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Bristol's Drag Scene

With a strong LGBTQ+ scene and love of theatre/the arts, Bristol is a hotbed for drag events and all kinda of gender fluid action. Most nights of the week you can see someone lipsync til they drop at the Queenshilling, Old Market Assembly or Zed Alley's own Punka drag show.

Expect and inclusive environment at most drag events, Bristol tends to be a very LGBTQ+ friendly environment with due care built up around its drag nights. Some of our favourite drag queens and drag kinds include: Ursula Major, Brizzle Boiz's Isaac Dix - veritable Ru Paul's of the West.

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Our recent drag recommendations

The alter-ego of Shopping’s Andrew Milk and Glasgow’s self-proclaimed “larger than lyfe drag demoness” ventures south to bring us some much needed queer DIY pop charm: Pink Pound is disco, electronic and performance art in a delectably wonky package. Plus top-notch local support from lo-fi indie janglers Hamburger and reverb-soaked post-doo-wop from newbies Patsy Delve. Andrew Milk's (Shopping, Current Affairs) drag yassification of New Order

Angular noise rock meets post-hardcore chaos in tight blasts of guitar discord and high-pitched yelps. Dead essential for fans of: the Locust, Daughters, Fugazi, Metz, Converge, Jesus Lizard, Big Black etc. Tunic, Death Goals, Mandragora, Chasing Dolls

Fresh gloom service from rising Bristol two-piece Gloom Index, slinging murky goth dirge on an electric blues platter. Your new local ones to watch, think Nick Cave meets John Lee Hooker meets This Mortal Coil and you're close... A triple-threat evening from Gloom Index's guitar god / monologue machine

Boycott Eurovision and get your fill of anarcho-punk poetry, drag and live music with Blank TV + House of Boussé’s Queers for Palestine event. Raising vital funds to help a family trapped in Rafah with How to Catch a Pig’s Liv Wynter, Brizzle Boys’ Oliver Assets and V’s dystopian synth-punk. The Boycott Show for Palestine - Blank TV X House of Boussé presents an evening of drag, punk and live music in solidarity with Palestine

What our editors say

“There'll be foot-tapping tunes on Uilleann pipes from folk musicians par excellence PADDI BENSON and GRACE LEMON. You'll have to pipe down to appreciate SHOLTO DOBIE and ALANAS GURINAS's exquisitely delicate experimentation via self-built tubes, valves, and vibrating paper. Bristol's premier push-fit plumbing-themed drag king PIPE BENDER will be laying pipe (for real, features actual plumbing). And a one-night-only gathering of players form a drone orchestra of 28 recorders reclaimed from a local school. Plus BENNY DART piping out pipe records in the bar all night long.”
From: PIPE DREAM

“After Shock has been bouncing around the Bristol music scene for fifteen years. After taking a break from music they became Bristol's vocal drag powerhouse in 2021 and since then have become a staple in the scene as a host & producer. Colloquially known as 'The Body of Bristol', if their signature live vocals don't do it for you, their arse certainly will.”
From: TELGATE / THE FREAKSHOW / GHOLA

“Were bringing you a fierce, fabulous and unmissable night of drag cabaret and karaoke, expect an evening with a jaw dropping performance, comedy, high energy entertainment and the chance to grab the mic and belt your heart out!”
From: Drag Cabaret and Karaoke

“Following the sell-out success of their smash hit 2024 tour, drag superstars Ginger Johnson, Michael Marouli and Tomara Thomas will be back out on the road in 2025 with a BRAND NEW SHOW that promises to be out of this world!”
From: Angels of the North

“The Punka Halloween Extravaganza is BACK at Lost Horizon!!! Bring your coven for a queer and darkly spellbinding night of drag, burlesque, live music and DJ sets.”
From: PUNKA HALLOWEEN EXTRAVAGANZA