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The Brave Bull is a gay bar in Modesto, California. Established in 1973 by Casey Lubbers as a super disco, it is the oldest gay bar in Stanislaus County which is still operational. According to Modesto resident Scott Pike, The Bull was world renowned for its early superior sound system. Pike also said in the bar history that people came from as far as Europe simply to get a Brave Bull T-shirt. Gay celebrities including drag performer Divine and San Francisco gay rights activist Harvey Milk were among the notable patrons of this bar. The Brave Bull is open 8pm to 2am Thursday through Sunday, 701 South 9th Street, Modesto.

In popular culture
The Brave Bull is featured in Season 2 Episode 7 of the HBO original series Looking.

Notable events
On the morning of December 10, 2020, Ceres and Modesto firefighters extinguished a fire at the front entrance to the Brave Bull. Reports of smoke were made a little after 7:30am. The owner told The Modesto Bee that he believes the fire was set as a hate crime, but this has not been confirmed by additional sources.