Escape Nightclub

Signage above the nightclub's entrance, 2014

The Escape Nightclub, also known as Escape Club or The Escape,[1][2][3] was an all-ages LGBT-friendly nightclub in Portland, Oregon, in the United States.[4] The club hosted an annual Halloween party.[3]

Jerick Hoffer, the drag performer who uses the stage name Jinkx Monsoon, performed for the first time at Escape.[5][6][7][8]

In 2017, Escape closed after operating for fourteen years.[9]

References

  1. ↑ "Escape Club - Portland, OR - The Stranger". Retrieved 14 June 2016.
  2. ↑ "10 hottest nightclubs in Portland". 6 December 2014. Retrieved 14 June 2016.
  3. 1 2 "Get Off-Campus: Escape Nightclub". Retrieved 14 June 2016.
  4. ↑ "LGBT nightlife - Travel Portland". 21 August 2013. Retrieved 14 June 2016.
  5. ↑ "Jinkx Monsoon, Drag Race's Champion, Dishes to PQ Monthly". Retrieved 14 June 2016.
  6. ↑ "Q&A: Jinkx Monsoon from 'RuPaul's Drag Race' - Style & Shopping - Portland Monthly". Retrieved 14 June 2016.
  7. ↑ "Beauty Chat: Jinkx Monsoon on the Art of Drag". 8 May 2013. Retrieved 14 June 2016.
  8. ↑ "Queer Voices - Monsoon Season: An Interview with RuPaul's Drag Race Season 5 Contestant (and Former SMYRC Youth) Jinkx Monsoon". 5 December 2012. Retrieved 14 June 2016.
  9. ↑ June, Sophia (February 1, 2017). "Portland's Long-Running Underage Gay Night Club The Escape Has Closed, And Can't Find a New Space". Willamette Week. Retrieved May 11, 2017.

Coordinates: 45°31′19″N 122°40′47″W / 45.52198°N 122.67962°W / 45.52198; -122.67962

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