JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — The video above is from a previous report on this story.
The Proud Boys gathered outside Tepeyolot Cerveceria or 'Tepey's on Sunday morning ahead of a holiday drag brunch.
The Proud Boys, who are listed as an extremist hate group by the Southern Poverty Law Center, have been sending threatening messages to the brewery about the show.
The 'Sleigh the Holidays Drag Brunch' is not explicitly age restricted, which is one of the issues the group has with the event. The owner of Tepey's says it is up to parents to decide if their kids should attend.
"It's just a show for people to come out and have a good time," said Luis Melgarejo. "Similar to if a parent wants to bring their kid to an R rated movie or buy them a rated M game, it's on the parents' discretion."
The Proud Boys protested outside the brewery with signs that say 'Drag yourself away from our children', 'Stop grooming children' and '18+ gets rid of us'.
The protestors weren't limited to Proud Boys.
St. Augustine Pastor Doug Russo was there on behalf on his congregation.
"The fact that they're allowing children into this place where there's going to be drag queens, homosexuality, a bar," said Russo. "Everything that's against raising a nice family."
Melgarejo has no intention of stopping the show and says his brewery will remain an inclusive place for everyone.
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"To me, it's similar as hosting trivia," Melgarejo previously told First Coast News. "We do bingo, we do drag bingo, in addition to the drag brunches, to me, it's just another thing we can do to drum up some business."
Police and people wearing vests that say 'Peacekeeper' are also outside of Tepey's, along with the group. Melgarejo also previously told First Coast News he would increase security during the show to keep everyone safe.
"We are trying to be more thorough, trying to be more diligent," said Melgarejo. "I want to make sure my staff, my customers, the queens, everybody here is safe."
"We put our foots down and said, 'This is not going to go their way. It's going to go ours,'" said Drag Queen Kolbie Blaire-Matthews during an opening speech.
Blaire-Matthews says they decided not to add any age restrictions - saying the costumes and songs would be appropriate - and they don't want to limit people coming to a public venue if they choose.
The queens performing asked the crowd to bring toys to donate to Toys for Tots.
"They want us to involve children so much, well we're going to," said Blaire-Matthews. "We're going to make sure that every child who does not have a toy this Christmas will."
There were half a dozen JSO cruisers nearby, but one of the officers said the morning was quiet.
Melgarejo says he talked with JSO about paying for security, but ultimately, he says the officers just showed up the morning of the event.
