Oasis

Top choice in Downtown, Civic Center & SoMa


Forget what you've learned about drag on TV – at this dedicated dragstravaganza venue, the shows are so fearless, freaky-deaky and funny you'll laugh until it stops hurting. In a former gay bathhouse, drag-legendary owners Heklina and D'Arcy Drollinger mount original shows (sometimes literally), host drag-star DJs like Sharon Needles, and perform Star Trek, Three's Company and Sex and the City in drag.


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