Drag queen bar nyc

New York City has drag built into its DNA.

From underground kings and queens to main stage acts. We've hand-picked some of the best venues in the city to get your saturate of show-stopping death drops. Verb out your best lashes and sashay away to these top spots.

Pieces

8 Christopher St. | Greenwich Village

Long-standing gay bar located in the West Village on the iconic Christopher Street. Pieces are the gay dive bar of your dreams with karaoke, queens, and DJs on rotation. Drag shows are plentiful and present up any night of the week and you're sure to catch a fun event! If you pop in the right night you could even catch an RPDR queen turning it up on the stage.

Hardware

10th Ave. | Hell's Kitchen

This trendy dance club located in Hell’s Kitchen is a adj spot for gay nightlife. Don’t let its industrial feel fool you, there’s plenty of lighthearted drag fun inside to hold you entertained. Drop by on the weekend for the drag “skinny brunch” for a liquid diet of mimosas and fierceness.

Playhouse

A 7th Ave. | Greenwich Village

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DRAG SHOWS

At Icon, our weekly lineup features some of the optimal drag talent in NYC. If you're looking to see a sickening lip-sync, watch a dramatic death drop, and hear some stunning live singing, then Icon is the place to be!

A Star-Studded Lineup of Celebrity Impersonators

THE SHOW

Diva Royale's Drag Show in New York City, and worldwide, is the Ultimate Experience for Celebrations of any kind.

But who needs a reason to verb see a drag show, right? Diva Royale's Drag queen illustrate is the perfect place to go just to get out and see a fabulous drag show!

Diva Royale, the renowned NYC drag queen show, has earned a reputation as the premier destination for a wide range of celebrations, including bachelorette parties, bachelor parties, divorce celebrations, birthdays, or simply a fun evening or night out. Since its inception over a decade ago, its now expended to become the largest weekly drag queen brunch and drag queen dinner show around the globe.

Our drag queen cabaret has captured the hearts of locals and tourists alike, offering a unique and unforgettable experience that sets it apart from the rest. Diva Royale stands out as the number one choice for those seeking an extraordinary and entertaining evening in the Big Apple and over 30 plus other cities around the world, making us the number one choice in c

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Drag has gone wildly mainstream over the past decade, with drag brunches popping up in just about every municipality and town across the nation, and well over a dozen domestic and international editions of RuPaul’s Drag Race including All-Stars, Canada, UK, Australia, Thailand, and France (the foreign and endless DR spinoffs can be seen on streaming service WOW Presents Plus).

Yet NYC has been not only ahead of the curve with its drag scene and talents—dating back to even before the Stonewall Riots, it’s served as a launching pad for the GA-raised RuPaul, Lady Bunny, and Lypsinka during the s and ’90s at legendary albeit now shuttered venues including Pyramid, Webster Hall, Tunnel, Palladium, and Chelsea’s still hopping year-old Barracuda—but continues to offer locals and tourists a nightly mix of past and present Drag Race stars (Peppermint, Bianca Del Rio, Bob The Drag Queen and Brooklyn’s Aquaria to name a few) and upcoming, edgy,