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One Year of Dallas Gay Nightlife

Mayra D'Lorenzo celebrating her birthday the Round-up Saloon in Dallas.

We are celebrating our one year anniversary and would like to say thank you!

When Dallas Gay Nightlife launched last December, a lot of people didn’t know what to think of this strange little experiment. We’d like to thank everyone who stuck around for the ride!

During the past year, we:

  • Grew DallasGayNightlife.com to become the No. 1 LGBTQ events websites in Texas.
  • Launched a successful (65k+) TikTok account with several viral videos, including a video at the Round-up Saloon with 6.4 million views.
  • Trusted to be official photographers at many events — from a RuGirl’s meet-and-greet, pop-up drag events, to Texas Latino Pride.
  • Had photography featured in traditional media outlets, including a cover photo for the Dallas Voice because we took the last professional-grade photos of the iconic Fantasha.
  • Co-sponsored a gay softball team along with the Hidden Door.
  • Helped a brand new drag brunch go from a dozen people to sold out within 3 weeks.
  • Increased the booking opportunities for several performers featured on the page — including bringing some sickening queens to Dallas from Washington, DC.
  • Became the only comprehensive source of North Texas LGBTQ media on Instagram, with 1,000 feed posts of all original content in our first year.

And most importantly, we got to share D-FW’s amazing drag and nightlife scene with our community and the world. One of our favorite things is the thank you messages we get from people who discovered new venues, events and performers through our website and social accounts.

D-FW has truly special gay nightlife, and we are grateful that we get to share it with everyone for the year to come.

La Juancita performing at the Monday night drag show at Marty's Live on Maple Avenue in Dallas.

La Juancita performing at the Monday night drag show at Marty’s Live on Maple Avenue in Dallas.

Kandy Cayne / Avery Anne performing at Fort Worth's Panther Island Brewing.

Kandy Cayne / Avery Anne performing at Fort Worth’s Panther Island Brewing.

The cast of the Free Man drag brunch in Dallas, Texas.

The cast of the Free Man drag brunch in Dallas, Texas.

Kiana Lee at 1851 Club in Arlington, Texas.

Kiana Lee at 1851 Club in Arlington, Texas.

May May Graves performing at Three Links Deep Ellum.

May May Graves performing at Three Links Deep Ellum.

Mocha McVenti performing at La Casa Retro in Bedford, Texas.

Mocha McVenti performing at La Casa Retro in Bedford, Texas.

Sissypop 2.0 performing at the Three Links drag show.

Sissypop 2.0 performing at the Three Links drag show.

Dragula's Xochi Mochi performing at Three Links Deep Ellum.

Dragula’s Xochi Mochi performing at Three Links Deep Ellum.

Dallas drag queen Shalula with Elliott with the 2Ts.

Dallas drag queen Shalula with Elliott with the 2Ts.

Dallas drag queen Macarena performing at the Round-up Saloon in Dallas.

Dallas drag queen Macarena performing at the Round-up Saloon in Dallas.

Asia O'hara Performing at the Rose Room

Asia O’hara Performing at the Rose Room

Raquel Blake at the Round-up Saloon in Oak Lawn, Dallas.

Raquel Blake at the Round-up Saloon in Oak Lawn, Dallas.

Barbie Davenport at Booty's Drag Brunch.

Barbie Davenport at Booty’s Drag Brunch.

Mayra D'Lorenzo at TNT Tacos and Tequilas in Uptown Dallas

Mayra D’Lorenzo at TNT Tacos and Tequilas in Uptown Dallas

Manilo performing at Havana Lounge in Oak Lawn, Dallas.

Manilo performing at Havana Lounge in Oak Lawn, Dallas.

Kennedy Davenport at Blue Cenote in Bishop Arts.

Kennedy Davenport at Blue Cenote in Bishop Arts.

Dallas Drag Queen Bleach performing at the Free Man in Deep Ellum, Dallas.

Dallas Drag Queen Bleach performing at the Free Man in Deep Ellum, Dallas.

Mr. Misster drag brunch with Jenni P.

Mr. Misster drag brunch with Jenni P.

Leyla Edwards at TNT Tacos and Tequila in Uptown Dallas.

Leyla Edwards at TNT Tacos and Tequila in Uptown Dallas.

Pride Vodka hosting an event at the Hidden Door Bar in Oak Lawn, Dallas.

Pride Vodka hosting an event at the Hidden Door Bar in Oak Lawn, Dallas.

Macarena D'Lorenzo in Uptown Dallas.

Macarena D’Lorenzo in Uptown Dallas.

Jersey Parga at Kaliente

Jersey Parga at Kaliente