Star Theater

" Hey! Listen! 🧚🏽 Grab your gear and strap your tunic on, 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. " 8:00pm. Ages 21+.

Gather your War Boys, roll out your Tank (Girl), and set sail for Dryland this Thanksgiving weekend with Water & Power: A Night Carnival of Climate Apocalypse ! Shake off your turkey induced lethargy and slake your hunger for performance, power, and resources in this final installment of our 2026 Night Carnival season, Art At The End Of The World . Bringing performances from climate apocalypse fiction, pop culture, and speculative realities to life in a four hour costume party and cabaret event of catastrophic proportions. Whether you make a statement with a costume inspired by current climate anxieties, or make waves as a character from Waterworld, there’s a place for every wasteland warrior, mutated kangaroo, and Thunderdome gladiator at our post-apocalyptic table! Featuring performances from some of Portland’s best circus, dance, cabaret, and performance artists with acts ranging from Tank Girl inspired aerial to contemplations on our relationship with nature told in fabric and light, get ready to confront climate collapse…but “make it fun.” Come dressed as your favorite climate apocalypse character, pop-culture reference, or concept and enjoy original cocktails from The Steep and Thorny Way to Heaven mixologists Myrrh Larsen and Megan Skye Hale, wasteland wares from our featured local vendor, and performances throughout the night. The Night Carnival 2026 season is funded in part by the Regional Arts & Culture Council and the Arts Access Fund. STANDING ROOM SHOW. Please email [email protected] for accommodations. ASL Interpretation provided. N95 or equivalent masks highly encouraged for all guests when indoors. Guests incorporating an N95 or equivalent mask into their costume will receive a special thank you gift! Multiple times a year, The Steep and Thorny Way to Heaven produces the Night Carnival, a themed costume and cocktail party featuring cocktails, local vendors, and live acts from Portland’s thriving alternative performance community. As always, 100% of net ticket sales go directly to performers! Performer profiles and costume inspiration at instagram.com/thenightcarnivalpdx VIP Table For Two (includes Best View seating, VIP gift bag, and more!)

Everyone's favorite holiday drag tradition is back! Piano Queen , returns for a special, extra-festive Holiday Edition with Saint Syndrome and Nicole Onoscopi! Get ready for a night full of laughs, heartwarming moments, and jaw-dropping talent, with the live music and comedy you've come to love in this one-of-a-kind musical drag spectacular. Saint Syndrome is the lowest bass with the smallest waist, Portland's Miss Gay Pride 2025, and the only live-singing, piano-playing drag sensation! A native of Salem, OR, she traded in the classical conservatory for the speakeasy spotlight, and now wows audiences worldwide with her eclectic blend of jazz, musical theater, parody, and original music. Her unique piano-bar event, "Keyed Up Karaoke," regularly attracts local talent and traveling Broadway casts. Having shared the stage with legends like Jinkx Monsoon, Latrice Royale, Alyssa Edwards, Plastique Tiara, and other RuPaul’s Drag Race stars, Saint Syndrome is a performer you won’t want to miss! @saintsyndrome Nicole Onoscopi is a Portland-based, Oregon-raised, NYC-cultivated drag queen known for live vocals, high-energy brunches, and bingos. She’s been featured in Cosmopolitan’s Cosmo Queens, performed in the Guinness World Record holding longest drag show and slayed the Portland Trail Blazers NBA halftime stage. She has opened for drag icons including Alyssa Edwards, Alaska, Crystal Methyd, and Juno Birch, rising pop star Molly Grace, and moderated for RHONY’s Sonja Morgan. She is proudly a member of the CC Slaughters Nightclub family where you can catch her every Friday night singing with Saint Syndrome. @nicoleonoscopi

Doors: 6:00 PM Show: 7:00 PM Age Restriction: 21+ Leave the winter blues at the door. Step out of the cold and into a night of rock-and-roll decadence, sensuality, and glorious indulgence. Experience an unforgettable lineup of Portland's talented pole dancers, drag artists, burlesque performers, and variety entertainers, bringing their unique artistry to the stage. Set to a soundtrack of rock, blues, folk, and alternative music, each act offers something different—seductive, powerful, playful, provocative, or delightfully unexpected. Expect dazzling costumes, incredible talent, a little mischief, and plenty of reasons to cheer. This isn't a night for restraint. It's a celebration of self-expression, pleasure, and the extraordinary performers who make Portland's cabaret scene so vibrant. For one night, the stage is our altar, the performers are our pantheon, and you are invited to worship.