If all the performers(or the majority of) organized and refused to perform without a standard fee, places like velvet would have to pay more. The owner of velvet sucks. Force them to do better. A drag performer union of sorts.
If Velvet can put off Fetish Night, have hundreds of people pay $20 at the door, and make over $10k in bar sales, they can afford to pay a cast of drag performers more than $225 on Friday and Saturday nights.
Yes, $225 split between however many performers are on the bill.