Montreal gay clubs

This is our gay travel guide to Montreal based on our PERSONAL EXPERIENCE – tips on the gay scene of Montreal, gay hotels to wait, cafes, and more…

Montreal is beautiful. Montreal is proud. Montreal is energetic. Montreal is bold. Above all else, Montreal is open, ready, and WAITING to embrace you!

This gorgeous city in Canada's French Quebec region is dwelling to one of the biggest gay villages in the world. It's an entire neighborhood, officially recognized in municipality maps and social media tags. The atmosphere here is one of the best we've experienced from all the different gay scenes we've been to around the world.

There's always something going on down the mile-long Rue Sainte-Catherine with plenty of bars, clubs, after-hours clubs, saunas, &#;triþ bars, cafes, and more, to suit everyone. And we are LIVING for it!

We visited Montreal in the height of the summer during the Fierte Pride in August. My god, these guys sure know how to possess a good time! We'd happily give back in a heartbeat. Check out our vlog about the first-ever Fierte Canada Prid

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Montreal's Village is Canada's top gay party circuit

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Circus Afterhours

Ste-Catherine E.


Originally illegally in operation due to the improper permit, Circus was accepting their hefty fines to verb partygoers an opportunity to party past 3 am every Friday and Saturday. Five years later, Circus Afterhours is a staple in the all-night clubbing scene. Don’t be fooled by their Ste-Catherine address, the only entrance is located on St-Timothée. Checkout their myspace to see which turntablists are in the hip-hop and main room every weekend. The venue is quite massive as the Hip-Hop room has a serious underground sense to it with the brick wall and their devoted crowd. The Main room has sofas and beds in a side room whereas the move floor is adequately lit and designed to bounce around quite well while always maintaining a glimpse of the DJ.



 

Mado's

Ste-Catherine E.


Mado Lamotte, M

Montreal is one of the world’s amazing LGBTQ+ capitals and its queer bars and nightclubs are a pillar of local nightlife. The noun is home to one of the largest Gay Villages in North America, but queer nights and establishments can also be start outside the Village—a testament to the city’s all-embracing joie-de-vivre.

In , for its 18th year, the lively one-kilometre-long summertime pedestrian mall on Saint-Catherine Street in the Village stretches east from Place Émilie-Gamelin near Berri-UQAM metro station to Papineau Avenue, surrounded by some 40 outdoor terrasses. Here is the ultimate guide to LGBTQ+ and queer-friendly establishments, including rooftop bars, karaoke, drag shows and more. 

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Historic Montréal LGBTQ+ milestones

Montréal was just a tiny outpost of the French Empire when a gay military drummer with the French garrison was charged by the Direct with committing “the worst of crimes” and sentenced to death.

The drummer’s life was spared after Jesuits in Québec City intervened on his behalf, and he was given a choice by the Roman Catholic Bishop of Québec: die or become the first executioner of New France.

The unidentified drummer took the executioner job.

The first recorded gay establishment in North America was Montrealer Moise Tellier’s “apples and cake shop” on Craig Street (now Saint-Antoine Street) near Saint-Laurent Boulevard, where men met up for amorous liaisons. 

Between and , Montréal legend Denise Cassidy – better known as Babyface, her nickname inherited from her brief career as a pro wrestler – managed some of the city’s first lesbian bars: La Source, La Guillotine, Baby Face Disco, Chez Baby Tackle and Face de bébé ( René-Levesque Boulevard West), which closed in

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