The Nightingale Club
Birmingham's oldest gay nightclub, opened in the late 1960s and known locally as 'the Gale'. It spreads over three floors with a stage, several bars, a restaurant and a…
Bar Jester (reported closed)
A long-running village bar.
Reported as closed
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Open venues in the Gay Village
The Village Inn
One of the village's longest-running cabaret pubs, now inside the Nightingale building on the corner of Kent Street and Lower Essex Street, with live cabaret through the…
Equator
A stylish lounge and restaurant bar that opened in 2002 in a former solarium, good for after-work drinks or a Saturday night. It hosts a trans social group on the first…
Missing
A party bar in a Victorian building from 1897, formerly the Australian Bar, and the only building that survived when land was cleared for the Arcadian centre. Known for…
The Fox
The village's women-centred bar, marketed to lesbian and bisexual women and their friends but open to everyone. Known for live music, a beer garden and summer barbecues.
The Fountain Inn
A bar with rooms just off Hurst Street, opened as the Fountain in 1991 and long known as a leather bar.