If you want to dance, this is it in OKC. Â Yes, it's a gay bar, but don't all the people love watching cute mostly naked people dancing? Â Yes, yes we do. Â The drinks are cheap, the straws are florescent, and the vibe is inclusive. Â It's entirely possible I've been there with someone who danced so hard, she sprained her ankle ... and kept dancing. Â And no, that person wasn't Cher, but it could have been. Â The Copa is so fantastic that Cher could have been there. Â
Dance on.
I LOVE the Copa. Â This is my all-time favorite club in the entire world.
Some of my best memories from my early 20's are at this place. Â It's very disco-disco inside with the colorful lights. Â I like this place because everyone is welcome -- men, women, black, white, yellow, straight, gay, and bi. Â
They have different theme nights, but Tuesday has always been the best. They have sexy body/dance competitions and drag shows, which are always fun to watch and participate in. Â The music is great, with a mix of top 40 and house. Â
Like I said... I LOVE this place, and I hope to return some day.
Bring your sequins, lungs-of-steel and dancing pants for a night to remember at the Copa and don't plan on leaving one minute before 1:45 a.m. You will find yourself in distress and longing for more when they play "Hit the Road Jack" as the last song of the night.
Plan on seeing the person you least expect because although it is a gay club, it is straight-friendly and you will see an influx of all kinds of people. The dance floor is packed on Saturday nights and the drinks are so strong that you will find yourself dancing by 1am even though you were just telling your friend "you couldn't pay me to get on the dance floor." Come early on Saturdays or plan for a long wait in line.
Tuesday's at the Copa are the men's underwear competition, Thursday's are the women's panty competition and both are something that everyone should experience at least once because it is SO MUCH FUN.
When you become overwhelmed by all the cigarette smoke, walk over to Gusher's and grab a bite to eat and a stiff drink in a smoke-free environment.
It's a fun place to go and shake your booty, but it's not the classiest gay club I've ever been to. Â The music is usually good, the cage dancers are usually cute, and the Tuesday night underwear contest is certainly amusing, and there's drag shows, but I don't remember what nights.
The only problem I see is the lack of class. Â I have on a couple occasions had rent boys offer me their services (the club is in the lobby of a shady motel, for goodness sake), and one time I parked in the parking lot, got out of my car, glanced at the car next to me, so see two guys having sex in the back seat.
I'm not saying it's a bad place. Â I enjoy going there from time to time when I'm in the mood to get a little rowdy, but if you go, be prepared to encounter some questionable people and behaviors hahahahaha
Don't have anywhere to wear your red speedo? Want to dance but terrified of people judging you? Want to saturate your skin with sweat, smoke, heavy bass and jello shots? COPA! This is always the last stop on the Saturday tipsy wagon. Or the Tuesday tipsy wagon for that matter. When you can't think of anything else to do and you just need to dance it out or catch up on your people watching, you go on down to 39th (The Strip) and try to find a place to park (Its on the other side of the Habana Inn).
Stumble through all the glittery queens, cowboy swingers, baggy-jeaned hip hop heads with really clean shoes, overly tan lip glossed soccer moms, overly tan lip glossed boys, sporty spice hipster girls and that old man in the corner taking off his shirt and swinging his tie for no apparent reason other than he really loves this Madonna song. No judgment here. You do whatever you want with whomever you want. Yep. Bust out that Running Man you've been holding back since 1997.
They play really loud, really poppy dance music (the kind you didn't even know you REALLY wanted to hear) with lots of strobe lights and glow sticks and beer slung by bartenders in tightey-whiteys right up until 1:59am. Then it is mass exodus and street food. The only reason I can't give them 5 stars is because I am not always drunk enough for all that smoke and sometimes the line is annoyingly, but entertainingly long (see: also depending on level of drunkeness) plus there is always the ever so slight fear of getting stabbed while trying to make it to the taco truck.
The Copa is a gay oasis in a sea of red. Props for that, however, because it is the only one of its kind it's overcrowded and the average median age is 21. Get trashed before hand, go with a group, get more trashed, and do so once every couple of months. One more thing, men, WATCH OUT FOR THE BATHROOMS. As a matter of fact just go next door to the Finish Line, you'll be much more comfortable. Don't give me that homophobia bull shit, I'm as gay as they come, and those restrooms even scare me.
Review Source:Okay, I love the Copa and I will give it a fantastic review, but I need to preface it with something...
This is a GAY BAR. Yes, it's a straight-friendly gay bar, but nonetheless it is a gay bar. The first time I went I was with a gay friend who didn't want to go by himself. I'm a straight woman with a number of very close gay male friends, and am often invited out to the gay clubs with them. I enjoy myself and have made a number of great friends this way. The music if great and, yes, it's nice to not deal with the "meat market" environment of most clubs.
But I can't stress this enough - if you're going to these clubs with the ladies [and I presume all these ladies are straight] because you don't want to deal with straight men, you're going for the wrong reason.
Anyway, it's a fun place with great bartenders and plenty of room on the dance floor to get your groove on. They need to get a better music rotation, but they still play fun stuff and the Jello shots are yummy. =) The bartender who serves nearest the restrooms is the best!
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