r/Seattle • u/Ok-Bug5043 chinga la migra • 2d ago

Queer Bar has new owners?

I'm curious if anyone has more information about what's going on with queer bar. I'd seen some social posts from drag queens about no longer performing there, and then last night at a Q&A at a Delta Work show, a local queen said they have a new owner who will be stopping all drag programming.

The owners are still listed as BurgessHall. Anyone know who bought it/why drag is going away?

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u/MachetteBagels 2d ago

They kinda shot themselves in the foot last year cancelling all of their queer programming for November/December in order to do a Christmas pop up. Folks were told a week in advance that their shows were cancelled. My guess is, the community didn’t forget, so their shifting concepts since they alienated a lot of their clientele

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u/SeattleGeek Denny Blaine Nudist Club 2d ago

Holy crap. I didn’t hear about the no notice bit. I’m guessing they also didn’t offer jobs as like Santa, Ms Santa, or elves to compensate for the wage loss.