List of Edmonton’s Gay Bars

Read the 5-part series, The History of Edmonton’s Gay Bars

Part 1: The Beginning

Part 2: A Flashback to Flashback

Part 3: The Long-Running

Part 4: The Expanding Scene

Part 5: Into Today

First Gay Bar (Club 70) – September 1969. 10593 – 101 Street. 

Club 70 – January 1970 to 1977. 10242 – 106 Street.

Club Aquarius – October 30, 1971 to November 30, 1971 (approx.) 9940 – 82 Avenue.

Flashback 1 – November 14, 1975 to October 30, 1977. 11639 – Jasper Avenue.

Cha Cha Club – 1978. 10242 – 106 Street.

Boots N’ Saddle– 1979 to September 1996. 10242 – 106 Street.

The Roost Nite Club – September 16, 1977 to December 31, 2007. 10345 – 104 Street.

Flashback 2 – November 4, 1977 to 1989. 10330 – 104 Street.

Stepping Out – 1983 to 1985 (approx.) 10357 – 109 Street.

Mama’s – 1986. 10148 – 105 Street.

Flashback 3 – 1989 to 1991. 10345 – 105 Street.

Reflexions – 1988 to 1989. 10148 – 105 Street.

Lamborghini’s – 1989 (approx.) 10148 – 105 Street.

Option Room 1– August 20, 1993 to August 22, 1993. #101, 9707 – 110 Street.

Option Room 2 – January 1994 to late 1994. 10148 – 105 Street.

Qweenz Empyre – November 4, 1995 – 1996. 10155 – 112 Street.

Boots Blue Room/Boots – October 1996 to May 31, 2010. 10242 – 106 Street.

Buddys Pub– June 1, 1996 to June 15, 2000. 10116 – 124 Street.

Shakespeare’s Darts and Rumpus Room 1 – 1996 – 1997 (approx.) 2^nd floor 10306 – 112 Street.

Shakespeare’s Darts and Rumpus Room 2 – September 1997 – 1998 (approx.) 10805 – 105 Avenue.

Chicago – 1995 to 1996. 10838 – 82 Avenue.

109 Discotheque – May 19, 1997 to September 26, 1998. 10045 109 Street.

Vicious Pink – 1998 to 1999. 10148 – 105 Street.

Secrets Bar 1 – October 3, 1998 to 2003. 10249 – 107 Street

Choices – 1999 to 2000. 10148 – 105 Street.

Buddy’s Niteclub– July 22, 2000 to November 21, 2015. 11723b – Jasper Avenue.

Fly Bar – 2001 – 2002. 10314 – 104 Street.

Prism Bar & Grill – 2003 to August 13, 2010. 10524 – 101 Street.

Secrets Bar 2 – 2005 to 2006. 10341 – 106 Street.

Woody’s Pub – March 2002 to July 30, 2016. 11723 – Jasper Avenue (upstairs.)

DiNovi’s Martini Lounge – 2005 (approx.) 2^nd Floor, 10121 – 124 Street.

Play Nightclub – 2008 to August 14, 2010. 10220 – 103 Street.

Flash Nightclub – 2010 to 2013. 10026 – 105 Street.

The Junction – August 14, 2010 to September 22, 2012. 10242 – 106 Street.

Upstairs Ultralounge – May 2013 to October 26, 2013. 4^th Floor, 10740 – Jasper Avenue.

Evolution Wonderlounge – September 13, 2013 to current. 10220 – 103 Street.

Mama’s Gin Joint – September 2016 to March 17, 2017. 11723 – Jasper Avenue (upstairs.)

Pink Noiz Ultralounge – 2018. 14220 Yellowhead Trail.

Ron Byers & Rob Browatzke © 2020