Ur fave QESEA (Queer East and South East Asian) rave returns to its spiritual home to mark the Mid-Autumn Festival, one of the most significant and beloved dates of the lunar calendar 🥮
Mid-Autumn Festival centres the values of familial gathering, thanksgiving and ancestor veneration and celebrates the story of moon goddess Chang’e and her companion Jade Rabbit 👸🏻🐰
As queer ESEA diaspora, we also have the right to gather as one another’s chosen family, to bond over mooncake, and to collectively tap in to source through the portal that is the rave.
And honestly, what’s more queer than a goddess who becomes immortal and flies to the moon to be as far away from her husband as possible, and her rabbit bestie who spends all his days ‘pounding’ to create the ‘elixir of life’?
As per, we will have performances and soundscapes by queer and trans ESEA talent from London and beyond – to guide you through the collective ceremony that is the rave – served alongside a mouthwatering Vietnamese street food stall hosted by @vinaxoa collective.
Expect a delectable blend of ambient experimental, dubstep, footwork, trance, hard techno and deconstructed club 😈
WHO CAN ATTEND
Everyone is welcome, with the understanding that this is a space that centres and celebrates queer and trans ESEA identities. We ask for consideration from allies – if invited by friends or partners please pay full price and be aware of the community being centred at the event and the space that you are taking up.
september 29, 10:00PM-3:00AM
LINE UP
DJS
Different Shades (Naarm / Malaysia)
Cloudy Ku (Naarm)
HexHex (UK)
PERFORMANCE
Jetsün Shenkyong-Ma (UK)
TICKETS
ABOUT GGI
ACCESS
Our venue is flat throughout with a slightly uneven concrete floor. There are no steps in The Yard’s bar. We have an accessible toilet, and all our toilets are gender neutral.
THE YARD’S SAFE(R) SPACES POLICY
We are all a part of making The Yard a welcoming and inspiring space. Through this information we hope to engage visitors in a culture of care and responsibility to ensure that everyone has a great visit.
As guests, employees and visiting performers or artists of The Yard we are all responsible for our behaviour and actions within the space. We are all accountable for how we speak or act and should consider at all times how those actions might be affecting other people around us.
Read the full policy here.