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Rise Bar
Rise Bar, 9th Avenue, NYC, NY, USA
Rise is one of Hell's Kitchen's fan favourite gay bars, offering daily happy hour, specials, and nightly entertainment. You can start or end your night here with DJs, Drag shows, Karaoke and more. This bar is the perfect combination of a laid back and understated interior with a camp line up of acts, where no show is complete without the glitter ball! Its small space is always full of a mixed but mostly male crowd who love to dance.
Drag, Dancing
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