Great news, gworls: A RuPaul’s Drag Race fan activation will be sashaying to Chicago this fall. This fully immersive experience—which will be popping up in Logan Square—will celebrate the unmatched glamour and singularity of RuPaul’s Drag Race, which has aired for 17 seasons and generated several spinoffs.
Drag Race: The Experience will transport visitors through the most iconic spaces featured on the drag competition show: Put the bass in your walk on the Main Stage, play a round of Snatch Game, tape your confessional and more. Visitors can also enjoy bevvies and snacks at the Gold Bar, shop exclusive merchandise and race the clock during RuPaul’s Best Friend Race Scavenger Hunt.
To the skeptics out there: Drag Race: The Experience isn’t some unauthorized, fly by night operation. The activation is masterminded by the Emmy Award-winning team at World of Wonder, the production company behind RuPaul’s Drag Race and DragCon, an international series of drag conventions.
“For the first time ever, we’re untucking and taking you behind the one-way mirror to show you how the sausage is made,” Fenton Bailey and Randy Barbato, cofounders of World of Wonder, shared. “You can werk the Werk Room, walk the runway and become the image of your imagination—sashaying away with a portrait of yourself transformed via our Dragrulator.”
Throughout its residency, Drag Race: The Experience will host an abundance of events, including screenings and premiere parties supporting shows across the global Drag Race franchise. The space will also be available to rent for corporate and private events, in case you’ve got some wild ideas for your company's holiday party this year…
Drag Race: The Experience will run from November 28 to December 30 near Western Avenue and Logan Boulevard. Fans can choose from two ticket tiers: VIP (starting at $177) and general admission (starting at $53). Tickets are available here.