Drag Shows in Los Angeles 2026: Where to See Drag in LA
Your guide to drag in Los Angeles — Micky's nightly revues, Hamburger Mary's Legendary Bingo and Dreamgirls Revue, WeHo drag brunch, and LA's Latin drag scene.
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Los Angeles is the capital of American drag — the home base of RuPaul's Drag Race, DragCon, and more working drag performers than anywhere else in the country. That means you can catch a show here almost any night of the week, and in more flavors than most cities offer: polished WeHo revues and bottomless drag brunch, the famous Legendary Bingo, and a deep Spanish-language imitadoras scene in Hollywood and the eastside that most visitors never hear about.
The scene is spread across the city rather than concentrated on one strip — West Hollywood has the brunches and the big revues, while the Latin drag tradition lives at clubs in Hollywood, North Hollywood, and East Hollywood. Here's where to find it, venue by venue, with what's on and when.
Micky's Weho, Los Angeles
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Hamburger Mary's - WeHo, Los Angeles
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The Abbey Food & Bar, Los Angeles
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Beaches Weho, Los Angeles
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Club Tempo, Los Angeles
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Precinct, Los Angeles
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Club Cobra, Los Angeles
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The Bullet Bar, Los Angeles
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Plaza Nightclulb & Dance Hall, Los Angeles
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The New Jalisco Bar, Los Angeles
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LA: The Capital of American Drag
No city shapes drag like Los Angeles. It's the production home of RuPaul's Drag Race, the show that turned drag into global pop culture, and the host of RuPaul's DragCon, the world's largest drag convention, which fills the LA Convention Center each year with tens of thousands of fans and hundreds of performers. A huge share of the queens you see on TV live and work here, which means LA's local stages are stacked with talent on any given night — the person hosting a Monday-night bar show in WeHo might well be a Drag Race alum.
But LA drag runs far deeper than the TV pipeline. The city has one of the country's richest Spanish-language drag traditions — the imitadoras, performers who do full celebrity-impersonation revues to Latin pop, ranchera, and banda at clubs like Club Tempo and Plaza, some of which have been running these shows for over 30 years. It's a scene with its own stars, its own history, and its own audience, largely separate from the WeHo brunch circuit and almost invisible to tourists. Between the two worlds — the polished WeHo revues and the late-night imitadoras clubs — LA offers more, and more varied, drag than anywhere else in the country.
Drag by Neighborhood
Because LA's drag is spread across the sprawl, it helps to know which neighborhood does what:
- West Hollywood — the tourist-friendly core: the big weekly revues, drag bingo, and nearly every weekend drag brunch (Micky's, Hamburger Mary's, The Abbey, Beaches). Start here if it's your first time.
- Hollywood — home to Plaza, one of the great veteran Latino drag bars, just south of the Walk of Fame.
- East Hollywood — Club Tempo, the cowboy-themed Latino club and its nightly imitadoras revues on Santa Monica Boulevard's eastern stretch.
- North Hollywood (NoHo) — the Burbank Boulevard pocket, with Club Cobra's TransFix nights and the Bullet Bar's Friday drag karaoke.
- Downtown LA — Precinct's big-room drag calendar and The New Jalisco Bar's late-night Latin and trans drag.
If you only have one night and want the easiest experience, stay in WeHo; if you want to see the side of LA drag that locals treasure, head to the Latin clubs in Hollywood and the eastside.
Micky's (West Hollywood)
8857 Santa Monica Blvd, West Hollywood
Micky's is the WeHo drag workhorse — a two-level dance club with a balcony over the floor and go-go boys most nights, and it runs live drag more often than anywhere else on the boulevard, plus two ticketed drag brunches on the weekend. Its Monday-night double bill is a local institution: Virgo's Groove at 8, then Showgirls at 10, hosted by Drag Race alum Morgan McMichaels — a polished, high-camp lip-sync revue that draws a devoted regular crowd. The weekend adds Center Stage on Saturday night and back-to-back brunches, including the Sunday Las Reinas Latin Diva show, which brings the city's Spanish-language drag talent to the WeHo stage.
- Monday, 8:00 PM — Virgo's Groove
- Monday, 10:00 PM — Showgirls (hosted by Drag Race alum Morgan McMichaels)
- Saturday, 9:00 PM — Center Stage
- Saturday, 1:00 PM — Brunch with the Divas (drag brunch)
- Sunday, 1:00 PM — Las Reinas Latin Diva Drag Brunch
Pro Tip
New to LA drag? Micky's is the easiest place to start — it has the most consistent live-show schedule in WeHo, it's walkable to a dozen other bars, and Monday's Showgirls with Morgan McMichaels is one of the best free-to-watch drag shows in the city.
Schedule last updated July 2026 — showtimes can shift; confirm on mickys.com or the venue's Instagram before you go.
Hamburger Mary's (West Hollywood)
8288 Santa Monica Blvd
Hamburger Mary's is burgers-with-a-show, and home to Legendary Bingo — LA's best-known drag-queen charity bingo, a raucous tradition that has been running in West Hollywood for more than two decades and has raised a fortune for local LGBTQ+ and HIV/AIDS causes over the years. It's exactly what it sounds like: a filthy, fast, drag-hosted bingo game where the between-round bits are half the show, played in a packed dining room with a burger in front of you. Add the Tuesday Dreamgirls Revue and weekend drag brunch and it's one of the fullest drag calendars in the city.
- Tuesday, 10:00 PM — Dreamgirls Revue (drag show)
- Wednesday, 7:00 PM — Legendary Bingo
- Sunday, 6:00 PM — Legendary Bingo
- Saturday & Sunday — Drag Brunch (multiple seatings, ticketed)
Pro Tip
Legendary Bingo is a charity fundraiser, so bring cash — for your bingo cards, for the raffle, and to tip the queens. It's loud, filthy, and for a good cause, and it books up, so reserve a table for a group.
Schedule last updated July 2026 — brunch seating times shift week to week; book through the venue's events page.
The Abbey & Beaches (West Hollywood)
WeHo's two big weekend drag brunches are institutions of their own.
- The Abbey (692 N Robertson Blvd) — Saturday & Sunday drag brunch around 1:00 PM, at the world-famous bar-restaurant that anchors the neighborhood.
- Beaches (8928 Santa Monica Blvd) — WIPEOUT Sundays, the tropical-themed drag brunch with midday seatings and shows, booked through Tock.
Pro Tip
WeHo drag brunches — The Abbey, Beaches, Micky's, and Hamburger Mary's — all sell out on weekends, especially for bachelorette parties. Reserve as far ahead as you can, and expect a two-hour seating rather than a walk-in.
Schedule last updated July 2026 — confirm seating times on each venue's reservations page.
Club Tempo & the Latin Drag Scene
Los Angeles has one of the richest Spanish-language drag traditions in the country — the imitadoras revues, where performers do full celebrity-impersonation shows to Latin pop and ranchera. It's a scene most visitors miss, and it's worth seeking out.
- Club Tempo (5520 Santa Monica Blvd, East Hollywood) — a cowboy-themed Latino gay club running for over 30 years, with resident imitadoras revues most nights (Thursday through Monday) and its signature Vaquero (cowboy) nights on the weekend. It runs something like a dozen shows a week, plus a numbered monthly flagship production, and the Sunday tardeada (afternoon session) draws its own devoted crowd. Shows run within its late-night hours, so come later than you would for a WeHo show.
- Plaza Nightclub & Dance Hall (739 N La Brea Ave, Hollywood) — a beloved, women-owned Latino bar with live drag revues on its Friday and Saturday nights.
- The New Jalisco Bar (245 S Main St, Downtown LA) — a Downtown institution with Latin and trans drag, go-go, and a come-as-you-are crowd.
Pro Tip
The Latin drag clubs run late and don't advertise showtimes the way the WeHo brunches do — shows often start closer to midnight and go until close. Bring cash for tips (the *imitadoras* work for them), come later than you would for a WeHo show, and check the venue's Instagram the day-of for that night's lineup.
Schedule last updated July 2026 — these venues rarely publish exact showtimes online; check each one's Instagram, and note that most run shows within their late-night operating hours.
North Hollywood: Club Cobra & The Bullet Bar
The NoHo arts district has its own gay nightlife pocket on Burbank Boulevard.
- Club Cobra (10937 Burbank Blvd) — a Latin gay club since 1999, home of TransFix Thursdays, a long-running trans-performer showcase, plus weekend drag and go-go.
- The Bullet Bar (10522 Burbank Blvd) — a leather-leaning neighborhood bar whose Friday Happy Hour Drag Karaoke (4:00–8:00 PM, hosted by Suadé) is a fun, low-key early-evening option.
Drag at Precinct (Downtown LA)
Precinct (357 S Broadway) is Downtown LA's big gay bar, and its calendar leans hard into drag — recurring drag nights and, during each airing season, a live RuPaul's Drag Race viewing party with local performers. The exact nights rotate with what's currently airing and what's on the promoter calendar, so check precinctdtla.com or the venue's Instagram for the current lineup.
Drag Brunch in Los Angeles
Weekend drag brunch is a full LA ritual, concentrated in West Hollywood. Your main options: Micky's (Brunch with the Divas on Saturday, Las Reinas Latin Diva Drag Brunch on Sunday, both 1:00 PM), Hamburger Mary's (Saturday and Sunday seatings), The Abbey (Saturday and Sunday, around 1:00 PM), and Beaches (WIPEOUT Sundays). All are ticketed or reservation-based and sell out on weekends — book ahead, and bring cash to tip.
RuPaul's Drag Race & Touring Drag in LA
Los Angeles is the epicenter of the Drag Race universe: it's where the show is produced, where RuPaul's DragCon takes over the LA Convention Center each year, and where most touring drag productions launch or headline. DragCon — which debuted in LA in 2015 and has grown into the largest drag convention in the world — turns a spring weekend into a citywide drag takeover, drawing tens of thousands of fans and packing the local bars with visiting queens. Even outside DragCon season, LA constantly hosts one-off ball events, Drag Race alumni tours, and premiere-night viewing parties, and the queens who anchor the local scene are frequently show alumni themselves. If a specific Drag Race name is your reason for the trip, check our Los Angeles events page and the venues' calendars and buy ahead — the big names sell out fast.
Where to Stay
Most of LA's drag venues are in West Hollywood, so staying in WeHo puts you walking distance from Micky's, Hamburger Mary's, The Abbey, and Beaches. These WeHo-area hotels put you close to the action:
For the full rundown of the neighborhood's bars, history, and where everything sits, see our complete guide to gay West Hollywood.
When is drag brunch in Los Angeles?
Weekend drag brunch runs Saturday and Sunday, mostly in West Hollywood. The main options are Micky's (Brunch with the Divas on Saturday, Las Reinas Latin Diva Drag Brunch on Sunday, both around 1:00 PM), Hamburger Mary's (Saturday and Sunday seatings), The Abbey (Saturday and Sunday, around 1:00 PM), and Beaches (WIPEOUT Sundays). All take reservations and sell out — book ahead.
What's the best drag show in Los Angeles?
It depends what you're after. For consistent live revues, Micky's runs the fullest weekly schedule in WeHo (including Monday's Showgirls with Morgan McMichaels). For a raucous night out, Hamburger Mary's Legendary Bingo is an LA institution. And for something most visitors miss, the Spanish-language imitadoras revues at Club Tempo and Plaza are a whole scene of their own.
Where can I see RuPaul's Drag Race queens in Los Angeles?
LA is where Drag Race is made, so touring alumni play the city constantly — Micky's, Precinct, and the WeHo bars regularly host Drag Race names, and RuPaul's DragCon brings dozens of them to the LA Convention Center each year. Micky's Monday Showgirls is hosted by Drag Race alum Morgan McMichaels. These are often one-off ticketed events, so check our LA events page and buy ahead.
Is there a Latin drag scene in Los Angeles?
Yes — one of the best in the country. The Spanish-language imitadoras tradition (full celebrity-impersonation revues) runs at Club Tempo in East Hollywood (most nights), Plaza Nightclub in Hollywood (weekends), and The New Jalisco Bar in Downtown LA. These clubs rarely publish exact showtimes, so check each venue's Instagram before you go.
Do you need reservations for LA drag shows?
For the drag brunches and bingo — Micky's, Hamburger Mary's, The Abbey, and Beaches — yes, reservations are strongly recommended and weekend seatings sell out, especially for groups and bachelorette parties. The bar-based live revues (Micky's evening shows, the Latin clubs, the NoHo bars) are generally walk-in, though ticketed one-off events and touring-queen shows should be bought ahead.
Are LA drag shows 21+ or all ages?
Most are 21+, since they're in bars and nightclubs — the Latin clubs, the NoHo bars, and the evening WeHo shows all require ID. Some daytime drag brunches at restaurants can be more all-ages-friendly, but policies vary by venue and event, so confirm directly if you're bringing anyone under 21.
How much do drag shows in LA cost?
It varies widely. Many bar shows — Micky's evening revues, the Latin clubs — are free to watch with a drink, though tipping the performers is expected. Drag brunches and bingo are ticketed or have a buy-in, usually in the $15–$50 range depending on the venue and whether food is included. Bring cash to tip either way.
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Robbie S.
I'm Robbie, the founder of Out x Out. I'm from Minneapolis, though I'm spending 2026 building this community from the road — somewhere between South America and Asia. The idea for Out x Out came from a trip to Berlin, where the gay nightlife calendar was years ahead of ours: you could see not just where to go out, but which night to go — so naturally I wanted that kind of insider info for every city in the US (and beyond... eventually). I'm more of a behind-the-scenes type, but the whole point of this is connection: I'd take one real one over a hundred surface-level ones, and I'm trying to build that for the community, city by city.
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