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Lady Bunny
Drag performer; founder of the Wigstock festival
Biography
Lady Bunny is a drag performer and DJ often cited within East Village queer nightlife and as a founder of the Wigstock drag festival, which is associated with performers from rooms like the Pyramid Club.
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Rooms they shaped
Save the Robots
1983–1993 (with interruption 1984–1986) · Alphabet City / East Village, Manhattan
Performer, Drag performer and Wigstock founder; regular patron.
Pyramid Club
1979 (as bar) / 1981 (as nightclub) – 2022 · East Village, Manhattan
Performer, Core figure in 1980s drag programming; initiated the impromptu 1984 Tompkins Square outing that became Wigstock; organized the official 1985 festival.
The World
c. 1982–1991 (licensed from Sept. 17, 1987) · Alphabet City / East Village, Manhattan
Performer, Among the downtown drag performers who appeared at The World.
The Monster
1982–present · West Village / Sheridan Square, Manhattan
Performer, Recurring performer, including pandemic-era 'Live From An Empty Disco' Instagram shows.
Boy Bar
1984–c. 1994 · East Village, Manhattan
Performer, Performed at Boy Bar; later recalled McGregor's participatory presence. Primarily associated with the Pyramid Club and Wigstock.
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