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Blah Blah on Via Po has been one of Turin's most important alternative music venues for decades — a bar and live-music space that books indie, punk, electronic and experimental acts, and that has been explicitly LGBTQ+-welcoming throughout its history. Via Po is one of Turin's great colonnaded streets, running from Piazza Castello to the Po river through the university district. The bar occupies a basement-level space under the arcades and is deliberately, contentedly chaotic: mismatched furniture, band flyers covering every surface, cheap beer and a crowd that mixes students, musicians, artists and a substantial LGBTQ+ contingent. Monthly queer-specific nights are programmed throughout the year and draw from across Turin's community. The venue is not exclusively gay — its identity is primarily musical and counter-cultural — but it has been a reliable and important space for LGBTQ+ people in Turin for years. Particularly welcoming to queer women and non-binary visitors who may find the more explicitly gay male spaces less comfortable.