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Unfortunately,  the "erosion" of male strip clubs continues in Montreal.  Red Diamond has just added a 2nd night (Sunday) for Trans dancers. That means on Sunday, you have a choice of Male dancers at Campus, Trans dancers at Taboo and Red Diamond, and trans/female/bi/male/anything goes dancers at Stock.  In addition to its regular 2x per week Trans nights (Sun/Tue) , Taboo had a Trans night Saturday 7/4.  I understand why, it was the biggest "crowd" I have seen there in a long time. You know things are bad, when longtime weekend bartender Diego is thinking about leaving towards the end of the year.  For a US holiday, I did not see any real increase in American visitors.
Taboo had only a handful of male dancers during the July 4th weekend. Red Diamond has not made any progress getting better since re-opening last year; they have maybe 4 dancers and 1 bear (cub?) dancer. Stock and Campus are still busy, unfortunately, 90%+ of the dancers are not my type. I do enjoy the Unity crowd that comes down for a drink or two at Stock Fri & Sat..  Sunday at Stock & Soda was nice with bartender Tommy and some friends. 
I still like the village and will return again in August.  But it has changed from "cant wait to see the hot dancers and have some lap dances"  to "cant wait to see all of the friends I have made over the last 20 years, have some drinks, gamble, and look at the eye candy from Unity".  

Unfortunately,  the "erosion" of male strip clubs continues in Montreal.  Red Diamond has just added a 2nd night (Sunday) for Trans dancers. That means on Sunday, you have a choice of Male dancers at Campus, Trans dancers at Taboo and Red Diamond, and trans/female/bi/male/anything goes dancers at Stock.  In addition to its regular 2x per week Trans nights (Sun/Tue) , Taboo had a Trans night Saturday 7/4.  I understand why, it was the biggest "crowd" I have seen there in a long time. You know things are bad, when longtime weekend bartender Diego is thinking about leaving towards the end of the year.  For a US holiday, I did not see any real increase in American visitors.
Taboo had only a handful of male dancers during the July 4th weekend. Red Diamond has not made any progress getting better since re-opening last year; they have maybe 4 dancers and 1 bear (cub?) dancer. Stock and Campus are still busy, unfortunately, 90%+ of the dancers are not my type. I do enjoy the Unity crowd that comes down for a drink or two at Stock Fri & Sat..  Sunday at Stock & Soda was nice with bartender Tommy and some friends. 
I still like the village and will return again in August.  But it has changed from "cant wait to see the hot dancers and have some lap dances"  to "cant wait to see all of the friends I have made over the last 20 years, have some drinks, gamble, and look at the eye candy from Unity".  

Unfortunately,  the "erosion" of male strip clubs continues in Montreal.  Red Diamond has just added a 2nd night (Sunday) for Trans dancers. That means on Sunday, you have a choice of Male dancers at Campus, Trans dancers at Taboo and Red Diamond, and trans/female/bi/male/anything goes dancers at Stock.  In addition to its regular 2x per week Trans nights (Sun/Tue) , Taboo had a Trans night Saturday 7/4.  I understand why, it was the biggest "crowd" I have seen there in a long time. You know things are bad, when longtime weekend bartender Diego is thinking about leaving towards the end of the year.  For a US holiday, I did not see any real increase in American visitors.
Taboo had only a handful of male dancers during the July 4th weekend. Red Diamond has not made any progress getting better since re-opening last year; they have maybe 4 dancers and 1 bear (cub?) dancer. Stock and Campus are still busy, unfortunately, 90%+ of the dancers are not my type. I do enjoy the Unity crowd that comes down for a drink or two at Stock Fri & Sat..  Sunday at Stock & Soda was nice with bartender Tommy and some friends. 
I still like the village and will return again in August.  But it has changed from "cant wait to see the hot dancers and have some lap dances"  to "cant wait to see all of the friends I have made over the last 20 years, have some drinks, gamble, and look at the eye candy from Unity".  

Unfortunately,  the "erosion" of male strip clubs continues in Montreal.  Red Diamond has just added a 2nd night (Sunday) for Trans dancers. That means on Sunday, you have a choice of Male dancers at Campus, Trans dancers at Taboo and Red Diamond, and trans/female/bi/male/anything goes dancers at Stock.  In addition to its regular 2x per week Trans nights (Sun/Tue) , Taboo had a Trans night Saturday 7/4.  I understand why, it was the biggest "crowd" I have seen there in a long time. You know things are bad, when longtime weekend bartender Diego is thinking about leaving towards the end of the year.  For a US holiday, I did not see any real increase in American visitors.
Taboo had only a handful of male dancers during the July 4th weekend. Red Diamond has not made any progress getting better since re-opening last year; they have maybe 4 dancers and 1 bear (cub?) dancer. Stock and Campus are still busy, unfortunately, 90%+ of the dancers are not my type. I do enjoy the Unity crowd that comes down for a drink or two at Stock Fri & Sat..  Sunday at Stock & Soda was nice with bartender Tommy and some friends. 
I still like the village and will return again in August.  But it has changed from "cant wait to see the hot dancers and have some lap dances"  to "cant wait to see all of the friends I have made over the last 20 years, have some drinks, gamble, and look at the eye candy from Unity".  

Unfortunately,  the "erosion" of male strip clubs continues in Montreal.  Red Diamond has just added a 2nd night (Sunday) for Trans dancers. That means on Sunday, you have a choice of Male dancers at Campus, Trans dancers at Taboo and Red Diamond, and trans/female/bi/male/anything goes dancers at Stock.  In addition to its regular 2x per week Trans nights (Sun/Tue) , Taboo had a Trans night Saturday 7/4.  I understand why, it was the biggest "crowd" I have seen there in a long time. You know things are bad, when longtime weekend bartender Diego is thinking about leaving towards the end of the year.  For a US holiday, I did not see any real increase in American visitors.
Taboo had only a handful of male dancers during the July 4th weekend. Red Diamond has not made any progress getting better since re-opening last year; they have maybe 4 dancers and 1 bear (cub?) dancer. Stock and Campus are still busy, unfortunately, 90%+ of the dancers are not my type. I do enjoy the Unity crowd that comes down for a drink or two at Stock Fri & Sat..  Sunday at Stock & Soda was nice with bartender Tommy and some friends. 
I still like the village and will return again in August.  But it has changed from "cant wait to see the hot dancers and have some lap dances"  to "cant wait to see all of the friends I have made over the last 20 years, have some drinks, gamble, and look at the eye candy from Unity".  

Unfortunately,  the "erosion" of male strip clubs continues in Montreal.  Red Diamond has just added a 2nd night (Sunday) for Trans dancers. That means on Sunday, you have a choice of Male dancers at Campus, Trans dancers at Taboo and Red Diamond, and trans/female/bi/male/anything goes dancers at Stock.  In addition to its regular 2x per week Trans nights (Sun/Tue) , Taboo had a Trans night Saturday 7/4.  I understand why, it was the biggest "crowd" I have seen there in a long time. You know things are bad, when longtime weekend bartender Diego is thinking about leaving towards the end of the year.  For a US holiday, I did not see any real increase in American visitors.
Taboo had only a handful of male dancers during the July 4th weekend. Red Diamond has not made any progress getting better since re-opening last year; they have maybe 4 dancers and 1 bear (cub?) dancer. Stock and Campus are still busy, unfortunately, 90%+ of the dancers are not my type. I do enjoy the Unity crowd that comes down for a drink or two at Stock Fri & Sat..  Sunday at Stock & Soda was nice with bartender Tommy and some friends. 
I still like the village and will return again in August.  But it has changed from "cant wait to see the hot dancers and have some lap dances"  to "cant wait to see all of the friends I have made over the last 20 years, have some drinks, gamble, and look at the eye candy from Unity".  

Unfortunately,  the "erosion" of male strip clubs continues in Montreal.  Red Diamond has just added a 2nd night (Sunday) for Trans dancers. That means on Sunday, you have a choice of Male dancers at Campus, Trans dancers at Taboo and Red Diamond, and trans/female/bi/male/anything goes dancers at Stock.  In addition to its regular 2x per week Trans nights (Sun/Tue) , Taboo had a Trans night Saturday 7/4.  I understand why, it was the biggest "crowd" I have seen there in a long time. You know things are bad, when longtime weekend bartender Diego is thinking about leaving towards the end of the year.  For a US holiday, I did not see any real increase in American visitors.
Taboo had only a handful of male dancers during the July 4th weekend. Red Diamond has not made any progress getting better since re-opening last year; they have maybe 4 dancers and 1 bear (cub?) dancer. Stock and Campus are still busy, unfortunately, 90%+ of the dancers are not my type. I do enjoy the Unity crowd that comes down for a drink or two at Stock Fri & Sat..  Sunday at Stock & Soda was nice with bartender Tommy and some friends. 
I still like the village and will return again in August.  But it has changed from "cant wait to see the hot dancers and have some lap dances"  to "cant wait to see all of the friends I have made over the last 20 years, have some drinks, gamble, and look at the eye candy from Unity".  

Unfortunately,  the "erosion" of male strip clubs continues in Montreal.  Red Diamond has just added a 2nd night (Sunday) for Trans dancers. That means on Sunday, you have a choice of Male dancers at Campus, Trans dancers at Taboo and Red Diamond, and trans/female/bi/male/anything goes dancers at Stock.  In addition to its regular 2x per week Trans nights (Sun/Tue) , Taboo had a Trans night Saturday 7/4.  I understand why, it was the biggest "crowd" I have seen there in a long time. You know things are bad, when longtime weekend bartender Diego is thinking about leaving towards the end of the year.  For a US holiday, I did not see any real increase in American visitors.
Taboo had only a handful of male dancers during the July 4th weekend. Red Diamond has not made any progress getting better since re-opening last year; they have maybe 4 dancers and 1 bear (cub?) dancer. Stock and Campus are still busy, unfortunately, 90%+ of the dancers are not my type. I do enjoy the Unity crowd that comes down for a drink or two at Stock Fri & Sat..  Sunday at Stock & Soda was nice with bartender Tommy and some friends. 
I still like the village and will return again in August.  But it has changed from "cant wait to see the hot dancers and have some lap dances"  to "cant wait to see all of the friends I have made over the last 20 years, have some drinks, gamble, and look at the eye candy from Unity".  

@brettnyc Agreed, but I wish they would keep it updated.  Many of the dancers, especially near the bottom have not worked there in years.  For instance, Zane, Calvin, Eros, Dallas, Kyle, Ryan, Liam and many more have not worked there for several years. 

XBar is no longer located in Central Prague. I believe it is located on tbe outskirts of the city now. Up is a friendly place to have a drink. Last summer I witnessed a young drug addict stumble and fall off the sidewalk and tumble into the street. Down is empty most nights aside from the weekend. The crowd on the weekends consists mostly of older Englishmen. A few keep boys in the hostel in the same building and visit on weekends. The bartenders have always been kind and professional. There are a few characters who are regular customers, including one who dresses in 1970s disco style clothing and will show you his discharge papers from a psychiatric hospital, and an aging escort who shows up in the same gym clothes every night, carrying a gym bag. His body odor is pungent to say the least. The only bar I’ve ever visited resembling Down was in Istanbul in the 1980s. 

I am looking to schedule a trip to Prague in late June/July.  I was wondering if anyone had any updates on XBar, Up and Down, or any other bars/clubs with Twinks/"Boy next door" type guys. Thanks 

To clarify, the building is for sale, the 2 businesses (Stock and Unity); are not for sale. 
 
iconic building in downtown Montreal. Housing two Village institutions, in operation for over 25 years. Le Stock Bar, 6,800 sq ft on the ground floor, plus a full‑size basement. Club Unity on the second and third floors, plus a huge rooftop terrace. The building also has a very large parking lot of 3,268 sq ft. Building in very good condition having undergone major renovations. Exceptional income of $350,000 per year. And the tenants pay all business taxes, in the amount of $90,265 for the year 2025. The building has two addresses, 1171 Ste-Catherine East and 1400 Montcalm. GST/QST must be added to the asking price

To clarify, the building is for sale, the 2 businesses (Stock and Unity); are not for sale. 
 
iconic building in downtown Montreal. Housing two Village institutions, in operation for over 25 years. Le Stock Bar, 6,800 sq ft on the ground floor, plus a full‑size basement. Club Unity on the second and third floors, plus a huge rooftop terrace. The building also has a very large parking lot of 3,268 sq ft. Building in very good condition having undergone major renovations. Exceptional income of $350,000 per year. And the tenants pay all business taxes, in the amount of $90,265 for the year 2025. The building has two addresses, 1171 Ste-Catherine East and 1400 Montcalm. GST/QST must be added to the asking price

I went to Boardwalk last night (Saturday) at 1:30am.  There were 3 employees outside (in black suits); they pat you down before you enter.  Cover was $15. There were 30+ customers and probably 20+ dancers.   The dancers are not my type, they are older, muscle guys; but I thought I would stop by anyway.  There was 1 twunk type.  They are very forward, asking immediately if you want a private dance, instead of "hi , my name is .... , what is your name,  etc." . Another 3 or so employees in black suits standing at various doors or entrances inside the bar.   2 bartenders at the main bar, no bartender at the back bar. I saw a few dancers get on stage, there is no Nudity.  One danced in his jeans.  At one point, there were 2 dancers in their underwear on the bar dancing. The vibe to me did not seem as friendly as other bars I have been to, but maybe that is just me. There was a customer sitting at the bar smoking cigarettes, and there were several ashtrays on the bar.  I am used to the other bars that only allow smoking outside. Wouldn't go again (as expected) since my primary place when visiting is LeBoy. LeBoy was 95% latin dancers (which is normal) and 90% twink.  

I am not sure this qualifies as "go go boys", but if you like Twinks dancing in underwear, there is a monthly party hosted by Billy Blonde. ( I have not been, but I have met Billy Blonde).    https://www.outsavvy.com/event/35112/billys-underwear-party   I would be interested to hear if anyone has attended.  Also, I found a bar on Instagram in Bristol that hosts weekly "college nights", which appear to have college guys dancing in underwear.   https://www.omgclubs.com/bristolclub/gallery.html    Does anyone have any additional information on either one ?

I’d just gotten comfortable with the thought of visiting Mexico and PV was top of the list!   Back to rethinking 

Stock has now joined Taboo and Red Diamond with a weekly (Sunday night)  non-male dancer night.  Not sure if it is just for the quiet winter months or permanent. The major difference is Taboo/Red Diamond are trans nights, Stock is "all inclusive" night including women dancers.  This leaves Campus as the only "all male" strip club in Montreal. 
 

Stock has now joined Taboo and Red Diamond with a weekly (Sunday night)  non-male dancer night.  Not sure if it is just for the quiet winter months or permanent. The major difference is Taboo/Red Diamond are trans nights, Stock is "all inclusive" night including women dancers.  This leaves Campus as the only "all male" strip club in Montreal. 
 

Stock has now joined Taboo and Red Diamond with a weekly (Sunday night)  non-male dancer night.  Not sure if it is just for the quiet winter months or permanent. The major difference is Taboo/Red Diamond are trans nights, Stock is "all inclusive" night including women dancers.  This leaves Campus as the only "all male" strip club in Montreal. 
 

I was in Montreal at the start of pride July 31 - Aug 3. I usually go to Campus in the late afternoons to gamble and to see if any twink/boy next door boys are working. This trip, I did not go since my favorite dancer left Campus. This is the first time in many months I went to Taboo. It was much better than I had expected. Thur, Fri, and Sat had bigger crowds (not packed) than my previous visit. Each night there were around 6 dancers.  Most, not all, got naked on their second songs, a few at full attention I arrived around 9-9:30 each night, left before midnight. Sunday is trans night, so I did not go. If you look at Their Instagram (jerry.taboo , not the older ones that are outdated), you can get a good idea of current dancers. My favorite is Michaelo (he is also listed on stock site, but has not worked there in a long time). It was either Fri or Sat, I walked in at 9:30 and there was a Bachelorette event in progress, which ended at 10pm.
Red Diamond has finished their re-model and opened up without their liquor license to try to get some business during pride. They were doing auditions/interviews for staff/dancers.  The new remodel looks nice, but their success will depend on getting a good group of reliable dancers. I only stopped in to see the remodel, since I was invited to do so.  They expect to have their license in a few weeks. 
I spent the majority of my time at Stock. As a mentioned in previous threads, it is more for the customers/bar tender, then the dancers. The "dancer" link on their website is not accurate.  A better way to tell who still dances there is to look at the videos->live shows  preview link and look at the dates. I can confirm Mike, Nick, Romeo, Sam, Marco, and Levy were working (Mostly twink or twinkish).  The website shows Angel, Greg, Chad, Erick, Gab, Hugo, Dante, Jayjay, Augusto, Kyle, Santiago, and Alexander all doing shows within the last month.  Many look familiar. I also know there are several others who are not on the site, but do not know their names. Friday and Saturday I spent the night at the upper bar with bartender Dimitri, and the Unity crowd that comes in periodically for a drink or two.  Sunday, I went to Stock around 8 and stayed at the front bar since Dimitri was bartending.   
    @Colton Matt Ryan owns the portable pole you saw outside stock.  He has been doing outside shows for years, and his location varies. Currently, Mike and Romeo also perform with him. All 3 also dance at Stock. Matt will let anyone who wants to learn the pole get up there and try (He teaches pole dancing). I do not believe the other performer you saw works at Stock. 
St Catherine street during the day was filled with Vendors for Pride; and a pretty good walking crowd.  The usual homeless/crack heads were present, but they are harmless. I always feels safe walking St. Catherine.  Thursday night was the last fireworks night, so clubs were slow until the show finished. 
Back again mid September

I was in Montreal at the start of pride July 31 - Aug 3. I usually go to Campus in the late afternoons to gamble and to see if any twink/boy next door boys are working. This trip, I did not go since my favorite dancer left Campus. This is the first time in many months I went to Taboo. It was much better than I had expected. Thur, Fri, and Sat had bigger crowds (not packed) than my previous visit. Each night there were around 6 dancers.  Most, not all, got naked on their second songs, a few at full attention I arrived around 9-9:30 each night, left before midnight. Sunday is trans night, so I did not go. If you look at Their Instagram (jerry.taboo , not the older ones that are outdated), you can get a good idea of current dancers. My favorite is Michaelo (he is also listed on stock site, but has not worked there in a long time). It was either Fri or Sat, I walked in at 9:30 and there was a Bachelorette event in progress, which ended at 10pm.
Red Diamond has finished their re-model and opened up without their liquor license to try to get some business during pride. They were doing auditions/interviews for staff/dancers.  The new remodel looks nice, but their success will depend on getting a good group of reliable dancers. I only stopped in to see the remodel, since I was invited to do so.  They expect to have their license in a few weeks. 
I spent the majority of my time at Stock. As a mentioned in previous threads, it is more for the customers/bar tender, then the dancers. The "dancer" link on their website is not accurate.  A better way to tell who still dances there is to look at the videos->live shows  preview link and look at the dates. I can confirm Mike, Nick, Romeo, Sam, Marco, and Levy were working (Mostly twink or twinkish).  The website shows Angel, Greg, Chad, Erick, Gab, Hugo, Dante, Jayjay, Augusto, Kyle, Santiago, and Alexander all doing shows within the last month.  Many look familiar. I also know there are several others who are not on the site, but do not know their names. Friday and Saturday I spent the night at the upper bar with bartender Dimitri, and the Unity crowd that comes in periodically for a drink or two.  Sunday, I went to Stock around 8 and stayed at the front bar since Dimitri was bartending.   
    @Colton Matt Ryan owns the portable pole you saw outside stock.  He has been doing outside shows for years, and his location varies. Currently, Mike and Romeo also perform with him. All 3 also dance at Stock. Matt will let anyone who wants to learn the pole get up there and try (He teaches pole dancing). I do not believe the other performer you saw works at Stock. 
St Catherine street during the day was filled with Vendors for Pride; and a pretty good walking crowd.  The usual homeless/crack heads were present, but they are harmless. I always feels safe walking St. Catherine.  Thursday night was the last fireworks night, so clubs were slow until the show finished. 
Back again mid September

According to Instagram, it appears that Taboo has now added Sunday as a trans night.  At this point, I don't see a reason to visit Taboo. Hopefully, if there are any good looking dancers left, they move to Campus or Stock. 
 

Taboo has been hosting Bachelorette events for over 6 months.  You never know when they are happening.  I have walked in the bar several times during these events, and I usually leave or play the poker machine.  On Instagram, Taboo is advertising "Trans Tuesday".  I have also seen advertisements for other events such as the Jun 1  " Alexis Mygler'  (no idea who that is)  show for $35 cover and the July 3 "Cattriona" (no idea) show also for $35 cover. The regular crowd has been pretty slow since Covid, so the owner has to find alternate events to stay in business. 
I lean towards Twinks, and I have skipped Taboo my last 3 trips this year.  With Red Diamond currently closed waiting for their license, I spend afternoons at Campus and nights at Stock (which has a big Twink crowd on the weekends) and a few twink dancers now. 
 

Taboo has been hosting Bachelorette events for over 6 months.  You never know when they are happening.  I have walked in the bar several times during these events, and I usually leave or play the poker machine.  On Instagram, Taboo is advertising "Trans Tuesday".  I have also seen advertisements for other events such as the Jun 1  " Alexis Mygler'  (no idea who that is)  show for $35 cover and the July 3 "Cattriona" (no idea) show also for $35 cover. The regular crowd has been pretty slow since Covid, so the owner has to find alternate events to stay in business. 
I lean towards Twinks, and I have skipped Taboo my last 3 trips this year.  With Red Diamond currently closed waiting for their license, I spend afternoons at Campus and nights at Stock (which has a big Twink crowd on the weekends) and a few twink dancers now. 
 

I agree with @Bostonian .  I have met FantasyCam several times in the last 18 months - NYC, Orlando, and Indy.  Great guy and very fun time. Definitely recommend him, and will see him again. He travels quite frequently so you will see him pop up in many cities especially NYC & Orlando.