After dark
The Night Shift
A room built around LGBTQ+ people having a very good night.
- Drag & live performances
- DJs & dancing
- Theme nights
- Pride events
- Fundraisers & celebrations
Eagle, Idaho
The New State Saloon
Same address. Plot twist.
Saloon Stage Community
We’re raising money to buy Old State Saloon and turn it into a gay bar. Drag and dancing after dark. Workshops, art, and community space while the sun’s up.
A Rare Opportunity
Old State Saloon is for sale. We took that as an invitation.
The building is in downtown Eagle. The fundraiser is on GoFundMe. The plan is to make this particular address a permanent LGBTQ+ home for the Treasure Valley.
Independent parody and acquisition fundraiser. Not yet open. Details
Saloon · Stage · Community
Serving Nightlife After Dark & Community All Day
Drinks, drag and dancing at night. Workshops, meetings and markets by day.
- NightDance Floor
- DayCommunity Room
- DragOn Stage
- FreeSome Community Uses
- 2–5%Weekly Proceeds Plan
- 1906The Building
A good night out should do some good. Our plan includes recurring support for civil-rights and human-rights work in Idaho. Meet the whole building.
Come inside
Two Shifts, One Room
A place to find your people, with or without a dance floor. Concept illustrations of the same lounge, day and night.
While the sun’s up
The Day Shift
The dance floor can take a break. The building can still be useful.
- Workshops, classes & talks
- Resource events & support gatherings
- Voter & civic education
- Art shows & markets
- Community meetings & rentals
Room for something useful
The Day Shift
Workshops, classes, meetings and markets, in a room local groups can actually use. Some community uses free, others at reduced rates.
See the Day Shift
Stand With Us
Support New State
Help us buy a historic Eagle building and turn it toward music, drag, community and doing something better with it.
Donate on GoFundMe
Gather Together
Host Your Party
Birthdays, weddings, and meetings that improve when everyone can sit down. Private rentals would help pay for free and reduced-rate community use.
Rentals in the Plan
Take the Stage
Play at New State
Drag, DJs, and live music. A small stage with a close crowd, and a room ready to pay attention.
See the Night Shift
Give something they’ll actually enjoy
Wish you were here?
Help us get here. Send New State to someone who appreciates a very literal rebrand.
Digital postcards, delivered by you.
Historic Eagle, Idaho
Keep the porch. Change the plot.
The porch, the timber, the downtown address: plenty worth keeping. We want a gay bar with a proper stage, a room for local art, and a daytime life that gives people a reason to come back.
The building has been part of Eagle since 1906. A drugstore, a saloon, and now an opportunity to give the same walls a different story.
- 1906The building goes up
- ThenA drugstore
- NowOld State Saloon, listed for sale
- Next?The New State Saloon
Building history: the seller’s listing.
A Letter from the OrganizerA good week goes further
The 2–5% Plan
We plan to dedicate 2% to 5% of the venue’s weekly proceeds to civil-rights and human-rights work in Idaho.
Before opening, we’ll publish how that percentage is calculated. A strong week at the bar should keep doing good after the lights come up.
The giving plan and example recipients.
Donate on GoFundMeDon’t Sign Up for Our Newsletter
The fundraiser already has an updates page. We resisted the urge to build another thing.
- Your entire contact history
- Keep it
By not submitting this form, you agree to nothing.
A change of program
The Program
Drag, dancing, art, and reasons to leave the house. Pick a poster. Send it to your people.
- The New State Saloon Drag Night A change of cast. Night shift · Stage Program concept newstatesaloon.com
- The New State Saloon Live Performances Music in a 1906 building. Night shift · Stage Program concept newstatesaloon.com
- The New State Saloon DJs & Dancing A dance floor in downtown Eagle. Night shift Program concept newstatesaloon.com
- The New State Saloon Theme Nights Theme: to be decided. Dress code: come as you are. Night shift Program concept newstatesaloon.com
- The New State Saloon Pride & Fundraisers June included. The other eleven months too. Night shift Program concept newstatesaloon.com
- The New State Saloon Workshops & Talks Classes, clubs & discussion groups. Day shift Program concept newstatesaloon.com
- The New State Saloon Voter & Civic Education Read the ballot before you’re standing in front of it. Day shift Program concept newstatesaloon.com
- The New State Saloon Art Shows & Markets Local makers, local walls. Day shift Program concept newstatesaloon.com
- The New State Saloon Community Meetings A room for groups that need one. Day shift Program concept newstatesaloon.com
National Attention
From a GoFundMe to National Headlines
“Now, the proposed ‘New State Saloon’ would attempt to turn that reputation completely on its head.”
“It’s not a joke at all. When it comes down to it, I’m very serious.”
“This would be quite a transformation.”
- This right-wing Idaho saloon hosted a failed ‘Hetero Awesome Fest.’ It could become a gay bar
- An Infamous Anti-LGBTQ+ Idaho Saloon Is for Sale, and Locals Want to Make It Gay
- Could this community rally & turn an infamous “straight pride” bar in an LGBTQ+ establishment?
- Idaho saloon that hosted ‘Hetero Awesome Fest’ could become gay bar
Love it. Hate it. Talk about it. You still know the address.
The short answers
Questions, Answered
Is this a joke?
The parody is deliberate. So is the fundraiser. We’re raising money to buy Old State Saloon in Eagle, Idaho, and turn it into a gay bar, stage, and daytime community space. This is the website for that future.
Has the building been bought? Is it open?
No. We’re fundraising for the acquisition. The property purchase, financing, due diligence, licensing, and an operating team come before opening. Where things stand.
How do donations work?
Donation buttons take you to Montgomery Kuykendall’s existing GoFundMe. Contributions support acquisition and opening costs. They are donations, not investments: no stock, ownership, repayment rights, profit participation, or other financial interest. Use of funds and campaign terms.
What happens if the purchase doesn’t happen?
If the purchase cannot be completed, remaining funds after documented costs already incurred in a good-faith attempt to complete the acquisition go to organizations working to expand LGBTQ+ rights, civil rights, and human rights in Idaho. The campaign names the ACLU of Idaho, Add the Words Idaho, and other Idaho organizations as examples. We’ll publicly account for that outcome; the money will not become personal income or enrich the organizers.
Is this affiliated with Old State Saloon?
No. This is Montgomery Kuykendall’s independent parody and acquisition fundraiser. The resemblance to Old State’s website is intentional; the project is not affiliated with its owners.
Are the pictures real?
The scenes are generated concept illustrations based on the real property’s architecture. They show our design direction. The letter page uses the original campaign rendering; the posters and postcard were made for this website.
How do I contact the organizer?
Use the organizer contact on the GoFundMe. Official fundraising and acquisition updates will be posted there too.
More answers about the money, the 2–5% plan, the building and existing organizations are in the plan’s questions.
The address we have in mind
50 East. New State.
50 E. State St.
Eagle, Idaho
The Old State Saloon property we’re raising money to buy.
The rhythm of the room
Two Shifts
- Day shift
- Workshops, meetings, markets
- Night shift
- Drinks, drag, dancing
- Today
- Fundraiser open
Everyone welcome Come as you are