Funhouse Lounge
The venue's exterior in 2021
Address2432 Southeast 11th Avenue
LocationPortland, Oregon, U.S.
Coordinates45°30′18.9″N 122°39′15.7″W / 45.505250°N 122.654361°W / 45.505250; -122.654361
Type
  • Venue
  • bar
Website
Official website

Funhouse Lounge is a venue and bar in southeast Portland, Oregon's Hosford-Abernethy neighborhood, in the United States.

Description and reception

The venue hosts comedy and theatre performances,[1] including "Comic Strip", a monthly event in which comedians strip during their stand-up routines.[2] Funhouse has also hosted productions of Reefer Madness and The Rocky Horror Show.[3][4] Thrillist contributor Amy Wolfenberger included Funhouse in her list of "The Best Theme Bars in Portland", in which she wrote:

"The Funhouse is a wonderland of improv theater, beer, shots (no cocktails), clowns, and a general sense of whimsy. On any given night, you can get anything from stand-up to improvised episodes of Deadwood ... to burlesque. It's kind of like that scene in Fear & Loathing, only with fewer trapeze-friendly wolverines and more grown-up theater kids. Oh, and it's situated just across Ladd's Addition from legendary comic shop Excalibur, just in case you wanted to incorporate more capes into your fandom for the evening."[5]

Funhouse Lounge earned second place in the "Best Comedy Club" category of Willamette Week's "Best of Portland Readers' Poll 2020".[6]

References

  1. ↑ "Funhouse Lounge". Travel Portland. Archived from the original on February 21, 2017. Retrieved February 20, 2017.
  2. ↑ "Comic Strip". The Portland Mercury. Archived from the original on February 22, 2017. Retrieved February 20, 2017.
  3. ↑ Spitz, Enid (June 21, 2016). "Portland's Funniest Person and Rod Man Headline Helium". Willamette Week. Archived from the original on February 22, 2017. Retrieved February 20, 2017.
  4. ↑ "'The Rocky Horror Show' opens at Funhouse Lounge". Portland Tribune. October 13, 2016. Archived from the original on February 22, 2017. Retrieved February 20, 2017.
  5. ↑ Wolfenberger, Amy. "The Best Theme Bars in Portland". Thrillist.com. Thrillist Media Group. Archived from the original on February 21, 2017. Retrieved February 20, 2017.
  6. ↑ "Bars + Nightlife: Congratulations to the winners + finalists of Best of Portland Readers' Poll 2020". Willamette Week. July 21, 2020. Archived from the original on August 11, 2020. Retrieved September 4, 2020.
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