Bar Dance
121 W. Main Street
Madison, WI 53703
State Region
Southwest WI
Year Opened: 1997
Year Closed: 1999
Exact Date Opened: Saturday, October 25, 1997
Exact Date Closed: Thursday, July 01, 1999
Clientele Primarily Identified As
Gay
Logo:
Kirby Sheldon opened Kirby's Klub -- "A Place to Be You" and a gay-owned dancebar -- In October 1997. It was the third in a series of five queer spaces to operate at 121 W. Main Street between 1996 and 2003. Despite a thriving Capitol Square bar scene, Kirby's Klub only survived two years. The space became Millennium in July 1999.
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