Gay Scene
2015 Winner: Hot Mess! Sundays at Candibar
Photo Credit: Hildenbrand Photography
If your Saturday night wasn’t wild enough, come to this recently revamped club for sloppy weekend seconds, courtesy of a weekly party hosted by New England’s longtime LGBT nightlife kingpin Chris Harris. At this subterranean Theater District scene, DJs drop pop-dance beats like glitter bombs, and sweaty throngs only part long enough to gawk at the occasional sequin-bedecked drag queen making her grand entrance. This fabulous flirt-fest proves that even in the Grindr era, there’s no replacement for good-old bump-and-grind.
Hot Mess! Sundays at Candibar
279 Tremont St., Boston • (617) 292-0080
candibarboston.com
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Gay Scene
2014 Winner: Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell At Great Scott
Every month, this sickening (that’s good) soiree thumbs its glitter-speckled nose at more mainstream gay nights dominated by neatly pressed polo shirts...
- 1222 Comm. Ave., Boston
- (617) 566-9014
- pleasedontaskdonttell.blogspot.com
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Gay Scene
2016 Winner: Fuzz at The Alley
This downtown dive was a somewhat slumbering den of Boston bears...
- 14 Pi Alley, Boston
- (617) 263-1449
- thealleybar.com
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Gay Scene
2017 Winner: Club Café
It’s been around for more than 30 years and still attracts a block-long line of gays waiting to get inside...
- 209 Columbus Ave., Boston
- (617) 536-0966
- clubcafe.com
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Photo Credit: Arlan Fonseca
