Drag performer Etcetera Etcetera was crowned Entertainer of the Year at Sydney’s 2025 Drag Industry Variety Awards (DIVAs) on Monday night.
Stonewall Hotel
Palms on Oxford has secured Showgirl Sundays, the long-running drag showcase formerly hosted at Stonewall Hotel, after a dispute over how it was named in the nomination list for Sydney’s annual drag industry awards and amid ongoing tensions over the lack of payment for guest performers.
Stonewall Hotel’s top floor will be turned into an upmarket, all-male nude strip club with a cover charge, as part of plans to revitalise the 27-year-old Oxford Street gay bar.
Oxford Street gay bar Stonewall Hotel will no longer trade on Mondays and Tuesdays throughout winter this year.
When a little-known US company quietly posted a press release on its website announcing it had acquired Sydney’s legendary Stonewall Hotel last month, the news flew under the radar.
Rachael Gunn, otherwise known as Raygun, ventured out to Oxford Street on Thursday night, making an appearance at Stonewall Hotel before letting loose on Universal Sydney’s ground-level stage.
The building housing Stonewall’s Diva bar is up for sale – but don’t fret about its future just yet as Gay Sydney News can reveal the venue has the option to stay at the premises until June 2029.
Businesses are doing it tough amid the cost-of-living crunch, but that doesn’t excuse them from not being transparent about the prices of their drinks.