We’ve made a lot of fuss about Montreal’s gay strip clubs and for many who haven’t experienced it first hand, you might wonder, “What’s the big deal.” Anything we could explain or even show would only be the merest shadow of the actual experience but we thought it would be nice to give Videoboys members a little slice of time of one major aspect of gay strip club scene in Montreal: the stage show.
Here’s Videoboys model Dakota Wallace shakin’ it on stage in a typical stage show. Keep in mind, first comes the “fast dance” and them comes the “slow dance”. This performance was shot during the club’s off hours. During business hours you would see an assembly of eager admirers around the stage.
Now, just so you don’t think that the stage show is all you get when you go to one of Montreal’s gay strip clubs I must point out that the stage show is simply how the individual dancers get your attention. Not that the stage show isn’t worth coming for in it’s own right. But the more personalize experience comes when you take the dancer for a private dance in the back room. But we’ll deal with that concept in a later post.
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One thing that many gay tourist come to Montreal to enjoy are the plentiful gay strip clubs. That’s right, Montreal supports four, count ‘em, 4 gay strip clubs which is more than many cities much bigger than Montreal. And what is allowable in Montreal’s famed strip clubs has been known to make even the most experienced strip club connoisseur blush. As a starting point, we’ve assembled a very quick overview of Montreal’s 4 gay strip clubs all located in the Montreal Gay Village and in later articles we’ll give each a more detailed look.
Campus is the first of the strip clubs you’ll encounter as travel east along Sainte-Catherine Street and it situated just East of Rue Amherst. It’s a big club and quite popular on weekends. Early in the day, starting at 3pm, you can find a mix of strippers, from the slim twink to the massive body builder. But after 9pm, stand back for muscle beach because it’s pretty much beef cake only. Campus has a large stage area and good viewing from pretty much anywhere in the bar. Private dances are available in specially designed booths to the left of the stage. You will usually see a big selection of dancers there on any given night or day (and you might even recognize some of our own models working there). You’ll want to avoid Sundays, Ladies Night, because most of the Str8 male dancers work that night and are there primarily to get laid rather than to make money.
Next on our walking tour of Montreal’s erection spectacles we encounter the world famous Stock Bar, or Bar Stock as they say in French. Stock is probably the most upscale of all the gay strip clubs with glamorous decor, a special shower for wet shows, and live video streaming of the stage shows. The people at Stock Bar have equally high standards for their models, employing only those dancers that y0u might expect to see as models. They’re muscular but not overly muscular, well dressed and in most cases they put on a very respectable stage show. During the week Stock Bar has special nights with events like “Porno Bingo” and “The Mr Stock” contest. The dancers are mostly Str8 but can be very friendly if you can lure them away from the pool table. Also, as in any strip bar, remember that money talks.
The eastern-most strip club along the St Cathrine strip is Cabaret JP’s. If you patronized the strip clubs prior to 2010 you might know JP’s as Adonis. But sometime a couple of years ago, a former dancer from Stock Bar bought this smaller strip club, did some renovations and put his name on it. JP’s is a smaller club, for square footage, and though I haven’t conducted a census, I would guess that the number of regular dancers they have working there is a bit less than at the other two bars. Dancer-type is a mixed back ranging from the cute, skinny twink to some older, hairy muscle men. The club seems to suffer from inconsistent business, some weekends being packed with customers and weekends you can hear the crickets at the end of each stage show. Unlike all the other strip clubs, women are welcome at Cabaret JP’s all the time (other clubs restrict female attendance to specific nights). This can be a bit disconcerting to some gay men who are looking for woman-free strip club experience, but for most part the open gender policy has little impact on the ambiance of the place.
Slightly off the beaten path, Taboo, or Taboo International as it is formally known as, at the very eastern extreme of Montreal’s gay village and it’s one block north of Sainte-Catherine. Patrons of Taboo go there to enjoy view of young, skinny, smooth twinky twink type boys and has remained pretty much true to that reputation over the years. Back in the heady days of the internet boom and US dollar that bought you $1.60 Canadian dollars Taboo was a bustling place with lots of dancers and lots of customers. The place has seen a bit of decline over the past few years but don’t let that deter you. If you like the young ones, there is still lots of fun to be had at Taboo. Taboo has been the last club that held out from putting curtains on it’s private dance booth’s but apparently they are intending to bow to customer and dancer pressure for greater privacy and add curtains very soon.
So there you have it, the quick primer on the strip club scene in Montreal’s gay village. Where else can you go and see so much penis within a 20 minute walk?
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1. The French cultural background nurtures an apprecication for the pleasures of the flesh (the other nine reasons all follow from this one).
Whether we are talking about food, booze, music, sex or anything else that makes the body feel good, the people of Montreal are not embarrassed to indulge themselves. And they indulge themselves in a way that would make any abstentious Protestant type gasp in horror (and a bit of jealousy).
2. Montreal’s gay and bisexual men like to have sex… a lot of sex.
It’s not uncommon to overhear visitors to Montreal commenting on how horny the guys are and how open minded they are. Particularly in reference to the “straight” guys. It has been said to many a gay traveller: “If you can’t get laid in Montreal, you can’t get laid.”
3. Montreal has a large gay village.
The Village, as it is called, covers 12 city blocks (depending on where you measure from) along the Montreal’s main street. Shops, bars, cafe’s, salons, saunas, strip clubs, porn shops, and community centres are all there and it’s all for us. Oh sure, straight people are allowed to wander in but their minority status leaves them vulnerable. On nice summer days the one can sit and take in the scenery for hours.
4. Multiple bath houses/Saunas
I guess most cities have some gay bath houses, but Montreal is FULL of them. I count six in the village but I probably missed some, and then there are plenty more all over town. These are very popular, well attended institutions. On some long weekends in the summer I have seen lineups that extend out the front door, down the sidewalk and around the corner.
5. Gay Marriage
Ok, so you are tired of the bath house scene and want to settle down? Since March, 2004 the province of Quebec has recognized same sex marriage, a clear reflection of the “live and let live” approach to sexuality that the people of Quebec have, especially in Montreal. And in spite of the passing of the same- sex marriage legislature, society has not yet crumbled.
6. The drinking age is 18.
For all you gay boys from regions where the drinking age is 21 or 19, you can come to Montreal and enjoy a measure of freedom you can’t have at home. And thats also good for those of you who enjoy the company of young men between the ages of 18 and 21. You will find them in abundance at some of the more popular discos (and on the sidewalks barfing their guts out).
7. Last call is not until 3am.
While bars in many places on the continent are kicking customers out around 2am or even 1am, the party is just getting started in Montreal. You would think this would mean that Montrealers party an extra few hours than they do in these more restricted places. But in fact all it means is that Montrealers just show up to the clubs a few hours later. Midnight is about the time the fashionable crowd starts to show up.
8. Four gay strip clubs right in the village.
Montreal is a city of only 3 million people but has four gay strip clubs. Now this may not sound like a lot compared to the straight strip clubs, Montreal has hundreds of them. But it takes a lot of gay people to support 4 strip clubs and Montreal’s strip clubs are thriving and together they employ hundreds of dancers of all shapes and sizes
9. Strip clubs offer full nude stage shows (with erection whenever possible).
Now we know that in some less enlightened parts of the world, male strippers are required to keep their G-Strings on at all times. But not in Montreal. When a dancer goes on stage for his “slow” song he takes ALL of his clothes off. And if he has the necessary physical ability, he comes out fully erect.
10. They speak French – the language of love!
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