Montreal clubs during Pride weekend

[Colton]

How are the Montreal clubs during Pride weekend?  Are the just jam packed, or is it like a normal summer weekend?

 

[KevinFL]

It's a Lot!

[EZEtoGRU]

The clubs will be packed. Coincidentally, I was was in Montreal during Pride weekend in 2019. I didn’t plan it that way (I avoid Pride celebrations like the plague), it just happened that was the weekend I had tickets to a concert I wanted to see. Anyway, I went to Stock Bar after the concert and it was crazy busy. Most people were totally drunk. One of them fell into my high top table and knocked it over and took my champagne bottle with it.   Thankfully, management made the guy fork over $200 so I could get another bottle of champagne.   
 

I know some people love loud drunk party-like clubs. I prefer places on the quieter side. I generally only go to strip clubs on weeknights. 

[Luv2play]

Montreal is hosting some interesting talent in terms of travelling providers but I hate crowds so will regretfully avoid a trip there. 

[Colton]

22 hours ago, Luv2play said:

Montreal is hosting some interesting talent in terms of travelling providers but I hate crowds so will regretfully avoid a trip there. 

Any specific names that caught your eye?

[Luv2play]

4 minutes ago, Colton said:

Any specific names that caught your eye?

Just off the bat, without going back to the RM site, there was Dominus from Wash DC. He’s been on my radar for a long time. 

[Colton]

A few immediate thoughts from my trip

- The Village was really cleaned up.  Not sure if that was because of pride or just general increased policing.  Police were definitely trigger happy on Saturday night when they tear gassed the Rad Pride parade basically right outside the Hyatt Place.  Fortunately I couldn't get a room at the Hyatt that night so was staying elsewhere.  No reports of injuries and no arrests, but at least one Stock dancer got sprayed on his way to work.  Unfortunately for Red Pride's socialist ideals, the proletariat dancer made it to the means of productions club that night to earn money for Stock's Bourgeoisie owner.

- Many new dancers from two years ago, include at least one dancers who switched clubs. I think Gatuso who was at Stock is now at Campus (not 100% positive on this). Stock's talent pool greatly increased, and they had temp dancers who were visiting from the DR and Spain for the summer.  

- Not as many women in the clubs. Stock bar has stopped "catering" to hen parties by ending their exclusive early access hour.  There were parties there, but they were small and relatively quiet.  In Campus, there was one or two hen parties in the corner past Daddies Corner (worst name), but not right in front of the dance floor. I didn't see any women get dances.  

- There might be a woman dancer at Stock.  She was dancing outside on the pole placed on the St C avenue for pride, and the male pole dancers eventually moved inside to work.  She was inside, but I didn't see her do any dances inside (neither private nor on stage), but I wasn't always watching.

- The $18 covers at both clubs was annoying.  I wish they sold a weekend pass so I could go back and forth easily.