Portland Queer Comedy Festival
The much anticipated 3rd annual Portland Queer Comedy Festival returns this week!
Tickets, info, show schedule, lineup, etc all available here: https://portlandqueercomedyfestival.com/
Jokes and Jams!
Comedy music, stand-up, friendship, beverages and so much more!
Rowdy Brownie will be celebrating the release of their debut EP, “Sponsor Us, Gardein”, by welcoming some of Portland’s best stand-up comics. The night will flow in and out of comedy music and stand-up for a glorious experience not to be forgotten.
Stand-ups include…
Kyle Janus
Nowal Massari
Adam Pasi
more TBA…
$7 at the door!
You *do not* want to miss this very special event!
July 12th, 10:00 pm, 21+ ONLY
BITE ME screening and Vampire Ball in Portland!
The Joyful Vampire Tour of America presents a one-night-only Portland screening of the award-winning independent feature film BITE ME–
A subversive romantic comedy about a real-life vampire and the IRS agent who audits her.
Tuesday, June 25
7pm: Screening and Q&A with the film’s writer/star
9pm: A Joyful Vampire Ball (scroll down for more info)
Funhouse Lounge
2432 SE 11th Ave
Portland, OR
Tickets are $10 advance
WATCH THE TRAILER HERE:
https://youtu.be/DTYfjIWOUbI
Join us in Portland for an unforgettable screening of Bite Me! Join us following the screening for a Q&A with the film’s writer and star and Naomi McDougall Jones and then let your joyful soul shine at A Joyful Vampire Ball!
Starring: Christian Coulson (Harry Potter, Nashville, Mozart in the Jungle), Naomi McDougall Jones (Imagine I’m Beautiful), Naomi Grossman (American Horror Story), and Annie Golden (Orange is the New Black)
With Antino Crowley-Kamenwati, Harold Surratt, Mahira Kakkar, Mia Romero, and Cynthia Mace
Directed by: Meredith Edwards
Written by Naomi McDougall Jones
Produced by: Sarah Wharton, Naomi McDougall Jones
Executive Producers: Jack Lechner and Joanne Zippel
WAIT, WAIT, WAIT, WHAT IS A JOYFUL VAMPIRE BALL AND WHAT AM I SUPPOSED TO WEAR?
A Joyful Vampire Ball is a chance to meet the filmmakers and team behind Bite Me, celebrate, laugh, and chat with your fellow audience members, but, most importantly, Joyful Vampire Balls are a chance for each and every person to celebrate whatever makes them feel most joyful.
Everyone is invited to wear a special outfit to their screening/vampire ball – it can be a vampire costume, of course, but it could also be a tiara, wings, a Viking dress, a Christmas sweater – really anything that makes you feel fabulous and joyful. That thing that you love but have thought, “but when the heck am I ever going to wear this?” Wear that. Now.
Part-party, part-event, part celebration, each Vampire Ball is a space where everyone is welcome, nobody is judged, and every uniqueness, large and small, is given room to be expressed.
Come wearing whatever you like and get ready for the most joyful night you’ll have all month!
WHAT IS THE JOYFUL VAMPIRE TOUR OF AMERICA?
The Joyful Vampire Tour of America is a 3-month, 51-screening, 40-city, RV-fueled event and screening tour of the independent feature film, “Bite Me.” You can learn all about it and follow along through our weekly docu-series throughout the tour here: https://www.bitemethefilm.com/joyful-vampire-tour
We look forward to seeing you in Portland!
Heathers
Funhouse Lounge presents Heathers, the Musical
Westerberg High is terrorized by a shoulder-padded, scrunchie-wearing junta: Heather, Heather and Heather, the hottest and cruelest girls in all of Ohio. But misfit Veronica Sawyer rejects their evil regime for a new boyfriend, the dark sexy stranger J.D., who plans to put the Heathers in their place—six feet under.
Join us for Funhouse Lounge’s summer blockbuster, the off-Broadway smash Heathers, the Musical. Based on the hit 1989 film, this show has it all: croquet, bullying, knee socks, Drano, toxic masculinity, slushies and teen suicide. It’s a slick, sick, jet-black burst of high school hilarity.
It’ll be so very.
*Contains adult language and themes*
Dates & showtimes: Thursdays-Saturdays at 7:00 pm, June 20-July 13th. Doors open 30 minutes before showtime.
Tickets are $25 online / $30 CASH at the door.
Mother’s Day Bingo!
Join us Sunday, May 12th at 5:30 pm for our annual special Mother’s Day edition of Bingo! Bring yo’ mama and have the best 2 hours of your week.
Door prizes! Regular prizes! Kamasutra tips! Victory laps! 70s disco dance break! MOMS!
$5 entry fee at the door.
Recommended ages of 18+
Broadway Bears “Showbears” Concert
Get ready for a night of song, dance, humor, and bitchy live performances from Portland’s Furriest Singers, as the BROADWAY BEARS, debut their new concert at the Funhouse Lounge on May 19, 2019! Titled “SHOWBEARS,” the BROADWAY BEARS will perform campy backstage songs from the musical realm of stage and screen, from delirious comedy to delicious drama, in their trademark entertaining way… complete with furry faces! And this time, they’ve got some special friends from Portland’s performing elite to get down with!
The BROADWAY BEARS, “Portland’s Furriest Singers,” are Andy Mangels, Darin MacLeod, Donnie Vecchione, and Sabi Trono. For this concert, special guests from Portland’s performing elite will include burlesque queen Zora Phoenix, diva Audrey Voon Capo, musical theater superstar Kate Faye Cummings, splashy songstress Dae Michelle, and bearded balladeer Tim Lafollette!
With all live singing in solos, duet, trio, and group numbers, the “SHOWBEARS” concert will feature 2 acts with over 20 songs and medleys from stage productions and films such as Pippin, A Chorus Line, Bonnie & Clyde, Gypsy, Victor/Victoria, Cabaret, Sister Act, Something Rotten, Spamalot, Sunset Boulevard, Gentlemen Prefer Blonds, La La Land, Dreamgirls, Smash, Grease 2, and many more!
21+ ONLY, Sunday May 19th.
Doors 6:30 / showtime 7:00
Tickets are $10 in advance from brownpapertickets.com or $15 at the door ($10 for seniors or students), with special reserved booth tickets also available.
DETAILS:
BROADWAY BEARS Concert; “SHOWBEARS”
• What: Adults Only All Live Cabaret Concert with songs from Broadway and Hollywood by Portland’s Furriest Singers
• When: Sunday, May 19, 2019. Doors 6:30 pm, Curtain 7:00 pm. Show ends approximately 9:00 pm.
• Where: Funhouse Lounge, 2432 SE 11th Avenue, Portland, Oregon.
• Who: The Broadway Bears are Andy Mangels, Darin MacLeod, Donnie Vecchione, and Sabi Trono. With special guests Zora Phoenix, Audrey Voon, Kate Faye Cummings, Dae Michelle, and Tim Lafollette.
• How: Tickets may be purchased at the door, or in advance from brownpapertickets.com.
• Cost: $15 Adult Tickets, $10 Advance or Student/Senior Tickets with ID.
The members of the BROADWAY BEARS have decades of stage experience encompassing theatrical, choral, opera, television, film, and teaching arenas. BROADWAY BEARS was co-founded in mid-2011 by Andy Mangels, and the group has performed charitable concerts and at local events in 2012-2019, including a popular and bravura opening concert at the 20th anniversary of Peacock in the Park at Washington Park Amphitheatre.
Simon Gibson & Friends!
PORTLAND!
Simon Gibson returns to the Funhouse Lounge Thursday, May 30th! (It’s his birthday!)
Showtime: 10:00 pm
Doors open: 9:30
21+ ONLY
Hosted by Adam Pasi
Featuring:
Dave Ross
Katie Nguyen
Emma Jones
Dan Weber
Jake Siberman
Brandon Lyons
Simon Gibson is an LA-based comedian, actor and writer, who was selected to be a New Face at the 2018 Just For Laughs Festival in Montreal. He recently appeared on NBC’s “Last Call with Carson Daly”, and can currently be seen on the Amazon docu-series Inside Jokes. Originally from Portland, OR, Simon brings a dynamic combination of high-energy and physicality to the stage, performing at clubs and festivals across the country.
Big Queer Energy With Mary Jane French
Mary Jane French is passing through town because she just loves it so damn much! She’s a Los Angeles transplant originally from Richmond, Virginia, she’s been named one of ‘Thrillists’ 2018’s Best Undiscovered Comedians, she’s opened for Cameron Esposito & Rory Scovel and now she’s in Portland for ONE NIGHT ONLY of HUGE GAY LAUGHS.
Rounding out the show are Portland’s own amazing Talents:
Riley McCarthy
Corina Lucas
And of course Belinda Carroll hosting the evening!
Tickets are available online for $8 in advance and $12 at the door! Scoop them up now!
This is an all ages show.
Triassic Parq, the Musical
Sex, Religion, Gender Identity…. and Raptors.
Triassic Parq is a raucous musical retelling of that famous dinosaur-themed film, this time seen from the dinos’ point of view. Chaos is unleashed on their not-so-prehistoric world when one of their all-female clan spontaneously turns male! The mutation spawns a chain reaction of identity crises, forcing the dinosaurs to question the very facts of life they’ve always held as truth.
Book & Lyrics by Marshall Pailet, Bruce Norbitz, and Steve Wargo. Music by Marshall Pailet.
Contains adult language and content.
Tickets $20 advance / $25 CASH at the door.
Dates: Thursdays – Saturdays, May 23rd-June 14th, with an additional matinee on June 9th.
Showtimes: Thursday-Saturday showing are all at 7:00 pm (doors at 6:30 pm). The Sunday matinee showing is at 2:00 pm (doors at 1:30 pm).
Two Dykes and a Mic
Two Dykes and a Mic is coming to Portland for 1 night only!
Two Dykes and a Mic, hosted by McKenzie Goodwin and Rachel Scanlon, is a touring all-female stand up comedy show. Raunchy, hot and LGBTQ friendly, this show will have your body rocking with laughter and sexual tension.
Featuring Hannah Einbinder & Mav Viola
April 24th – 9:30PM door, 10:00 showtime
21+ ONLY
Funhouse Lounge
Tickets $10
