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GAY & NIGHTLIFEDESTINATION

Based in the heart of Old Town Oakland, The Summer Prevent & Lounge is Oakland’s gay & nightlife destination.Summer Block & Lounge is an intimate venue welcoming The East Bay’s LGBTQ+ collective for LIVE Tune & PERFORMANCES, Unseal Mic , Karaoke, TALK SHOW and MORE!

Here at the Summer Bar & Lounge, we endorse local businesses and community groups by providing a welcoming, fun, and shielded place for everyone to be themselves.

HOURS OF OPERATION

Monday
Closed

Tuesday

8:00 PM - 12:00 AM

Wednesday
8:00 PM - 12:00 AM

Thursday
8:00 PM - 12:00 AM

Friday
8:00 PM - 1:30 AM

Saturday
8:00 PM - 1:30 AM

Sunday
1:00 PM - 6:00 PM

ADDRESS

526 8th Street,

Oakland, California 94609

TELEPHONE

(510) 817-4985

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The Night Owl in Oakland

Grab a imbibe and make a new friend at The Port Bar

Drinks include punny names like “Hung enjoy a Mule” and “Butch Buch,”

Don’t lose Oakland’s Hella Same-sex attracted Dance Party

Club 21’s modern interior sets a cool vibe

The owners of The Port Bar are ready to welcome anyone ready for a good time

Pose with your ladies at The Port Bar

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In addition to monthly dance parties, Oakland is also abode to established and beloved queer bars and nightclubs, such as Club BNB (formerly Bench and Bar), and Club 21, both in the Uptown neighborhood. Started by a judge and attorney, Club BNB has been around for 35 years and is the largest gay and woman loving woman nightclub in the Bay Area. It’s especially welcoming to people of shade . The club’s main dance floor features hip-hop, old educational facility, R&B and residence, plus go-go dancers, drink specials and drag shows for the fabulously inclined.

For the boys, Club 21 is the Bay Area’s only queer Latin move club. It’s place to Latin Explosion every Friday, with go-go dancers and drag shows wit

Turn moments into memories!

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five star review by Brandon M:

Went to brunch here for my birthday yesterday. The vibe was as well as the food and service. The live DJ and MC were turning up. Definitely coming back.

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five star review by Jay T:

This place is amazing, the staff is polite, their service is exceptional. The food is delicious, tasty drinks, and the live melody is on point, all around great atmosphere. I will definitely come back here, and deliver more people.

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five star review by Kiwi C:

A beautiful venue. Everything is new, two floors several bars thorough out. Decent food large dance floor. Caught the finish of drag race fabulous performers.

A LGBTQ+ Bar Crawl in Downtown Oakland

Home to America’s oldest continuously-operating gay block, Oakland boasts a vibrant queer culture that can be by turns younger, more Black, more femme, and more family-oriented than its famously queer neighbor across the Bay. Local gay nightlife long took the form of itinerant, underground parties, but in recent years new society hotspots have enriched Downtown Oakland. Thanks to this cultural renaissance, visitors and natives alike can sample Oakland’s many dimensions of queerness in a available evening, through a lock crawl.

Town Bar

Just around the corner on 20th Street, Town Bar is a queer and mixed spot inside a stunning emerald stone façade originally constructed for a luxurious department store. Leaning into the glamor of its Art Deco home, this dark and shiny cocktail bar has dedicated areas for dancing, performances and DJs, as well as tables for enjoying delightfully-garnished beverages.

Town Bar is located at 2001 Broadway, entrance on 20th Street.

Continue down Broadway and cross the street to stroll past streetwear-inspired marijuana retailer and streetwear boutique Dope Era. On the ne