Best gay clubs in dallas texas

The Dallas Fort Worth area has a vibrant gay and lesbian nightlife scene. It looks dark and dive-y from the outside, but inside, Club Reflection Jennings Ave. While the Rainbow Lounge across the street pumps it up with beat-heavy dance music, here the dance floor is filled with two-steppers and line-dancers sashaying to the likes of George Strait and Randy Travis.

Drinks are fairly priced and often on special, so it remains affordable to dallas a couple longnecks before embarking on a beginners line dance lesson held weekly. But it has a lot more going on than just ball action. Ample and clever patio space on both floors works for those who prefer the outdoors for their people-watching read: cruising while lighting up a ciggie or catching an autumnal breeze.

Even as a number of gay hangouts have cropped up around it, this lively, boy-friendly spot is still the place to go in the Cedar Springs neighborhood—a night out usually involves it in one way or another. The crowd is flirty, friendly, and mixed—folks of all stripes are welcome. Kaliente Maple Ave.

The best mix sashays from classic country to nouveau-Nashville, making a fine backdrop for chatty patrons at any of the six different themed bars. This spot is exactly what a classic gay dance club should be—enormous, with different stations to keep the attention-deficient crowd pleased and an absolutely killer lighting system.

The latter makes up for a lack of imagination in the music department—think bass-heavy oomph-oomphoomph house—but the energy here flows as freely as the vodka and Red Bull. The massive first floor opens to a glassed-in dance floor gay by two bars, pool tables, and a car-size video monitor.

Upstairs, the DJ lords over her kingdom from the second-story DJ booth. Up here, the glass soundproofing keeps the cacophony to a minimum, allowing for lower-key texas and rock acts to keep the crowd that buzzes around the two bars occupied.

A LGBTQ+ Weekend Itinerary

Learn more about this author. Accept Reject. She spent her teenage years cruising down I to Dallas, spending many late nights obsessing over local bands in Deep Ellum and, occasionally, on Greenville Avenue. After graduating, she remained in Sherman, soaking up the North Texas sun as a sportswriter for the local paper.

But the Lone Star State still beckoned, and Jonanna returned to the Dallas-Fort Worth area, where she works as a freelance writer and editor, with her work appearing in many national publications. She continues to eat Tex-Mex and barbecue, curse Jerry Jones, and obsess over local music.

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