SLUG Mag’s Pride Guide to Drag Shows Outside of SLC

To help all of Utah prepare to celebrate Pride in style, SLUG has put together a list of a few drag shows happening this summer outside of Salt Lake County to highlight how the art form is flourishing in other parts of the state!

Cougar Camp and Couture

@cougarcampandcouture

SLUG: Can you tell us about your June show?

Charity Heels: The title of the show will be Trans Rights, and performers will be lip syncing. The show will be PG-13, and [I] will be emceeing. The show on June 3 will be at 8:30 p.m. The venue has asked that we not publicize the location, so we’re only supplying that to people who reserve seats. It’ll be here in Provo.

SLUG: Where can someone purchase a ticket to the show?

CH: People can reserve seats by DMing our Instagram, then we recommend a $10 donation per audience member.

SLUG: As a student-run group in Utah County, can you speak a bit more to the origins of Cougar Camp and Couture?

CH: April Flowers, Plexi Glass, Strawberry Pie and I performed in drag together at Cougar Pride Center’s Madame Pattirini [drag event]. Seeing that there were multiple student performers in the Provo area, we decided to put on a drag show for specifically student performers. We had our first show as a group in early January 2023.

SLUG: What importance do you see your work serving as part of Utah County’s LGBTQ+ community?

CH: Our objective is to spread and celebrate queer joy and help build community. We provide a safe space for performers to explore gender and expression through a wonderful art form.

Logan Pride Foundation

@loganprideut

SLUG: Please tell us more about your planned June drag event!

Mel Payne, Marketing Director at Logan Pride Foundation: Drag Brunch is a quarterly, recurring event that we partner with Prodigy Brewing to put on. Drag Bingo is also a quarterly, recurring event at Barrel & Stave and will take place in August to get people ready for our Pride month in September.

SLUG: Can you please provide some details about each event? What can one expect from the performances?

MP: Brunch and Bingo are always a great time, and the attendees loves the audience participation games. Great prizes are given out for Bingo, and there’s always great food and drink specials. Barrel & Stave always features their Rainbow Shots—if you haven’t experienced this bartender’s work of art, you are missing out!

SLUG: Can you speak a bit more to the history of the Logan Pride Foundation? What importance do you see your work serving as part of Logan’s LGBTQ+ community?

MP: Logan Pride was started in 2016 by a great ally in the community, the late Crista Sorenson. We are building a healthy and thriving LGBTQIA+ community by providing a safe space, education, resources and outreach in the community. We hold many social support groups nightly in the Cache Pride Center in Logan, and we educate in the community and raise awareness through our advocacy efforts. We want to create a safe space in Logan where all are welcome!

The Divine Sister-Misters

@divinesistermisters

SLUG: Can you give us the specific dates and times that your June performances at Rugged Grounds will take place?

Brigitte Kiss, Director of The Divine Sister-Misters: We are scheduled for events on June 2, 16 and 30 at 9 p.m.

SLUG: Who will be performing?

BK: Some of our key performers in the last few months are Chris Tall, Lizzie McQueen, Lexi Gold, Izzy Gaye, Fanny P. Fiction and Charity Heels.

SLUG: What can an attendee expect from the performances?

BK: As with many drag shows, you never really know what the performers are going to come out with. You have a front row seat to a vivid, visceral interpretation of the queer experience. Expect anything.

SLUG: How much are tickets/where can someone purchase a ticket to the show?

BK: $10 card/cash/venmo at the event. Our events at Rugged Grounds are by RSVP only. Please text 385.312.0704 for reservations or info.

SLUG: Can you speak a bit more to the origins of The Divine Sister-Misters? What importance do you see your work serving as part of Utah County’s LGBTQ+ community?

BK: The highest value of our shows is creating and protecting a family of queer and trans performing artists. We make it a point to welcome newcomers at each event and explain that they have joined our extended family.

The Cabin Queens

@thecabinqueens

SLUG: Can you give us the specific date(s) that the Sunday Service Drag Brunch will occur during June?

Edgy Dixx: The C*mmunion Drag Brunch will be doing weekly drag shows, every Sunday at noon through June.

SLUG: Who all will be performing?

ED: We are still booking out shows, so no one is set in stone, but you can expect your amazing hostesses, Edgy (@exe.edgy) and Lilia Maughn (@sheliliamaughn), to always be on the mic.

SLUG: What can an attendee expect at the event?

ED: You’ll have laughs with comedy as well as mind-blowing performances from singing to dancing to burlesque to good ol’ fashioned DRAG. We pride ourselves in having a diverse cast with many different talents, and so our audience can expect to have a Sunday Brunch to remember.

SLUG: How much are tickets to the show? (Tickets can be purchased through The Cabin Queens’ Instagram).

ED: Tickets are $20–30 depending on seating location.

SLUG: Can you speak a bit more to the origins and mission of The Cabin Queens?

ED: The C*mmunion Drag Brunch mission has always been the same: to create a diverse show that highlights all forms of drag, entertains the crowds and uplifts and elevates each other through a sense of community love. We started The C*mmunion Drag Brunch with the vision to make Park City a little more queer and joyful. If we can have a platform to show everyone that drag is fun, that drag is art and that drag is joy, then we have done our job.

Read more coverage on drag and the LGBTQ+ community:
Bold & Beautiful – SLUG LGBTQ+: Lady Facade
Princess Kennedy – Drag Racing