Sidewinders Bar
Sidewinders has established itself as a pillar for the LGBTQ+ community in ABQ and focuses on charity events throughout the year to strengthen the community it serves. This bar boasts a Drag Queen Bingo Night, karaoke, and retro dance events!
- trans-friendly
- country
- dancing
- leather
- happy hour
- bears
- karaoke
- live entertainment
- dive
- bar food
- LGBTQ+ owned
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i have performed here on several occasions and still do dispite the owner changes Sidewinders has been through alot and keeps hanging on and i hope it still does!!
Lame!
from CA. Is this an 18+ club or 21+?
Hi, might be visiting Albuquerque. any 18+ gay clubs? i dont turn 21 till nov 4??? let me know thanks'
All things to everyone = Nothing to anyone
Jon Taffer, the host of the TV show "Bar Rescue", says "Bars can’t be something to everyone, they need to be everything to someone." Sidewinders needs to take the hint. The owner/operator Koi Le has succeeded in making his bar nothing to anyone. Is it western? Dance? Twink? Leather? Sports? Drag? Well, it's a little of everything but not enough to have a defining personality. Or personality of any kind. And it's amazingly inconsistent for a bar that's trying to cover all bases. There may or may not be a cover at the door on any given night. Your bartender may be prompt or completely absent. Your drink may be over-poured or under-poured (sorry, has never been dead on for me). The music may be selected for the night, or cable feed, or a random MP3 library. The leather event you attend may be followed immediately by a drag night. The professional drunks who won't leave you alone may be belligerent, or trashy, or just tacky. You roll the dice when you go to Sidewinders, but rest assured, it'll never be more that merely average.
horrible
Paid 8 dollars for two sodas. Do Not Go Here!