Lady Bunny & Neil Patrick Harris Revive Wigstock Festival: Get The Details

Wigstock, the LGBTQ friendly celebration of all things drag queens, nightlife and, well, wigs, is back in business, in part thanks to Neil Patrick Harris, who teamed up with Lady Bunny, to make the vision a reality. 

According to an announcement on Thursday (August 16), Wigstock will see the light of day once again in the Big Apple at the South Street Seaport (Pier 17) on September 1 in the middle of Labor Day weekend. The festival was originally born in 1984 after a late-night concert in Tompkins Square Park and stopped after 15 years in 2001. Various installments of the festival have occurred in recent years, but the full spectacle never returned in its full form. "A lot of people only see drag on TV and they’re watching people lip-sync because they're about to lose," Harris told The New York Times in reference to the elimination round on RuPaul’s Drag Race. "I want to see people doing song after song of what they do best, and let everyone applaud and appreciate on their terms."

Among the queens set to take the concert portion of festivities include Alaska, Alex Newell, Amanda Lepore, Barbara Tucker, Basil, Bianca Del Rio, Bob the Drag Queen, Candis Cayne, Charlene Incarnate, Darnelle XV, Desmond Is Amazing, Dina Martina, Dita Von Teese, Heklina, Jackie Beat, Jada Valenciaga, Jinkx Monsoon, Joey Arias, Justin Vivian Bond, Kevin Aviance, Latrice Royale, Lina Bradford, Linda Simpson, Lypsinka, Murray Hill, Peaches Christ, Peppermint, Raven O, Sherry Vine, Taylor Mac, Varla Jean Merman and Willam.

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