Kiki Queer Bar

About this place Kiki Queer Bar

Kiki Queer Bar is Iceland's most celebrated gay venue — the bar on Laugavegur that has become the essential expression of Reykjavik's LGBTQ+ community and the first stop for every international visitor to the city's gay scene. The bar's name references both drag culture and the specific playful spirit of Icelandic queer life, and Kiki has built its reputation on a combination of excellent drag programming, a consistently welcoming atmosphere, and the specific joy of being a gay venue in one of the world's most LGBTQ+-progressive countries. Kiki programmes regular drag shows, themed nights, and special events for Reykjavik Pride week, when the bar becomes the social hub of what is statistically the world's most proportionally attended Pride event. The crowd is a genuine mix of Reykjavik's local LGBTQ+ community — gay, lesbian, trans, non-binary, queer — and the international visitors who make the pilgrimage to Iceland specifically for its gay scene and its Pride. Kiki is regularly named among the best gay bars in Northern Europe.