Singapore gay clubs and bars

Paint the town with pride: Singapore’s best gay bars for a dazzling darkness out

Looking for a place to party hard and party safe? We've got a list of same-sex attracted bars in Singapore for your next night out.

Singapore’s gay scene might not be loud or enormous like other cosmo cities, but hey, we’ll hold quality over quantity any day. Go over the rainbow and you’ll locate a handful of homosexual bars in Singapore that deliver great music, heady tipples (we’re not kidding about this) and, most importantly, an all-inclusive territory – no matter your sexual orientation or individuality. Just remember to reach in a good mood and a pocketful of sass!

Live it up at gay bars in Singapore

1. Tuckshop

The Neil Road stretch is getting more lively, thanks to this recent spot in town. Tuckshop bills itself as Singapore’s first drag bar, setting the stage for seasoned and novice queens’ over-the-top performances. International drag acts will also make appearances from time to hour. Revellers can look forward to a night that’ll be nothing short of legendary.
Tuckshop, 51 Neil Thoroughfare, Singapore 088829

2. Sausage Market

A few doors down from Tuck Shop is this gay bar hiding behind a shop selling Chinese saus

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Conservative Singapore is a land of contradictions when it comes to homosexuality. While male homosexual sex remains illegal in Singapore, homosexuality is openly tolerated, as per Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong’s parliamentary speech in 2007: “"We recognise that homosexuals are part of our society. They contain a place in our society and are entitled to their private lives."

Indeed since this Prime Ministerial declaration, Singapore’s gay nightlife scene has thrived, and become one of the most vibrant and amusing in Asia. Even Avalon, Singapore’s most popular high-end nightclub dedicates Sunday nights to the city’s queer crowd at the blazing and happening “Avalon on Sundays”.

The majority of Singapore’s gay bars are clustered around the Chinatown district, particularly on Neil Route. Here you will discover two of the city’s most popular gay boogie clubs – Tantric and Taboo, which both pack in revelers at weekends, who crowd the boogie floor to thumping tunes.

Neil Road is also abode to lounge bars May Wong’s Café (downstairs from Tantric) and DYMK (which has its own upstairs dance club), popular karaoke bar and lounge ebar, and

Two gay bars in Singapore close in the deal with of ‘mounting debts’

SINGAPORE – January 2025 marks the end of two bars in Neil Road which serve the LGBTQ crowd – Tuckshop closed on Jan 18 and Sausage Market will call it a day on Jan 26. Both cited financial challenges.

The bars’ management announced their closures on Instagram and said they faced financial troubles due to a business partner “funnelling funds out of the business for his personal debt”. The post also alleged that this boyfriend has since left the country.

The bars’ co-founder Jasper Goh said the financial troubles caught him by surprise. “There are no ways forward because the companies are left with mounting debts. We’ve reported the case to the authorities and, hopefully, it’ll be investigated quickly.”

Opened in 2024, Tuckshop was Singapore’s only drag exclude, featuring stage shows by drag queens – performers who adopt exaggerated female personas and make-up for entertainment that typically incorporates comedy, lip-syncing and twirl routines.

Sausage Market, which opened in 2023, bills itself as the country’s first go-go boy bar.

Both barsare part of a miniature but growing number of LGBTQ-focused establishments that

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Tantric Bar

This watering hole is a slap with the boys for its signature Blue Spin – a deadly cocktail that will have you spinning on the dancefloor before you even comprehend it. Slow weekday nights observe people chilling on the large benches in the green-lit courtyard, while on weekends the joint is jam-packed, standing-room only. The upbeat pop tunes and signature Prolonged Island Teas are guaranteed to keep you buzzing all night.

Backstage Bar

You can’t miss this prevent with the rainbow flag noticeably perched above its entrance. Regulars come here for the strong Elongated Island Iced Teas (à la sister bar, Tantric's), double-shot drinks and also for the kitsch paraphernalia of NSFW, semi-nude male pictures and musical-theatre posters that lined the walls. Don't be alarmed by the friend