Drag queen at wedding

[wedding2021]

I'm considering having a drag queen sing at my wedding. What would you think if you were at a wedding and a drag queen had been booked to perform? Obviously they'd tone it down a bit with swearing etc.

[Honeyroar]

From my experience drag queens are either fantastic or mediocre, so get a good one! They’re usually very amusing, but I’d imagine quite difficult to get to tone down! They usually thrive off seeing people squirm.

[Porridgeoat]

I’m not into live acts. Much rather have a disco

[AllTheCakes]

Tacky

[Jane67996]

Please don't do this. If you have to ask, you shouldn't do it.

[ShowOfHands]

I loathe drag so probably wouldn't enjoy it but it's your wedding and your choice.

[Mysterian]

I'd be worried because they can be fucking awful, but if they start their act and can sing I'd stick around. Definitely risky though.

[CornedBeef451]

Good grief no!

[Toilenstripes]

Great if you live in Miami. Otherwise I can’t see uncle Cosmo and auntie Leticia being keen.

[nocoolnamesleft]

As a guest, I would be exquisitely uncomfortable if the entertainment were doing womanface.

[chipsandpeas]

unless you are a gay male couple and into drag queens then no

[Ughmaybenot]

I absolutely hate drag, so I would despise this at a wedding.

[NatashaRomanov]

Tacky.
I'd roll my eyes, and use the performance time to visit the loo.

[Pinkarsedfly]

I’d be offended and leave the room.

[Holothane]

Sorry but yuck I can’t think of anything worse.

[2020times]

Sorry, I wouldn't like it either. Why can't you just have a female singer rather than someone pretending to be a female singer?

[SarahAndQuack]

Well, it's your wedding.

Presumably you like drag, right? But why do you like it?

For me, a straight couple with no personal interest in drag, hiring a drag queen, could be pretty cringey. And doubly so if this is 'drag' as in 'ho ho, women are so funny, here is a pantomine version'. Some drag is pretty misogynistic and offensive. Think about it like Cards Against Humanity. You may love it when you're with mates and you've all had a glass of wine, but if you're sitting at a polite table trying to make small talk with people you've never met, it'd be excruciating.

If you have a reason to be into drag, I think that's slightly different.

[UpperLowercaseSymbolNumber]

It’s a no from me.

[AnnofPeeves]

I think that one day we'll look back at drag queens in the same way as we now view blackface. So that would be a no from me.

[PawPatrolMakesMeDrink]

Grim.

[Cismyfatarse1]

Drag is all about being the centre of attention. Hardly the person you want at YOUR wedding.

Plus they are rarely good and often fairly misogynistic.

[Aquamarine1029]

I think most of your guests would be cringing so hard they'd turn inside out. Not the time nor place for a drag queen.

[GinWithRosie]

I actually don't mind a drag act if it's well done...but at a wedding? No! Time and place OP, and your wedding is neither!! Seriously...don't.

[HollyBollyBooBoo]

Surely it depends on the rest of the wedding, who you are, who your guests are?

My 2 incredibly flamboyant, gay mates where the whole wedding was camp and OTT - yes.

Upper middle class traditional wedding - not so much.

[Ipadipod]

If it’s one of those awful ones that just mime instead of singing , then absolutely definitely not, most of the ones I’ve seen have based their comedy on taking the piss out of the audience, normally focusing on one person and I found it excruciating embarrassing.

I think it’s too much of a risk for what should be a lovely day to have it ruined by a drag act.

[wedding2021]

Ok points taken

The reason we thought about it is because they're so bubbly, fun, colourful and sing the cheesy songs that get everyone in the dance floor. You don't really get that with a standard singer.