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Explore Our LGBTQ+ Community in Columbia, SC

Here in Columbia SC, we believe y'all means all. 

We pride ourselves on being a hub of unique individuals with a gritty spirit that all enter together to make our vibrant community. For over 30 years Columbia SC has been home to an active, statewide LGBTQ+ nonprofit consecrated to fighting for equality and inclusion, SC Pride. 

From LGBTQ+ owned businesses to the largest Pride event in South Carolina, our region welcomes travelers and locals to experience the heart of SC. 

PRIDE EVENTS

While June is national Pride month in the US, in Columbia we like to keep the celebrations going throughout the year. Starting with Outfest in June, this one-day festival focuses on the local community - showcasing vendors and most of the talent from the Columbia region. Headlining an unforgettable show in 2022 was Willow Pill, Season 14 winner of RuPaul's Drag Race. 

Celebrate the creativity and beauty of our LGBTQ+ community of color when attending Dark Pride. The annual event is back and packs in a block party, cultural & wellness festival, Event brunch, and more into one long

Columbia LGBT Walk/Run Club

Welcome to the Columbia LGBT+ Run/Walk Club! Come slay in the great outdoors! Everyone is welcome including allies! Runners and walkers of all abilities invited.

The aim of the club is to foster community while enjoying some exercise in the great outdoors! For the LGBT community of Columbia this offers a chance to connect with others while promoting a healthy mind and body.

Meet at the Columbia Canal and Riverfront Park at 2pm according to the event calendar. Look for the group organizer holding a flyer next to the entrance sign. Review the group photos for a picture of the sign. Feel free to send the organizer a message if you contain any trouble.

We will start by stretching and doing an introduction before walking together to warm up. We’ll then break off to run or stride at any pace! Experience free to push yourself on your own sprint, run with a buddy, or keep walking in a group. At 3pm we’ll come back together to do a hip down.

Look forward to seeing you there!

Wanna fight off the winter blues? Attach us! Looking to acquire fit? Join us! Wanting to get to realize other people in the local LGBT community? Participate us! Looking for some serotonin? Join us! You’ll never

“Grandma” comes everyday for delighted hour, sitting with other old-timers. When he can, he stays late to watch the drag shows and the younger crowds they bring.

“Grandma” is otherwise known as Bill Skipper.  The 74 year elderly is the president of The Capital Club and one of its founding members.  He has been president since the year it opened in 1980. He likes to relate younger people about The Capital Club’s early days, a very different — and fraught — moment to be in a gay bar in South Carolina.

“The kids now, I love the freedom they feel. I love it,” he said. “We’d contain loved to have had that (freedom), but we all drink from wells we didn’t dig.”

The Capital Club, or simply “Capital,” as patrons call it, is the oldest operating gay bar in Columbia, and according to its website, in the Southeast. Just around the corner is PT’s 1109, the city’s other gay lock, which opened in 2000. 

Through discussions with bar owners and patrons and evaluating records from Historic Columbia, The Carolina News and Reporter uncovered a strange statistic:  Columbia, in 2022, has only those two gay bars, the lowest number in the urban area since 1960.  The number peak

1109 Assembly Street, Columbia SC, 29203

Hours:

Sunday 6pm-2am

Monday 5pm-2am

Tuesday 5pm-2am

Wednesday 5pm-2am

Thursday 5pm-2am

Friday 5pm-2am

Saturday 5pm-2am

For over 20 years, PT’s 1109 has been one of the most unusual clubs and entertainment venues in Columbia, SC. PT's has been Columbia's distant standing home for flamboyant shows and live business, offering unique nightly events as well as promotions that bring our patrons an amazing and welcoming experience. With a drawn-out standing tradition of providing an amazing entertainment room for our vibrant group, we offer unparalleled customer service and a substantial beer and liquor selection as well as incredible hand crafted cocktails. We offer something for everyone so come check us out and become part of the PT’s family.

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