PUMP, the gay and queer house and techno night in Stuttgart, holds its October edition on Saturday 3 October 2026 at the Climax Institutes, Calwer Straße 25. The night runs from 23:00 until 08:00. The date is German Unity Day, a public holiday, and this year it falls on a Saturday.
The line-up in the press information PUMP sent out on 11 September 2026 is Juan Del Chambo, Nazz and MCG. Juan Del Chambo is a Venezuelan DJ and producer based in Berlin. He is a resident at the PiepShow party in the KitKatClub, at the Artheater in Cologne and at Matinée in Barcelona's Razzmatazz, and his sets run from hardgroove and raw techno to older rave records. Nazz is a resident at Vision Ekstase and at the Lehmann Club, and the organisers introduce Nazz as the first female resident DJ at both. MCG runs the Climax Institutes and opens the night with house.
PUMP calls itself very gay but not a men-only party. Queer people of all genders are welcome, and so is anyone open-minded. Outfits are encouraged, whether sporty, kinky, topless or in drag, and the organisers ask for no body shaming. Photos are not allowed inside. Consent applies to flirting, and homophobia, racism, sexism or any other discrimination gets a guest shown the door.
The party started at the Climax Institutes in April 2023. Since February 2026 it has alternated between the Climax and the larger Lehmann Club in the Bosch-Areal, as the Stuttgarter Zeitung reported in January, and the Climax editions are the smaller of the two. Our entry for the monthly PUMP series covers both clubs.
For a drink before the club, the queer bars we list in Stuttgart include the Jakob-Stube, Ruben's Home, the UTOPIA Kiosk and Bernstein. Our Germany page covers the legal situation for LGBTQ+ travellers.