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Thursday, August 6, 2026
New York's longest-running drag show, 25 years on the Lips stage, hosted by a four-time GLAM Award-winning drag icon over dinner and drinks every Thursday.
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Fri, Jul 31
6:30 PM - 8:30 PM
Lips Drag Queen Show Palace Restaurant & Bar, New York City
Glamour Girlz with Ariel Sinclair at Lips in New York City's Midtown East brings glamour, current hits and drag classics every Friday, a dinner-and-show with seatings from 7:30pm.
WeeklySat, Aug 1
10:30 AM - 12:30 PM
Lips Drag Queen Show Palace Restaurant & Bar, New York City
Saturday Drag Brunch with Madame Heidi at Lips in New York City's Midtown East is an over-the-top brunch show in two seatings with all-you-can-drink mimosas and Bloody Marys, from 11:30am.
WeeklySat, Aug 1
5 PM - 7 PM
Lips Drag Queen Show Palace Restaurant & Bar, New York City
Glitz & Glamour Saturdays with Chaka Khanvict at Lips in New York City's Midtown East is a Saturday-night drag dinner show with two evening showtimes, from 6pm.
WeeklySat, Aug 1
10:30 PM - 12:30 AM
Lips Drag Queen Show Palace Restaurant & Bar, New York City
The Late Night Dirty Show at Lips in New York City's Midtown East is a wilder, adults-only drag show every Saturday at 11:30pm, with the queens going over the top for a 21+ crowd.
WeeklySun, Aug 2
10:30 AM - 12:30 PM
Lips Drag Queen Show Palace Restaurant & Bar, New York City
Broadway Drag Brunch with Ginger Snap at Lips in New York City's Midtown East delivers an ever-changing Broadway show — Hairspray, Wicked, Dreamgirls — in two Sunday seatings with unlimited brunch drinks, from 11:30am.
WeeklySun, Aug 2
6 PM - 8 PM
Lips Drag Queen Show Palace Restaurant & Bar, New York City
Superstar Sunday with Lady Morgan Royel at Lips in New York City's Midtown East is a Sunday-night dinner, drinks and drag show with a cast of the Ladies of Lips, seatings from 7pm.
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