The Escape Nightclub, also known as Escape Club or The Escape,[1][2][3] was an all-ages LGBT-friendly nightclub in Portland, Oregon, in the United States.

[4] In 2016, it was announced in the Portland Tribune that the space formerly occupied was going to serve as a homeless shelter to temporarily house transients with expected opening by Thanksgiving day in 2016.

[5] On February 1, 2017, Willamette Week reported that Escape had closed four months prior to the news story publication after operating for fourteen years.

[6] Drag performer Jinkx Monsoon has said, "The very first time I performed in drag on a large scale was at the Escape.

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