{"id":49105,"date":"2019-11-04T15:33:45","date_gmt":"2019-11-04T15:33:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.jomec.co.uk\/altcardiff\/?p=49105"},"modified":"2019-11-04T15:33:45","modified_gmt":"2019-11-04T15:33:45","slug":"dine-with-drag-stars-as-revolution-bar-cardiff-celebrates-its-first-drag-brunch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/2019\/11\/04\/dine-with-drag-stars-as-revolution-bar-cardiff-celebrates-its-first-drag-brunch\/","title":{"rendered":"Dine with drag stars as Revolution bar Cardiff celebrates its first drag brunch"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p style=\"font-size:1px\">Celebrate Cardiff\u2019s first drag brunch alongside the centrals most starlit drag celebs at Revolution bar next month.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Wine and dine with drag royalty next month as Revolution teams up with local performers to throw a star-studded soiree<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2019\/10\/IMG_3902-416x312.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-49156\" width=\"568\" height=\"427\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2019\/10\/IMG_3902-416x312.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-49156\" width=\"568\" height=\"427\" \/><\/noscript><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>A fab-u-lous upcoming brunch on 3 November will invite attendees to drink and dine <em>the house down<\/em> with drag stars from 11 am to 1 pm. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Spend your Sunday sampling brunch foods and sharing a bubbly prosecco whilst indulging in a series of cabaret performances, free raffles and drag bingo. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The much-anticipated brunch will be accompanied by exciting all-singing, all-dancing performances by three of the biggest names in Cardiff&#8217;s drag scene; Victoria Scone, Justin Drag and Jolene Dover.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Although drag brunches are nothing out of the ordinary for the Revolution chain, this upcoming event will be a first for Revolution Cardiff and will hopefully create a ripple effect across other bars in the city. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sengagh Cowan, sales and events coordinator at Revolution Cardiff,  said:&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cA lot of these [drag brunch] events are held at gay bars, which is great, but I want to show that you don\u2019t have to be a gay bar to be LGBTQ+ friendly. If we can throw this inclusive event that isn\u2019t just for pride, and that shows \u2018we\u2019re with you on this\u2019 then that would be great.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>She continued to say: \u201cI\u2019m hoping that we\u2019ll get more of a connection between the different communities to bridge that gap just a little bit.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Lauren Simons, who will be performing at the event as drag King, Justin Drag, agreed by saying: \u201cI feel that having the event at Revs [an open club that is mainly heterosexual]  will introduce more people to drag. Hopefully this will spread the word around to all sexualities, genders and just anyone who wants to drink lots of unlimited prosecco.&#8221;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In March 2019, <em>The Guardian<\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/culture\/2019\/mar\/17\/the-extraordinary-rise-of-drag-brunch-a-dining-delight-or-a-betrayal-of-queer-history\">reported<\/a> that these intimate events hosted by drag stars have been on the rise in the UK for five years. Disassociating themselves from gay venues to more inclusive hot-spots, allowing a wider audience to come and watch the local drag stars <em>turn the party<\/em> over a spot of tea and brunch.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Wine and dine with drag royalty next month as Revolution teams up with local performers to throw a star-studded soiree<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":282,"featured_media":49158,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[21,162,10],"tags":[522,6735,70,1601,6736],"coauthors":[],"class_list":["post-49105","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-food","category-food-home","category-uncategorized","tag-alternative","tag-drag-queens","tag-drink","tag-entertainment","tag-revolution"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.2 - 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