Calumet Ethnic Lounge Bar

Calumet Ethnic Lounge Bar opened in July 2010 at Pushkin Street 56a, next to the Human Rights Center, in central Yerevan. It plays traditional, experimental and spiritual world folk music, often live, and serves cocktails, spirits, beer, wine and pizza. Its crowd is cosmopolitan and slightly alternative, with locals, expats and travellers, and same-sex couples have long felt comfortable here. Travel guides describe it as gay-friendly because of that crowd. It is not a gay bar. A local listing updated in April 2026 gives its hours as daily 17:00–00:00 and says the bar is no longer smoky. It sits at the corner of Pushkin and Parpetsi streets, a small cluster of pubs and late-night food stalls a few minutes from Republic Square, which makes it an easy first stop before moving on to Relokant or Esthetic Joys Embassy. Armenia has no legal protection against discrimination and public attitudes are conservative. Keep affection for inside the bar, and check recent reviews for concert nights.