Escape Nightclub

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Escape Nightclub
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Signage above the nightclub's entrance, 2014
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Escape Nightclub
Location within Portland, Oregon
Location Portland, Oregon, U.S.
Coordinates 45°31′19″N122°40′47″W / 45.52198°N 122.67962°W / 45.52198; -122.67962
Type Nightclub
Closed2016

The Escape Nightclub, also known as Escape Club or The Escape, [1] [2] [3] was an all-ages LGBT-friendly nightclub in Portland, Oregon, in the United States. [4]

History

In 2016, it was announced in the Portland Tribune that the space formerly occupied was going to serve as a homeless shelter to temporarily house transients with expected opening by Thanksgiving day in 2016. [5]

On February 1, 2017, Willamette Week reported that Escape had closed four months prior to the news story publication after operating for fourteen years. [6]

Drag performer Jinkx Monsoon has said, "The very first time I performed in drag on a large scale was at the Escape." [7] [8] [9] [10]

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References

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  5. Hewitt, Lyndsey. "Downtown business owners support new homeless shelter, but apprehensive". Portland Tribune . Archived from the original on November 17, 2016. Retrieved April 11, 2019.
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