Highlights at the PrideFest include a morning parade with carnival floats and dancers heading along Colfax Avenue, Franklie Street and Broadway, along with a street fair around the Civic Center Park. Today, an estimated 250,000 spectators and party goers come to the city to enjoy these lively celebrations, which take place over a long weekend towards the end of June and rank amongst the largest in the entire nation. The Denver PrideFest is a truly enormous event on the global LGBT calendar and has its origins in the middle of the 1970s.
Those staying in downtown Denver may like to check out Lannie's Clocktower Cabaret Club on Arapahoe Street, close to the famous Daniels and Fisher Tower, where there is always something a little on the risque side to enjoy. Particularly notable on East Colfax Avenue is the Blush Bar, Charlie's, the X Bar and R&R Denver, the latter of which advertises itself as being the friendliest gay bar on the East Side of the city and is within relatively close proximity to the airport. Within the Capitol Hill and Uptown areas, popular gay bars and clubs are to be found along roads such as Broadway, East Colfax Avenue, Logan Street and Ogden Street. Gay and lesbian people in the city are certainly well catered for, with many of the most frequented bars and restaurants being found within the neighborhoods of Uptown and Capitol Hill (known to many in the city as the 'Gay Village'), as well as South Broadway, Washington Park and University Park. For many years, this city has served as something of a magnet and hotspot for LGBT visitors, who continue to flock here for its plentiful themed bars, clubs and other top nightspots.ĭenver is currently called home by in excess of 4,000 same-sex couples and this number steadily continues to increase year on year. BoyzTown, Denver, Colorado TripSavvy / Andrew Collins Its dive-y, cruise-y, slightly raunchy, and plenty of fun: BoyzTown is a highly popular part of the gruff but lovable South Broadway gay scene, a neighbor of such standbys and BJs Carousel. As the biggest city for literally hundreds of miles, Denver is something of a metropolis and comes with a very notable and obvious gay scene. Other gay bars in Colorado Springs include Club Q, on the citys east side, and the Bijou Bar and Grill.