Heimat sits on Erlenstrasse in Basel, a bar and club that doubles as a concert venue and kitchen under one roof. Spread across several floors, each level has its own mood, from the ground-floor stage to the bar upstairs.
The venue holds a steady place in Basel's queer scene. The first Saturday of every month is dedicated entirely to the LGBTQ+ community, while the rest of the time the club stays openly welcoming to queer guests. Regular nights such as Barbarella, hoi! and Ménage à Trois fill the floor with nu-disco, house and open-format sets, and once a month Queer Karaoke takes over two floors and three stages.
By day, the kitchen runs as a restaurant; by night, the rooms shift into one of Basel's busiest event spaces. Between the music, the food and the crowd it draws, Heimat has become one of the city's most dependable stops for queer nightlife.
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