Gay bar asbury park

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101 Asbury Avenue, Asbury Park, NJ 07712    

Club:  732-988-6663     Hotel:  732-774-0100
21+ to access. Proper ID required at all times

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Holidays, Extraordinary Events & Intimate Parties.

Pool open Memorial Day through Labor Day

to registered hotel guests and exclude patrons 21+ 

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LGBTQ Gay Guide to Asbury Park in 2023

Asbury Park, nestled along the picturesque New Jersey coastline, has earned its reputation as one of the best same-sex attracted beach towns for a weekend getaway. This vibrant and welcoming seaside destination has become a haven for LGBTQ+ travelers (especially from New York City), thanks to its rich history, inclusive atmosphere, and a thriving gay community.

Once a famed Victorian-era resort town, Asbury Park has undergone a remarkable revival in recent years. Its diverse and open-minded population has embraced LGBTQ+ visitors with open arms, making it a safe and inviting haven for all.

The iconic Asbury Park Boardwalk, stretching along the Atlantic Ocean, is a hub of LGBTQ+ culture, where you can find a plethora of LGBTQ+-owned businesses, from boutique shops to lively bars and restaurants.

On my most recent visit, I counted nearly 20 gay pride flags just within a 5 minute drive to the beach. Asbury Park is one of the gayest beach towns I’ve ever been to!

Asbury Park’s pristine beaches are not only sun-soaked havens but also sanctuaries for self-expression, where visitors can feel easy and free to be themselves. The town

Asbury Park says go the city, link the community

There is something about the gay world that encourages a certain amount of feisty back-biting that really should have been left in sky-high school. If you’re looking for a temporary reprieve, peek no further than the beach resort town of Asbury Park, New Jersey. There you’ll locate a gay group that strives to embody the occupied meaning of people. And don’t worry—it’s also super gay.

Asbury Park sits along the Atlantic coast, just 55 miles from New York City. Though it was once famous as the “Duchess of the Jersey Shore,” girlfriend fell on some difficult times. Prior to 2000, Asbury Park was looking cute tragic, heavy on the tragic. But no longer. She is getting function done, and a full-on renaissance is underway. Gays and lesbians are moving in, sprucing up the place, and remaking it in their image.

There are so many LGBT-owned-and-operated businesses, the place can seem appreciate one big rainbow flag. In proof, the first male lover couple to unite in New Jersey chose Asbury Park for their ceremony. Due to the temperament of its residents, there are few places in the United States that feel as supportive. That, along with the current resto

New LGBTQ bar Oasis opening as a ‘safe space’ in Asbury Park

Asbury Park, we’ve found our Oasis.

Oasis, a new LGBTQ lock, will welcome guests for the first time next weekend with a three-day preview event starting Friday, Rally 17.

The bar will be located in the Berkeley Oceanfront Hotel at the city’s waterfront. Olivia Lux, a contestant from “RuPaul’s Drag Race” Season 13 who hails from Atlantic County (and a former Miss Paradise at Paradise in Asbury Park), headlines opening night.

Oasis arrives in the space most recently known as lounge and event spot Johnny and June inside the historic hotel, thanks to Fresh York City-based co-owners and operators Daniel Montelongo and Paul “Bubba” Caruso.

“It’s one part of a larger picture that we possess to bring a couple new spaces ... so that we can grant the queer community in Asbury Park another option of where to go,” Montelongo said.

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Asbury Park is already home to a handful of nightspots that cater to the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transsexual and queer community, including Paradise and Georgie’s. But with the American Civil Liberties Union currently following 399 pieces of anti-L