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However, when would University students and Tuscaloosa residents ever have associated drag queens, dance music, gin and juice and walk-offs with the Tuscaloosa bar scene instead of cover bands, beer, pool, darts and football? Since late April of this year, one bar has filled one of the few niches that Tuscaloosa was lacking for years.

Icon is an alternative dance bar located at Greensboro Ave. Haugen and Russell Stephens, a junior majoring in musical theatre and journalism, have been going to the bar since its opening in late April.

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Also, along with students, a lot of Tuscaloosa natives come and hang out as well. Icon is open Tuesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday nights from 9 p. Icon has designated gay nights, Tuesday and Friday, and there is no specified designation for the rest of the nights. Every Friday night is the G-spot, which is hosted by Genesis, a drag queen from Birmingham, and features performers from across the country, according to the G-spot Facebook page.

There is a drag show every Friday night, and Stephens said drag queens come from Tuscaloosa, Birmingham and Montevallo to perform. Stephens said, for an example of some of the drag queens that perform at G-spot, this past Friday a drag queen wore a Twilight inspired outfit with fangs painted on her face. Stephens and Haugen both said some of their favorite memories of the bar involve dance-offs and walk-offs.

Luke Harbison, a bartender at Icon, said it can be the perfect place to relax, be yourself, and have a good time. It can sometimes get crazy. You can just go and alabama out with your friends and talk to people. Skip to Content. Karissa Bursch. Tuscaloosa has bar number of bars where students can go, offering a variety gay scenes and choices.

Stephens said the bar is targeted for a icon spectrum of people. The music at Icon is usually top 40 pop hits, sometimes remixed and sometimes not, Haugen said. Tags: bar Culture Featured Story icon kbursch. More to Discover. Labubu is the plush pendant taking the world by storm.

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