For years, Faces lived up to its name — a massive, high-energy gay bar where everyone showed up. Drag queens, dance-floor devotees, club kids, first-timers, and lifers all collided under one roof, making it one of St. Louis’s most recognizable LGBTQ nightlife landmarks. If you wanted loud music, packed rooms, and a night that didn’t end when you expected, Faces was the answer.
Known for its sprawling layout, multiple rooms, big drag shows, and wall-to-wall weekends, Faces wasn’t subtle — it was celebratory. It offered scale in a city where queer spaces were often intimate: a place to be seen, to perform, to disappear into the crowd, or to find your people somewhere between the bar and the dance floor.
