Performing Arts

The Fates are spinning… do you dare give in to temptation?

After a deep slumber, EX-SPELLED! A Cabaret Tribute to the Occult finally returns to the Jack London Revue this November. Hosted by the Mad Marquis, this wicked night of magic, mystery, and mayhem summons a spellbinding collection of performers to astonish you in ways that would make even the Devil himself shiver with antici……

Step beyond the veil and surrender yourself to the forbidden, where good old debauchery mingles with the come-hither peculiarities of your wildest dreams. Prepare to explore the limits of your imagination, indulge your darker curiosities, and discover what exactly lies just beyond the bounds of everything you know.

JLR Seating Map Notes: For this show, you may reserve individual tables on the map pictured. Note that some tables have limited sightlines as noted. General Admission ticket holders note that seating and sightlines are limted and may be standing room only. All table reservations include admission.

1. For Table Reservations: Note the relative location of the stage and bar on the map. Then click a table number to see prices, or click "Show All Tickets". Click the + button to add a specific table to your cart.
2. For General Admission tickets: click the "GA Standing" area. Click the + button to add additional tickets.
3. Click "Agree & Checkout"

Can’t get spooked enough?! DARCELLE-O-WEEN IS COMING TO BRUNCH! 🎃

Get spooky, glamorous, and a little bit wicked at Darcelle XV Showplace this coming Halloween weekend!

Drag. Costumes. Cocktails. Big Halloween energy. Dress spooky. Win big prizes!

Doors open at 11.30am, show is at 12.30pm. Cover $32. Ages 21+

Make your reservations now!

The Umbrae Noctis Festival is elated to announce 3 different movement workshops with the illustrious headliners and feature performers. Take class with local sensation Asteria Atombomb, Burlesque Hall of Fame title holder Moscato Sky, and/or Dragula season 4 runner-up Throb Zombie.

November 14: Are you stuck doing the same repetitive movements onstage? Trying to tell a story but can't find the actions to fit the narrative? Then this workshop is for you! Asteria will use her decades of experience in dance, theater, and artistic direction to help you create a compelling act. Through a series of dance and improvisational exercises, attendees will explore various ways to incorporate movement into a compelling storyline. Walk away feeling confident in getting your point across on the stage and leaving audiences wowed. Bring a journal and writing utensils. Clothes that are easy to move in.

November 14: Take your chair work to the next level with the them fatale of burlesque, Moscato Sky. This class will begin with a warm-up to prepare students to learn innovative ways to use this classic prop, how to maneuver on and off the chair with ease and grace, and exciting tricks that will stun any audience. In this workshop-style class, students will be challenged to create new movement pathways, explore obscure approaches to chair work, and walk away with tools to generate chair choreography.

This class is designed for students with a movement background or previous chair and floor work experience and may not be appropriate for people with serious knee and back injuries. However, all levels are welcome as this class acts as a lab and encourages exploration. Wear yoga or dance clothes you can move freely in. Knee pads are encouraged but not required.

November 15: Hump and Grind: Masc Movement and Choreography with Throb Zombie. Hump and Grind is an energetic and sexy dance class for kings or anyone who is ready to move. Taught by one of the most prolific, current dancing drag kings in the industry and iconic himbo, Throb Zombie.

Class will entail:

• A stretch/warmup
• Introduction to posture/masculine body movement
• Transitions/specific moves that can work for all dance levels from beginner to advanced
• Commanding space with presence
• A short choreography sequence
• Don’t be scared! While this class dares to challenge you, all levels are welcome. Come gyrate, grow, and get ready to sweat with the boys.
• Students must bring clothes they are comfortable moving in and are strongly encouraged to bring a water bottle and knee pads.

Oregon Jewish Voices 2026 November 5, 2026 Admission: $10 general admission, $5 for members with code on back of membership card Location: OJMCHE Auditorium Share × " class="share-btn"> Share on Facebook &text=Oregon Jewish Voices 2026" class="share-btn"> Share on Twitter Email Thursday, November 5 | 7pm start time, doors open at 6:30pm Started in 1999 and organized by writer Willa Schneberg, this annual event features readings by prominent Oregon Jewish poets and writers. The writers in the 2026 program span a range of genres, including fiction, poetry, playwriting, and nonfiction. Each author will share selections from their work. About the Speakers Ayelet Amittay is a poet and psychiatric nurse practitioner in Eugene, Oregon. Her first book, The Eating Knife , is an extended Midrash on the Akedah—the binding of Isaac. It was published by Fernwood Press in 2025. Her chapbook, Therapy Room , won second place in the 2024 3-Day International Chapbook Contest. Ayelet’s poems appear in Gulf Coast , Michigan Quarterly Review , Rattle , Critica Press , Tupelo Quarterly , Pleiades , and others. She received fellowships from the Yiddish Book Center and the Martha’s Vineyard Institute of Creative Writing . Find her at www.ayeletpoet.com or on Instagram @ayeletpoet. Rachel Attias is a writer, educator, and editor based in Portland. Her writing has appeared in n+1 , Porter House Review , X-R-A-Y, and more, and has been nominated for a Pushcart Prize, Best of the Net, and Best Small Fictions. She holds an MFA from Oregon State University, and teaches writing at Portland Community College and around the Pacific Northwest. She is also part of Art/Lab’s 2026 Fellowship Cohort, which empowers Portland-area Jewish artists and culture bearers. Her writing is concerned with present and ancestral relationships, our changing natural world, memory, time, and everyday absurdity. Find Rachel at www.rachelattias.com . Daniel Isaiah Elder Daniel Isaiah Elder writes fiction and nonfiction. He was awarded a 2026 Susan Kamil Emerging Writers Prize and received a Lambda Literary Emerging LGBTQ Writer fellowship, as well as an Art/Lab fellowship for Jewish writers. He works as a bookseller at a small independent bookstore, and at Lidia Yuknavitch’s alternative workshop organization, Corporeal Writing. His essays and fiction have appeared in The Rumpus, Catapult, Vol. 1 Brooklyn, Witch Craft Magazine, and many more. He lives in Portland, Oregon, with his partner and their blended family

It's Trans Awareness Month, and we have an all-star cast of trans performers and a very special guest as bachelor: River Butcher (@rivbutcher)!

River Butcher is a Los Angeles-based standup comic, actor, and writer. His first half-hour special “A Different Kind of Dude” debuted on Comedy Central’s Youtube channel and was called “a masterclass in culture war commentary” by Esquire.com. River recently wrote on the FX pilot “Belated,” previously wrote for “A League of Their Own,” and created/starred in/wrote the critically acclaimed and GLAAD award-nominated tv show “Take My Wife.” You may have also seen him as non-binary standup comic Lindsay Brady on “Good Trouble” and Adam Conover’s sibling on “Adam Ruins Everything” or queer dinner guest Denim in the hit movie “Friendsgiving.” He has done standup all over the country, the globe, and the screen, including Ellen, Conan, Comedy Central, and HBO. River was named one of Vanity Fair’s “Ten Comics to Watch” at comedy’s prestigious Just For Laughs Festival in Montreal in 2017, just 6 years after doing his first stand up open mic. His first hour special “Someone’s Boyfriend” made it’s debut to lots of likes on Youtube in 2023. He is currently touring the country telling jokes about being trans.

Featuring Mx. Dahlia Belle (@mx.dahliabelle), Riley McCarthy (@rileycandunk) & Seattle's JoJo Blacco (@jojoblacco) as heart throbs competing for River's love, this Heart Throb will be a night to remember! Hosted by Mack Lee & Randy!

Poster by @coldmoonimageanddesign

Grab your gear and strap on your tunic, because The Hyrule Ball is here. A niche, nerdy, nightlife celebration of everyone's favorite action-adventure franchise, just in time for the latest release. Featuring Zelda-inspired DJ sets and drag performances, specialty cocktails, local vendors, and consoles and cabinets for playing games with friends.

Come dressed in your cosplay best, grab your wallet of rupees, and get ready to dance until the Sun Song plays.

This year, 70k Oregonians lost access to food stamps. The LGBTQ+ Community experiences more than double the national food insecurity rate. Join Euphoria Presents in conjunction with Pride Northwest and Birch Grove Massage in tackling food insecurity at She Ate! which is taking place on Saturday November 7th, and Saturday December 12th from 4:30pm till 7pm at Turn Turn Turn.

$10 Suggested Donation to cover expenses. Any remaining funds will be donated to Esther’s Pantry.

Music By: Dj Breadstick

Performances by:

Boogie Brick House

More TBA

4:30pm - 7pm

Turn Turn Turn!

Pride Northwest Resilience Program:

https://www.pridenw.org/community-resilience-program

Esther’s Pantry:

https://www.capnw.org/esthers

If you would like to be involved, or volunteer for these events, please speak to Kevin Williams and email him at euphoriapresentspdx.@gmail.com

Euphoria Presents is the fully realized dream, that what we desire isn’t delusional, it’s our highest form of truth, beyond what we’re told to believe about ourselves. It’s the spark we feel when we’re in our bliss through community events and queer joy.

Farm Fresh Cabaret and mischief with Derek Eisel, aka Beto Renaud. Eisel sings the good news from Lopez Island with songs of Lesbian Potlucks and Husbands Who Fix Tractors, and performs from his book A Little Spanish by Beto Renaud, a fable about a five inch tall gay troll who migrates to a family farm in Mexico. This performance is in conjunction with the Portland Book Festival’s Cover to Cover Program.

One of the crowning achievements of the German expressionist movement, Friedrich Wilhelm Murnau’s THE LAST LAUGH stars Emil Jannings stars as an aging doorman whose happiness crumbles when he is relieved of the duties and uniform which had for years been the foundation of his happiness and pride. Through Jannings’s colossal performance, THE LAST LAUGH becomes more than the plight of a single doorman, but a mournful dramatization of the frustration and anguish of the universal working class.

Limited number of discount passes to see all the films in the Weimar Germany: Queer Visions series while supplies last.

• Director: F.W. Murnau
• Year: 1924
• Country: Germany
• Runtime: 90 minutes

Get ready to set sail with Portland’s own Haus of DeVille for a night of Diabolical Drag and Buccaneer Burlesque. Presenting “DeVilles of the Caribbean” At Portland’s own Peacock PDX.

Nautical-themed performances by
Valerie DeVille
Anna Nymph
Theoddra B. MonStar
Xo Skeleton
Prince Peanut Butter
and Princess Jelly!

Featuring Acts inspired by The Goonies, Cutthroat Island, One Piece, Disneyland’s own Pirates of the Caribbean ride and much, much more. Perhaps even a mermaid or two. So stow your weapons and bring your treasure chests for the performers to pillage your tips. Follow the treasure map to the QR code and claim your tickets for $13. Otherwise, it be $15 at the door on the night of the show, mateys. Join the crew, or walk the plank.

21+

With "Affirmed," the princess of Portland comedy, Mx. Dahlia Belle (Netflix, MSNBC, the Moth) delivers 60-minutes of stand-up that celebrates and affirms the awkward silliness of being human in the modern world. Through a combination of the wholesome and mundane, anecdotes about house cats, licentious foibles of the LGBT community, and an unapologetic account of her personal journey with gender-affirming care, all delivered with her trademark free-form wit, she renders the unfamiliar relatable and the relatable extraordinary (and extraordinarily funny). "Affirmed" is a love letter to the misfits, outcasts, weirdos, loners, and Mx. Belle's custom-made vagina.

Also featuring an opening set by Ally J Ward (Portland’s Funniest Person 2025).

Pass the gravy and bring on the glamour. Serving up a fabulous helping of bingo, laughs, and Thanksgiving fun at the Hi-Lo Hotel. Join the one and only Poison Waters as your host, with two fabulous queens performing and plenty of sparkle to kick off your holiday season. Gather your friends, bring your chosen family, and get ready to gobble up a good time.

Share the love: Please bring a canned or shelf-stable food item to donate to Esther’s Pantry. A little generosity can make a big difference, and we’ve got plenty to be thankful for.

Come hungry for fun and ready to give back. These queens are serving more than turkey.

Chai and Roses is going Disco for this edition. From Bollywood to the Classics and everything in between. Feeling free on the dance floor is where we want you to be. Dress up or come as you are. See you on the liberation dance floor.

Doors and DJs at 7 p.m. Drag and performances at 9 p.m., Dancing til 11 p.m.Honoring the QTBIPOC folks who came before — radical ancestors who fought to be seen, heard and free to love. Honor the rich diversity of people within the QTBIPOC community. QTBIPOC folks of all backgrounds and identities, as well as allies, are invited. Come together and contribute to a fun and respectful party. Any form of prejudice or discrimination, such as biphobia, fatphobia, or transphobia, will not be tolerated.

DJs:

• Anjali
• b.d.s.m.

Drag Artists and Performers

• Anna Karenema
• Chiffon Chérie
• D-Day
• Hibiscus Lust
• Willy Wankme

Pop Ups

• ChaiWallahPdx
• Flowers for Palestine
• Jungle Candy Henna

Pop Ups

• ChaiWallahPdx
• Jungle Candy Henna

Co-hosted with Pdx Queer Lotus

We’re celebrating two fabulous birthdays of Darcelle XV and Brandi Mae! Join us for an evening of love, laughter, and birthday magic, all while giving back to our community.

🎁 Bring an unwrapped toy or donate $10 to join the festivities and help spread a little extra joy! All donations will benefit Camp KC.

📅 November 8
🚪 Doors open at 5 PM | Show starts at 6 PM
🎟️ No reservations required | 21+ event

Come celebrate, give a little, and make someone’s holiday brighter! See you at the door!

Queer Open Mic live at The Artichoke, every 4th Wednesday, $5 cover (doors open at 6:30 pm). Hosted by the fabulous Richard Colombo. Join us for a Queer Open Mic Night, a vibrant and inclusive space where everyone is welcome to share their voices and stories! Whether you‘re a seasoned performer or a first-time speaker, this event is all about celebrating diversity and fostering a supportive community. Expect a heartfelt evening of community, music, poetry, and stories. Play an original song, a favorite cover, or share a poem — all are welcome! Please keep performances to 5 minutes so everyone has a chance to shine. Sign up by writing your name on a slip of paper next to the basket on the bar. Come share your voice, listen, and connect with the Artichoke family. Hope to see you there!

In this live Dungeons and Dragons show, comedians and performers take to the stage to play some theater games, share some jokes, and play some D&D.

This season of Magic Tea Party, you will join Dungeon Master Juliet Mylan, who will lead:

• Cosmo Reynolds (as Joey, just some guy with a ukulele that frequents Portland open mics)
• Jenna Britann (as Holbrook, a 165,786,084 yr old dilophosaurus),
• Riley McCarthy (as Enoch "Nucky" Fallstar, an apostle of the doomsday cult Threshold of Paradise with some unorthodox powers)

Audience members will take part in controlling the players' fate as they navigate an AU magical Portland in a series of side quests to gather magical artifacts for MOMSI (that's Magical OMSI for the layperson). The show can include strong adult themes and language, so if you bring your 8-year-old, just know they may learn something you were hoping to discuss with them after they hit puberty. Recommended for ages 16+ and parental guidance for those younger.

Small concessions booth with snacks, sodas, seltzers, beer, and wine available at the show. A coffee shop is located in front of the theater, and beverages are welcome in the theater. Tickets are GAYAF (Give As You’re Able Friend) with a suggested donation of $20 to compensate the performers and keep this independent LGBTQ theater running.

Drag Bingo is here! Join us for an awesome evening of drag, comedy, prizes, and more. Hosted by the incredible Riley Burrows, your "Hostess with the Mostest", one of the Pacific Northwest's leading drag performers! You can find her here, you can find her there, you can find her everywhere - From Portland to Boise to Seattle to Bend and back again! Don't miss out, start making your plans now!!!

Each entry ticket provides one bingo card to play all 3 games during the event. Additional cards can be purchased for $5 each during the event, while supplies last. Food and beverages available for purchase.

Get ready to turn up the Selena spirit at a fabulous drag brunch celebrating the Queen of Tejano. From “Como La Flor” to “Bidi Bidi Bom Bom,” the queens will bring the iconic looks, powerhouse performances, and undeniable Selena energy. So grab your besties, put on your glitter, and get ready to feel “I Could Fall in Love” all over again. Hosted by Kharisma.

Knowing that there is beauty to be found in the shadows of the night, Natasha Riot, the producer of the monthly show Burlynomicon, called the coven together to create a weekend-long festival to celebrate all things dark and decadent and on the fringes...and thus the Umbrae Noctis Festival was born.

Now in its 3rd year, you will find gloriously ghoulish drag and burlesque performances that will transfix your senses all weekend, all set to the feelings and sounds of darkwave, post-punk, goth, deathrock and punk. Artists from all walks of life and from all parts of the world will gather to share their beauty with you, including 2026 Saturday night headliner Throb Zombie with performances that will leave you breathless.

Please see the website for each night's cast.

Paying tribute to villains, anti-heroes, and anyone ostracized by society. In an era where trans and gender non-conforming people are constantly villainized by the media, choose to reclaim the label and have a little fun with it. Get ready to embrace the parts of yourself that scare people.

Trans Voices Cabaret Portland is an annual musical theater showcase with a different theme each year. TVC began in New York, and chapters have been created in cities across the country. The PDX chapter has been performing since 2022, first produced by Teague Shattuck.

This show is sponsorship- and donation-based, with cast and crew receiving a percentage of ticket sales. To support the work, please consider the most generous ticketing tier within your reach.

Join every Thursday night for a night of electrifying Drag Karaoke, hosted by the incredible T'Kara Campbell Starr. T’Kara Campbell Starr is Portland royalty, an electrifying force who commands every stage, runway, and spotlight she touches. A proud Portland native and former La Femme Magnifique International 2018, Miss Gay Portland 48, and Rose Empress 63, she embodies excellence with every strut, step, and stunning transformation.

Get ready to turn up the Selena spirit at a fabulous drag brunch celebrating the Queen of Tejano! From “Como La Flor” to “Bidi Bidi Bom Bom,” the queens will bring the iconic looks, powerhouse performances, and undeniable Selena energy. So grab your besties, put on your glitter, and get ready to feel “I Could Fall in Love” all over again! Hosted by Kharisma!

- 2 premium seats
- $90 food & beverage credit ($45 per person)
- Gratuity
- Ticket Protection

Management reserves the right to prevent customers from entering the facility who they deem disruptive or dangerous to other patrons.

Couldn’t get Brandi Carlile tickets Nov 5? Come sing with Bramily.

Drag Brunch at Bar Cala hosted by Jay Colby. Doors open at 11 AM. Tickets available on Eventbrite.

Cited by The Portland Mercury as "One of the funniest (and most educational) comedy shows in town": Comedy, queer history, and dangerously delightful shenanigans collide at Be Gay Do Crime.

July features a Know Your Rights presentation by community activist Frances Portillo, with scenarios acted out in sections by the featured BIPOC improv troupe Brown Sugar.

**This presentation is specifically geared towards allies wanting to know more about how to support their immigrant and BIPOC neighbors and community members.**

Also featuring the talents of local comedians and performers, including:

• Stand-up comedy from Lindy Tongol (Host of qu eer, BIPOC show House Party)
• Improv from Brown Sugar
• Stand-up from Julia Corral (host of Comedy in the Park, House Party, and Bruja-ja)

July's show will be hosted by Jane Dillinger and Jenna Britann.

Tickets are GAYAF — give as you’re able, friend. Ticket sales will go towards compensating the hosts and performers. All additional tips collected during the show will support a different local community non-profit organization each month.

(Please note, this show is about history and adult themes, and adult content is often included, including themes of violence, racial discrimination, homophobia, sexual violence, sexual content, drug use, mature language, etc. There are also "dishonorable guests" whose comedy or artistic material could include similar themes. Recommended for ages 14+ and parental discretion for those under age 18.)

What does it mean to be the Best Bi? No one knows — but you get to decide during Bye Bye, Bi, a quirky queer comedy/trivia contest, created by hostess with the mostest Molly Callahan. Three bisexual comedians will show their smarts by answering trivia questions about great bi icons. The top two scoring comics perform their sets, then the audience votes to tell one of them Bye Bye, Bi — and crown one winner the gold star bisexual.

In addition to jokes, you can enjoy tasty treats from Aegir Foods, or drinks from Field Day Book and Bottle Shop.

Pour Decisions... A Drag Affair - Nov 21

📅 Date: Saturday, Nov 21, 2026
⏰ Time: 6:00 PM – 8:00 PM - Doors open at 5pm

🎟️ Tickets:
Advance: $25 per person (21+ event only)
Members: $15 per person (up to 4 tickets)
At the Door: $30 (after 4 PM on event day)

🚚 Food Truck: Westside Pizza House
🍕 Outside food is welcome
🚫 No outside beverages allowed (including water)
🐾 No pets allowed
❌ No refunds

Darcelle XV and Company have been entertaining audiences from all walks of life for over 50 years with Las Vegas-style cabaret revues featuring glitz, glamour, and comedy.

TGIF! What a week, huh? Wrap up your week in a fun way and join this fabulous night of glittery entertainment.

Celebrate LGBTQIA+ stories while making space for community, furthering a historic tradition of queer bookstores, and serving as a third space for queer and trans people in the service of the liberatory power of community.

Sign-ups 6:30 p.m. Mic w/ feature 7:00 p.m. $5 suggested donation/ AF (Give As You're Able, Friends) Paypal: @queerpdxpressions Hosted by Given @givenqdaviswrites with a featured poet every month

As always, events are sober, sensory-friendly, and masks are required. Testing is highly encouraged prior to attending. (You can pick up a test from Always Here Bookstore for free)

DRAG BRUNCH BAR-CALA (Sunday November 1st)About this EventDRAG BRUNCH PORTLAND - Portlands #1 Drag Brunch!Located at BARCALA PDX on ALBERTA!As seen on TikTok. Instagram, and voted runner up as Portlands BEST

The official Bar Cala site advertises Sunday brunch.

Nu-Glitter is a semimonthly Queer Comedy Open Mic. Comedians get 3-4 minutes (depending on demand). All are welcome, but hate speech or punching down is not allowed. Non-comedian audience encouraged.

Lady Killers is a monthly femme-focused comedy show every 2nd Wednesday at Show Bar. Hosted by Devan Daily and Ally J Ward (Portland's Funniest Person 2025), each month they book the funniest women, femme, queer, trans, and nonbinary comedians in the NW and beyond. Don't miss out on one of the best comedy shows in Portland.

21+ only and just $10. Bring your best babes for the best laughs in Portland.

Cited in the Portland Mercury as "one of those delightfully 'queer-adjacent' shows that's both hilarious and unapologetically feminist," The Bechdel Set returns to its monthly 2nd Tuesday slot at Haymaker with a line-up of some of Portland’s funniest and hottest comedians.

Hosted by Jenna Britann and Quinne Salameh, this event is open to all, and this show is inclusively feminist — if ya ain’t a TERF or a jerk, you’re welcome here. Online RSVPs and door sales are on a sliding scale to accommodate all budgets.

This venue is small and fills up fast. It is highly recommended to RSVP online in advance to reserve a seat. You can find an updated ticket link on our Instagram link or search "Bechdel Set" on Eventbrite.

Arrive early to grab seats, order drinks/food and get situated.

$20 Tickets can be Purchased HERE

TGIF indeed! ✨What a week, huh?

Wrap it up the fun way and com join us tonight for a fabulous night of glittery entertainment, fierce performances and nonstop sparkle!

Celebrating something special? Bachelor or bachelorette party, birthday celebration, new job, or just making it through the week? Do it with us! You deserve a little glam afterall!

The doors open at 7pm and the show is at 8pm. Cover $32. Ages 21+

Make your reservations now!

Contra Remix: gender-free queer-friendly DJ‘d contra dancing. Also keep spreading the good word to continue filling up the hall with even more of our friends and new friends we haven‘t met yet! Contra Remix is back, with caller and DJ Noah Grunzweig. This is a queer loving space that supports the expression, exploration, and rejection of gender & sex identities. The terms used to identify partnered positioning in our dance are Larks and Robins. Community welcome and newcomers‘ lesson at 6:30 pm; dance 7-10 Admission: $6-$20 sliding scale New Location! Norse Hall, upstairs - 111 NE 11th Ave, Portland Mask Policy All regular Contra and English dances will be mask-optional. Vaccination Policy PCDC no longer requires proof of vaccination, but we continue to encourage everyone to be vaccinated. While currently available COVID-19 vaccines no longer do much to prevent transmission, they continue to be effective for protecting oneself from more serious illness.

Queer storytellers from near and far unite in this unique collaboration.

Sign-ups 6:30PM Mic w/ feature 7:00PM

$5 suggested donation/ AF (Give As You're Able, Friends!)
Paypal: @queerpdxpressions

Hosted by Given @givenqdaviswrites with a featured poet every month✨️