.
Pride of our Footscray is a community gay bar located in Footscray, Melbourne. The place is a not for profit community with 200 part-owners who have all signed a declaration related to diversity. The bar opens 5 nights a week with lots of drag sho...
Bars
Sircuit
Melbourne
Sircuit
1 review
103 Smith Street (Entre Peel street & Gertrude street)
Nightly DJs, dance and drag at this super-popular bar.
Bars
Glasshouse Hotel
Melbourne
Glasshouse Hotel
1 review
51–55 Gipps Street (au Glasshouse Hotel)
Cabaret and drag shows nightly
Bars
Beresford Sundays
Sydney
Beresford Sundays
354 Bourke Street (at Albion Street)
fun in the sun
Clubs
Peel
Melbourne
Peel
Peel Sreet & Wellington Street
Long-running queer bar with DJ and drag nights. Late license, three bars and a courtyard; perfect in summer.
Bars
Alia Bar
Fitzroy
Alia Bar
83-87 Smith Street (angle Gertrude Street)
Upstairs lounge
Clubs
Bank Hotel
Sydney
Bank Hotel
324 King Street
Velvet Wednesday women’s party
Clubs
Chinese Laundry
Sydney
Chinese Laundry
111 Sussex Street
Chinese Laundry: an underground Sydney club reborn Hidden beneath the Slip Inn in Sydney’s city centre, Chinese Laundry is one of the most enduring names in the Australian electronic music scene. The legendary underground venue closed during ...
Bars
DT’s Hotel
Richmond
DT’s Hotel
164 Church Street (angle Highett Street)
Pub, drag shows Sat, beer garden
Bars
Eildon Park
Melbourne
Eildon Park
Auckland Street
Clubs
Heaven Social Dance
Sydney
Heaven Social Dance
166 Windsor Road (at Northmead Bowling Club)
bi-monthly drag shows, proceeds go to local charity organizations
Clubs
Home Nightclub
Sydney
Home Nightclub
101 Wheat Road
hosts Homesexual, www.homesexual.com.au
Clubs
Hung
Melbourne
Hung
133 Sydney Road (au Spot bar)
Bars
Lava Bar
Sydney
Lava Bar
2 Oxford Street (dernier étage du Burdekin Hotel)
Lesbians meet there on Fridays
Clubs
Manning Bar
Sydney
Manning Bar
Manning Road (entre Fisher & Western, U of Sydney Union)
Bärenhöhle è un piccolo e storico bar gay situato al 90 di Schönhauser Allee, nel quartiere berlinese di Prenzlauer Berg. Il nome significa letteralmente “la tana degli orsi” e descrive piuttosto bene sia il carattere del locale sia il suo pubblic...
Bars
Njoy
Melbourne
Njoy
168 Lonsdale Street (angle Russell Street, bar Baraki)
lounge, Greek food
Clubs
Pinkalicious
Melbourne
Pinkalicious
Différents lieux
Monthly lesbian evenings. Check website for locations.
Clubs
Pollys Dance
Sydney
Pollys Dance
303 Marrickville Road (at Marrickville Townhall)
bi-monthly dance parties
Bars
Shebar
Melbourne
Shebar
51–55 Gipps Street (au Glasshouse Hotel)
Clubs
Sundaylicious
Melbourne
Sundaylicious
Différents lieux
LGBT queer-friendly dance parties, check web for details
Clubs
Tank
Sydney
Tank
3 Bridge Ln (derrière l'Establishment Hotel)
check locally for next DTPM gay party at this multi-award wining dance club on Sun nights
Clubs
T-Bird Club
Melbourne
T-Bird Club
Martin Sreet & Saint Kilda Road (au Abode bar)
Open to cross dressers, transgender, transsexual intersex who identify as female, plus friends admirers (non-accompanied admirers contact producer first)
Bars
The Beauchamp
Sydney
The Beauchamp
265 Oxford Street (at S Dowling)
pronounced “Bee-chum”
Bars
The Colombian
Sydney
The Colombian
117-123 Oxford Street (at Crown Street)
trendy pub and cocktail bar, 2 levels, theme nights
Clubs
The Commercial Hotel
Melbourne
The Commercial Hotel
238 Whitehall Street (angle Hall Street)
food served Wed-Sat
Bars
The Laird
Abbotsford
The Laird
149 Gipps Street (Laird Hotel)
2 bars, beer garden, theme nights, also leather shop.
Bars
The Oxford
Sydney
The Oxford
134 Oxford Street (at Bourke Street, Taylor Square)
Right across from Taylor Square, on the legendary strip that’s been the beating heart of gay Sydney for over five decades, The Oxford Hotel stands as one of the city’s most iconic queer institutions. Opened as a gay venue back in 1982, it’s the ki...
Bars
The Palms On Oxford
Sydney
The Palms On Oxford
124 Oxford Street (at Bourke Street, Taylor Square)
crowded late
Clubs
The Polo Lounge/ Supper Club
Sydney
The Polo Lounge/ Supper Club
134 Oxford Street
upscale lounge, jazz cabaret performances, burlesque
Bars
The Prince of Wales/ Prince Bandroom
Melbourne
The Prince of Wales/ Prince Bandroom
29 Fitzroy Street
The Prince Bandroom is one of Melbourne’s most storied live music venues, occupying part of the landmark Prince Hotel at 29 Fitzroy Street in St Kilda. Behind its Art Deco façade lies a concert hall that has welcomed generations of musicians, club...
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