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Cincinnati Pride is a colorful celebration featuring a diverse pride parade and unique events including a pool party, leather ball and several after parties.
Cincinnati Pride is a colorful celebration featuring a diverse pride parade and unique events including a pool party, leather ball and several after parties.
- Visiting for Pride? Most of the city’s gay bars are located Downtown and towards the North Side. Stay at the Lytle Park Hotel, rated “Superb” by guests, with a beautiful rooftop bar, modern gym and stylish rooms.
Cincinnati Pride Main Parade
- Next Edition: – Awaiting dates – Typically on Saturday – The Parade steps off downtown at 11am on the Saturday of the event.
- The route begins at 7th & Central Ave, travels down Vine St past Fountain Square and ends at the Cincinnati Pride Festival at Sawyer Point & Yeatman’s Cove.
Cincinnati Pride Festival
- The festival begins at noon at Sawyer Point Park before, during and after the main pride parade on the Saturday. This event is free and will have food, drinks, vendors, as well as performances.
- Sawyer Point Park & Yeatman’s Cove are a pair of side-by-side parks on the riverfront of downtown Cincinnati.
- Stay close to the park at the Cincinnati at the Banks Hotel, rated “Fabulous” by guests and featuring river views and a perfect location for exploring the best of the city.
Pride Tea Dance
- Awaiting dates – Round out Pride weekend with a free Pride Tea Dance at Music Hall ballroom.
- The event features 6 DJs, pop-up performances, dance artists and cocktails and runs from 4pm to 8pm.
- Other events typically taking place during the pride include the Cincinnati Leather Pride Ball hosted by Cincinnati Leather.
Pride Pool Take Over
- Awaiting dates – Cincinnati Pride takes over Ziegler Park Pool, 1322 Sycamore St, with guest DJs spinning for the afternoon sessions.
Pride Market in the Park
- Awaiting dates – Cincinnati Pride hosts “Pride Market at the Park,” an outdoor market featuring over 20 LGBTQ-owned and affirming businesses from the Cincinnati area. Take a leisurely stroll through the Market in Washington Park, stop by The Porch and grab a drink, visit one of the food trucks, bring your dog for a play date at the dog park and spend your Sunday Funday with pride.
Gay Cincinnati
They call Cincinnati the “Queen City,” and it’s true that it gives a royal welcome to gays. For a relatively conservative city, Cincinnati has an unusually vibrant gay community. The main gay districts are found Downtown and toward the Northside.
- Downtown is home to several gay bars, clubs and restaurants. Fountain Square is at the center, dominated by the bronze fountain named The Genius of Water. Check out hotels in Downtown
- Northside is one of Cincinnati’s most active gay neighborhoods, classic homes, an eclectic mix of businesses and entertainment venues, and a long tradition of community activism; also home to a handful of gay bars.
- Over-the-Rhine, just north of downtown, boasts a large, 19th-century urban neighborhood of historic architecture. A center of the local arts community, it’s again re-emerging as a trendy shopping and dining district.
- Cincinnati is a somewhat hilly city, and Mount Adams sits atop those hills, offering beautiful panoramic views of the city to those who live there. Full of excellent restaurants, and lively nightlife, it is a stylish and trendy area of the city
Popular gay bars in Cincinnati
- Queen City Radio – bar and beer garden built inside of a 1920’s-era gas and car service station on thee corner of W 12th Street and Central Parkway in Cincinnati’s Historic Over the Rhine neighborhood. A unique venue offering local craft brew and a great place to relax with friends.
- Tillie’s Lounge – Popular venue in the Northside entertainment district. Full bar with innovative cocktails. The lounge decor takes customers back to the 1920s when Tillie the elephant could be seen performing at John Robertson circus held in the neighborhood.
Recommended Hotels in Cincinnati
Here are the Hotels we recommend that keep you close to all the action,
Kinley Cincinnati, 21c Museum Hotel, The Lytle Park Hotel, XV Beacon Hotel
History of the event
- In 1973, 40 gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender men and women gathered in Washington Park and marched to Fountain Square for gay rights awareness in Cincinnati.
- The protest momentum grew in the wake of The Stonewall Riots in New York City, and Cincinnati Pride has since grown to become one of the biggest events in the city.
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210 West Fourteenth Street, Cincinnati, Ohio 45202
The rooms at the hotel are fitted with a seating area, a flat-screen TV with satellite channels and a private bathroom with a hairdryer and a shower. All rooms have a desk. An American breakfast is available each morning at Symphony Hotel & Restaurant.
311 Pike Street, Cincinnati, Ohio 45202
At the hotel, all rooms are fitted with a desk, a flat-screen TV and a private bathroom. Continental and American breakfast options are available every morning at The Lytle Park Hotel, Autograph Collection offers air-conditioned rooms with free WiFi and private parking.
37 West 7th Street, Cincinnati, Ohio 45202
At the hotel, every room includes a wardrobe. At Kinley Cincinnati Downtown, a rooms are equipped with a desk and a flat-screen TV. With a fitness center, the 4-star hotel has air-conditioned rooms with free WiFi, each with a private bathroom. The hotel has family rooms.
609 Walnut Street, Cincinnati, Ohio 45202
Each guest room at 21c Museum Hotel Cincinnati features a flat-screen cable TV and a coffee machine. They are decorated with modern furnishings and have an private bathroom with free toiletries. Hotel offers nightly turn down service and has free Wi-Fi throughout & a fitness center
1407 Vine Street, Cincinnati, Ohio 45202
This fully Air conditioned apartment is fitted with a living room with a flat-screen TV a fully equipped kitchen with a dishwasher and a breakfast bar. One bedroom with a queen bed and a bathroom with shower. Free private parking is possible on site
Cincinnati, Ohio 45202
The spacious apartments includes a large kitchen with an island that opens up to a luxurious living area. The bathroom also provides plenty of space with the dual sink vanity and full bathtub. You’re also perfectly located for Cincinnati fun.
50 East Court Street, Cincinnati, Ohio 45202
Offers accommodations with a kitchen in Cincinnati. Guests staying at this apartment can use the free WiFi. The apartment comes with a living room with a TV, a fully equipped kitchen a bathroom with shower and one bedroom
116 West Fifteenth Street, Cincinnati, Ohio 45202
Where all the fun & excitement is just a stone throw away. Kitchen is fully stocked with cookware & utensils. offering high-speed WiFi, SmartTV. 1 Free-Assigned OnSite Parking in a gated lot. Private entry & patio area. Free coffee + tea
643 Bakewell Street, Covington, Kentucky 41011
Rosie's is the perfect place stop off for a drink or two and shoot pool or play on the pinball machine Gay or straight, Rosie's is a solid choice.
901 Washington Avenue, Newport, Kentucky 41071
You will have to pace your self in this gay bar
The bartender places a sugar cube on a slotted spoon. One hand holds the spoon directly over a glass of fragrant absinthe, the other is used to poor ice-cold water over the sugar cube and into the glass, creating a cloudy, sweet-tasting concoction. Newport's own Crazy Fox legally serves up glasses of absinthe this way, and only this way. Absinthe is one of the main attractions
927 Race St, Cincinnati, OH 45202, United States
Fun gay bar offering dragshows
222 West Twelfth Street, Cincinnati, Ohio 45202
Operating under the "every-person" concept, this gay bar offer a wide range of beer and cocktail options that can satisfy anything your heart desires.
From lemonade infusions and boozy slushies to craft cocktails and various draft options
1120 Walnut St, Cincinnati, OH 45202
Gay Cabaret bar good friendly service make for a fun night out
619 Madison Avenue, Covington, Kentucky 41011
Neighborhood gay cocktail bar in the heart of Covington
4169 Hamilton Avenue, Cincinnati, Ohio 45223
Good Judy's is a queer dive in Northside offering cocktails, mocktails, canned and bottled beverages.
celebrate queer culture through themed musical parties and weekly prformances by Drag and LGBTQIA+ entertainers!
4042 Hamilton Avenue, Cincinnati, Ohio 45223
The gay lounge has state of the art video system and a music parlor with a baby grand piano under the gorgeous chandelier for entertaining the guest.
Tillie’s gem is the partially covered back patio with great floral arrangements
2401 Vine Street, Cincinnati, Ohio 45219
Everyone's favorite Home Base. Great place to make new friends in a relaxed atmosphere.
Pool Table, Giant Jenga, Pong Table ,Patio, new Touch Tunes Jukebox Tues Night Karaoke, plus TVs with the game on
835 Main Street, Cincinnati, Ohio 45202
Cocktails & dancing offered in gay nightspot with drag shows & TVs at the bar.
901 Race Street, Cincinnati, Ohio 45202
gay owned and gay staffed neighborhood corner bar.
Offering a happy hour and a TouchTunes jukebox
927 Race Street, Cincinnati, Ohio 45202
The Birdcage is a LGBTQ upscale bar and lounge.
The premier destination for specialty cocktails, and entertainment!
21+ with valid ID.
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