2nd/4th Avenues are also considered LGBT friendly parts of. The bar tends to pull in a mostly male crowd, including plenty of students from the University of Tennessee, and it's well-known for karaoke (there's a huge song catalog), drag performances, hosting the annual 'Night of 1000 Dollys' Dolly Parton impersonation show, and great drink specials. Along with East Nashville, Church Street is commonly known as the center of gay life in Nashville.
The on-site restaurant serves pizzas, corn dogs, chicken wings, nachos, and similar pub fare. Fridays and Saturdays are all about dancing and drag performances, and occasionally musicians perform live. People flock here for dancing, drag shows, and socializing, and it hosts a number of theme nights, including Tuesday Trivia and Karaoke and Wednesday Game Night (beer pong, flip cup, and other competitions).
The Edge: One of the longest-running and largest gay clubs, The Edge is well outside the city center-about 7 miles west of town off I-40 along a busy road lined with strip malls-but it's very much the top gay venue in town. My partner and I were sick of Broadway so we decided to check some gay bars out off the strip more. Quite a modest little gay lounge bar right by the entrance to the Paradise Complex, Passport Pubs frontage gives it the look of a lost jungle.
