Gay bars in provincetown
Find the best gay bars and LGBT-friendly pubs in Provincetown, USA. Check reviews, photos, map, and more on Best Gay Bars in Provincetown, MA - Last Updated - Shipwreck Lounge, A-House, The Monkey Bar, The Vault, Crown & Anchor, Grotta Bar, Wave Bar, Buoy Bar, Bobby's Place, The Alley. There’s nothing quite like an LGBTQ+ event to fill Provincetown’s streets with joy, color, and celebration.
Events like Carnival in August bring the town to life, drawing nearly 90, people to join in the fun, especially for the dazzling parade down Commercial Street.
With a population of about 3,, the small New England getaway boasts 40+ gay guesthouses, 10+ gay bars and clubs, and 2 gay beaches, which fill to bursting point for the dozen or more LGBTQ+ events that happen during the summer and fall months. Things to do ranked using Tripadvisor data including reviews, ratings, number of page views, and user location. 1. Crown & Anchor. from Scituate to P-town Thank you Keith, Vinnie and atmosphere at Crown and Anchor 2.
Boatslip Hotel & Beach Club. Didn't stay there but attended a T Dance. Not only is it one of P-town's most prominent facades, with its grand columned portico and tower, but performers from the Cabaret—usually in drag—boisterously regale passers-by. The hotel business is a sideline; this is the town's "largest entertainment complex," true to its roots in the midth century, when Timothy P. Johnson built the Central House its first name as a public hall for shows and entertainment, a bowling alley and—quite as important—a saloon.
Allen Reed purchased the Central from Johnson's heirs in , enlarged it, added sleeping rooms and attached a bowling alley, so that the Central was the largest hotel in town, extending over the water on pilings. Reed was succeeded in by his son, James A. Reed, the town customs officer, who conducted business "from a room fitted in the building for that purpose. It was the Sea Horse Inn in the '50s.
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Much of the building was lost in February to one of the worst fires in town history, which began next door at the old Whaler's Wharf. Fortunately, no lives were lost that night. Excerpt from Building Provincetown. In fact, it can't be ignored.