Whether this is your first IML or you’re a seasoned kinkster who’s had more fists in them than a Jim Henson creation, welcome.
You have the full consent of the legendary Cell Block to enjoy yourself and let your freak flag fly with us all week long!
Thursday, May 21
Front bar opens at 1 p.m.
Backroom bar & complimentary coat, clothes, and gear check open at 8 p.m.
No cover charge
RUFF TRADE/IML welcome party!
Welcome to IML and the legendary Cell Block. Our bar has been a linchpin of the pup, pet, and rubber and leather fetish communities for decades.
Ruff Trade is our monthly pet and handler social and play party. Meet other pups, pets, and handlers for scritches, sniffs, wags, and any and everything good pups and pets enjoy together.
Pet DJ Xymox will be pumping out hot beats from our backroom decks. Special pet and handler hosts will be sniffing around to help lost pups and pets find their fun all night!
Yes, it’s true: We do serve hooded pups and pets in pup bowls upon request. But paws and straws are strictly prohibited.
Friday, May 22
Front bar opens 1 p.m.
Backroom bar & complimentary coat, clothes, and gear check open at 9 p.m.
$10 cover for Trash’d
TRASH’D: Nasty, dirty house music dance party
The legendary Cell Block is so proud to welcome equally legendary DJs Janky and Milty Evans back for Trash’d, our sweaty dance floor celebration of Chicago house music. Expect driving beats, sweaty bodies, and a hot dance floor all night.
Saturday, May 23
Front bar opens at noon
Backroom bar & complimentary coat, clothes and gear check open at 9 p.m.
$10 cover for Sleaze Haus
SLEAZE HAUS
There’s lots of activities going on in your average gay bar backroom – and we’re not talking choir practice. The well above average backroom at the legendary Cell Block welcomes you for Sleaze Haus, a party where the hot beats open up your mind and body for some good old fashioned dancing, cruising, and celebrating backrooms.
Three DJs — Austin James, Nevin, and Birdo Beaverhausen — bring you hot Chicago house, techno, trance, breakbeat, and European rhythms and vibes all night long.
Special guest hosts and dancers will help you fill your senses with the backroom cruising and dancing spirit.
Sunday, May 24
Front bar opens at noon
Backroom bar & complimentary coat, clothes, and gear check open at 3 p.m.
No cover charge
SUNDAY BUNDAY DISCO SWEAT!
The backroom bar at the legendary Cell Block wakes up early every Sunday for a full day and night of frisky, cruisy fun!
Sunday Bunday is a tradition and rite of passage for LGBTQ+ folks in Chicago. It’s our wildest, most uninhibited party mixed with super friendly socializing and lots of good vibes and body positivity.
Strip down to your undies, fetish gear, or jockstraps and join us for our signature event.
Disco Daddies Justin and Connie Kway-Lewd (FunkStick, Honey Hole) are heating up our dance floor with all different styles of disco — classic, underground, funk, and Euro-disco!
Monday, May 25
Front bar opens at noon
Backroom bar & complimentary coat, clothing, and gear check open at 3 p.m.
No cover charge
XXXTRA
IML ain’t over until we tell you it’s over! Our backroom bar opens early for a very special all day cruising dance party and social with a power pump of 80s music from DJ Austin James.
We turn the lights down and out at 9 p.m. for our annual IML Monday Blackout party. Our other senses do the driving as led by the hot and sexy beats our house DJ Nevin pumps out.