8 April 30 - MAy 6, 2026 dallasobserver.com DALLAS OBSERVER Classified | MusiC | dish | Culture | unfair Park | Contents Sharing Is Caring These are the six sexiest spots for swingers in Dallas. BY ALEX GONZALEZ, ALEC SPICER I f two is company, then three is a party. Anything more than that is just added fun. As polyamory becomes more nor- malized, the demand for sexy, swinging spaces is at an all-time high. Dallas re- mains one of the country’s hot spots for swing- ing. So if you’ve ever wanted to be a third, or a fourth of a seventh, you’re in a good place. Al- though the lifestyle may not be for everybody, Dallas is home to many hidden gems where couples and singles alike can make their wild- est fantasies come true. Whether you’re vanilla and mild, loose and wild or a seasoned kink- master, there are plenty of opportunities in DFW to explore swinging. Swinging and polyamory, though often conflated, are not the same thing. Swinging is a controlled and conditional opening of relationships in a sexual capacity. While polyamory refers to multiple concurrent ro- mantic relationships, which can overlap or be entirely separate. As for the best spots in Dallas to meet your second or third boy- friend, we’re still trying to figure out how to find the first one in a city routinely named as the worst spot for dating, so if you have any tips, let us know. If you’ve never considered swinging, con- sider this your sign. Though we’re certain if you’ve made it this far in the story, this isn’t the first time you’ve thought about taking a test-drive down new roads. Besides, this state is full of residents whose biggest fetish is watching someone else ... enjoy their part- ner, so never say we don’t know our people. Colette 10821 Composite Drive, No. 300 Couples and singles alike are welcome at Colette, an upscale nightclub-style swingers spot catering to varying degrees of kink needs. If you need a little liquid courage to get socially lubricated (no pun intended, we think), know that Colette doesn’t serve alco- hol, but guests are allowed to bring their own. The club’s dance areas are equipped with poles and high-tech lighting, accompa- nied by a DJ spinning jams all night. There is also an in-club movie theater screening X- rated films throughout the night. Every Wednesday, Colette has Newbie Night, where those new to the swinging lifestyle can play for one night, with the membership fee waived. Newcomers are expected to dress in formal wear, while veterans of the lifestyle are encouraged to dress in their sex- iest lingerie, gothic, leather or fetish-wear. Bliss Adult Arcade & Theater Swingers Club 9109 John Carpenter Expressway Behold some sexy art on the walls, then pop in a movie to keep things going. At Bliss, visi- tors can play some scandalous games or pur- chase one of thousands of DVDs in the shop. Inside is a theater where visitors can watch X-rated films and mingle with couples who are also interested in the lifestyle. Tickets to the theater are $11 per person, but ladies get in free on Wednesday nights. Club Dallas 2616 Swiss Ave. Hidden near Deep Ellum, Club Dallas is a men-only health club offering several ame- nities to set the mood. While the gym and cardiovascular room may fit the “health club” description, the indoor hot tub, steam room and sauna are where all the action can be found. Plus, the outdoor patio comes complete with a high fence and a swimming pool perfect for skinny dipping. As long as the activity taking place involves two (or more) consenting adults, few things are off- limits at Club Dallas. On the off chance that someone tells you to “get a room,” Club Dal- las also has private rooms available for rent. To keep things safe, the club has condoms and lubricant available for purchase. Club Eden 11050 S. Pipeline Road, Euless The dress code at Club Eden is fairly simple. Men, wear whatever you think will get you laid. Ladies, be as sexy as you want to be. Across Eden’s 12,000 square feet, members and guests can get into the groove on the large dance floor, which contains stripper poles, shadow boxes and a cage. Large tele- vision set-ups display music videos through- out the night, whether you’re cutting a rug on the floor or kicking back in the private lounge area. When you’re ready for play- time, Eden has four private rooms on site. Themed nights like Hump Day and Topless Fridays are pretty self-explanatory. Infliction Hall 11050 S. Pipeline Road, Euless Sticks and stones may break one’s bones, but if chains and whips excite you, you’ve got to check out Infliction Hall. Right next to Club Eden (in case you’ve ever wondered what they’re up to out in Eueless), Infliction Hall is a BDSM paradise with a dungeon atmo- sphere that’s open to couples and singles looking to embrace the art of kink. People of all sexual orientations and genders are wel- come at Infliction Hall, where they can try out master-slave scenarios, ropes and bond- age, kinky speed dating and much more. The Wicked Manor Address provided with membership The Wicked Manor, formerly known as Play- houseDFW, only reinforces our city’s reputa- tion as one of the most sinful in the nation, as it’s one of only two of the club’s locations in the U.S. The other one is in Las Vegas. The members-only club is a 7,000-square-foot “boutique” playground that offers a pool, BYOB bar and locker room, as well as both private rooms and voyeur rooms if you just prefer to watch. Located just “10 miles south- west of downtown Dallas” (an address is pro- vided upon membership approval), the club is open Fridays and Saturdays from 9 p.m. to 2 a.m. Fridays, in particular, are host to “Hot Wife Friday,” which is billed as a greedy girls/ gang-bang party, if that’s your sort of thing. ▼ LGBTQ+ SAFE SPACE FOR A SILENCED COMMUNITY SAPPHIC STORYTELLING IS A SERIES CATERED TO MEMBERS OF THE LGBTQ+ COMMUNITY LOOKING FOR A SAFE SPACE TO CREATE FREELY AND LOUD. BY LISA LAMAN A n open microphone beckons. It’s late Sunday afternoon at the Dallas Asian American Historical Society, and in a larger room of the complex, a gaggle of gays gathers. They begin chattering, ex- changing ideas for poems. In a few short moments, leadership will thank the atten- dants and welcome them to Sapphic Open Mic Night, a recurring event for LGBTQ+ creatives attracted to women. For the next few hours, sapphic-identify- ing people (sapphic is an umbrella term for any non-cisgender men attracted to women: all lesbians are sapphic, but not all sapphics are lesbians) will be performing poetry, mu- sical performances, comedy routines and other public forms of artistic expression. As long as you’re part of the sapphic commu- nity, you’re free to express yourself however you like. The group is devoted to keeping queer artistic expression alive in a challeng- ing environment for LGBTQ+ voices. Sapphic Storytellers, at its core, is an in- dependent group founded by three queer sapphics that hosts alternating biweekly events. Those events oscillate between writ- ing workshop sessions and open-mic perfor- mances. Artistry and creative expression are the primary focus of this group, which pro- vides reliable social experiences for the North Texas sapphic community. Preethi Jayaraman, one of those found- ers, has a deep passion for creating and ab- sorbing art. “I was introduced to the world of spoken- word and open mics during my undergrad, where I explored mics across Philadelphia, New York and Cape Town,” Jayaraman says. “In these spaces, I challenged myself to be vul- nerable and share the writing that I had scrib- bled in journals and poured into my notes app. When I came back to Dallas, I was craving a safe and inviting space to write and perform as a brown nonbinary lesbian in the South.” That space didn’t exist, but for Jayara- man, that was just a challenge to create something new. “Through meeting my cofounders, who shared much of the same background and zeal for writing and performing, I knew to- gether we could co-create this sapphic cre- ative utopia smack dab in the middle of Texas,” they say. The importance of dedicated safe spaces has increased during the second term of President Donald Trump, who has further emboldened state governments to amplify anti-queer legislation and threaten funding unless cities comply with anti-LGBTQ+ ini- tiatives. Thus, queer artistry and self-ex- pression live on in arduous times through spaces like the Sapphic Storytellers events. “I think the artistic world has become all the more fervent and hungrier since the rise of the new administration,” Jayaraman says. “Art becomes all the more palpable and necessary in the face of political extremity and public un- certainty. We write and perform and make art to remind each other of our shared humanity.” Sapphics Want a Safe Space, and It Needs To be Big Jayaraman says the demand for events like theirs is underratedly great in Dallas. “Dallas is an incredibly slept-on scene for artists,” they say. “Once you meet one or two creatives, you get pulled into this whole new world. I’ve met more actors, singers, writers, animators, painters, potters, crafters in Dal- las than I have in any other city.” For Sapphic Storytellers cofounder Jae Payne, the Texas backdrop can be fulfilling despite the immense political challenges. “Something [about] living in Texas that specifically excites me as an artist is the con- nections I have made with my peers in the creative community,” Payne says. “I am all about collaborations and going into projects that are interesting in an exciting way, and I have met so many people who are on the ▼ Culture Adobe Stock The sexiest swinging-est places to go.
