MORGANTOWN, W.Va. (WBOY) — Delight month could solely be in June, however eating places like Von Blaze have been opening up their doorways to host drag brunches as soon as a month on Sundays since February of 2024.
June’s drag brunch featured three drag queens performing two totally different units to round 50 clients who received tickets forward of time. It was held the identical weekend as Morgantown Delight. Assistant Supervisor at Von Blaze Logan Carpenter is joyful to open up the area to performers.
“Morgantown has been lacking, like a serious LGBTQ+ area since our native bar shut down,” Carpenter stated. “And so we thought it could be actually cool to carry the drag exhibits to a neighborhood restaurant.”
The drag brunches hosted at Von Blaze have develop into fashionable within the space and function a novel celebration.
“So this was a possibility to form of pair the great meals with the leisure and I like the leisure,” stated Joanna Lowley, a buyer who was celebrating her 80th birthday along with her daughter and household. Lowley stated she had at all times wished to attend a drag present, and to date beloved her first expertise.
“We’ve received in our group, we’ve received from very younger to clearly, and it’s appropriate for everyone, it’s simply pure leisure and good meals and the way might you go flawed?”
And no matter what some might imagine, the restaurant stated these drag brunches are family-friendly and welcoming to all.
“We have now had anyone from I believe age three to folks of their 90s coming in and having fun with the present, so yeah everyone is welcomed right here,” stated Carpenter.
In 2023, the West Virginia Senate proposed a invoice that may prohibit drag exhibits from being carried out in entrance of minors, together with in faculties and libraries, which failed. Drag queen Odissa O’Hara described doing drag as an artwork type.
I’m a really inventive particular person,” O’Hara stated. “I’ve a really inventive thoughts and it permits me to do issues and it permits me to precise femininity in a really masculine-dominated world.”
Performers and the restaurant instructed 12 Information they wish to see these brunches proceed to get larger and higher. The following present will likely be in August, with a date to be introduced. To remain updated with future occasions, click on here.