“I would love for everybody to come out and say a final farewell,” said Robinson, adding Brown intends to retire outside of Edmonton. Saturday will see a celebration of Woody’s Video Bar’s history with the official transfer of ownership at midnight. “It will be a lot of the older queens who have not been out in a really long time, people who have moved across Alberta and across Canada,” Robinson said.Īttendees are asked to wear red and black for the event. featuring well-known performers from Edmonton’s drag community. The official farewell party starts on Friday at 9 p.m. 5, but not before two days of farewell celebrations for Brown. Mama’s Gin Joint will open at 11723 Jasper Ave. I was very honoured when he asked me if I would be willing to keep it going.” Jim had originally not wanted to pass the bar on as a gay bar, he was going to let it go free. “I am extraordinarily honoured and humbled. She also plans on continuing community outreach and engagement activities Woody’s has been known for, including fundraising for LGBTQ-friendly causes and the annual free meal provided Christmas Day. The Stewarts plan to open Sir in October from 4 p.m. What I’m doing now is trying to encompass the plus piece,” Robinson said. Sir will be the Stewarts’ big brother concept to their bar in Dallas, Mr. “We’ve got such a bigger spectrum in our alphabet, I think LGBTQ only covers a small part of us now.
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