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Pyramid Club
101 Avenue A · East Village, Manhattan40.7268° N / 73.9836° W
Overview
Avenue A bar and stage often cited as a cradle of East Village drag, punk, and queer performance.
The Pyramid Club is often cited within histories of East Village drag, punk, and queer performance, and is associated with a generation of performers who built careers on its small stage. It operated intermittently for decades on Avenue A and is generally remembered as closed as a nightlife venue. More documentation is needed to map its full programming history.
Oral histories & archival media
Archive plates
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FlyerPL.01
Pending acquisition
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PhotographPL.02
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DocumentPL.03
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Placeholder plates — cleared scans drop in here
Sonic profile
punk/new wavemixed
Cultural role
drag historyqueer performanceEast Village
DJs, promoters & people
Lady Bunny
Drag performer; founder of the Wigstock festival · Associated with Wigstock
RuPaul
Performer
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Parties & residencies
Tags
#drag#queerperformance#punk#AvenueA