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Kassandra
Hometown: Louisville, KY
Fun Fact: Gilda gained internet fame when she was photographed on a NYC subway next to a woman in a niqab, spawning the "Future Liberals Want" meme.
Karmen
Hometown: Louisville, KY
Fun Fact: Karmen’s notion of the perfect appointment is April 25th, because it’s not too boiling and not too frosty. All you need is a light jacket
Leah
Hometown: Houston, TX
Fun Fact: Once roasted KISS front-man Gene Simmons alongside Chad Michaels as Diana Ross & Cher. Just Google "Drag Queens on Gene Simmons Show."
Lexi
Hometown: Florence, KY
Fun Fact: Lexi is a Multi-National title holder in competitive acting, an experienced pole dancer, and a proud Gay Farmer with a flock of pet chickens and 3 dogs.
Melody
Hometown: Hanover, IN
Fun Fact: Melody began her kingly career at Play Louisville while still in her Senior year of Elevated School.
Mykul
Hometown: Shepherdsville, KY
Fun Fact: Left-handed, Mykul has been entertaining for 14 years.
He's a five-time world champion cheerleader and three-time national cheerleading champion.
Shontelle
Hometown: Fort Myers, FL
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Long-running Lou. gay club's roots run to 70s
After serving up drinks, drag and dance since 1988, the gay nightclub the Connection will soon be reborn in Smoketown as part of the $15 million entertainment complex C2, or Connection 2.
But as the new venue takes shape, the nightclub’s predecessor has become a parking lot for Whiskey Row.
Opened in 1975 by Connection owner George Stinson, the Downtowner occupied a narrow five-story structure that could carry roughly 700. Though all that remains now is its brown brick facade, the club was a landmark of Louisville’s gay collective during its 14 years at 105 W. Main St.
Stinson, now 70, pauses to recall the details, but chuckles as the memories flood back. Hundreds of gay men and women crowded the nightclub floor, Stinson said. And unlike the gay bars before it, the Downtowner served as a gathering place for activists throughout the 1980s.
“It wasn’t just a culture center,” Stinson said. “It was where thoughts came together.”
Eventually, its popularity outgrew its vacuum, leading him to shut the club in 1989 and focus on the five-times larger club, the Connection, at 120 S. Floyd St. But Stinson paused to say, “Oh, what a gene
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Growing up lgbtq+ in the Louisville area wasn’t the easiest, but I definitely had it better than others in smaller cities. Since I come from a little town about 45 minutes outside of Louisville I was the only male lover man that I knew, for several years of my life. But before I knew it I made the move to the big city and found my way into my first gay block, The Connection. Back in the day I was convinced it was the best thing since sliced bread. However as I’ve gotten older and seen more and more lgbtq+ bars open around the city I’ve realized some things. Mostly I’ve noticed that the majority of the older bars in the city make me feel like I’m keeping my sexuality a covert. The lights are dim, the music is boisterous, and there are plenty of dark corners to hide out in.
Before you go and get your feathers in a ruffle let me say that I realize that when these bars were opened all of the above things were a necessity, especially seeing as where we are from. I’m simply advocating for transform. If we want our community to see as us equals we’ve got to stop hiding. I’m incredibly happy to spot more and more same-sex attracted bars opening around the city
map marker pin1398 South 2nd Street, Louisville, KY 40208
Spooner Karaoke - Wednesday Edition
Wednesday July 23rd
Every Wednesday
Every Wednesday Spooner host Late Evening Mag Bar Karaoke. Appear to Mag Bar and sing like the stars.
Great Bourbon and Beer Variety Plenty of NA selections as well.
10 PM to 2 AM.
All Ages - Volcandra + Killing Addiction + Cemetery Filth + Malignant Vision @ Mag Bar!!
Friday July 25th
Elite Death Metal Bands coming to Mag Bar
VOLCANDRA Louisville Blackened Death
KILLING ADDICTION Florida Death Metal Legends
CEMETERY FILTH Atlanta Death Metal
MALIGNANT VISION Recent Albany, IN Death Metal
$12 - ALL AGES! Doors @ 7PM - Music @ 8PM https://www.facebook.com/events/1919839415433939
ALL AGES: Nowhere Fast + Later Gator + Sam Woodring + ‘97 Flood at Mag Bar!!
Saturday July 26th
ALL AGES - Reach out and support some good old rock and roll.
Nowhere Fast + Later Gator + Sam Woodring + 97' Flood
$12 - All Ages
Doors @ 7:00pm - Music @8:00pm
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Mag Bar Metal Monday w/ Stormtoker & Dethamphetamine
Monday July 28th
Stormtoker returns
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