Take a quick stroll around the dance floor and you can pick up the pungency of perspiration, fog-machine smoke, flowery perfumes and deeper colognes. Take a stroll along the sides and back, and you will pick up cigarette smoke, which tends to linger despite the fairly high ceiling. Perk up your ear as you wander Circuit and you will hear snippets of conversations in Spanish underneath the booming music. A large concentration of Chicago's Latino gay community congregates here, and you will find many Mexicans, Puerto Ricans and Cubans in the crowd. The atmosphere is friendly and relaxed.
Some women mingle with friends, but the crowd is mostly male.
On weekends crowds are bigger, and the two deejays deliver several alternating sets to please everybody's tastes. People are highly attuned to the music here, so watch the crowds rush over to the dance floor when a favorite song gets played. Attire here ranges from ultra casual track suits and sneakers to Prada and Gucci. It hardly matters anyway, because when not bathed in fog on the dancefloor, you'll find yourself straining to see in Circuit's dark surroundings. Attire at Circuit ranges from ultra casual to high-end style.