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RuPaul plans to sashay his way to San Francisco to help ring in the new year.
The legendary queen of drag is returning to his club roots with a DJ set at the Midway, the city’s electronic dance music hot spot, on Saturday, Dec. 27, for a high-energy night meant to warm fans up for what’s ahead in 2026.
A pioneer of drag culture since the 1980s, RuPaul rose from underground club performer and low-budget film actor to global pop-culture force after landing his own VH1 talk show, “The RuPaul Show,” in 1997. Since launching “RuPaul’s Drag Race” in 2009, the Emmy-winning competition series has helped spotlight and mentor generations of performers, including Bay Area standouts such as Season 9 winner Sasha Velour, Rock M. Sakura, Lady Camden and Honey Mahogany…