Drag Events

The High Heel Drag Queen Race is an informal costumed drag queen race in Washington, D.C. Each year on the Tuesday before the Halloween holiday, thousands of spectators come to Dupont Circle to watch as 100 or so costumed drag queens show off their…

A drag queen hosts drag queen bingo. Drag Queen Bingo is a comedy show featuring a drag queen entertainer who acts as both comedian and bingo moderator. There may also be additional singing performances and crowd participation.

Wild Side Story is a musical revue originally conceived in Miami Beach in 1973 as a drag parody of West Side Story. This image is one of the “Prologue” slides that would have been displayed before a performance of the show. Eddie Valdez (as José…

A drag queen performs story time for children at the San Francisco LGBT Center. Drag queen story time became popular in 2015. This program promotes reading and inclusivity to children.

This is the second page of a Jewel Box Revue Program from July 1950. The page gives information on the founders of the revue, Doc Benner and Danny Brown. The Jewel Box Revue was America's first travelling show of female impersonators.

Drag float advertising the Diva Royale Drag Queen Show in Chicago Pride Parade.

Famous drag queen RuPaul, host of RuPaul's Drag Race poses with the show's "pit crew" at Los Angeles DragCon in 2017. DragCon is a multi-day convention where fans of pop culture and Drag Race can meet their favorite queens and celebrities, see…

Lady Bunny and other performers at Wigstock 2000. Wigstock is an annual outdoor drag festival that began in 1984 in Manhattan's East Village. The festival was created by drag performer Lady Bunny.