Friday, October 16, 2026 at 7:00 PM
Open mic
The Menagerie: Open mic. No cover listed. The bar is the room — the sheet, the host, or the house, not a touring bill.
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The Menagerie
University · 3581 University Ave, Riverside, CA
Madeline Lee opened The Menagerie on Valentine’s Day 1983 in a small University Avenue retail space, after an earlier bar, Stage Door, was shut down over permits. It began with mismatched sofas, a pool table, and beer and wine, and became a refuge for Riverside’s LGBTQ community during the AIDS crisis. A restaurant gave way to a dance club with karaoke, prom nights, and drag. In June 1999 she sold it to longtime patron David St. Pierre, who added a circular bar and a modernized dance floor.
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