Adult club industry celebrates 30th Anniversary Expo in style!
The 30th Anniversary of the adult nightclub industry’s only convention — the Gentlemen’s Club EXPO — was celebrated in grand style at the Paris Resort & Casino in Las Vegas, August 20-23. Despite a rare west-coast hurricane, club owners, operators, club staff, entertainers and industry pros converged on Sin City for four days of seminars, networking events, exclusive evening parties and a 100-booth business-to-business tradeshow. As the EXPO’s tagline proudly proclaims, “It’s the most fun you’ll ever have doing business,” and the convention’s 30th edition certainly lived up to that reputation.
This year also marked the 25th Anniversary of the industry’s only national awards show: The Annual Adult Nightclub & Exotic Dancer Awards Show, also known as the ED’s Awards Show (the EXPO and Awards Show are both produced by ED Publications). The show, held August 22 at the Paris Theater, featured guest comedian host Joe DeVito and guest performers Little Miss Nasty, and included national awards for clubs, club staff and entertainers. The Penthouse Club Tampa and Leather & Lace Southend in Charlotte took home the Overall Club of the Year and Overall “Small” Club of the Year respectively (please see the complete list of ED Award winners at the end of this release). Michelle Lynn became the 2023 EDI Finals Champion, while Ms. Parker took home the ED’s Entertainer of the Year Award. ED Publications’ and EXPO Founder, Don Waitt, was inducted into the ED Hall of Fame, an honor befitting of the 30th EXPO and 25th Awards Show.
“The 30th Anniversary EXPO was everything we could have hoped for and more,” says ED Publications’ Publisher, Dave Manack. “The first EXPO was in Las Vegas back in 1993 at the old Stardust, so it made perfect sense to celebrate the 30th EXPO in the city where it all began. Though we may not always have the EXPO in Vegas (it was announced during this year’s show that EXPO 2024 will be held in Dallas), I’m sure we’ll always return. It’s ‘home’ for the EXPO, and it will continue to call us back!”
Full coverage of the 2023 ED EXPO appears in the upcoming November issue of ED Magazine, and will be featured prominently on our websites ExoticDancer.com and theEDexpo.com, as well as their social media pages (Facebook: @theEDexpo; Instagram: @ed_publications and @the_ed_expo). For more information, please call the ED office at (727) 726-3592.
Here is the complete list of 2023 ED Award Winners:
Overall Club of the Year The Penthouse Club, Tampa
Overall “Small” Club of the Year Leather & Lace Southend, Charlotte, NC
Club of the Year East Rick’s Cabaret, Pittsburgh
Small Club of the Year East Bucks Platinum, Toledo, OH
Club of the Year South Rachel’s, West Palm Beach, FL
Small Club of the Year South Lido Cabaret, Cocoa Beach, FL
Club of the Year Midwest Deja Vu Showgirls, Lansing, MI
Small Club of the Year Midwest The Pony, Indianapolis, IN
Club of the Year West Peppermint Hippo, Las Vegas
Small Club of the Year West Lucky Devil Lounge, Portland
“Feature” Club of the Year Expose, San Diego
Urban Club of the Year Club Onyx, Houston
EDI 2023 Overall Champion: Michelle Lynn
Feature Entertainer of the Year Ms. Parker
Club Favorite Entertainer of the Year Angel Beau
Newcomer Entertainer of the Year Raychel Revolver
International Entertainer of the Year Nia Nebula
Miss ExoticDancer.com of the Year Phoenix Phires
General Manager of the Year Renee Cipolla, Big Al’s, Peoria, IL
Businesswoman of the Year Jennifer Cartwright, Monroe’s of Palm Beach, WPB, FL
Employee of the Year Manny Resto, Mons Venus, Tampa
DJ of the Year Anthony “Binger” Bellao, Tootsie’s Cabaret, Miami
EXOTIC DANCER Hall of Fame Don Waitt
