Funhouse Lounge

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Funhouse Lounge
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The venue's exterior in 2021
Funhouse Lounge
Address2432 Southeast 11th Avenue
Location Portland, Oregon, U.S.
Coordinates 45°30′18.9″N122°39′15.7″W / 45.505250°N 122.654361°W / 45.505250; -122.654361
Type
  • Venue
  • bar
Website
Official website

Funhouse Lounge is a venue and bar in southeast Portland, Oregon's Hosford-Abernethy neighborhood, in the United States.

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Description and reception

The venue hosts comedy and theatre performances, [1] including "Comic Strip", a monthly event in which comedians strip during their stand-up routines. [2] Funhouse has also hosted productions of Reefer Madness and The Rocky Horror Show . [3] [4] Thrillist contributor Amy Wolfenberger included Funhouse in her list of "The Best Theme Bars in Portland", in which she wrote:

"The Funhouse is a wonderland of improv theater, beer, shots (no cocktails), clowns, and a general sense of whimsy. On any given night, you can get anything from stand-up to improvised episodes of Deadwood ... to burlesque. It's kind of like that scene in Fear & Loathing, only with fewer trapeze-friendly wolverines and more grown-up theater kids. Oh, and it's situated just across Ladd's Addition from legendary comic shop Excalibur, just in case you wanted to incorporate more capes into your fandom for the evening." [5]

Funhouse Lounge earned second place in the "Best Comedy Club" category of Willamette Week 's "Best of Portland Readers' Poll 2020". [6]

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References

  1. "Funhouse Lounge". Travel Portland . Archived from the original on February 21, 2017. Retrieved February 20, 2017.
  2. "Comic Strip". The Portland Mercury . Archived from the original on February 22, 2017. Retrieved February 20, 2017.
  3. Spitz, Enid (June 21, 2016). "Portland's Funniest Person and Rod Man Headline Helium". Willamette Week . Archived from the original on February 22, 2017. Retrieved February 20, 2017.
  4. "'The Rocky Horror Show' opens at Funhouse Lounge". Portland Tribune . October 13, 2016. Archived from the original on February 22, 2017. Retrieved February 20, 2017.
  5. Wolfenberger, Amy. "The Best Theme Bars in Portland". Thrillist.com. Thrillist Media Group. Archived from the original on February 21, 2017. Retrieved February 20, 2017.
  6. "Bars + Nightlife: Congratulations to the winners + finalists of Best of Portland Readers' Poll 2020". Willamette Week . July 21, 2020. Archived from the original on August 11, 2020. Retrieved September 4, 2020.