Cedar Springs Tap House recently announced that it will begin hosting weekly drag dinner show hosted by Daphne Rio and Raquel Blake.
“That’s Showbiz: Dinner & Drag Revue” will take place on Fridays and Saturdays starting on August 14.
This show runs from 8pm to 10pm and is the perfect way to start your weekend adventures in Cedar Springs. There’s no cover, but be sure to get there early to ensure that you get a seat.
We are disappointed to hear about the abrupt cancellation of Raquel Blake and Daphne Rio’s Red Lounge Revue Drag Show this week.
We moved back to Dallas during the pandemic and were thrilled to see that the Round-up Saloon had embraced drag as a way to keep the doors open. It feels like ages ago, but we haven’t forgotten how horrible it was to go out back then…virus fears aside, going to a bar with capacity limits and distancing/seating requirements felt like drinking in a sad, dark restaurant (without real food).
Drag shows really were really the reason to go out and why we started Dallas Gay Nightlife. Without drag shows during the pandemic, us and many other people would have kept ourselves and our money at home. 💸💨
On Saturday April 10, 2021 the Dallas LGBTQ community hosted a massive fundraiser for a local family coping with tragedy.
The “Love for Lemmon” fundraiser was organized to benefit the longtime owners of Lemmon Beauty & Wigs. On March 26th, Cece Davenport, the daughter of the wig store owners, was critically injured in a car accident in Florida.
Dallas drag queen Raquel Blake organized the fundraising event to help the family with Cece’s medical expenses.
Dallas Drag queen Raquel Blake hosting the Love for Lemmons fundraiser.
Lemmon Beauty & Wigs, which is in the heart of Dallas’ gayborhood, is a popular local business frequented by everyone from professional drag queens and cabaret performers, to those buying their first wig for Halloween.
Although Raquel Blake now headlines shows at the Round-up Saloon and JR’s Bar & Grill, her first job in Dallas was working at Lemmon Beauty & Wigs, where she became close friends with Cece and the Davenport family. The wig store is a fixture of Dallas’ drag community, and maintains a wall display with photos of its drag queen customers.
The Round-up Saloon has become the Dallas’ premiere drag venue. They have drag shows almost every day of the week, either on the main floor or in the former game room, which is now called the “Red Lounge.”
Today we have some shots of the Sunday night drag show, which usually starts around 7:30pm.
This show had a huge cast, including:
It is really easy for shows with such a huge cast to become tedious, but each of these performers brought something different to keep us entertained.
It was also exciting to see visiting talent from across Texas. We’ll definitely need to check out shows in Houston and El Paso post-COVID.
Here are photos from the show!