Weekly competitive open drag stage presented by BTBD, where local drag talent battle for cash prizes and winners are decided by audience applause and lip-sync battles.
The Titty Tournament is back at Oilcan Harry's this Thursday, August 13, with Brigitte Bandit hosting. It's a weekly competitive open drag stage presented by BTBD, which means it's a recurring thing you can catch almost any Thursday night rather than a one-off. Local drag talent come in to battle for cash prizes, and the winners are decided by audience applause and lip-sync battles, so the crowd actually has a say in who takes home the money.
Brigitte Bandit is the one running the whole thing. She's an award-winning drag queen, producer, and queer activist based here in Austin, and she's become a bit of a political figurehead for the state's drag community. She's been profiled by Texas Monthly and KUT, and that coverage has drawn the attention of Republican lawmakers, with media framing her as a target of proposals to criminalize drag performances. Seeing her host is as much about the person behind the mic as it is about the competition.
If you've never been, the format is straightforward: performers take the stage, the room decides who they like, and the lip-syncs settle the score. Because it's an open stage, you get a mix of regulars and new faces coming through, and the cash prizes keep the stakes real. It's a good spot to see where the local scene is at on any given week.
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The Titty Tournament runs every Thursday at 10 PM at Oilcan Harry's in Austin, with Brigitte Bandit hosting.
