Drag Brunch in Birmingham.

Drag brunch in Birmingham is, mostly, a hen-party institution. Bottomless fizz, a big theme, a queen who's very good at herding a room of thirty-fifth-birthdays through a Beyoncé number. Done right it's a brilliant Saturday — just know what you're booking.

It's only just become a Gay Village thing. The Village does drag better than anywhere in the city, mostly in the evening — cabaret and late shows — but WashWorx on Hurst Street now runs a bottomless drag brunch every Saturday afternoon. So this guide does two jobs: points you at the scene's drag where it overlaps with daytime, then rounds up the city's proper bottomless drag brunches so you can book one that suits.

Drag on the scene

The Gay Village's drag lives at night — the Village Inn especially, the beating heart of the Village's cabaret, which runs drag shows and touring nights through the week. The exception is WashWorx (131 Hurst Street), which runs a bottomless drag brunch show on Saturday afternoons — the Village's first. Check the listing for who's hosting. If it's specifically the scene you want, start with the drag shows guide and this weekend's listings; if it's bottomless brunch you're after, read on.

Drag brunches across Birmingham

These are the city's bottomless drag brunches — drag-fronted, themed, ticketed. Not Gay Village venues, but the real answer to "where's a drag brunch in Birmingham."

• Tonight Josephine · City Centre
  One of the go-to spots for a themed bottomless brunch with drag: 90 minutes of bottomless drinks and a main, with rotating themes (Mamma Mia, Beyoncé, 00s throwbacks) against the neon. Big on birthdays and hen dos.
• Luna Springs · Digbeth
  Runs themed drag brunches with bottomless prosecco and cocktails — the live-vocal Mamma Mia (ABBA) brunch is a regular, hosted by a drag queen.
• Bierkeller · Essex Street, a short walk from the Village
  An Essex Street bottomless-brunch venue a couple of minutes from Hurst Street, with a rotating themed programme; drag-hosted dates turn up among them — check Fever and The Brunch Club for what's on.
• The Glee Club · The Arcadian, on Hurst Street
  The "Absolutely Britney" drag bottomless brunch, built around a live-vocal tribute. It runs periodically rather than weekly — check Glee's site for the next date.
• Illusions: The Drag Queen Show · Touring
  A touring drag queen show in both brunch and dinner formats, on rotating Birmingham dates — check Eventbrite for the current ones.

Booking goes through each venue or their ticket partner (Fever, The Brunch Club, Skiddle, Eventbrite). Themes and dates change month to month — the upcoming list below is the live one.

Getting around

Most of these sit in the city centre, the Arcadian or Digbeth — all walkable from New Street. The Bierkeller's on the doorstep of the Gay Village, and the Glee Club's Arcadian is on Hurst Street itself, so you can roll a brunch straight into a night out.