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Daily Email - Thursday - 11/6/2025

November 06, 2025

Happy Thursday! If you danced your butt off at the Kaytranada x Justice concert last night, we see you. Read on for some more reasons to party.

Trans-led rock group Rainbow Kitten Surprise is coming Chicago, bringing their Bones tour to The Salt Shed from 2/28-3/1! Wanna go? Enter to win tickets for night one.

JUST ANNOUNCED

  • Eat, drink, play and slay at AceBounce’s Drag Brunch: Slayback Saturday on 11/22. Catch high-energy drag performances, bottomless brunch & drinks, and open play ping pong! Gaming has never looked so glamorous.*

  • Dim Sum & Drag is back for another round of K-Pop Demon Hunters brunch, next Saturday. Tickets are flying so enter to win your all-inclusive tickets.

  • Drum Go Dum. VeryThat! x The Lesbian Social Club are taking over Morgan MFG with Aluna on 11/23. Get ready for one of the hottest dance parties ever!

  • BOOTS rings in the new year at Outset with superstar DJ/producer Only Fire. We’ve got the hookup on free tickets: enter to win.

  • Florence + The Machine announced a second show at Allstate Arena next year! Catch the Everybody Scream tour on 4/10-4/11. See you at the witch dance.

EVERYTHING WICKED IN CHICAGO

Goodness knows Chicago is turning pink & green for the magical sequel, Wicked: For Good, arriving in theatres in just a couple of weeks. Get in on the excitement with Wicked-themed parties, movie screenings, drag and burlesque shows, improv, and more, plus a special exhibition including costumes from the films coming to the Griffin Museum of Science and Industry in January! Catch up on our full list of Chicago’s wicked happenings.

THIS WEEKEND

🎪 Big Top Drag Brunch with Derrick Barry

Saturday at Teatro ZinZanni (12PM) 

Join the number one Britney Spears impersonator, Derrick Barry (RuPaul’s Drag Race) at an actual circus. With hostess Lucy Stoole and cast of fabulous queens, this drag brunch is going to be a party! Don’t miss out: get 20% off tix with code GAYDO312.*

🐱 BUMP. with Lana Ja’Rae

Saturday at Never Have I Ever (11PM) 

Here, kitty kitty. Get your cat ears ready for BUMP., celebrating two years of iconic look parties with special guest Lana Ja’Rae from RuPaul’s Drag Race. Category is PUSS!

🎭 About Face Theatre presents: Giving Face!

Wednesday, 11/12 at Bramble Arts Loft (7PM)

It’s the season for giving, and that includes Giving Face! Help raise funds for About Face Theatre’s Queer Youth Ensemble, with cocktails and apps, plus incredible, iconic local drag.

🏳️‍⚧️ Hydrate Won’t Erase You!

Thursday, 11/13 at Hydrate Nightclub (8PM)

Pay the dolls! Enjoy fabulous drag, and win prizes from local businesses, including Do312, at Hydrate’s drag showcase to benefit the Chicago trans community.

💅🏾 EDEN w/ Chelita

Saturday, 11/15 at The Burlington (10PM)

Eden takes over the Burlington next weekend for another hot sapphic dance party, featuring Boston’s DJ Chelita on deck with beats that’ll keep you up all night. Lez go!

LOCALS ONLY

  • Stay safe, know your rights, and look out for your neighbors. Check out our bi-lingual resource guide for staying safe during ongoing ICE raids in Chicago’s neighborhoods and suburbs.

  • Hispanic-owned businesses have always been an integral part of Chicago’s cultural scene. Do312 curated a list of incredible businesses to support.

  • Jai Ho pays tribute to Bollywood action movies with an epic drag show and dance party, tomorrow night at Hydrate Nightclub. No cover before midnight!

Forecasts are saying it could be a West End Girl winter? Who knew!