Weekend Party Picks: April 4 - 6

Spring has sprung, the birds are a'singing, the dykes are a'dancing, hot gay Summer is on the horizon... and the pace of parties is a mile a minute — or rather 4 a night. Choose wisely.

• Friday 4th

• Saturday 5th

Friday 4.

Whoriental Festival presents Haram Night

OXI

The good folks who brought you the Whoriental Festival—a celebration of QT*BIPOC, refugees, s*x workers & SWANA talents—bring you a night of queer joy and joyful sin. On the dancefloor you can look forward to a genre melt; with techno, breakbeat, baile funk, and hyperpop blurring with shaabi, Turkish pop, Arabic hip-hop, and a range of regional sounds. You have a range of talented hosts to entertain and titilate, and a FLINTA* darkroom for those who wish to indulge.

at your Service

Void Hall

Have you been missing Coven? The wee collective behind the blowout May 1st Open Air and a bunch of cute queer parties centering house music by artists of the global south? They're back and they're at your Service, now at a new base: Void Hall. New venue on my radar but knowing the Coven crew they're sure to light the place up. Joining residents GIO and Feasting on decks, we have Tania Just and King Sleepy; familiar faces from Fandango and Fogo No Cu respectively. That dancefloor will be a bloody delight my friends.

casadephunk

Zur Klappe

A party where groove meets soul, and house is home. Casadephunk is all about creating an inclusive space where seasoned DJs and emerging artists alike can showcase the finest of house music. They’ll have to evict me at the end of the night. Just look at that lineup. elliephunk, joined by Garage Girls residents DJ NORTHERN and KENZA, B.A.O... should be a bouncing wee dancefloor, in the cosiest of teeny wee cubbyhole clubs.

Gegen: Aliens

RSO

Looking for a massive, sexy, blowout, queer party? This is the one. God the DJ lineup is gorgeous: Nur Jabe, Aaron Blau, Barbad, Pooja B, VINVAR... absolute fire. This is the place to dance like the world's ending. And an alien theme... sick. *Obligatory warning that the crowd tends to be mostly cis-gay guys, but if you're looking for a huge klubnacht then this is it.

Saturday 5.

ROCKSTAR GIRLFRIENDS

Badehaus

All rock, all night; a queer FLINTA* party for those who eschew techno for all the Nirvana, Green Day, Linkin Park and Paramore your angsty teenage heart desires. The headbanging will have consequences now that you're not sixteen, but it's 100% worth it.

TRAILERS 4 TRANNIES

Secret Location Neukölln

The queer collective living space Marzipahn needs our help folks: they're raising funds to help cover the costs of legalization and resist the eviction of one of the few precious spaces the queerdos have. What better way to help 'em out than a raging queer, sex-positive party in a wee cosy DIY hideaway in NK. Good cause. Good folks. Good times.

Slinky #2

Mystery Location NK

Looking for a little groovier, that kind of silky low-BPM vibe, a bit slinky one might say? This is one to check out my loves. The lineup is kept a secret until the day. Intriguing. We love a mystery. Party Dyke investigates.

Succulent City 2

Crack Bellmer

The sun is out and the day-parties come with it. Succulent City (gorgeous name for a party; pure lesbian bait) is kicking it off at 2pm this Saturday over at Crack Bellmer. Chill on the patio, knock back a spritz or five, boogie to the housie disco sounds—it's still pending a PD investigation, but the party sounds like pure sunshine.