The lgbtq+ nightlife we send people to in Downtown Minneapolis. Part of our full lgbtq+ nightlife guide and the Downtown Mpls neighborhood guide.
The Gay 90’s has been operating in some form on Hennepin Avenue since the 1940s and is one of the largest LGBTQ entertainment complexes in the country. Multiple bars, dance floors, drag shows, karaoke, and the kind of multi-generational crowd that has been showing up for decades. An institution.
A downtown Minneapolis gay bar that has been a fixture on Hennepin for decades. Dance floor, strong drink program, late-night energy. The most reliable Saturday-night move in the downtown gay scene.
A small Loring Park gay bar that has been a quiet community anchor since 1952, making it the oldest continuously-operating gay bar in Minneapolis. Conversation-friendly, low-key, no dance floor. The right move when the dance clubs are not.
Not a venue but worth listing here. Late June every year, Twin Cities Pride takes over Loring Park for the festival and downtown for the Sunday parade. One of the largest Pride celebrations in the country and one of the most genuinely civic events the city does.