Open daily, the club offers fun nights all week, including themed potluck parties and happy hours on Sundays, karaoke on Tuesdays, drag shows, pool tables, and more. Sidewinders Ranch: Drive a bit farther east of Nob Hill along Central Avenue, and you'll come to one of the most venerable gay nightclubs in town, which has the hottest club tunes, and a welcoming atmosphere for everyone, along with a great mix of people.Sit in a comfortable booth and choose from the many wines available. QBar Lounge: Located at the LGBTQ+ friendly Hotel Albuquerque in the Old Town neighborhood, QBar Lounge is an upscale, gay-friendly club and bar that features a diversity of activities from Latin dancing classes and a media room to a piano lounge and a billiards room.
The Side Effex gastropub has a full menu with items ranging from nachos and French fries to a quinoa burger, plus handcrafted cocktails and several craft beers on tap. Head upstairs and you'll find a huge roof deck bar that's ideal for chatting (and gazing up at those New Mexico twinkling stars). Visitors will find dance floors with bars, a big stage, and a state-of-the-art sound system. It's a spacious venue with three levels: the main room, the lounge, and the rooftop patio-each with its own DJs-just off downtown's main drag, Central Avenue. This attractive space was one of Albuquerque's first genuine "big city" gay nightclubs, though it has mixed crowds and all are welcome. Effex Nightclub: Just a few miles west of downtown is one of the city's most popular gay hangouts, Effex Nightclub.With a friendly staff, drag shows, karaoke, and other fun, the club draws sizable crowds, especially on weekends. The cost for an annual membership varies depending on if you live in the state or not. You must be a member to enter "the Soch," but everyone is welcome (as long as they have a valid photo ID). There you'll find Albuquerque Social Club, a private club for gay and lesbians, one of the neighborhood's and the city's most popular LGBTQ+ venues. Albuquerque Social Club: Historic Nob Hill, which is bisected by famous Route 66, lies a couple of miles east of downtown.The crowd is diverse, energetic and friendly as heck. Hilarious moniker aside, the Back Door is a gay bar par excellence located in one of the coolest college towns in America. The mixed gay-straight venue at the elegant Hotel Parq Central on the historic Route 66 offers seasonal cocktails, local beer on tap, wine, and small plates with vegetables, cheese, fish, and other regional items. Bloom’s in Edinburgh or Nellie’s in Washington DC), but surely the best of the bunch belongs to the Back Door in Bloomington. Apothecary Lounge: Downtown is home to a swanky and beautiful indoor/outdoor tapas bar and lounge with an expansive roof deck that affords panoramic views of downtown and the Sandia Mountains.The cookie is set by the GDPR Cookie Consent plugin and is used to store whether or not user has consented to the use of cookies. The cookie is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category "Performance". This cookie is set by GDPR Cookie Consent plugin. The cookies is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category "Necessary".
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