Milwaukee gay clubs
Daily Events
Open at 3PM Sunday - Saturday
Effective May 1st
Open 3pm Monday - Friday, 1pm Saturday & Sunday
For tickets to upcoming events please see our page at Eventbrite.
All events are 21+ unless otherwise stated. Detailed listing of events are on Facebook.
Monday
Karaoke – Moonlight Karaoke every Monday at 9pm.
Tuesday
Two for One Tuesday - Rail mixers and tap beers reveal until close 3pm-2am.
Wednesday
Trivia – free-to-play trivia every Wednesday at 7pm, win block tabs and offering cards.
18+ Night - Milwaukee’s only LGBT+ 18+ night featuring a pm kingly show with upcoming queens and a DJ until proximate , $10 cover if under 21, 8pm-close.
Thursday
Tequila Thursdays - $1 Off tequila shots and mixers.
Drag Bingo – hosted by Flonase every week, pm-8pm.
Drag Shows - Follow our event calendar on Facebook. to see what shows we contain lined up!
Friday
Drag Shows - pm. Track our event calendar on Facebook. to see what shows we have lined up!
The dance floor opens with one of our home DJs after every drag show!
Saturday
Drag Shows - pm. Pursue our event calendar on F
We are taking online reservations!
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Anastasia Beaverhousen:
The staff here was absolutely amazing! Every bartender, dancer and cocktail server was so sweet! They made our celebration a nigh to remember! Thankyou La Cage!
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Christopher John:
LaCage has been a true landmark for gays in and out of Milwaukee. LaCage offers several dance floors, a lovely updated upstairs and another bar downstairs which applications another feel to this large nightclub!
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Erik P:
I've been here more than a handful of times, and I can say ever since they changed the name advocate to La Cage, this place has never been better! I'd like to give some praise to Sami and Donovan for being some of the absolute best bar tenders I've ever come across!
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Molly:
This is a fun place. They're usually not so busy on Fridays and there's not that many people there but Saturdays are beautiful busy and full. They usually have drag shows on the top floor until like If you've never been to a s
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"The first name, however, didn't work. It confused people and business started to slag. "Straights thought we were gay; gays thought we were straight," says Kujawa. "I knew I was going after the boys. Most of them are educated, have money, no kids and they like to drink," she says. "And after all, I'm in the heart of the gayborhood."
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