In the center is a disco ball and glittering paper stars hanging from the stage. Men and women open the doors to reveal a 3,840 square-foot-place bathed in blue tinted light. The recent competition included titles for best-of face, vogue, sex siren, realness and overall. On the last day of September, people attend the annual All Shade Kiki Ball hosted by The Headliners, a collaborative of community-based organizations, health care providers, and community stakeholders focused on raising awareness of health disparities in the black LGBTQ community.Ī Kiki Ball is a social gathering and competition combining dancing, modeling, performing and other creative outlets in a safe space for members of the LGBTQ community. The first light brightens the silhouette of a painted afro’d woman, the second highlights the name “Club Memphis,” and the third illuminates a pharaoh with eyes fixed as cars pass by.Ĭlub patrons dance and vogue as part of a Kiki Ball at Club Memphis. Three lights cast angled shadows on the mural on the front of the building. Cars pull into the parking lot at the corner of Park Avenue and Pendleton Street where Club Memphis sits, painted orange on both sides.
