Bohemian Club · Requirements

Bohemian Club membership requirements

Every criterion Bohemian Club publishes, with its source, the date it was verified and how confident we are in it, plus superseded figures, so you can see how the tests have moved.

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Current published criteria

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Criterion	Published requirement	Note	Provenance
Gender	Men only	Membership remains restricted to men, per Wikipedia's article; the club itself publishes nothing	Verified September 2026Medium confidenceSource ↗
Other criterion	Club bylaws require that ten percent of the membership be accomplished artists (composers, musicians, singers, actors, lighting artists, painters, authors and similar)	Value expressed as a percentage of membership	Verified September 2026Medium confidenceSource ↗

Not publicly disclosed. The club publishes no eligibility criteria, sponsorship rules or application route; the two entries above come from a secondary source.

How admission works

Application process

Not publicly disclosed. The club's website consists of a member login, a privacy policy and an employment link; there is no membership page, application form, contact address or telephone number for prospective members.

Invitation required

Not documented by the organization or a source we could verify

Sponsor required

Not documented by the organization or a source we could verify

Selectivity

Not publicly disclosed. Membership lists are private and the club does not publish acceptance figures or a waiting list.

Membership term

Not documented by the organization or a source we could verify

Primary audience

Not publicly disclosed. The club publishes nothing about who it admits; its bylaws require that ten percent of the membership be accomplished artists -- composers, musicians, singers, actors, lighting artists, painters and authors -- and membership is restricted to men.

Typical member

Not publicly disclosed. Modern membership lists are private. Secondary accounts describe a club that began as a journalists' and artists' association and came to be dominated by business figures within its first decades, with a bylaw reserving a tenth of places for working artists.

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Last verified: 6 September 2026 Report an error on this page

Sources

The Bohemian Club Home Page, The Bohemian Club. Accessed 6 September 2026.tier 1
Bohemian Club, Wikipedia. Accessed 6 September 2026.tier 8
Bohemian Grove, Wikipedia. Accessed 6 September 2026.tier 8

Source tiers follow the published hierarchy: 1 official site · 2 official membership materials · 3 application documents · 4 annual reports · 5 government filings · 6 reliable business publications · 7 credible interviews · 8 other reputable secondary sources. Sources and data policy.