Good news: The vibes this weekend are extravagant; extraordinary; exceptional; god damn bloody beautiful. Bad news: They're nearly all on Saturday night.
Choose carefully, my friend; the vibes are plentiful, but the hours are few.
Friday 21.
FURIOSA: Anitta Edition
Lido
The queer party of Friday night has got to be Furiosa, lighting up Lido for a night of latin pop, reggaeton and pop hits. This edition is an ode to the queen of Brazilian pop. The crowd might be a little more cis-gay-boy but vibes are a cute, a little silly, and always
Saturday 15.
BLVSH Affairs
Zur Klappe
A cosy night with the BLVSH crew, a favorite little local FLINTA* collective that's bound bring you in a cute crowd. Serving up breaks and bass, house and disco, and a bit of everything in between. Excited to catch Peachonfuse again, they practically stopped my heart last time (I might need some non-dancing cardio). Tldr: Excellent folks. Excellent vibes.
Subverted. Survival of.
Mystery Location
The goth gays are out to play. A big night for the big boomy doomy, dark, industrial, queer folks. The vibes are splendid but not for the faint of heart. Kiar Oscuro and hybral might just bring the house down over your head. Bring good shoes and a better attitude, because Subverted brings in the best folks (hidden behind an excessive amount of eyeliner).
Golosa x Future East
OXI
Golosa is back at its new location and teaming up with the Future East crew for a long night of the finest techno, house, and assorted dance musics from our best and brightest. The vibes shall be cute, the energy high, and the gays out in force. Come caffeinated.
Rage’n’Bounce
Studio Я
This week the Gorki Theater hosted Queer Week 2024, presenting a wild range of artistic prespectives in performance, exhibition, music, reading and film, but of course you finely-cultured queers already knew that. But once you've got the high culture out of the way, it shall be time to (figuratively and literally) get low. Lighting it off with an angry rap performance by @n.i.a.2161, followed by punky, bass-heavy beats by @badpuppy4ever @sherryaeri and @aceofdemons it shall be a vibe-and-a-half. Rage'n'Bounce is centered on queer BIPoC FLINTA* folks but anyone with pent-up feminist rage and a hankering to shake some ass is warmly welcomed.
HONKY DONK
Untergeschoss der Pandora Art Gallery
Nonsense clown party anyone?
A night of hyperpop, happy hardcore, shenanigans, and chicanery. Maybe not as big a night as last time (running 4 pm - 2 am) but my birds have told me great things about the last edition. It's an album release celebration for the darling Posezur and the performer lineup is goddamn gorgeous. And you know I'd follow DirtyDaddyDon off a cliff if they keep playing on the way down. The party is here, queer, and patently ridiculous but, like, in a sexy way. And I know what you're thinking; "PD, I don't want to f* a clown." To which I say, don't knock it 'til you try it. And how often do you get the chance? *In Berlin, concerningly often.
Sunday 23.
GAYSHAME
Karpfenteichstraße
This Sunday, the queers descend upon Hasenheide for a free festival running from 14:00 until sunset. If you're sick of the relentless onslaught of rainbow capitalist, pinkwashed, homonormative nonsense that's steadily twisting Pride season away from everything it was set out to be; this might be an afternoon to give you a bit of hope. There shall be drag, music, workshops, vegan food, and, presumably, a variety of indecent activities on the periphery to shock and offend. Cheers to that.
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