Escape Nightclub

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]

Not to be confused with The Escape Club.
Escape Nightclub
Signage above the nightclub's entrance, 2014
Escape Nightclub
Location within Portland, Oregon
LocationPortland, Oregon, U.S.
Coordinates45.52198°N 122.67962°W / 45.52198; -122.67962
TypeNightclub
Closed2016

History

In 2016, it was announced in the Portland Tribune that the space formerly occupied was going to serve as a homeless shelter to temporarily house transients with expected opening by Thanksgiving day in 2016.[5]

On February 1, 2017, Willamette Week reported that Escape had closed four months prior to the news story publication after operating for fourteen years.[6]

Jerick Hoffer, the drag performer who uses the stage name Jinkx Monsoon, stated, "The very first time I performed in drag on a large scale was at the Escape."[7][8][9][10]

References
  1. "Escape Club - Portland, OR - The Stranger". Retrieved June 14, 2016.
  2. "10 hottest nightclubs in Portland". December 6, 2014. Archived from the original on May 29, 2016. Retrieved June 14, 2016.
  3. "Get Off-Campus: Escape Nightclub". Retrieved June 14, 2016.
  4. "LGBTQ+ nightlife". Travel Portland. August 20, 2013. Retrieved June 14, 2016 – via PQ Monthly.
  5. Hewitt, Lyndsey. "Downtown business owners support new homeless shelter, but apprehensive". Portland Tribune. Retrieved April 11, 2019.
  6. 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.
  7. "Jinkx Monsoon, Drag Race's Champion, Dishes to PQ Monthly". PQ Monthly. Archived from the original on 24 August 2013. Retrieved June 14, 2016.
  8. "Q&A: Jinkx Monsoon from 'RuPaul's Drag Race'". Portland Monthly. Retrieved June 14, 2016.
  9. Molina, Christiana (May 8, 2013). "Beauty Chat: Jinkx Monsoon on the Art of Drag". Elle. Retrieved June 14, 2016.
  10. Lynn, Logan (5 December 2012). "Queer Voices - Monsoon Season: An Interview with RuPaul's Drag Race Season 5 Contestant (and Former SMYRC Youth) Jinkx Monsoon". Q Center. Retrieved June 14, 2016.
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