Divas

This place is great. Nice seperated rooms, clean restrooms, and a nice outdoor smoking area. Staff is so friendly. The dance floor is nice but could be a little bigger.

I have patronized Divas many times, and each instance I found myself there after solid hours of pregaming at other local bars. From the looks of the crowd, this seems to be the norm.
Divas is an LGBTQ-​friendly dance club with cheap drinks and a free-​spirit vibe. I wasn’t sure what to expect when I went there, but each time I am surprised. The last time I was there they had a super entertaining drag show. They also had jello-​shots for $ 3.
I am taking off two stars for the cover charge (it changes, but i think it can be anwhere from $ 5 — 20) and the fact that the crowd is hit or miss. Sometimes it seems super crowded and fun to dance in, and other times there are about 15 people there on a friday and 3 of them are businessmen in full office attire looking guilty and paranoid. There will be two or three people other people tearing up the open dance floor and everyone else looking around awkwardly. If the crowd was more consistent, it would be a much better place… Making the jello shots a regular also wouldn’t be the worst idea.

God awful «music» (everything had to be a pop/​dubstep remix, super obnoxious and redundant, crap beat). Ridiculous cover charge. FYI if you gotta pay a huge cover no one is going to buy your shitty drinks.

Always a great time at divas. The shows are fantastic, drinks are always good, and the staff is friendly. They keep an eye on those who drink too much. Very well trained.

Oh Diva’s. As an out of state college student from the Midwest this was my first gay bar experience. Not that Diva’s is strictly a gay club – that’s mostly one night a week and other nights are for hetero UMass bros, goths, techno fans, and other populations. There have been good DJs and Drag Wars is an experience especially the finales. However, I feel like they take advantage of the fact they are one of the few 18+ clubs and only gay clubs in the Valley. I’ve seen people (usually younger) come from all surrounding towns and even down from VT and NH looking for that experience. The covers can be high, especially for the under 21 crowd, and when I was there last over a year ago they were charging for water. IDK if they still are, but in a club that you know is full of underaged kids who were pregaming before that seems irresponsible. When I was in school this was the place to go dance and we weathered long lines and paid each other’s covers to get in. Once you’re over 21 there are better places to have a drink — I would go for Drag Wars or if you really wanna dance (and it is LGBTQ friendly so there’s that) but otherwise not so much.

I visited divas for the first time and it was drag night. The music was good, I found myself dancing to most of it, and when the drag wars started, it was awesome. Definitely looking forward to going back again. The only thing is the cover was a little pricey and I don’t like the location as I feel like it’s a little awkward.

its a fun place. they have a cute little stage and an outdoor smoking area.

This place has a lot of potential and was at one point a great club. On a Saturday night this place is nearly dead. It’s so sad :(If the owners focused more on marketing, special events, their customer service and lowering the cost of the cover (or not having one) they could start to see more people at their club. They need a complete marketing and décor redo. They need to completely rethink their business plan and take into account their location. There’s a bar makeover show on TLC… Divas needs it badly.

The club was packed after Northhampton Pride. However, it got very stuffy in the club and the only place to get air was a patio full of smokers. I asked the front if I could step outside briefly for fresh air and return. I was told by the people in front that there’s a no re-​entry policy which I have never seen at other clubs. The owner really needs to do something about improving the air circulation in this club or providing a smoke-​free patio. Or just do away with the no re-​entry policy for people who paid the cover earlier in the night. That would make the visit more enjoyable.

Sally Brown is the nicest bartender anywhere! She singlehandedly made our bachelorette night out AWESOME.
Great place to dance, especially compared to the other options in the area.

I’ve only been to Diva’s once, and it was probably the most bored I’ve ever been. we were going with another couple who genuinely likes to dance. at this time both my girlfriend and I were under 21, so there really was nothing for us to do but make out in a corner. the making out was great, but the club itself was miserable. as we were under 21, we had to pay a huge cover, and some weird douches at the door were like «omgggg how can you be under 21, ew you’re fug, lol!!!»
there was some lady on stage shouting at people that they needed to dance, and it just got sadder and sadder. the dance floor was pretty empty and they were playing the most awful music, then switching songs about a minute into the song. I think a lot of the girls there were high school age or younger, and there were a few skeezy men around. Some lady tried to do an elaborate dance step off a wall, and she almost accidentally hit me and my girlfriend while we were making attempts to dance.
I’m sure it’s better on a night that is busy. either way, the cover grates on me. we left after an hour, thankfully.

Every time I’ve gone to Divas has been a pretty good time. Some of the music they play is good, some of it isn’t, but most of all I just wish it wasn’t so inconveniently located. Divas is the kind of place that would fit in perfectly in downtown Northampton, and yet it is a good 15 minute walk from there. It’s not easily noticeable from the street, either.
Divas usually draws a decent crowd… during the school year. I went one time after classes were over for the semester, but before graduation, and the place was still half-​deserted even at midnight. There’s no cover if you get there before 10, which I’ve never done, and I have a feeling that the place would be completely deserted.

Maybe its because im in my mid-​twenties but I went here for the first time last night with a coworker and had an awesome time. The drag show was really good. The crowd is easygoing, drinks were reasonable. I agree the cover is a little much but at least you dont have to pay for parking. I don’t know if it always is but last night (wed) was 18+, which is a little disappointing (I don’t like youngins eying my drinks). It had its ups and downs but where im from in Sturbridge the night life is rather limited. In my opinion its worth the drive. Diva: s may not be right for everyone but its worth trying out.

Interesting capitalist concepts, totally taking money from stupid new-​to-​bars teenie boppers which makes sense. Overpriced cocktails as well as dollar PBRs in teenie baby sippy cups. Kinda amusing to watch a pretty rude bartender jigger all the ingredients in an around the world and still not know the recipe of this $ 10 beverage.
Good place to go if you feel like dancing next to someone born in 1993 but instead want to throw all your money towards rude door people, bartenders, DJs, and in support of a place that continually is running into the ground. Understandable in the rudeness department since they can’t have their youth back and that is how they spend their weekend, being miserable.

I visited this club while in Amherst for a conference. I was grateful to see other colleagues and friends from the conference there but the club for me was less than satisfactory — mostly because the DJ was overwhelmingly rude and played music no one seemed to enjoy. In fact he single handedly managed to empty the club by 12:30. He made rude comments to people on the dance floor, racially motivated comments about artist of color and when it was time to leave he forcefully intimidated us standing/​hovering over us and clapping in our faces. In addition the strobe light that was going off all night was seizure inducing. If I returned to DIVAS it would be because they replaced the DJ or sent him to some kind of DJ sensitivity training course & got rid of that awful 70s inspired lighting.

Oh no! Divas? Really? My first experience was and will be my last. Lets start with the bar to the right as you walk in. That blonde girl was a hot mess. Poor thing, took forever to get her attention, she couldnt remember any drinks, took forever to close my tab, and after I went to take a sip… it was totally watered down! Maybe it was just cheap cranberry juice? The music was decent, you know the usual Beyonce and Rihanna. But then they went a step further and continued to break into songs midway through with other songs. Awful.
I went on a Saturday night… and it was full of young immature kids. You know the ones that run around and scream when lady gaga comes on. I guess if your desperate, you might have a good time!
Oh yes, I forgot to mention there was a cover. I think it was either five or eight bucks a person. I don’t pay a cover to real clubs… why did I pay one to go here? Save that eight bucks and go to the zoo. You’ll have a better time. Just don’t forget the cocktails!

Fuck you, its Northampton, not Boston. Why am I paying an outrageous cover again? So some no name DJ can play something that sounds like a bad pandora channel? So I can see your beautiful décor (lol, just kidding this place is fucking ugly). Yeah, I’ve been here and I’ll be back, but don’t think for a second I like you Divas.

Divas is Northampton’s nightclub. By that, I’m not referring to its location (because if I was, it would be a little more centrally located), but rather how well it reflects Noho’s «anything goes» attitude. LGBTQ (and everyone else) friendly. I don’t go often but have a pretty good time whenever I do (but let’s face it, clubs get significantly less fun when you’re not single). I’m looking forward to this being one of my first drinking spots.
Bring cash to get in the door. After that, your credit card will do.

I am a fan. I absolutely love dancing to techno and house music and whatever else you want to call it. If you’re one of those people who make fun of the «oonze oonze oonze» or «dooosh dooosh doooosh twerpty duuu» beats of techno, this place is not for you then.
I love how there was such an eclectic crowd here and how Divas is also LGBTQ friendly.
I came here when there was a UMASS EDMC event and the line was from the front door to the parking lot. I just wished that admittance was a bit faster, but it’s understandable. I really wish that it wasn’t packed with bimbos who tried to cut me. I’m just saying, don’t be surprised if you trip down the stairs, because I’m just as cold as you and I’m waiting in line patiently.
The bartender was super nice and super patient.
I really like Divas, I just wish they had two floors, or some kind of extra dimension to the space, instead of the one flat square level. But Divas is definitely a place I would recommend and come back to!

A below average club with occasional theme nights — goth, college, gay, drag, karaōke, etc… two ill kept bars, an oddly shaped dance floor with giant carpet covered posts at perplexing intervals, a raised area at the end of the room for a stage… overcrowded at the best of times, disturbingly dead at others…
Pretty much the only truly late night offering in the Northampton area… benefits greatly in popularity from this fact… most of its patrons are extremely young or of such an age it’s disturbing to see them in a club of this ilk…
If you’re looking for easy pickings in the midst of a mollycoddled night life, Divas is the club for you…