![]() Drag performances, bingo games, Latin and country dance nights and karaoke are some of its most popular activities. Charlie’s events calendar is just as diverse. Today, the place boasts a larger dance floor, an even bigger parking lot, a taco truck out front, an outdoor patio with two bars and bleacher seating in the back and a wide cross-section of the entire LGBTQ+ community. As times and interests changed (and competition increased) so did Charlie’s. ![]() In those days, the “lil bitty ol’ pissant country place” and dance hall opened by John King (co-founder of the International Gay Rodeo Association) was aimed at gay urban cowboys and country music fans. 60 Charlie’s is a slice of Phoenix gay bar history that has huddled along Camelback Road just west of Seventh Avenue since its debut in 1984.
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