Here is the information about the first edition of the QUEER MUSIC FESTIVAL from April 18 to 21, 2024 in Leipzig/Germany. We would be very pleased to receive your editorial consideration!
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QUEER MUSIC FESTIVAL
›IDENTITY IS REALITY‹
The ‘Queer Music Festival’ explicitly shines the spotlight on queer music and artists who identify as gay, lesbian, bisexual, transident or non-binary. Under the motto ‘Identity is reality!’, the scope of the 4-day programme ranges from concerts and club nights, readings and film screenings to art exhibitions and dance classes. The focus is always on celebrating and empowering queer identities, queer bodies and above all queer music!
The agenda of the festival is clear: To provide a platform where musicians from the LGBTIQ* community can raise their voices in a safe space in order to share their artistic vision with like-minded people and allies, be loud together in a time when silence is becoming more and more dangerous and be visible in a time when queerness has become the fashion accessory of a privileged bubble, but queer people increasingly have to fear for their safety in public spaces.
Organized by BOUYGERHL – Queer Music Archive
Patronage: Tarik Tesfu
Supported by the Cultural Office of the City of Leipzig
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LINE-UP
18. – 21. APRIL 2024 / LEIPZIG, GERMANY / VARIOUS VENUES
CONCERTS
Nils Wanderer, Shaw Cain, Privacy Please, Aphexia, Melvin Hein, Lili Alexander, Babe Blade
CLUB NIGHT
Olof Dreijer (The Knife), Anka, Æol, Claire, Shit Stirrer
LECTURE / READING
Homopunk History: from the sixties to the present day (Philipp Meinert)
These Girls: A journey through feminist music history (Juliane Streich)
SCREENINGS
The Nomi Song (Klaus Nomi), Hideous (The XX), Peaches Does Herself, Music is my Boyfriend (The Hidden Cameras), Desire Will Set You Free, Wer wär ich heute, wenn ich damals nicht gegangen wär
EXHIBITION
Fredster, Roxana Rios, Stefan Gunnesch, Paula Biesenthal, Luke Carter, Simon Adam Peter, Kevin Heather Koen, Viyan
DANCE COURSE
Cha-Cha-Cha, Walzer
PROGRAM & TICKETS
www.queermusicfestival.de
www.instagram.com/bouygerhl/
