Rendezvous Bar and Rooms
A small, friendly bar with rooms at the station end of Lord Street, with something on most afternoons from Thursday to Sunday.
A Rainbow Quarter bar crawl
A simple evening loop from Lord Street to Dickson Road and Queen Street.
The quarter is small enough to walk end to end in ten minutes, so a bar crawl here is more about pacing than distance. This loop works on a Friday or Saturday. Check opening times on each venue page, as they change with the seasons.
1. Early evening on Lord Street
Start near Blackpool North station on Lord Street. Rendezvous opens in the afternoon from Thursday to Sunday, and Neon on the Yates Street corner is the place for a proper cocktail. Mardi Gras has cabaret and a quiet lounge.
Neon Bar and Hotel Neon
An intimate cocktail bar with a garden, attached to the modern, adults-only Hotel Neon on the corner of Lord Street.
Mardi Gras
A gay-owned public bar and hotel on Lord Street with three areas, cabaret, hot food, Sunday roasts and keen drink prices.
2. Side streets
Detour along Cocker Street for Evanescent, a cheap and cheerful warm-up with karaoke and a DJ who takes requests.
3. Showtime on Dickson Road
Cut across to Dickson Road for Funny Girls (doors 7pm, show 8:30pm; book ahead at weekends). If you would rather skip the show, Garlands on Talbot Road has free drag every day. After the show, Oscars keeps the party going in the same building.
Funny Girls
Blackpool's best-known drag cabaret, staging big themed revues in a restored 1939 art deco cinema two minutes from Blackpool North.
Garlands
A camp, free-entry drag pub near Blackpool North where resident queens are on from mid-afternoon every single day.
Oscars
The late lounge bar in the Funny Girls building, where the after-show party carries on with karaoke and live music.
4. Late on Queen Street
Finish on Queen Street. Sherlock's has a balcony over the street, and the Flying Handbag and Kaos run until 4am at weekends.
Sherlock's
A stylish weekend LGBTQ+ bar on Queen Street with a balcony over the street, DJs and visiting performers.
The Flying Handbag
A big, purpose-built LGBTQ+ bar and club on Queen Street, open from noon every day with drag hosts, karaoke, food and a sun terrace.
Kaos
A Queen Street bar and late club, reopened in July 2026 after a full refit and open until 4am at weekends.
See the whole route on the quarter map.