Merced Stratton's House Party

Open Mic

Gordon Michaels brings his powerful baritone to the Napoleon Room at Club Café in Boston's South End for a mini concert, followed by an open mic where you can take the stage yourself. Expect Broadway ballads, jazz standards, blues, R&B oldies and gospel, with a bit of country thrown in. It runs 7:00 to 10:00 pm, and there's never a cover.

Drag Shows

Freak It! is a Kim Petras and Slayyyter themed drag show at Club Café's Moonshine Room in Boston's South End, with Kim Petras performing the first half and Slayyyter the second. Big Fanny hosts, with Aurora, Chanel thee Angel, Big Atlas and more on the bill. Doors open at 6pm, the show runs 7 to 9pm, and tickets are $20 plus fee.

DJ Nights

Club Café's weekly Friday night tradition — dinner first, then straight to the dance floor. Resident DJs spin pop, R&B, hip-hop, and throwbacks until 2 AM, packing the South End's longtime LGBTQ+ nightlife staple (open since 1983) with a crowd that knows how to have a good time. $15 cover after 10 PM, 21+.

Brunch

Jazz, Broadway and madcap cabaret brunch at Club Café's Napoleon Room in Boston's South End. The Anastasio Sisters are celebrating their mother Jenny's 90th with a one-hour musical journey through nine decades, and they want you to help pick the songs. Brunch doors open at 11:00 am, the show starts at 11:30, and there's no cover.

Cabaret

Mary Mac and Andy Lantz bring Berlin-cabaret-between-the-wars to Josephine's stage in the Napoleon Room at Club Café on Boston's South End, a one-hour show of jazz, Broadway and madcap cabaret. Doors open at 3pm and the show starts at 4pm, with no cover, though reservations are strongly recommended. Mingle with society's outcasts and dream of a better world with a hilariously irreverent afternoon.

burlesque

Lucky 13 is Boston's amateur burlesque competition, running since 2010 at Club Café in the South End. Newbie burlesquers take the stage, three pro judges score them, and the audience votes too, so bring your opinions. All genders, sizes and genres are welcome. It's 21+, doors open at 7pm, the show runs 7:30 to 9:30pm, and tickets are $15 plus fee.