Escape Nightclub Explained

Escape Nightclub
Pushpin Map:Portland downtown
Location:Portland, Oregon, U.S.
Type:Nightclub
Closed:2016

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]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Escape Club - Portland, OR - The Stranger. June 14, 2016. April 24, 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160424205158/http://www.portlandmercury.com/locations/724944/escape-club. live.
  2. Web site: 10 hottest nightclubs in Portland. December 6, 2014. June 14, 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160529025543/http://portland.suntimes.com/por-entertainment/7/89/23870/hottest-nightclubs-portland/. May 29, 2016. dead.
  3. Web site: Get Off-Campus: Escape Nightclub. June 14, 2016. April 24, 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160424050923/http://blogs.reed.edu/reedreslife/2012/10/23/get-off-campus-escape-nightclub/. live.
  4. Web site: LGBTQ+ nightlife. August 20, 2013. Travel Portland. June 14, 2016. PQ Monthly. April 11, 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20190411165524/https://www.travelportland.com/article/lgbtq-nightlife/. live.
  5. News: Downtown business owners support new homeless shelter, but apprehensive. Hewitt. Lyndsey. Portland Tribune. April 11, 2019. November 17, 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20161117073516/http://portlandtribune.com/pt/9-news/330648-210434-downtown-business-owners-support-new-homeless-shelter-but-apprehensive. live.
  6. News: June. Sophia. Portland's Long-Running Underage Gay Night Club The Escape Has Closed, And Can't Find a New Space. May 11, 2017. Willamette Week. February 1, 2017. March 27, 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20170327031137/http://www.wweek.com/arts/2017/02/01/portlands-long-running-underage-gay-night-club-the-escape-has-closed-and-cant-find-a-new-space/. live.
  7. Web site: Jinkx Monsoon, Drag Race's Champion, Dishes to PQ Monthly. PQ Monthly. https://web.archive.org/web/20130824214521/http://www.pqmonthly.com/jinkx-monsoon-dishes-to-pq-monthly/14517. 24 August 2013. usurped. June 14, 2016.
  8. Web site: Q&A: Jinkx Monsoon from 'RuPaul's Drag Race'. Portland Monthly. June 14, 2016. June 20, 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160620034019/http://www.pdxmonthly.com/articles/2013/4/18/interview-jinkx-monsoon-from-rupaul-drag-race-april-2013. live.
  9. Beauty Chat: Jinkx Monsoon on the Art of Drag. May 8, 2013. Elle. Christiana. Molina. June 14, 2016. July 9, 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160709090037/http://www.elle.com/beauty/news/a23112/beauty-chat-jinkx-monsoon-art-of-drag/. live.
  10. Web site: Queer Voices - Monsoon Season: An Interview with RuPaul's Drag Race Season 5 Contestant (and Former SMYRC Youth) Jinkx Monsoon. 5 December 2012. Q Center. June 14, 2016. Logan. Lynn. 12 October 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20161012070341/http://www.pdxqcenter.org/monsoon-season-an-interview-with-rupauls-drag-race-season-5-contestant-and-former-smyrc-youth-jinkx-monsoon/. live.

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