Cheer Up Charlies
Venue Brief
Lesbian-owned Red River bar and venue set against a limestone cliff, with a neon courtyard, live bands and queer dance nights running until 2am most of the week.
Venue Details
- Vibe
- Live MusicDancingBohemianCasual
- Age guide
- 21-3025-45
- Dress code
- Casual
- Demographic
- LocalsYoung Professionals
- Music genre
- HouseCommercial HitsRock
- Price
- $$$$
- Open season
- Year-round
- Clientele
- LocalsAmerican
- Open times
- Mon ClosedTue 5:30 PM – 2 AMWed 6 PM – 2 AMThu 5 PM – 2 AMFri 4 PM – 2 AM BestSat 4 PM – 2 AM BusySun 4 PM – 2 AM
- Vibe score
- 8.5 / 10
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About Cheer Up Charlies
The outdoor courtyard is the heart of it: a stage built against an exposed limestone bluff, disco balls and neon hung over colorful cafe tables, and a small bar shack at the back pouring drinks until 2am. Indoors, a narrower room under purple lights handles the dance nights. The calendar mixes live indie and punk bands with queer dance parties and drag, and the soundtrack shifts accordingly from guitars to house and pop. It opens from late afternoon Tuesday to Sunday, earlier at weekends. Google rates it 4.6 from nearly 600 reviews, with fans calling it the best spot in town and highlighting its history and lesbian ownership; recent complaints concern an automatic gratuity and a $15 cover on show nights. There is no dress code to speak of, and Friday and Saturday are the busiest nights.
