The Backlot
79 Reviews
$$$
- Thursday4 PM–3 AM
- Friday4 PM–3 AM
- Saturday2 PM–3 AM
- Sunday2 PM–3 AM
- Monday4 PM–3 AM
- Tuesday4 PM–3 AM
- Wednesday4 PM–3 AM
About the Business
TheBacklotBar.com - Calgary's Finest Gay Bar - The Backlot Bar | The Backlot Bar, circa 1996, is proud to be one of the oldest gay owned and operated bars in Calgary, supporting the LGBTQ+ community, friends & family!
Contacts
Website
Call Us
+14032655211
209 10 Ave SW, Calgary, AB T2R 0A4
Hours
- Thursday4 PM–3 AM
- Friday4 PM–3 AM
- Saturday2 PM–3 AM
- Sunday2 PM–3 AM
- Monday4 PM–3 AM
- Tuesday4 PM–3 AM
- Wednesday4 PM–3 AM
Features
- Delivery
- Wheelchair-accessible entrance
- Debit cards
- NFC mobile payments
- Credit cards
- Takeout
- Dine-in
- Seating
- Washroom
- Casual
- Cozy
- Groups
- Alcohol
- Beer
- Cocktails
- Hard liquor
- Wine
- Outdoor seating
- Great cocktails
- Dancing
- Outside food allowed
Recommended Reviews
Max Bouchard
19.10.2023
The Backlot
Been going to the back lot for a long time. Great people! Evan the new bartender is great. He goes with the punches, laughs with everyone and doing great dealing with us all when he’s straight. Keep up the good work!
Edan Nelson
14.10.2023
The Backlot
Quaint and cute queer space. Wonderful atmosphere, stellar bartenders and super laid-back. Highly recommend for those travelling to get a taste of the Calgary gay scene. ❤️
Kyle Y
26.09.2023
The Backlot
Honestly, compared to my first visit back in 2018. This place had a really good mood now and feel to it and I loved it. Prices are a bit $$ but the bartenders are cute and it's a really fun place to be with some friends.
Rand Unland
23.09.2023
The Backlot
Great place to meet up with friends after work and on weekends. It's a piano bar~ minus the piano ~with music low enough that you can hear what others are saying without them having to yell. Staff are some of the best in Calgary. I've been going there for more than a decade now and it's still my favourite gay bar here in Calgary.
Chris Huestis
22.09.2023
The Backlot
Lovely Sunday afternoon with Sonja and the regulars. Thanks for showing the Seahawks game :)
Bryan Birn
19.09.2023
The Backlot
Always the best staff. It's a dive-y type bar that is super social, and has lots of theme nights (like karaoke). It's great to have a solo drink at, or bring a whole group to. Super enjoyable laid back place, with lots of politically incorrect and questionable media on the TVs.
Logan Stothers
01.09.2023
The Backlot
LOVE this bar! If you want a fun place to drink and have a good time, this is the place. Cute little patio and has both an upper and lower level inside with Karaoke some nights. Jordan, the good looking bartender, is a hell of a good time. You seriously can't help but have a good time when he is working. Great place to go as a pre-drink, an after party, or stay all night :) highly recommend
Brooke Crowdis
04.08.2023
The Backlot
As a young strait women, I have never felt less welcome at an establishment.I came in with 5 friends who wanted to drink and sing karaoke, everyone was respectful of the other performers and of the bar itself.A female server came around and asked if we’d like drinks, we were all fine for the time being.Soon afterwords the female host told us the night was over and karaoke was finishedSo we left.To our surprise, it kept going for another 2.5 hours, when we tried to re enter we were rudely and abruptly turned away.I will never bring my business here again.Very disappointing that in a place which is supposed to be accepting to everyone, we were treated so poorly.
Dakota Batres
21.07.2023
The Backlot
I love it here, I will all the lgbtq energy. As a transgender man I have never felt more accepted anywhere than I do here. And Bob the manager made me very welcome.
Annika Naylor
18.07.2023
The Backlot
This is a gay bar not a queer bar! There was just a slideshow of only white men and their balls playing on multiple TVs but I felt really out of place as a queer cis woman.
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209 10 Ave SW, Calgary, AB T2R 0A4
The Backlot