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Going out tonight (9)

Bars, drag, live listings and the walk.

• Drag shows in Blackpool
• LGBTQ+ bars and clubs in Blackpool
• Map of Blackpool's Rainbow Quarter
• Tonight in the Rainbow Quarter
• Walk the Rainbow Quarter
• What's on in LGBTQ+ Blackpool
• LGBTQ+ Blackpool in 2027
• The LGBTQ+ Blackpool Year: An Annual Calendar
• What's on in the Rainbow Quarter, night by night

Events and shows (55)

Every listed show, brunch, exhibition and regular night.

• Afternoon and evening entertainment at Rendezvous
• Bare & Bark: Bears & Pups Weekend
• Ben Jarman returns
• Betty Legs Diamond and Zoe: Together Again
• Bingo and Blankety Blank with Wayne
• Bingo and Play Your Cards Right with Wayne
• Christmas Sleigh Queens
• Coven Queens Halloween Show
• Daily drag at Garlands
• Diamonds Showbar: UK Tour
• Drag Brunch at Viva
• Drag Brunch at Viva
• Drag Brunch at Viva
• Electric Pink Voices rehearsals
• Funny Girls Aftershow at Oscars
• GROWL
• GROWLR Club at Man Bar
• Halloween at McGraths
• Heatwave! The Summer Spectacular
• Hello Gorgeous! Spring Show
• Karaoke at The Flying Handbag
• Karaoke Thursday with Wayne
• Karaoke with DJ Keiron
• Lady and the Camp
• LGBTQ+ Blackpool: 2027 Highlights
• LGBTQ+ football sessions
• LGBTQ+ Swimming Group
• Love, Loss & Living: Through an LGBTQ+ Lens
• Marigold Addams as Jane McDonald
• Monday Mayhem
• Myra DuBois: Siren
• New Year's Eve 2026 at Funny Girls
• Pre-show dinner at Garbo's
• Queen of the Nights
• QuizMania with Amber
• Rainbow Quarter Community Street Party
• Rainbow Quarter Sunday roasts
• Rocky Horror Bottomless Brunch
• Sheela Vim live
• Slay Another Day
• Smalltown Boy: Re-live the Music of Jimmy Somerville
• Spring Fling
• Sunday Lunch at The Flying Handbag
• Take It or Leave It
• TFI Friday with Miss Amber
• The PeekaBooze Show with Tasha C
• Thirsty Thursday with Miss Amber
• W3 theme nights
• We're Still Here! LGBTQIA+ heritage exhibitions
• Weekend cabaret at Lu-Lu's
• Weekly Regulars: LGBTQ+ Blackpool Day by Day
• What's On: December 2026
• What's On: November 2026
• What's On: October 2026
• Winner Takes It All with DJ Keiron

LGBTQ+ bars and venues (32)

Every bar in the quarter, with hours and directions.

• Antinous Lounge & Bistro
• Bar 137 (closed)
• Bar B and the Strand bar (closed)
• Churchills
• Evanescent Bar and Rooms
• Faye's, Roxy's and the Whippet Inn (closed)
• Funny Girls
• Funny Girls (original Queen Street bar) (closed)
• Garlands
• Gin & Bear It
• Lu-Lu's Cabaret Lounge
• Lucy's Bar and Lucy's Two (closed)
• Man Bar and Growlr Club
• Mardi Gras
• Mardi Gras (Talbot Road) (closed)
• Mardi Gras 2 and the Northern Star (closed)
• McGraths Bar and Hotel
• Neon Bar and Hotel Neon
• Oscars
• Peek-a-Booze
• Rendezvous Bar and Rooms
• Sapphires (closed)
• The Blackpool North
• The Dame Lane
• The Duke
• The Flamingo (closed)
• The Flamingo (Talbot Road) (closed)
• The Flying Handbag
• The Flying Handbag (Talbot Road) and King's Arms (closed)
• The Wilcot piano bar (closed)
• Trades Bar (Queen Street) (closed)
• Trades Hotel and Bar

Places to stay (14)

LGBTQ+ hotels, B&Bs and men's saunas.

• Acqua Sauna
• Chaps Hotel
• De-Lovely Hotel
• Lawrence House
• Pride Lodge
• Q Accommodation
• The B&B Blackpool
• The Belvedere
• The Dragonfly
• The Molly House
• The Prince Albert Hotel
• W3 Complex
• Welhorny's
• Westfield House

Drag queens and performers (21)

The acts who work Blackpool's stages.

• Blackpool drag queens and performers
• Bernie de Bra
• Betty Legs Diamond
• Bonnie la Blue
• Bunny Hopps
• Campy Galore
• Carmen
• CeCe D'Vyne
• Crystal Candyfloss
• Dragalicious
• Flexi Belle
• Heffa Trott
• Marigold Addams
• Miss Amber
• Miss Scarlett
• Missie Jay
• Myra DuBois
• Phoenix Knights
• Shazza
• Zahirah Zapanta
• Zoe

The Rainbow Quarter (34)

What the quarter is, and every street in it.

• Blackpool's Rainbow Quarter
• Dickson Road
• Every street, one page each
• Lord Street
• Queen Street
• Talbot Road and the town centre
• Abingdon Street
• Adelaide Street
• Bank Hey Street
• Banks Street
• Bristol Avenue
• Buchanan Street
• Burlington Road West
• Central Drive
• Chapel Street
• Charles Street
• Church Street
• Cocker Square
• Cocker Street
• Edward Street
• Egerton Road
• Elizabeth Street
• General Street
• High Street
• Pleasant Street
• Princess Parade
• Red Bank Road
• Rigby Road
• South King Street
• Springfield Road
• Talbot Square
• Topping Street
• Whitegate Drive
• Yates Street

LGBTQ+ identities explained (35)

Plain-English guides to every identity, with support for each.

• LGBTQ+ identities, explained
• Agender people in Blackpool
• Allies in the Rainbow Quarter
• Alternative drag and drag monsters
• Androgynous people in Blackpool
• Aromantic people in Blackpool
• Asexual people in Blackpool
• Bigender people in Blackpool
• Bio queens, faux queens and AFAB queens
• Bisexual people in Blackpool
• Cross-dressers in Blackpool
• Curious and bi-curious
• Drag kings in Blackpool
• Drag performers in Blackpool: every kind of drag
• Drag queens in Blackpool
• Gay men in Blackpool
• Gender-fluid people in Blackpool
• Gender-nonconforming people in Blackpool
• Intersex people
• Lesbians in Blackpool
• Non-binary people in Blackpool
• Pansexual people in Blackpool
• Panto dames and straight drag in Blackpool
• Queer Blackpool
• Questioning your sexuality or gender
• Straight intersex people
• Straight people in the Rainbow Quarter
• Straight trans people
• Third gender and culturally specific identities
• Trans drag queens and showgirls
• Trans men in Blackpool
• Trans people in Blackpool
• Trans women in Blackpool
• Transvestite and dual-role transvestism
• Two-Spirit people

Support and wellbeing (61)

Health, advice, youth, older people, faith and crisis support.

• LGBTQ+ support in Blackpool
• Adoption Lancashire and Blackpool
• Antidote (London Friend)
• Be You and LGBT Quality Marks: A Guide for Blackpool Businesses
• BiPhoria
• Blackpool Allies
• Blackpool and Lancashire Sexual Health Service (Whitegate)
• Blackpool FC Community Trust LGBTQ+ football
• Blackpool Rainbow Alliance
• Blackpool Renaissance trans support group
• Chemsex, Drugs and Alcohol: Support in Blackpool
• Coming Out in Blackpool
• Domestic Abuse Support for LGBTQ+ People in Blackpool
• DSD Families
• Electric Pink Voices
• Faith and LGBTQ+ Life in Blackpool
• Galop
• Gender Outreach drop-in, Blackpool
• HIV Testing and Support in Blackpool
• Horizon Blackpool drug and alcohol service
• Horizon LGBTQ+ at Renaissance
• Interconnected UK
• Lancashire Lads
• Lancashire LGBT
• Lancashire LGBT Women and Non-Binary Group
• Lancashire Mental Health Crisis Line
• Lancashire Police hate crime reporting
• LGBT Charity UK
• LGBT Foundation helpline
• LGBT-inclusive GPs, colleges and charities in Blackpool
• LGBTQ+ mental health support & helplines
• LGBTQ+ social groups, sport, choir & faith in Blackpool
• LGBTQ+ Swimming Group, Blackpool
• LGBTQ+ youth groups in Blackpool
• Liberty Church Blackpool
• Lytham Let Live
• Manspace (Lancashire LGBT)
• Mermaids
• MindOut
• Older LGBTQ+ People in Blackpool
• Out In The Bay
• Pluto MCR
• Rainbow Creative Hub
• Reporting hate crime in Blackpool
• Sallies (Lancaster)
• Samaritans Blackpool, Fylde and Wyre
• Sexual health & HIV in Blackpool
• SH.UK free home testing
• Switchboard LGBT+ Helpline
• Terrence Higgins Trust
• The Beaumont Society
• The Phoenix Clinic
• Trans & non-binary support in Blackpool
• TransInclusion
• Transparent
• True Vision (Report It)
• United Youth Alliance
• UR Potential LGBT youth groups
• Volunteering and Getting Involved in Blackpool
• We're Still Here!
• Youtherapy

Pride (1)

Blackpool Pride and the street party.

• Blackpool Pride

History and heritage (15)

From the Flamingo to the Rainbow Quarter.

• A history of LGBTQ+ Blackpool
• Blackpool Before 1967
• Blackpool Pride: Twenty Years on the Prom
• Blackpool's LGBTQ+ Story on Screen
• Colonel Barker and the Golden Mile Sideshows
• Funny Girls: The History of Blackpool's Drag Palace
• HIV, AIDS and the Community Response in Blackpool
• LGBTQ+ heritage projects in Blackpool
• Lost venues of LGBTQ+ Blackpool
• The Be Who You Want To Be Quarter
• The Flamingo, Blackpool's first LGBTQ+ club
• The Flying Handbag and Funny Girls Story
• The Queen Street Story
• The Rise of the Gay Hotels
• Vesta Tilley and the Male Impersonators

Guides (40)

Practical guides for visitors and locals.

• About this guide
• Accessibility in the Rainbow Quarter
• Featured in the Rainbow Quarter guide
• Guides to LGBTQ+ Blackpool
• Rainbow Quarter: frequently asked questions
• A Rainbow Quarter bar crawl
• Accessible LGBTQ+ Blackpool
• An LGBTQ+ weekend in Blackpool
• Bear-friendly Blackpool
• Blackpool for lesbian, bi and queer women
• Blackpool for LGBTQ+ couples
• Blackpool sauna guide
• Blackpool's best drag bars
• Blackpool's Rainbow Quarter: getting around
• Choosing where to stay
• Christmas and New Year in LGBTQ+ Blackpool
• Daytime and quiet bars
• Eating and drinking in the Rainbow Quarter
• Free and cheap nights out in LGBTQ+ Blackpool
• Getting to the Rainbow Quarter by train, tram and car
• Groups, birthdays and hen parties
• Halloween in LGBTQ+ Blackpool
• Is Blackpool safe for LGBTQ+ visitors?
• Karaoke, bingo and quiz nights
• Late-night LGBTQ+ bars in Blackpool
• LGBTQ+ Blackpool by day
• LGBTQ+ Blackpool for first-timers
• LGBTQ+ weddings and blessings in Blackpool
• Men-only and adults-only stays explained
• Men-only venues in Blackpool
• Parking near the Rainbow Quarter
• Rainy-day ideas for LGBTQ+ visitors
• Sunday roasts in the Rainbow Quarter
• The best time to visit LGBTQ+ Blackpool
• The Cocker Street pocket: Springfield Road, Yates Street and Banks Street
• The Illuminations and the Rainbow Quarter
• The LGBTQ+ Blackpool year: a seasonal calendar
• The Promenade and the North Pier end
• Visiting LGBTQ+ Blackpool on your own
• Women and lesbian-friendly stays

Rainbow quarters across the UK (196)

Gay villages and rainbow quarters in other cities.

• Birmingham's Gay Village
• Bristol's Old Market: the Village
• Leeds Freedom Quarter
• Liverpool's Pride Quarter
• Manchester's Gay Village
• Newcastle's Pink Triangle
• Nottingham's Rainbow Quarter
• Rainbow quarters and gay villages across the UK
• A history of Birmingham's Gay Village
• A history of Bristol's Old Market
• A history of Leeds's Freedom Quarter
• A history of Liverpool's Pride Quarter
• A history of Manchester's Gay Village
• A history of Newcastle's Pink Triangle
• A history of Nottingham's Rainbow Quarter
• Basement Complex
• BEAR Hockley
• Birmingham Pride and what's on in Birmingham
• Blayds Bar
• Boulevard
• Bristol Bear Bar
• Bristol Pride and what's on in Bristol
• Broadway Cinema
• Bunkers Hill
• Cobalt Studios
• Company Bar
• Cruz 101
• DYSCO
• Eagle Manchester
• Eden
• Equator
• Fibre
• Filthy XIII
• Five Leaves Bookshop
• Flamingos Coffee House
• FunnyBoyz Liverpool
• G-A-Y Manchester
• GBar
• Glamorous
• Glamorous Bar
• Heaven Liverpool
• Hole in the Wall
• Iconic Bar
• Leeds Pride and what's on in Leeds
• LGBTQ+ support and safety in Birmingham
• LGBTQ+ support and safety in Bristol
• LGBTQ+ support and safety in Leeds
• LGBTQ+ support and safety in Liverpool
• LGBTQ+ support and safety in Manchester
• LGBTQ+ support and safety in Newcastle
• LGBTQ+ support and safety in Nottingham
• Liverpool Pride and what's on in Liverpool
• Malt Cross
• Manchester Village Pride and what's on in Manchester
• Medusa Lodge
• Missing
• Napoleon's
• Navy Bar
• New Union
• New York New York
• Newcastle Pride (formerly Pride on Tyne, then Northern Pride) and what's on in Newcastle
• Notts Pride (Nottinghamshire Pride) and what's on in Nottingham
• Old Castle Green
• Old Market Assembly
• Old Market Tavern
• OMG
• OMG
• OMG Bar
• ON Bar
• Oscar's
• Our Space - The Pride Shop cafe and shop
• Powerhouse
• Queens Court
• Rem Bar
• Richmond Tea Rooms
• Rough Trade Nottingham
• Rusty's
• Rusty's Showbar
• Scotswood Showbar
• Seamus O'Donnell's
• Sidewalk
• Six Barrel Drafthouse Hockley
• Steam Complex
• Superstar Boudoir
• Switch
• The Bank Bar
• The Bodega
• The Bookish Type
• The Brewers
• The Church
• The Eagle
• The Fountain Inn
• The Fox
• The Goose
• The Grove
• The Lisbon
• The Loft
• The Lord Roberts
• The Lubber Fiend
• The Masquerade
• The Molly House
• The New Foresters
• The New Penny
• The Nightingale Club
• The Palais
• The Phoenix
• The Queenshilling
• The Singing Canary
• The Stag and Hounds
• The Tipsy Cow
• The Village Inn
• The Yard
• Vanilla
• Velvet
• Via
• Viaduct Showbar
• Walk Birmingham's Gay Village
• Walk Bristol's Old Market
• Walk Leeds's Freedom Quarter
• Walk Liverpool's Pride Quarter
• Walk Manchester's Gay Village
• Walk Newcastle's Pink Triangle
• Walk Nottingham's Rainbow Quarter
• Wharf Chambers
• AXM (reported closed)
• Bananas Bar, Rockshots 2, Ye Old Red Lion, Primo's / Primo's II (reported closed)
• Bar Jester (reported closed)
• BASE sauna (reported closed)
• Blandford Street, Newcastle
• Blayds Yard, Leeds
• Blonde Barrel (reported closed)
• Bloom Street, Manchester
• Bobby's (reported closed)
• Boltz (reported closed)
• Bridge End, Leeds
• Broad Street, Nottingham
• Call Lane, Leeds
• Canal Street, Manchester
• Carlton Street, Nottingham
• Central / The Dog / Barking Dog (reported closed)
• Charlie's Club (reported closed)
• Chorlton Street and Princess Street, Manchester
• Churchill Street, Newcastle
• Club Mission (reported closed)
• Cumberland Street, Liverpool
• Downtown 64 (reported closed)
• DV8 (reported closed)
• Eazy Street (and Eazyoke Lounge) (reported closed)
• Eberle Street, Liverpool
• Flamingos (reported closed)
• Flying Horse Inn (now 200 Degrees) (reported closed)
• Frogmore Street, Bristol
• Fuel and Foundation (reported closed)
• Garlands (reported closed)
• George's wine bar (reported closed)
• Gooch Street and Sherlock Street, Birmingham
• Goose Gate, Nottingham
• Heathcote Street, Nottingham
• Heaton's Court, Leeds
• Hockley (street), Nottingham
• Hurst Street, Birmingham
• Kent Street and Lower Essex Street, Birmingham
• Kent Street Baths (reported closed)
• La Chic (reported closed)
• Love Zoo / Lost Weekend (reported closed)
• Lower Briggate, Leeds
• Manto (reported closed)
• Marlborough Crescent, Newcastle
• Mick's bar (later Steve's bar) (reported closed)
• Mushroom Bookshop (reported closed)
• New Carrington Inn (as a queer pub) (reported closed)
• NG1 (now NG-One) (reported closed)
• Old Market Street and West Street, Bristol
• Paco's (reported closed)
• Pelican Social Club (reported closed)
• Propaganda (reported closed)
• Punchinellos Bar, Royal Turks Head Hotel (Grey Street) (reported closed)
• Queens (reported closed)
• Queer Street (reported closed)
• Richmond Street, Manchester
• Roxbro House (reported closed)
• Sackville Street, Manchester
• Scotswood Road, Newcastle
• Senate bar (Haymarket) (reported closed)
• Stanley Street, Liverpool
• The Bridge (Bridge Inn / Bridge LGBT Bar) (reported closed)
• The Calls, Leeds
• The Gin Palace (reported closed)
• The Mitre (reported closed)
• The Stork (reported closed)
• Times Square, Newcastle
• Tunnel (reported closed)
• Victoria Street, Liverpool
• Westmorland Road, Newcastle
• Wharf Street, Leeds
• Wrentham Street, Birmingham

News (35)

News from LGBTQ+ Blackpool.

• News from LGBTQ+ Blackpool
• A week at The Flying Handbag
• Air Show weekend: making a night of it in the Rainbow Quarter
• Blackpool Pride 2026: line-up, tickets and times
• Blackpool Pride confirms its 20th anniversary line-up
• Blackpool's Rainbow Quarter, explained
• Both Blackpool MPs pledge support for the trans community
• Coming up: Halloween and beyond on the scene
• Coven Queens brings Halloween to Funny Girls
• Drag every day: the weekly line-up at Garlands
• Drag Race UK's Zahirah Zapanta guests at the new Kaos
• End of an era: Funny Girls changes hands
• Grey skies, big hearts: Pride's 20th parade
• Happy 32nd birthday, Funny Girls
• History Club looks back on 20 years of Blackpool Pride
• Hot Girl Summer opens at Funny Girls
• Just Be Me: a new musical for Pride's 20th
• Kaos is back: Queen Street bar reopens after a 12-week refit
• Last call for Hot Girl Summer at Funny Girls
• Manspace peer support group returns in September
• Mr Blackpool comes home to the Grand Theatre
• Pride kicks off with a 90s vs 00s night on the Headland
• Pride Sunday: a free community day and a wedding on stage
• The Belvedere goes up for sale
• The Rainbow Quarter throws its own Pride street party
• This week at Peek-a-Booze: bingo, karaoke and Sheela Vim
• Walking from Preston to Blackpool for Lancashire LGBT
• What's new at Funny Girls in its new era
• Where to get a Sunday roast in the Rainbow Quarter
• Community news
• Guides news
• Pride news
• Shows news
• Venues news
• What's on news

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