Funny Girls
Blackpool's best-known drag cabaret, staging big themed revues in a restored 1939 art deco cinema two minutes from Blackpool North.
Tonight in the Rainbow Quarter
A live view of the quarter for right now: who is open, who opens later, and what is on stage tonight. It works out the time in Blackpool, so it is right wherever you are.
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Every venue with published hours
Each badge shows whether the venue is open at this moment. Venues that do not publish fixed hours are on the bars and hotels pages.
Oscars
The late lounge bar in the Funny Girls building, where the after-show party carries on with karaoke and live music.
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.
Garlands
A camp, free-entry drag pub near Blackpool North where resident queens are on from mid-afternoon every single day.
Peek-a-Booze
A friendly Dickson Road cabaret bar with budget adults-only rooms upstairs, cheap drinks and something on most nights.
Mardi Gras
An LGBTQ+ public bar and hotel on Lord Street with three areas, cabaret, hot food, Sunday roasts and keen drink prices.
Man Bar and Growlr Club
A no-frills LGBTQ+ bar with a pool table on Dickson Road, with the men-only Growlr cruise club upstairs.
Gin & Bear It
A cosy weekend gin lounge in the Man Bar complex, with a long gin list and a calmer feel than the club next door.
Trades Hotel and Bar
A men-only members' hotel and late bar, spread across several joined townhouses on Lord Street.
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.
Churchills
A traditional town-centre pub with cask ales, karaoke, bingo and poker nights, popular with a mixed, LGBTQ+ friendly crowd.
Lu-Lu's Cabaret Lounge
A friendly, budget LGBTQ+ cabaret bar on Dickson Road with two bars side by side and about 26 en-suite rooms.
The Duke
An LGBTQ+ friendly pub on Dickson Road with food all day, nightly karaoke and a Saturday comedy drag show.
Plan the rest of your night
- Walk the quarter with live directions from venue to venue.
- What's on this week, night by night.
- The quarter map.
- Late-night bars for after midnight.