WOOFS is a bear/leather bar. All the gay bars in Madison have an atmosphere I would describe as "theatrically abrasive," but WOOFS might be the most theatrically abrasive bar of them all.
The lights are constantly flashing, the speakers bump dance remixes (exclusively, it would appear), and the walls are plastered with television screens showing slideshows of half naked men. It would be very easy for me to hate WOOFS because of these things, but these are also the very things that make it charming. Nothing is more satisfying as watching a group of naive straight men wander into the bar and quickly realize they're not in Kansas anymore.
WOOFS is good time depending on the night. If it's not one of those nights, it's a bar best enjoyed outside at one of their picnic tables (away from the pounding beats).