Gay manchester
The Village
AXM Bar & Club
AXM opened its doors in 2004 and offers a slow night clubbing trial with DJs, cabaret shows and…
MAYA
Situated at the bustling intersection of Chorlton Road and Canal Avenue, the 20th-century…
Napoleon's
Friendly exclude over two floors with a varied crowd.
New Union Hotel & Show Bar
Built in 1865, the New Union was one of the first ever homosexual establishments in Manchester and has been…
Oscars
Oscars is an intimate, theatre style block showing classic and modern musical movie clips in glamorous…
Salon Madre
Manchester’s much loved Mexican restaurant, Madre, has expanded and opened a tequila…
The Eagle Bar
Men only basement exclude with industrial and stylish décor unseal seven nights a week with a faithful…
The Molly House
The Molly House is a charming, rustic, vintage bar over two floors with outdoor smoking terrace…
Via
A Gay, gothic labyrinth bar serving quality dishes with specials, in a unusual relaxed environment…
View
View is a large lock and club over two floors and open seven nights a week. Business includes a&hell
Gay Village
The neighbourhood guide to the Gay Village
The Gay Village, or just the Village, is your place to go for Homosexual bars in Manchester. Centred around the pedestrianised, waterside Canal Highway, it’s a community hub, a buzzy nightlife destination, and a chilled setting for daytime drinks. It’s also the home of the annual Manchester Pride Festival held on August bank holiday weekend.
The area has been a focal point for gay animation in Manchester since the 1950s when the New Union became a meeting place for lesbians and gay men. The village really took off in the 1990s when continental bar tradition was becoming a big thing in the city centre, and Manto (a bar and club in the spot now occupied by On Bar), was at the centre of it all.
In 1999 the TV drama Queer as Folk brought the Village international attention and for a while it was seen as ‘the’ place to go out in Manchester; not always a good thing when you’re trying to maintain a safe vacuum for the LGBTQ+ community.
Nowadays, with the rise of the Northern Quarter as Manchester’s main nightlife neighbourhood, you’re less likely to find Canal Street overrun with hen parties, and more likely to find the queer com
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LGBTQ+ Manchester
Manchester has a thriving LGBTQ+ scene, centred around the world famous Canal Street – home of “The Village”. A beacon of celebration in the city, the Gay Village is a must for any visitor to Manchester.
Located just south of Chinatown, the village is not only a thriving hub for nightlife, but living proof that Manchester is one of the world’s leading gay-friendly cities.
With a combination of bars, clubs, restaurants and green spaces set alongside a long stretch of the Rochdale Canal, Manchester’s Gay Village has something to suit all tastes. The Village is also famous for hosting a number of regular annual events and special collective activities – perhaps most prominent is Manchester Movement. Standing as one of the biggest Pride events in the UK, Manchester Pride attracts a large number of visitors to the city each year.
Manchester also proudly hosts Sparkle, the national transgender celebration weekend in July, whilst the Great British Bear Bash sees the lgbtq+ village taken over by the larger, bearded, hairier chap over the May Bank Holiday weekend.
Gay society has flourished into a village-