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Based in the heart of Old Town Oakland, The Summer Block & Lounge is Oakland’s gay & nightlife Bar & Lounge is an intimate venue welcoming The East Bay’s LGBTQ+ community for LIVE MUSIC & PERFORMANCES, Open Mic , Karaoke, Chat SHOW and MORE!

Here at the Summer Bar & Lounge, we support local businesses and collective groups by providing a welcoming, amusement, and safe place for everyone to be themselves.

HOURS OF OPERATION

Monday
Closed

Tuesday

PM - AM

Wednesday
PM - AM

Thursday
PM - AM

Friday
PM - AM

Saturday
PM - AM

Sunday
PM - PM

ADDRESS

8th Street,

Oakland, California

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five star review by Brandon M:

Went to brunch here for my birthday yesterday. The vibe was as skillfully as the food and service. The live DJ and MC were turning up. Definitely coming back.

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five celebrity review by Jay T:

This place is astounding, the staff is polite, their service is exceptional. The food is delicious, tasty drinks, and the live music is on point, all around wonderful atmosphere. I will definitely come back here, and bring more people.

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five star review by Kiwi C:

A beautiful venue. Everything is new, two floors several bars thorough out. Decent food huge dance floor. Caught the end of drag race fabulous performers.

The Night Owl in Oakland

Grab a drink and make a recent friend at The Port Bar

Drinks include punny names like “Hung like a Mule” and “Butch Buch,”

Don’t miss Oakland’s Hella Lgbtq+ Dance Party

Club 21’s modern interior sets a cool vibe

The owners of The Port Bar are ready to welcome anyone ready for a good time

Pose with your ladies at The Port Bar

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In addition to monthly dance parties, Oakland is also home to established and beloved queer bars and nightclubs, such as Club BNB (formerly Bench and Bar), and Club 21, both in the Uptown neighborhood. Started by a judge and attorney, Club BNB has been around for 35 years and is the largest gay and lesbian nightclub in the Bay Area. It’s especially welcoming to people of tint. The club’s main dance floor features hip-hop, old school, R&B and house, plus go-go dancers, drink specials and drag shows for the fabulously inclined.

For the boys, Club 21 is the Bay Area’s only queer Lati

A LGBTQ+ Bar Crawl in Downtown Oakland

Home to America&#x;s oldest continuously-operating gay exclude, Oakland boasts a vibrant queer culture that can be by turns younger, more Black, more femme, and more family-oriented than its famously queer neighbor across the Bay. Local gay nightlife long took the form of itinerant, underground parties, but in recent years new people hotspots have enriched Downtown Oakland. Thanks to this cultural renaissance, visitors and natives alike can sample Oakland&#x;s many dimensions of queerness in a solo evening, through a exclude crawl.

Town Bar

Just around the corner on 20th Street, Town Bar is a queer and mixed spot inside a stunning emerald stone façade originally constructed for a luxurious department store. Leaning into the glamor of its Art Deco home, this dark and shiny cocktail bar has dedicated areas for dancing, performances and DJs, as well as tables for enjoying delightfully-garnished beverages.

Town Bar is located at Broadway, entrance on 20th Street.

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