De Nada Cantina<\/a>, though an official opening date has not yet been announced as Daigle works through licensing approvals and other final hurdles.<\/p>\nThe announcement marks a new chapter for a club whose closure in 2025 left a noticeable hole in Austin\u2019s queer nightlife.<\/p>\n
A club that refused to disappear<\/p>\n
Outer Heaven closed in April 2025 after its landlord declined to renew the lease on the East 12th Street building, which is slated for redevelopment.<\/p>\n
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Daigle transformed the former Dozen Street space during the pandemic into one of Austin\u2019s most distinctive dance destinations. The club developed a following through word of mouth, attracting an eclectic mix of queer patrons, artists, DJs and nightlife regulars drawn to its anything-goes atmosphere.<\/p>\n
After the closure,\u00a0Daigle told the Austin Chronicle he wasn\u2019t sure whether Outer Heaven would ever find another permanent home, though he planned to keep the community together through pop-up events.<\/p>\n
Now, the club is returning on a much larger scale.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe space is like four times the size of the old club,\u201d Daigle told the American-Statesman. \u201cIt is a large warehouse with multiple rooms inside.\u201d<\/p>\n
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Rather than waiting until every detail is complete,\u00a0Daigle plans to let patrons watch the venue evolve over time.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m still trying to finish the bones of the club,\u201d he said. \u201cI\u2019m essentially going to build the aesthetics of it as we go, because I think it\u2019ll be kind of cool to have people come each week and see new stuff made every time and know their money is going directly to building the club in real time.\u201d<\/p>\n
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Outer Heaven Disco Club\u2019s original location in East Austin on April 25, 2025.<\/p>\n
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Outer Heaven Disco Club\u2019s original location in East Austin on April 25, 2025.<\/p>\n
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More than a dance club<\/p>\n
While dancing remains central to Outer Heaven\u2019s identity, Daigle says he envisions weekday film screenings, political gatherings, LGBTQ+ events and local vendor markets at the new location.<\/p>\n
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\u201cI am trying to make it not just a weekend party club but a legitimate community space where artists or creators can sell anything they want free of charge and I will take no cut whatsoever,\u201d\u00a0Daigle said. \u201cA place where people can throw their own daytime or weekday events for anything in local Austin communities.\u201d<\/p>\n
Daigle also says he\u2019s intentionally creating spaces that encourage conversations between strangers.<\/p>\n
\u201cI think the kind of melting pot of people from disparate backgrounds that Outer Heaven attracts is well suited to helping people find communities because it brings lots of different groups together to interact with each other, rather than being one type of crowd.\u201d<\/p>\n
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Outer Heaven Disco Club\u2019s original location in East Austin on April 25, 2025.<\/p>\n
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Outer Heaven Disco Club\u2019s original location in East Austin on April 25, 2025.<\/p>\n
Mikala Compton \/ Austin American-Statesman<\/p>\n
Building something local<\/p>\n
For Daigle, reopening the club is also a statement about Austin itself. He says the new venue is funded entirely through his own savings.<\/p>\n
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\u201cI\u2019m intentionally doing the new bar with no investors and spending literally every cent I have to make it happen,\u201d he said. \u201cTo kind of prove a point that it\u2019s still possible to make something here that\u2019s actually local and intentional and not made by some corporate overlords trying to extract the most profit from everything.\u201d<\/p>\n
Despite rising operating costs across Austin\u2019s bar industry,\u00a0Daigle says he intends to keep drink prices affordable while paying employees higher wages than the tipped minimum.<\/p>\n
Austin\u2019s nightlife has changed dramatically in recent years as redevelopment, rising rents and higher operating costs have forced many independent bars and music venues to close or relocate.<\/p>\n
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Now, with Austin Pride approaching and a new home taking shape in East Austin, Outer Heaven is betting that what people are searching for is a sense of belonging.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Outer Heaven Disco Club\u2019s original location in East Austin on April 25, 2025. Mikala Compton\/Austin American-Statesman Just in…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":398431,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[132,134,133,1223,1224,113958,1183],"class_list":["post-398430","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-austin","tag-austin","tag-austin-headlines","tag-austin-news","tag-austin-texas","tag-austin-things-to-do","tag-lgbtq-culture","tag-lgbtq"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/398430","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=398430"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/398430\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/398431"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=398430"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=398430"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=398430"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}