Just down the street from the Iowa state capital in Des Moines’ vibrant East Village, The Blazing Saddle is blazing its own path. Most heartwarming is the staunch, inclusive messaging the club communicates on its website: “Just because of images you may see on our website or people you may come across inside of the nightclub, in no way should anyone make an assumption about anyone's sexual orientation…this nightclub was designed and created for those who want to be who they are without judgement of any kind.” It’s certainly fun to have a gay old time in a pulsating nightclub, but verbiage like this from a city in one of the nation’s most infamously red states really matters. But in Tulsa’s increasingly lively, colorful, and metropolitan Arts District, this vast two-story nightclub is an oasis of neon lights and late-night dancing, where the bars are numerous, theme parties are riotous (don’t be surprised to see Buddy the Elf get down on the dance floor come Christmastime), and the drag shows are equal parts sexy and hilarious. One foot inside Club Majestic and you might think you slipped into a vortex transporting you from Oklahoma to the Castro.
