BAYOU CITY BE ALL
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Join DiverseWorks for Bayou City Be All, a one-of-a-kind evening of performance, fashion and music beyond the gender binary. Come engage in liberation and play!
Bayou City Be All is happening at Sharespace: Naylor Building on Sunday, October 20, from 4:00 PM – 8:00 PM. Doors open at 4:00 PM, with live performances beginning at 4:30 PM. Free admission, advance tickets required.
Bayou City Be All is a community-driven project that surveys queer and gender non-conforming traditions across Houston. This collective event celebrates the music, culture, and art of LGBTQIA+ Gender Non-Conforming, Genderqueer, and Non-Binary creatives through live performance, fashion, and music. This KiKi* function features the works of six performance artists and two collectives: Black TM, Tania Breton, Junior Fernandez, iPOCA Collective, Jazmin Jett, Angel Lartigue, Isaac Reyes, and Y2K, selected from an open call. DJ HYPERFEMME is providing live beats and guest emcee B. AMES will keep the energy high and the evening moving. PLUS there will be themed runway walks open to audience participation.
* KiKi is a low-key function that sometimes includes dancing and friendly competition – always fun, never serious.
RUNWAY CATEGORIES (OPEN TO AUDIENCE PARTICIPATION)
RUNWAY: WERK OF ART: Bring it like your favorite Piece of Art. Are you a Pollock? A Kehinde Wiley? Perhaps you represent infinity, like Kusama’s rooms? Dress up and show off some of the most famous artworks throughout history!
RUNWAY: UNDER PRESSURE: Are you feeling under pressure? Are you a diamond in the rough? Then this category is for you – a runway walk for those who are ready to show up and underwhelm in basic couture!
RUNWAY: BAYOU’D BEHAVIOR: Whether you’re coming down or coming through, you know that Houston has something special just for you. This runway walk features Houston-specific looks. From Astroworld to Space City, Rodeo Wear to Homecoming, and BBQ to Bahn Mi – bring your local flavor!
ABOUT BAYOU CITY BE ALL:
Bayou City Be All is organized by DiverseWorks Curator Ashley DeHoyos and an advisory committee that includes artists and cultural producers from Houston’s LGBTQIA+ community.
Bayou City Be All Advisory Committee: Aveda Adera, Emilý Æyer, Ahmeir Gibson, Frank Hernandez, Koomah, Philip Karjeker, leo, Stephanie Saint Sanchez, and Donald Shorter.