Sasha Velour Announces NightGowns 10 Year Anniversary Celebration

‘NightGowns’ celebrates a decade of drag with a Star-Studded 7-show residency at New York City’s La MaMa Experimental Theatre Club from August 27 – September 1, 2025.

Global drag icon, visual artist, author, activist, and critically-acclaimed theatre maker, Sasha Velour has announced the 10th anniversary lineup of her sensational and groundbreaking drag revue, NightGowns. “NightGowns 10 Year Anniversary” will take place August 27 – September 1 with a 7-show residency at New York City’s La MaMa (66 E 4th St, New York, NY 10003), featuring performances by Velour, Sasha Colby, Kevin Aviance, Tenderoni, King Molasses, and many of NightGowns’ first-ever guests, like Elle McQueen, Vigor Mortis, and The Illustrious Pearl. Tickets on sale now at SashaVelour.com. 

Velour says, “Ten years—this is history! And if we made it, anyone can. Determination and hard work have embedded NightGowns into the traditions of drag in New York City…or maybe even the world. When our art form and our people are being criminalized, erased, displaced, having that kind of longevity and legacy—or just knowing it’s possible to survive—is a source of POWER. I am deeply honored to celebrate the audiences and artists who have made NightGowns into the platform and space that it’s become over the last decade, as we toast to the power of drag artists around the world.” 

The full artist lineup for NightGowns includes: 

Aug 27 & 28 at 9pm:  

• Daphne Always
• Neon Calypso
• Glace Chase
• K.James 
• Miss Malice
• Elle McQueen
• Vigor Mortis
• Untitled Queen
• Sasha Velour

Aug 29, 6:00 and 9:30 & Aug 30th at 9:00:

• Kevin Aviance
• Sasha Colby
• The Illustrious Pearl
• King Molasses
• Sasha Velour

Aug 31 & Sept 1 at 9pm:

• Sweaty Eddie
• Julie J
• Miz Jade
• Tenderoni
• Sasha Velour

First launched in August 2015 at Bizarre Bushwick (now closed) in Brooklyn, Sasha Velour’s NightGowns has grown into an internationally acclaimed drag performance revue. From the beginning, Velour created the all-inclusive show in the hopes of giving performers a space to bring their best and most daring work. 

“Over the years, Velour and her team have cultivated an audience that comes ready to be surprised, which has in turn given a growing generation of queens not only the license but the space to experiment.” Gay Times

Throughout its run, NightGowns has remained dedicated to combining performance art with grassroots activism. In the last three seasons alone, the show has raised over $80k for organizations that provide food, housing, and legal support to the LGBTQ community, immigrants, and for direct mutual aid to Gaza.

Sasha Velour has been a force in the drag scene long before her scene-stealing, rose-petal-filled win on season nine of “RuPaul’s Drag Race.” As a modern-day pioneer of innovative, emotive, and provocative drag aesthetics, Velour continues to raise the bar for the art of drag performance across the globe. She’s currently touring her latest critically-acclaimed one-queen theatre piece, The Big Reveal Live Show which premiered to rave reviews in 2023 and has since performed in sold-out prestigious venues across the U.S., Canada, and Europe. Most recently, The Big Reveal Live Show performed a two-week residency at the prestigious Berkeley Repertory Theatre (June 2025), and will play at Steppenwolf Theatre Company in Chicago on August 1st.

Velour’s next highly-anticipated solo show, TRAVESTY will premiere in March 2026 with a three week run at Woolly Mammoth Theatre in Washington D.C. before touring Europe later that spring.