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What a year it was! I mean, we could say that every year, because truly, y’all make sure things are always festive, fun, and so very joyful, but this year … Read More “Looking Back on 2025” »
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An Edmonton bar that was, for years, one of the city’s only LGBTQ2S+ nightclubs is having its last dance on Saturday night – but it’s not gone for good.
Evolution Wonderlounge’s 103 Street location has been open since 2013. Although the beloved bar is closing, its owners are simply focusing their attention on their newer Jasper Avenue location, Evo, which opened in April.
“It is emotional. It’s the end of an era,” said co-owner Rob Browatzke. “But every era, when it ends, it’s just the beginning of a new one.”
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‘Wipeout’ was peak chaos and entertainment. Never had I thought I’d see the day that the classic 2010s TV show Wipeout and a drag competition would come together. But here we are. … Read More “Performance Review: “Wipeout” drag competition” »
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A festival celebrating Edmonton’s drag artists was forced to find a new location with only a few hours notice due to wild weather. For the news video on CTV Edmonton … Read More “Edmonton drag festival forced indoors by wild weather – DRAGNADO” »
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‘We can’t define ourselves in basements’: Popular Edmonton gay bar moving to Jasper Avenue.
It’s the first time since 2016 basically that there’s been a two gay bar summer. The community is very very excited. Everybody has really been wanting somewhere that they can hang out in the afternoons, they can have something earlier for people that don’t wanna just go out at 11 o’clock at night.
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For the first time in nearly a decade, Edmonton will have two gay bars this summer.
Evolution Wonderlounge will open a new location on Jasper Avenue and 115 Street, as its downtown location on 103 Street near 102 Avenue winds down operations.
“It forced us to start looking around so we found this space, so we’re like, let’s just do both at once until the lease runs out,” Evolution Wonderlounge co-owner Rob Browatzke told Global News.
Evo, News
Edmonton’s last remaining gay bar, Evolution Wonderlounge, is on the move from its current home of 12 years on 103 Street to Jasper Avenue, hoping to take advantage of the new space to expand its community.
“The other space was a dance club and show bar, and it’s been amazing for 12 years, and it was all that we could be,” said Evolution co-owner Rob Browatzke.
Evo, News
Edmonton’s only gay bar is going to be out and proud in a new Jasper Avenue location this spring. Evolution Wonderlounge, on 103rd Street downtown, will remain in operation until … Read More “Evolution Wonderlounge gearing up for a ‘two gay bar summer’” »
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A long-standing gay bar in Edmonton will be moving to a new location, with Evolution Wonderlounge finding a new space right along Jasper Avenue. Daily Hive’s Dished spoke with Rob … Read More “A long-standing Edmonton gay bar is relocating…” »
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Every year since 2015, we have crowned ourselves some drag ambassadors, to represent the bar inside and outside the space. The new title holders are decided by management and announced … Read More “Meet the Team: Tugs and Rexy” »
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Q: What was your first gay bar experience like?A: I remember the very first time I went to a Gay Bar, it was called Boots & Saddle on 106th. street … Read More “Meet the Team: Twiggy” »
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Q: What was your first gay bar experience like?A: Mine was scary. My first gay bar was in Regina the day my semester of bible school ended. I somehow found … Read More “Meet the Team: Murray” »
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Q: What was your first gay bar experience like? A: My first experience at a gay bar was so many things, terrifying, exhilarating, a maelstrom of nervous energy, beautiful, and … Read More “Meet the Team: Brian” »
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Q: What was your first gay bar experience like?A: Picture it. Edmonton. 1996. The Roost. There was a stripper. That’s all I really remember about it. Had I know the … Read More “Meet the Team: Rob” »
Events
In 2015, we hosted our First Annual Stiletto Awards, a night of pomp and glamour designed to recognize the best of the best in the previous year’s drag. Our weekly … Read More “The Stiletto Awards” »
Events
Sunday night was always drag night. Back when one of our owner-management team was just coming out, that was just simple truth. Whether at Edmonton’s Betty Ford Recovery Show (The … Read More “The Sunday Revue” »
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The time has come again to crown Alberta’s Next Drag Superstar! In 2022, Pheromone Killz and Dayna Hart faced off in the final lip sync for the crown – and … Read More “The Search for Alberta’s Next Drag Superstar” »
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When EVO opened in 2013, the plan was to be a seven-days-a-week space. That didn’t last long. The one weeknight event that did have the longest run though was karaoke. … Read More “Your Karaoke Bar?” »
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Did you know Evolution Wonderlounge is a family-owned business? This uncles-and-nephew team have been running things at #yourgaybar since the summer of 2013 when it opened! Murray and Scott met … Read More “Meet The Team” »