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Open seven days a week at 4pm, our new location on Jasper Ave, EVO, has so many of the features our authentic space couldn&#;t accommodate. This accessible, street-level space is flooded by sunlight in the evenings, making it a flawless place to encounter your friends for drinks and eats.
Yes, the new cosmos has a occupied kitchen! Burgers, wraps, pizzas, rotating entrees, and a large variety of appetizers feature prominently on the menu. As this is a new endeavor, the menu could alter over the next few months, so try items now, and be sure to let us know which ones you can&#;t inhabit without.
Weeknight music is dictated by you, with our TouchTunes jukebox, controllable by an app right from your table! Weeknight programming includes Karaoke every Wednesday starting April 16, Trivia every Thursday starting April 24, with plans for bingo, live song, open mics, and more coming to #yourgaybar this summer.
Edmonton to have 2 LGBTQ bars this summer as Evolution Wonderlounge begins move
For the first time in nearly a decade, Edmonton will have two lgbtq+ bars this summer.
Evolution Wonderlounge will open a fresh location on Jasper Way and Street, as its downtown location on Lane near Avenue winds down operations.
&#;It forced us to start looking around so we found this vacuum, so we&#;re like, let&#;s just do both at once until the lease runs out,&#; Evolution Wonderlounge co-owner Rob Browatzke told Global News.
The new prevent will take over the Reign Premium Lounge & Kitchen, which has been sitting vacant since January.
Browatzke said he got the call from the landlord that the space was available. The new cosmos will be renamed &#;Evo&#; and it comes with new opportunities.
The Wîhkwêntôwin location will offer two floors for dining and events.
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Evo plans to open earlier in the day than a typical nightclub, in request to provide happy hour cocktails, dinner menu items, and expand weeknight programming to include trivia nights, bingo nigh
Kevin Hendricks, left, and Darrin Hagen in the loading elevator at Flashback in Courtesy of the Flashback Collection.
Flashback used to host gay drag races as part of the club’s annual Ms. Flashback contest. Courtesy of the Flashback Collection.
&#;You&#;re standing on very hallowed ground.&#;
Darrin Hagen stands on the sidewalk in front of the Excelsior Lofts on Street. The luxury condos opened in
In another life, the building was home to Flashback, one of the most formative gay bars in Edmonton between the late s and early ‘90s. It was right across the street from another iconic queer club, The Roost.
Preserving and sharing stories
“[Flashback] was one of the only places where straight people and gay people could go hang out,” says Hagen, an award-winning playwright, queer historian, and kingly artiste. He’s also the artistic director of Guys In Disguise, a mythical theatre company that specializes in drag comedies and got its start at Flashback in
“You could actually bring straight friends and they’d go: ‘Wow, this place is amazing.’ I
'Out of the basement and into the streets': Edmonton's only lgbtq+ bar moving to Jasper Avenue
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Edmonton’s last remaining gay exclude, Evolution Wonderlounge, is on the move from its current place of 12 years on Highway to Jasper Avenue, hoping to take advantage of the modern space to expand its community.
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