A staple in Austin, the last time I went it was absolutely dead! Of the many times I’ve gone there’s always been plenty of people, a live band, and entertaining bartenders. I didn’t give it a lower score because the positives outweigh the one bad day I had. Great venue, great talent on stage and behind the counters, great young professional creative crowd, beside the loud boisterous backpackers that frequently love to announce loudly every plan they make to cross the USA and how amazing this place is. Door guys are cool, the food trucks that go are always good, just not necessarily filling, and is overall great.

Great drinks & specials. Love the space and decor. Lots of nice seating. Amazing food truck that serves vegan comfort food. Located not far from 35 so pretty easy to get there. Over all a true Austin gem!

I love the owners and the vegan drink menu inside is Caute! Rosie cheeks is just one to try. Miss this place.

Awesome bar, cheap drinks, good music, food truck and lots of people. Love it

Really awesome place to hang out, with live music and a courtyard. Good selection of drinks, great crowd, and really cool poppy design.

I was in Austin for less than 24 hours but made it a point to stop by for a show and to check out the murals done by one of my favorite artists. In addition to a charming & delicious drink menu, they also have a cute patio. I loved being able to enjoy music in a very cool, LGBTQ friendly space. It was a total gem! Definitely recommend.

House specialty drinks are mega good. Tap beer choice great.

The bar is amazing! They had some great music playing that night! I love the whole atmosphere!

A whole vibe.

Such a welcome relief at the end of a long walk down the 6th Street mayhem. Chucks - (can I call it that lol) - has beautifully assimilated into a rocky alcove with billowing parachutes over water jet steel and concrete block patios creating an organic environment that promotes intimate moments and here I am living the American dream. Great and gay decor + sexy/innocent/adolescent lighting!

I’ve been to cheer ups a dozen times and have never been disappointed. They have fun signature cocktails and Golden Tickets are where it’s at for me. One of the first few times I went they were having a Britney Spears costume contest and themed dance night, which my friend and I dressed up for, and we spent hours grinding and singing along with a group of five other “Britneys”. A few times later I went with a work group and there was some kind of DJ set accompanied by a category based attitude/dance/strut competition. Last time I went the same type of competition was going on but it turns out that a big group from a fashion show was having an after party there and the competition was lit. Needless to say I learned how...to...vogue...

Gotta love this place. A Road trip and second round here. A must stop and enjoy the mix music.

Great atmosphere and amazing theme nights! Amazing part of the LGBTQ+ community and great music! The only thing is that there’s only one bar so it can take awhile to get a drink because it’s usually packed (in a good way)

Never seen a bad show here usually just walk in and dont know who is even playing and its always good

This is a fun lively place with really tasty cocktails!

Rude lady kicked out my friend because he mocked her? Grow up, you work at a club. Music also is sub par.

This place is a freaking gem. Obsessed with all the cocktails and the whole vibe. Fave bar in Austin!

Nice place with very slow service. Club deville was a lot better.

I love this bar so much I decided I must work here! And now I do. Best spot in Austin, hands down.

Cool people here, nice to find a place with kind of”alternative” folks. Very welcoming. Bars and attractions (stage, lounge) on either side of the place keep people flowing.

Fun bar in the Red River district to end out the night. Drinks are decent. Music is hit or miss. Patio is great chill out spot and inside can get absolutely insane. Take that as a you will. Ill definitely go back, if nothing else, for Arlos food truck.

Awesome Bar! They have food trucks, a nice outdoor area and very good mixed drinks!!

Great place to dance..fun without being too rowdy. Love that it is LGBT friendly, but not youre generic gay bar. Cheer ups is unique with a wide range of music from punk, shoegaze, 90s pop, and even some country. Just all around cool place.

Beautiful club with amazing bands and fun events

Cheer ups is like a cult favorite for the odd balls in Austin. The best and the coolest people hang out at Cheer ups including drag queens, people who love bounce houses (they have had a bounce house on occasion), arm wresting championships for women, and power woman bands. Ive seen some awesome shows and concerts at Cheer ups. The drinks are delicious, the bar tenders are happy, the bar is cool. Check it out!

Awesome live music venue. One of my favorites in downtown Austin.

Great drinks, cute bartenders, and fun atmosphere

From the outside this place looks weird and cheesy. But the bar has very unique cocktails. I had a whiskey ginger cocktail and it was so good. The outdoor environment is unique and would be great for happy hour.

SxSW brought me here. A normal austin style outdoor bar which means not bad

Awesome music venue!! This is one of the best places in Austin to catch local acts. I had the pleasure of watching the Whiskey Shivers perform here to a packed house. The cover charge is usually 5 dollars or less and they have cheap drinks. Wonderful place any night of the week!

I love being gay! Besides that... great place to see live music. Honestly, top 5 in Austin, which says a lot

Great place to go, they had free live music and the band was amazing. Chill vibe, everyone was friendly. I also later noticed that their 2 bathrooms said toilets+urinals and toilets. Love it!

Their new space at Red River is really great. It has a great vibe. Plenty of space, outdoor seating and nice stage outside (and room for indoor DJ). Very friendly bar staff and affordable drinks. They also have a food truck in the parking lot.

These drinks are wayyyyyy too good. Banana hammock is like an alcoholics shake.

Great bar if you love to have fun and dance! Very friendly staff and guests!!!

Queer friendly but everyone’s welcome club. Amazing vibe, music, and fresh drinks (including one with kale and ginger that’s delicious) for reasonable prices. Come as you are and spend the whole night dancing. Thank you for a great night!!!

What a fun hang out! First of all, I generally dont like going out to bars because Im a non drinker and I find very little variety in whats usually offered for people like me. This quirky cozy vegan joint actually has FRESH JUICE COCKTAILS! I was so delighted to see that on the menu and even more thrilled when the bartenders had no issue whatsoever pouring me the juice without the alcohol and basically charged next to nothing of it!@! Everything is vegan including the food truck Arlos. Super fun events, artistic and colorful ambiance, interesting staff. loved it!

Great little place to see some awesome bands. One of the last good places to see live music in this town. Welcoming to all, not stuck up like some other so called inclusive bars

Cool & creepy atmosphere. The bands that play there this night were quirky & fun. The bar service was fast & efficient. Id recommend this to anyone looking for a different kind of bar downtown.

Nice lounge with a scenic view of Austin. The problem is, how often owner or waitress have to clean around the outside lounge because of them are dirty more than we’re expected. However.

This place used to be great until recently. Very rude staff. I get the feeling like anyone who works there thinks theyre elitists. Every time I come here (which now is far and few) its such a lackluster experience. Go Mohawk instead. Would not recommend.

Nice atmosphere, i loved the tupac mural they have in the back. We got there late at night on a Thursday, not looking for food I knew exactly what i was going for, their famous crazy elote Ive see on IG. Corn on the cob, with hot cheeto dust all over, umm yes. We also got the I believe was called churro ice cream? Both sides were soo good! Which we accompanied with beer on the tab! Lol (classy) I think this place makes a great hang out place with a hunch of friends as they have table games!

The location has changed but the vibe has not. At the old Club deVille location, well decorated and still has the iconic rock wall.Inside stage can be difficult to see if theres a crowd.

The most low-key queer bar in all of Austin. If youre looking for an LGBT friendly spot without lots of dancing and yelling, this is for you.

Good beer selection and prices. Good bands frequently booked. A good place to sit down and get cheaper, better drinks in between performers at Stubbs and other Red River venues (cheaper, better drinks and seating

Fun crowd and friendly crowd! Great love entertainment. Yummy booze! Always a good time here!

Honestly the people who work here are rude and terrible. I have had a couple drinks inside here before while getting Arlo’s (the food truck on the same lot) and this was the last time I’ll go to that location. I will go to a different arlos because I was harassed by the door man who told me “good luck drinking and driving” when I didn’t even have a single drink here tonight. We were at arlos to eat and then left at 9 pm. Really rude and wrong to place judgment on someone unknowing of their situation. “What a great welcoming place you have” - said no one ever.

Boss. Great club and right next to Arlos. Arlos was amazing, check it out

A very trendy, indie, fringe music venue. Known as LGBTQ friendly, but accepting of all. They also have an all vegan food truck called Arlos thats actually pretty decent. Note: Im not LGBT or Vegan -- but I enjoy this place for drinks, music, friends, and fun.

My husband and I drove from Houston to see our friends The Ex-Optimists do their set. Really nice vibe, lots of good local bands! I hope that, when our band (Negative Concord) is ready, that we get a show there!

Two words. Golden Ticket. Ok now that Ive gotten that out. Great bar with great music. I love the flow and general setup of the place! Awesome place to see a show!

Fun fun fun. Always something good to dance to playing over the speakers. Good drinks, nice outdoor stage too.

Ive been to Cheer Up Charlies a few times the past couple of months. Each time I am there I run into the same rude door person lately, just awful. Who treats me and my wife as if we were reprehensible nobodies. We are only there to enjoy a drink before going off to other venue shows, and as far as I know, Charlies has always been a friendly and openminded place. Their service has been less than desirable recently at the front door. I believe that the ownership should be made aware. Ive tried to find a manager one of the times I have been there and experienced rudeness, but everyone looks to be a bar worker and seem busy. My wife was unable to shake the attitude from the one door security each night weve been.

Cheer Up is a chill place during the day and can get very packed at night depending on what events are going on. Always a good time though. Great food truck out back. Indoor/outdoor stage, seating, and bars.

Maybe the most boundary free venue in all of Austin. Cheer Ups is a staple of acceptance and unique local music support that you rarely run into. Regardless of Orientation ---- you will have a good time and memorable experience here :)

The Cure - all night! Are you serious? What an awesome night. Great bands. Great night. I saw 7 bands cover The Cure. Thanks!

This is...not a gay bar. A great one for sure! But not a gay bar.

Quick and easy places to get drinks. friendly staff, and a larger than expected area to move around in during set changes for amazing bands.

Cheer Up Charlies does exactly what it aims to do--its a dingy, dark dancehall where you can really cut loose and are guaranteed to have a fun end to your night out. There are two bars available, an indoor and an outdoor stage, and plenty of room to dance!

Love the outdoor space. Reasonable prices. Good vibe

My fiancé and I love the 80s night! Kinda small and warm inside though. Drinks were good and not to pricey.

This is my favorite place! An dance floor in the roof, great view of the street, skilled bartenders, and great for college students.Just a side note, there are alloy of Indian students that go there too.

The former home of Club de Ville, Cheer Up Charlies is a great part of the Red River bar and music scene. The outdoor stage is cut into the granite hillside backing the property and offers a very unique music-listening environment. A quick glance at their website proves that live music is very much still kicking on Red River.Drinks are cheap and the bartenders have always been quite friendly during all my interactions. This is a solid choice for hanging out prior to shows at neighboring Mohawk, especially if you want to sit down. There is usually a food truck parked out front if you get hungry.

It is a very popular spot. Since it is a small venue it gets pretty crowed. They have great music here.

Great crowd and atmosphere

Really hip place great music and great food

Lots of free shows indoors and out as well as one of the best cocktails on Red River: The Golden Ticket.

I went to the most recent middle school dance party and it was the most fun Ive had since moving here! Great drinks for a great price, and a nice crowd.

Great spot! If you want a no b.s. place thats down to earth and with good music this is a must. This is my SXSW go to for great shows. Also in the plaza is Arlos, the best vegan burger on the planet. I want you to go to support them but I dont want you to go because I feel like this is a gem of a place that needs to stay low key.

Probably the best gay bar in Austin. Alternative and easy going.

Lots of fond memories here - especially when it was still Club DeVille. In spite of the rampant Red River district gentrification and P.C. Culture ramblings from its late night patrons, Cheer Up Charlies always creates an atmosphere that allows you to fall back in love with O.G. Austin, even if only for a little while. The lower mid-tier indie bands that frequent the stage almost always outperform expectations, and late night food truck offerings and cheap drinks make it a prime spot to either start or end your night.

One of the best spots in town. Check it out.

This was a fun venue with bands playing inside and outside. The staff was down to earth and the drinks were cheap.

Local music almost everyday. I Unusually visit this place on Sunday. Just the right place for Sunday funday evening. And the cheese burger is waw

Ive loved going to Cheer Ups since they were down E 6th! My band Grand Child always has an absolute blast playing there as well!

The live performances are a cool bonus and its nice that they have enough room to let you get away from them if you just want to talk and hang out with your friends.

This is dope

The new location is so perfect for CUC--the old epic venue is a large shoe to fill but I cant think of a better crew to get the job done. Saw Butcher Bear spin last Saturday and it was an experience. Love that damn bears beats. So happy cheer ups is back and beefing up an already great live music district like Red River!

Cheer Ups is one of the greatest spots in Austin. Laidback and welcoming atmosphere, unique and delicious speciality drinks, a variety of music and everts, a vegan food truck that even the most hardcore carnivore can get down with, definitely worth stopping by!

This is a great spot for events, but there always seems to be a huge line at the bar...

Cheer ups is the best! Try the Golden Ticket or the Rosie Cheek.

Good spot and bar setup with a variety of places to hangout, and some interesting love music, the crowd is a bit eclectic and bordering on a weird hipster esque mix though.

Amazing drinks and atmosphere, and the vegan food truck is a must try.

Super fun, queer bar. They always have something going on and the crowd is always courteous.

One of my favorite bars in Austin. three words Fresh squeezed Grapefruit juice.. nevermind that was 4.. Best Grayhounds ever!

This is a good bar that I enjoy going to.

Cute little divey gay bar. Random great shows.

One of the best, most inclusive scenes in Austin. Great spiked juices as well.

Get a Golden Ticket if you like the idea of whiskey, kombucha, lavender bitters, and ginger candy.

My band plays here often. Great spot. Queer friendly. Solid drinks. I dig it.

This place is as Austin as it gets. Its patrons are as unique as its name. This is a great Red River spot to enjoy beverages and people watching. Good indoor stage and lots of patio seating. This spot has very creative cocktails that use Kambucha and other natural ingredients. This is bar is happening on the week nights as well as weekends. Great food trucks out front. A lot of the indy bands that play at Stubbs will hang out here after their shows.

Live music, strong drinks and a nice outdoor space.

Their new location is amazing!! The old location was tiny and awkward, but the new location has 2 outside bars, and one inside bar. The inside has a great dancefloor, and the bar. The outside has a great outdoor stage, and the otherside has a cool chill area with astroturf on the bench. They make excellent use of lighting and have great drinks as always!

I love the vibe here, love seeing bands with the rock wall as a backdrop, and really love their signature cocktails.

Maybe its cause Im not from around these parts, but I got a thing for bars with outdoor spaces. Chill Austin vibez on a Tuesday night, what more can ya ask for?

Good vibes, great food truck, and they often hold events where door cost goes to a great cause.

Electric atmosphere, someone pissed on my shoe but the food was great. One and a third thumbs up!

The lead vocalist of the band #OtherLovers makes everything #5starPlus.

Photo booth = bombDrinks = bombCheers Up = bombLove ya kitten!

This place has slammin cocktails. We tried them all.