Restaurant / Bar / Venue

The Menagerie

Downtown Riverside LGBTQ+ bar and dance club since 1983, with long-running Monday karaoke

The Menagerie

The Menagerie schedule

Every week

About The Menagerie

The Menagerie opened on University Avenue in 1983 and grew from a small beer-and-wine bar into one of downtown Riverside's best-known LGBTQ+ nightclubs. It is known for drag shows, themed dance nights, ticketed brunches and a Monday karaoke night that has run for more than twenty years.

Page updated October 21, 2026.