Upcoming events
A Bikini Bottom Bash
Who lives in a Fagapple Under the Sea? Spongeboob the Drag Sponge!
Who lives in a Fagapple Under the Sea? Spongeboob the Drag Sponge! Aye aye captain, so sail on down to Novel for A Bikini Bottom Bash, a Spoungbob Squre Pants inspired Drag Show. Hosted by Letta Dicken featuring your goofy goobers, G-Spott Bvlgari, Rexx Chaos, Finn Gerring, & Angel Dionne Money.
Costume Contest! Have Fun, Be Crerative, and Join us for a F.U.N. Costume Contest! Win a Special Price for First & Secound Place Winners.
7:30pm Doors Open | 8pm Show Time
18+ Show | $10 Entry
Produced by Letta Dicken
Poster Design by LettaqDicken
Bump Grind & Shred Vol 2
🤘 THE WAIT IS OVER 🤘
Tickets are LIVE NOW for Bump Grind & Shred Vol 2.
Join us for a night full of bumps , grinds & the sickest Shreds. Featuring Brutal Burlesque, Daring Drag & Vivacious Variety performances from local & national favorites 🤘🤘🤘
March 27th @genosrockclub_official
Doors 7pm
Show 8pm
$15 ADV / $20 Doors
Ru Paul's Drag Race w/ Mamma Martini
@mamamartini_ is BACK at @batsonrivermaine for RuPaul’s Drag Race Season 18 viewing parties on Friday nights starting January 2nd!
Come watch @rupaulsdragrace season 18 in Batson River Portland’s Distillery Bar and Lounge with commentary and performances by Mama Martini.
Relax with friends, enjoy exclusive cocktails and food, and stay up to date with all of this season’s twists, stunts, and shade.
Seating begins at 7:30 and the viewing starts promptly at 8:00.
Seating is limited, so early arrival is encouraged or call Batson River to reserve a table at 207-800-4680
Ru Paul's Drag Race Viewing Party
Start your engines ducklings and all you kittie girls! We’re back back, back again for Portland’s longest running RuPaul's Drag Race Viewing Party at the Ugly Duckling, hosted by Letta Dicken! Join us for the Grand Primer on January 2nd at 8pm and every Friday until the grand finale of @rupaulsdragrace filled with food, desert, drinks, live drag, weekly prizes, and so much more!
Batson River Drag Brunch!
Monthly Drag Brunch with our dazzling host, Chartreuse Money!
PLEASE READ ENTIRE SUMMARY PRIOR TO BOOKING
Chartreuse will lead you through a fabulous roster of local and guest performers.
Due to popularity, we will be hosting two rounds of performances each Sunday:
First seating is from 10:30-10:45, with the performance beginning shortly after final arrival.
Second seating is from 12:45-1:00.
** Second seating recommended relaxed arrival time to allow for the restaurant to be reset prior to your arrival**
Groups are recommended to place ticket orders under one name, so we can guarantee you will all be seated together. Requests to be seated with other parties are not guaranteed.
Limited cash will be available to exchange large bills.
* Tickets are a mixture of traditional table, high-top table, and bar seating. Placement is dependent on party size. If you need ADA accommodations for a lower table or plan to bring children, please contact us in advance at portlandgm@batsonriver.com*
Although we support early exposure for children to all that our community has to offer, we do recommend this show for ages 16+. We trust your judgement as a parent.
Char-aoke
CHAR-AOKE, where CHAR makes YOU the STAR.
Come take stardom into your own hand 🎤 from 6 to 9 PM with Chartreuse Money performing on the hour, every hour! - along with her delightful co-host Dave and a regular crowd of enthusiastic Char-aokers! All are welcome to sing!
Blackstones is 21+, ID required, and always cover-free!
A Letta Bit Of Chaos
Join us at Novel for a night of fun, fierce, fabulousness, and a beautifully chaotic show!
Join us at Novel for a night of fun, fierce, fabulousness, and a beautifully chaotic show; so gear up and bring yourself into the world of "A Letta' Bit of Chaos"! Hosted by Letta Dicken & Rexx Chaos. Get ready, because they're ready to celabrate their birthdays with you! Get ready for Letta and Rexx to dazzle you, as you enjoy a night of queer performance art, dancing, and audience games and competition. Baby what are you waiting for? Get your tickets! It's just A Letta' Bit of Chaos"!
This show is 18+
Doors Open 7:30pm | Show Time 8pm
Produced by Letta Dicken, in collaboration with Rexx Chaos
Poster Design By Letta Dicken
Char-aoke
CHAR-AOKE, where CHAR makes YOU the STAR.
Come take stardom into your own hand 🎤 from 6 to 9 PM with Chartreuse Money performing on the hour, every hour! - along with her delightful co-host Dave and a regular crowd of enthusiastic Char-aokers! All are welcome to sing!
Blackstones is 21+, ID required, and always cover-free!
Char-aoke
CHAR-AOKE, where CHAR makes YOU the STAR.
Come take stardom into your own hand 🎤 from 6 to 9 PM with Chartreuse Money performing on the hour, every hour! - along with her delightful co-host Dave and a regular crowd of enthusiastic Char-aokers! All are welcome to sing!
Blackstones is 21+, ID required, and always cover-free!
Queer Prom!
Enjoy a night of epic music, dancing and the magic of queer joy at Queer Prom at Novel. Featuring one of Portlands epic Trans Dj's, T4T Rexx Chaos, with Gogo Dancers, Bluee, Angel Dionne Money, & Mr. Hornett Venomous! In Addition, extra special royal pop-up appearances by Finn Gerring & Letta Dicken. Plus youll have the chance to be crowned Queer Royalty for the night, will you serve it enough to be crowned? Stay tunned for more information!
This event is 18+
Event: 8pm-Midnight!
Event Produced by Letta Dicken
Poster Design by Letta Dicken
Burlyoke
Join us for Burly-oke on March 24th
Burly-oke is a unique blend of Karaoke & Burlesque where you the audience get to be the soundtrack to our acts!
Sign up with your karaoke go to song whilst local & national Burlesque talent create improvised, one time only acts to your vocals!
March's cast features:
Luna Lee
Mabel Syrup
Sultana
La Petite Mystique
Hosted by Aquarius Funkk
Come join us early for dinner & cocktails upstairs in the Hideaway at the Eastender (the kitchen opens 5pm-9pm) to be first in line & early for sign-ups.
Sign-ups start at 7pm (spots to sing are limited & fill up quickly)
Performances will start at 7:30pm.
Char-aoke
CHAR-AOKE, where CHAR makes YOU the STAR.
Come take stardom into your own hand 🎤 from 6 to 9 PM with Chartreuse Money performing on the hour, every hour! - along with her delightful co-host Dave and a regular crowd of enthusiastic Char-aokers! All are welcome to sing!
Blackstones is 21+, ID required, and always cover-free!
Controlled Chaos
Precision, Excess, & No apologies.
One night only. A lineup you haven’t seen in Brunswick, and a host who fully understands the assignment.
Controlled Chaos is a high-intensity night of drag, dance, and performance art curated and hosted by Rexx Chaos.
This show features solo acts AND Crown & Chaos group numbers previously seen only at The Pumpkin Ball. Bringing you precision, excess, and unapologetic queer artistry to the stage—Crown & Chaos is refined, unapolagetic, and deliberately unhinged.
Hosted by the co-founder of Crown & Chaos, Controlled Chaos is a one-night-only convergence of amazing performers, some of whom are making their Tonic debut!
No filters.
No apologies.
Just beautifully executed chaos.
Doors at 7pm
Show at 8pm
Tickets at door- $15
Ru Paul's Drag Race Viewing Party
Start your engines ducklings and all you kittie girls! We’re back back, back again for Portland’s longest running RuPaul's Drag Race Viewing Party at the Ugly Duckling, hosted by Letta Dicken! Join us for the Grand Primer on January 2nd at 8pm and every Friday until the grand finale of @rupaulsdragrace filled with food, desert, drinks, live drag, weekly prizes, and so much more!
Ru Paul's Drag Race w/ Mamma Martini
@mamamartini_ is BACK at @batsonrivermaine for RuPaul’s Drag Race Season 18 viewing parties on Friday nights starting January 2nd!
Come watch @rupaulsdragrace season 18 in Batson River Portland’s Distillery Bar and Lounge with commentary and performances by Mama Martini.
Relax with friends, enjoy exclusive cocktails and food, and stay up to date with all of this season’s twists, stunts, and shade.
Seating begins at 7:30 and the viewing starts promptly at 8:00.
Seating is limited, so early arrival is encouraged or call Batson River to reserve a table at 207-800-4680
Unholy Waters: Drag at the Edge of the Sea
Presented by Crown & Chaos, this drag and performance art showcase is inspired by the ocean, transformation, and self-expression. Expect bold creativity, powerful storytelling, and performers taking their art to the edge.
Unholy Waters: Drag at the Edge of the Sea is an energy filled, genre-bending drag showcase where glamour, chaos, and queerness collide at the SMCC Shoreline. Inspired by the ocean’s beauty, danger, and mystery, this show invites performers to explore everything from sirens and sea monsters to stormy emotions, myth, fantasy, and the unknown.
Produced by Crown & Chaos, this show features a dynamic lineup of drag artists, creatures, and performers. Unholy Waters celebrates bold self-expression, theatrical storytelling, and unapologetic individuality. Expect drag that is dark, playful, powerful, sexy, strange — and occasionally a little unhinged — all washed ashore with salt, seaweed, and spectacle.
“Drag at the Edge of the Sea” encourages performers to take their art to the edge, inviting audiences to experience bold creativity, expansive emotion, and the many forms identity can take.
This event is in collaboration with SMCC and the Queer Alliance.
Work It Wednesday
Portland's best Queer Open Stage! Drag and Burlesque, every third Wednesday.
Get Lucky! A St Patrick's Day themed burlesque and drag show at Rumors!
Get Lucky! A St Patrick's Day themed burlesque and drag show at Rumors!
Pixel Angel Presents Get Lucky! A St Patrick's Day themed burlesque and drag show at Rumors on St. Patrick's Day!
About this Event
Get Lucky! A St. Patrick's Day themed burlesque and drag show!
Pixel Angel Presents Get Lucky! A St Patrick's themed burlesque and drag show on St. Patrick's Day!
This show will be full of everything green and anything lucky! Follow the rainbow to Get Lucky at Rumors in Biddeford ME!
Featuring:
Pixel Angel
Cayenne
Fabergé
Severyn Pendragon
Coral Ondaleft
Fae Spunaway
Amethyst Ames
Stage Kitten: Dez
Hosted by: Timmy Elliot
Doors @ 7:00pm, Show @ 8:00pm
$15 in advance, $20 day of
21+
Street Parking Available
Venue unfortunately not handicap accessible
Char-aoke
CHAR-AOKE, where CHAR makes YOU the STAR.
Come take stardom into your own hand 🎤 from 6 to 9 PM with Chartreuse Money performing on the hour, every hour! - along with her delightful co-host Dave and a regular crowd of enthusiastic Char-aokers! All are welcome to sing!
Blackstones is 21+, ID required, and always cover-free!
Ru Paul's Drag Race Viewing Party
Start your engines ducklings and all you kittie girls! We’re back back, back again for Portland’s longest running RuPaul's Drag Race Viewing Party at the Ugly Duckling, hosted by Letta Dicken! Join us for the Grand Primer on January 2nd at 8pm and every Friday until the grand finale of @rupaulsdragrace filled with food, desert, drinks, live drag, weekly prizes, and so much more!
Port City Peep Show
Port City Peep Show returns to the cozy greenhouse of ASB with a fresh cast of burlesque, drag, and variety artists ready to warm you up!
Since 2015, Port City Peep Show has curated exciting, innovative shows featuring a wide range of performing artists from New England and beyond! ALL ARE WELCOME to attend a thrilling Friday the 13th spectacle to help us burn off the winter blues with live music, striptease, drag, and puppets! Cash tips for performers are always welcome, and 15% of all ticket sales will go to benefit Through These Doors, an organization providing safety and support to survivors of intimate partner violence right here in Cumberland County. LIMITED tickets will be available at the door for $15 (cash or venmo only).
Our show will be hosted by drag royalty Bunny Wonderland, with DJ Mel the Brit hyping us up with fab pre show vibes. The cast for 3/13 includes:
Amethyst Ames
Chrissy Bunz (NY)
Ghula Mortisse (NY)
Julio Robles - "The Mainer with the Muppets"
Kitty Caboose
Lada Lush
La Petite Mystique
Lil 22
Moxie Sazerac
Sarah Tonin
Spreada LaJoy
Ru Paul's Drag Race w/ Mamma Martini
@mamamartini_ is BACK at @batsonrivermaine for RuPaul’s Drag Race Season 18 viewing parties on Friday nights starting January 2nd!
Come watch @rupaulsdragrace season 18 in Batson River Portland’s Distillery Bar and Lounge with commentary and performances by Mama Martini.
Relax with friends, enjoy exclusive cocktails and food, and stay up to date with all of this season’s twists, stunts, and shade.
Seating begins at 7:30 and the viewing starts promptly at 8:00.
Seating is limited, so early arrival is encouraged or call Batson River to reserve a table at 207-800-4680
Jenda’s Movie Madness: Little Shop of Horrors (1960)
Grab your tickets, bring your friends, and prepare for a hilariously horrifying night with Jenda at the flower shop
She crash‑landed on purpose. She’s back. And this time she’s taking on a film so bizarre, so chaotic, and so unintentionally hilarious, it practically waters itself.
Strap in for the next uproarious chapter of Jenda’s Movie Madness, where cinematic catastrophes are transformed into pure comedy gold. This round, we’re sinking our teeth into the original 1960 Little Shop of Horrors — a low‑budget fever dream featuring a man‑eating plant, a frantic flower shop, and a very confused Jack Nicholson. It’s a cult classic that’s equal parts terrible and irresistible, and absolutely begging to be roasted.
🎤 Featuring live, unfiltered, laugh‑out‑loud commentary from the incomparable Jen Da’Benda.
📍 The Playhouse at Waterville Station
📅 Friday the 13th of March
🕖 7–9 PM
🔞 18+ only
🎟️ $10 (online or at the door)
Online tickets available here
✨ All proceeds benefit The Playhouse, supporting its mission to bring diverse, community‑driven cultural events to Central Maine.
🍿 Snacks and drinks available — because nothing pairs better with a carnivorous plant than concessions.
Grab your tickets, bring your friends, and prepare for a hilariously horrifying night at the flower shop.
Char-aoke
CHAR-AOKE, where CHAR makes YOU the STAR.
Come take stardom into your own hand 🎤 from 6 to 9 PM with Chartreuse Money performing on the hour, every hour! - along with her delightful co-host Dave and a regular crowd of enthusiastic Char-aokers! All are welcome to sing!
Blackstones is 21+, ID required, and always cover-free!
Reheated Rivalry
oin us at THE COTTAGE on Saturday March 7 for ReHeated Rivalry, a celebration of the ICY hot book and TV series phenomenon, Heated Rivalry.
We will be featuring Maine’s favorite hunky and twunky Drag Kings performing in a Drag Show focusing on the Heated Rivalry visual lore. Being in our audience not only means you are a part of a safe and welcoming space for all LGBTQAI+ members but also the opportunity to be a part of the show itself with live interactive book readings led by a master story teller and a smoothie cooking show segment led by a novice chef.
We welcome you to our Boy Aquarium at the Equality Community Center in Portland, ME which will also feature an air hockey tournament, themed cocktails from Cocktail Mary’s & mocktails from Drinks With Jam as well as a post show dance party with music curated by DJ Rexx Chaos. Take your shot at our raffle with iconic local items from area businesses. All raffle proceeds go to the Equality Community Center Library.
We will have a literature donation ceremony at the show with a generous book donation from Bull Moose of author Rachel Reid’s entire game changer book series Heated Rivalry to be donated to ECC library.
Adorn yourself in your finest jock gear for a chance to win a prize even cooler than the Stanley Cup. Costumes are not required so don't worry you won't be put in the penalty box if you don't choose to dress up. Light the lamp with our cast and enjoy the unadulterated queer joy of this Heated Rivalry themed event.
Starring
Finn Gerring
GSpott
Riot Romero
Rexx Chaos
Page Turnhaa
Door Prices $20 GA / $35 VIP / $6 Chance for A LapDance
Ru Paul's Drag Race Viewing Party
Start your engines ducklings and all you kittie girls! We’re back back, back again for Portland’s longest running RuPaul's Drag Race Viewing Party at the Ugly Duckling, hosted by Letta Dicken! Join us for the Grand Primer on January 2nd at 8pm and every Friday until the grand finale of @rupaulsdragrace filled with food, desert, drinks, live drag, weekly prizes, and so much more!
Ru Paul's Drag Race w/ Mamma Martini
@mamamartini_ is BACK at @batsonrivermaine for RuPaul’s Drag Race Season 18 viewing parties on Friday nights starting January 2nd!
Come watch @rupaulsdragrace season 18 in Batson River Portland’s Distillery Bar and Lounge with commentary and performances by Mama Martini.
Relax with friends, enjoy exclusive cocktails and food, and stay up to date with all of this season’s twists, stunts, and shade.
Seating begins at 7:30 and the viewing starts promptly at 8:00.
Seating is limited, so early arrival is encouraged or call Batson River to reserve a table at 207-800-4680
A Letta’ Bit of Chaos
oin us at Novel for a night of fun, fierce, fabulousness, and a beautifully chaotic show; so gear up and bring yourself into the world of “A Letta’ Bit of Chaos”! Hosted by Letta Dicken & Rexx Chaos, with this month’s special guest, Angel Dionne Money. Get ready, because they’re ready to dazzle you, as you enjoy a night of queer performance art, dancing, and audience games and competition. Baby what are you waiting for? Get your tickets! It’s just A Letta’ Bit of Chaos”!
This show is 18+
Doors Open 7:30pm
Show Time 8pm
Char-aoke
CHAR-AOKE, where CHAR makes YOU the STAR.
Come take stardom into your own hand 🎤 from 6 to 9 PM with Chartreuse Money performing on the hour, every hour! - along with her delightful co-host Dave and a regular crowd of enthusiastic Char-aokers! All are welcome to sing!
Blackstones is 21+, ID required, and always cover-free!
Ru Paul's Drag Race Viewing Party
Start your engines ducklings and all you kittie girls! We’re back back, back again for Portland’s longest running RuPaul's Drag Race Viewing Party at the Ugly Duckling, hosted by Letta Dicken! Join us for the Grand Primer on January 2nd at 8pm and every Friday until the grand finale of @rupaulsdragrace filled with food, desert, drinks, live drag, weekly prizes, and so much more!
Ru Paul's Drag Race w/ Mamma Martini
@mamamartini_ is BACK at @batsonrivermaine for RuPaul’s Drag Race Season 18 viewing parties on Friday nights starting January 2nd!
Come watch @rupaulsdragrace season 18 in Batson River Portland’s Distillery Bar and Lounge with commentary and performances by Mama Martini.
Relax with friends, enjoy exclusive cocktails and food, and stay up to date with all of this season’s twists, stunts, and shade.
Seating begins at 7:30 and the viewing starts promptly at 8:00.
Seating is limited, so early arrival is encouraged or call Batson River to reserve a table at 207-800-4680
Ru Paul's Drag Race Viewing Party
Start your engines ducklings and all you kittie girls! We’re back back, back again for Portland’s longest running RuPaul's Drag Race Viewing Party at the Ugly Duckling, hosted by Letta Dicken! Join us for the Grand Primer on January 2nd at 8pm and every Friday until the grand finale of @rupaulsdragrace filled with food, desert, drinks, live drag, weekly prizes, and so much more!
Ru Paul's Drag Race w/ Mamma Martini
@mamamartini_ is BACK at @batsonrivermaine for RuPaul’s Drag Race Season 18 viewing parties on Friday nights starting January 2nd!
Come watch @rupaulsdragrace season 18 in Batson River Portland’s Distillery Bar and Lounge with commentary and performances by Mama Martini.
Relax with friends, enjoy exclusive cocktails and food, and stay up to date with all of this season’s twists, stunts, and shade.
Seating begins at 7:30 and the viewing starts promptly at 8:00.
Seating is limited, so early arrival is encouraged or call Batson River to reserve a table at 207-800-4680
Work It Wednesday
Portland's best Queer Open Stage! Drag and Burlesque, every third Wednesday.