Escape Nightclub
Signage above the nightclub's entrance, 2014
Escape Nightclub is located in Portland, Oregon
Escape Nightclub
Escape Nightclub
Location within Portland, Oregon
LocationPortland, Oregon, U.S.
Coordinates45°31′19″N 122°40′47″W / 45.52198°N 122.67962°W / 45.52198; -122.67962
TypeNightclub
Closed2016

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]

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]

Drag performer Jinkx Monsoon has said, "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". Archived from the original on April 24, 2016. 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". Archived from the original on April 24, 2016. Retrieved June 14, 2016.
  4. ^ "LGBTQ+ nightlife". Travel Portland. August 20, 2013. Archived from the original on April 11, 2019. Retrieved June 14, 2016 – via PQ Monthly.
  5. ^ Hewitt, Lyndsey. "Downtown business owners support new homeless shelter, but apprehensive". Portland Tribune. Archived from the original on November 17, 2016. 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. Archived from the original on March 27, 2017. 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.((cite web)): CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  8. ^ "Q&A: Jinkx Monsoon from 'RuPaul's Drag Race'". Portland Monthly. Archived from the original on June 20, 2016. Retrieved June 14, 2016.
  9. ^ Molina, Christiana (May 8, 2013). "Beauty Chat: Jinkx Monsoon on the Art of Drag". Elle. Archived from the original on July 9, 2016. 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. Archived from the original on 12 October 2016. Retrieved June 14, 2016.
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