Gay bars in iowa
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By 4starcashier - Sun Mar 15, 2015 4:12 pm
Hey there, everyone. Rumor has it that Le Boi Block has been bought, and will be opening as "The View". Can anybody provide input on this? It'll be nice to own a fourth queer bar in Des Moines again!
By wmjindsm - Mon Mar 16, 2015 3:25 am
I've heard that but also heard there was an accident last bedtime and a automobile hit the building. Also heard this is the second time that this has happened recently. Will try and post pics I saw on Facebook tomorrow.
By Ingersoll1978 - Mon Mar 16, 2015 6:48 am
By wmjindsm - Mon Mar 16, 2015 4:56 pm
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Bars and Nightlife
Gay Bars and Clubs
Blazing Saddle (416 East 5th Ave), If you’re looking for a amiable LGBTQ+ bar in Des Moines, then you’ve create it! The Saddle is open 365 days a year featuring daily Content Hour, Trivia Night every Tuesday, and monthly nonprofit events for non-profits. Additionally, Latin “Nites” and various types of Drag Shows every Wednesday through Sunday. See the Blazing Saddle Calendar of Events.
Buddy's Corral (418 East 5th St) is a mixed, relaxed neighborhood bar with jukebox, karaoke, located next to Blazing Saddle.
The Garden Restaurant & Show Lounge (525 E Grand Ave) is an LGBT+ owned and operated business that is home to a host of amazing talent with an outstanding legacy. The Garden offers a expansive variety of entertainment and a full kitchen menu.
The Locust Tap (434 E Locust) embodies the phrase "dive bar" nearly perfectly. Between the years of graffiti on the walls, original tile floor (amongst other things) dating help 60+ years, cheap drinks, and no-frills atmosphere, what you see is what you get. It attracts an incredibly wide variety of clientele. It's tru
The history of Iowa’s oldest gay bar has been made into a documentary. Here's how to watch
On a standard Friday night at the Blazing Saddle in Des Moines’ East Village, tightly packed bodies crowd around the bar’s main stage, hands poking out from the throng to offer cash tips to performersdressed in drag. It’s the Saddle Gurls & Friends show, and once the artists take their final bow (or more commonly, dip into their most impressive split), the spotlights cut and the music bumps. Bargoers turn the stage into a technicolor dance floor, tough drinks in hand, staying accurate to the bar's motto: "Always a double, never a cover."
The Blazing Saddle is Iowa's oldest operating gay bar. It just celebrated its 40th anniversary. Opened in 1983 by Bob “Mongo” Eikleberry, it’s been referred to as the “Gay Cheers” and has seen Iowa — and the nation — through decades of change for the LGBTQ population: from the beginning — and end — of Don't Ask, Don't Tell, to the outbreak of the AIDs epidemic, to the legalization of homosexual marriage and the more recent passing and signing of anti-LGBTQ laws in the state.
That history will soon be mutual in the form of a six-episode do