We are hosting a Sunday evening tea dance that centers Queer, Trans, Black, Indigenous, and People of Color (QTBIPOC) folks.
We honor the QTBIPOC folks who came before us — our radical ancestors who fought to be seen and heard. And free to love.
We honor the rich diversity of people within the QTBIPOC community.
We invite QTBIPOC folks of all backgrounds & identities to come party with us.
We also welcome allies.
We expect everyone to contribute to a fun and respectful party.
We will not tolerate any form of prejudice or discrimination, such as biphobia, fatphobia, or transphobia.
Sunday March 23, 2025
HOLOCENE 1001 SE Morrison Street, Portland
7-11PM
21+ only (w/ proper ID)
$12 Adv (limited tickets)
$15 Adv & Day of Show
Bring extra $$ to support local pop ups: Chaiwallah PDX & Jungle Candy Henna
Chaiwallah PDX is a small batch desi pop-up run by Sarena. Her recipes have taken years to perfect because they taste like she remembers… created with the flavors she grew up with, away from, and returned to.
Jungle Candy Henna. Born and raised in Portland to immigrant parents from Sri Lanka & India, Kavi started making art at a young age. She majored in painting for one year at PSU before dropping out to pursue tattooing. In order to get the funds for “tattoo school”, Kavi worked as a line cook for 5 years before finally enrolling and graduating with her tattoo license. Kavi now tattoos at Solitude Tattoo Collective on SE Woodstock and tattoos almost anything and everything but focuses on black and grey botanical and nature themes, South Asian iconology and ornamental. Find a full portfolio of Kavi’s work @junglecandytattoos
Performances by Blossom Drearie & Chiffon Valentine
Blossom Drearie is the transfemme Filipina drag goddess of Portland and host of the monthly queer party Blowpony.
Chiffon Valentine was Ms. Gay Pride Portland 2015-2016
Co-hosted by PDX Queer Asian Social Meetup & Queer Desi Pdx @pdxqueerasiansocialmeetup @queerdesipdx
Global Bass, Dembow, Bollywood, Cumbia, Hiphop, Bhangra & Reggaeton Dance party with DJ Anjali and Daniela Karina
Daniela Karina (she/they) finds inspiration in emerging diasporic sounds and peak after hours dance floors. They bring the fringes of global club culture to the Pacific Northwest with an emphasis on building an international community of genre-blenders and border-crossers. Daniela has shared the stage with the likes of DJ Lag, 8ULENTINA, Dengue Dengue Dengue!, Tayhana, and Branko. www.soundcloud.com/danielakarina
Anjali is a DJ, Dancer and Artist. Her work is primarily concerned with pushing forward a working class, anti caste, immigrant feminist agenda on the dance floor through song, imagery and dance. Since her 2000 debut as a DJ and dance floor instigator, she has worked to promote the future and vintage sounds of the South Asian and Desi diaspora within the larger Global Bass movement. She moves between two styles of performance, from behind the decks as a DJ to the front of the stage as a Bhangra & Filmi dancer, all the while exploring her own identity and using the dance floor as a place to build solidarity. www.soundcloud.com/djanjali
