Ames Public Library to host all ages drag show

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Audience members give Joemari Felarca dollar bills during a performance of Rolling in the Deep by Adele. Felarca participated in one of the drag shows hosted during the second annual Pridefest in Ames Sept. 29.

Logan Metzger

The Ames Public Library will be hosting an All-Ages Drag Show 6:30 p.m. to 9 p.m. Saturday.

“Drag is for everyone,” according to the Facebook page for the event. “Grab your best friend, your preschooler or grandmother, your dad or your neighbor and your neighbor’s kids, roommates, bandmates or that cool kid that sits next to you in math class and check out the free all age-friendly performances by professional and amateur drag performers.”

Some performers who will be at the event include Queen Marie, Smokey Moon, Christiana, Boyencé, Sage Umbra, Macie Maize, Jacob Sanchez, Cadaverina Von Corpse, Jaymee Sexton and Lonika LaBelle.

The schedule for the show will be the all-ages show 6:30 p.m. to 7:15 p.m. then a teens-only drag performer round table 7:15 p.m. to 7:45 p.m. The last event will be a teens-only drag show featuring professional and amateur performances, which will take place 8 p.m. to 9 p.m.