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THEYFRIEND Festival - Closing Showcase

  • Brava Theater Center Cabaret 2773 24th Street San Francisco, CA, 94110 United States (map)

Brava and Diamond Wave Arts Present

THEYFRIEND
Closing Showcase

A festival highlighting nonbinary performers during Transgender Awareness Week

November 18, 2023 
Saturday at 7:00pm in Brava’s Cabaret

*Masking REQUIRED, KN95 masks available at door.

Closing the THEYFRIEND 2023 Nonbinary Performance Festival will be an unforgettable lineup of nonbinary music and performance!

Hosted by Poppy J. Snacks and Vin Seaman 
DJ Initial Rhi

With Humble Hart, Kanyon CoyoteWoman, karinyo, Rafi Ruffino Darrow, Rowan Katz and video from Given Q. Davis and mirrored fatality
In partnership with Brava! for Women in the Arts

Close out Transgender Visibility Week in style with our final show of the 2023 THEYFRIEND Nonbinary Performance Festival! Co-hosted by stand up comedian Poppy J. Snack (NYC) and Diamond Wave Director Vin Seaman, the evening will feature performances from hip hop lyricist Humble Hart, musicians karinyo and Rowan Katz, and multidisciplinary artists Kanyon CoyoteWoman and Rafi Ruffino Darrow, as well as video from poet and songwriter Given Q. Davis (Portland) and the multidisciplinary, experimental noise punk farmer duo mirrored fatality. Initial Rhi will be our DJ for the evening, so come early and stay late to dance with nonbinary community and celebrate the end of THEYFRIEND 2023! 

about theyfriend

Now in its third year, THEYFRIEND is the world’s first performance festival uplifting, centering, and celebrating nonbinary identity! THEYFRIEND runs Nov. 14 - 18, 2023 in various San Francisco venues with an online showing Nov. 16. More details about individual events, ticketing, accessibility and festival information, please visit diamond-wave.org/theyfriend.


COVID: Masking REQUIRED, KN95 masks available at door. Participating artists and staff are COVID tested before the event.


TICKETS

$20 early bird (through Nov. 8)

$25 general admission

*Prices do not include fees, and limited pay what you can tickets available.


Accessibility Information

Brava is wheelchair accessible with ADA-accessible all-gender restrooms. The space also includes an upstairs mezzanine with additional seating that is only accessible by stairs. All videos will have open captions. 

If you need ASL interpretation or ADA accessible seating for this show, please indicate so during the ticketing process no later than November 10th. For any questions about accessibility please email kiana@diamond-wave.org.


COVID information: Masking STRONGLY encouraged, participating hosts/staff are COVID tested before the event.

Funders

This event is made possible with support from the California Arts Council and the Phyllis C. Wattis Foundation, and is presented in partnership with Brava! for Women in the Arts. Diamond Wave is a fiscally sponsored project of Intersection for the Arts that is supported by Grants for the Arts, the Horizons Foundation, the Walter & Elise Haas Fund and the San Francisco Arts Commission.

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