THEYFRIEND 2024

NONBINARY PERFORMANCE FESTIVAL

THEYFRIEND is the world’s first performance festival uplifting, centering, and celebrating nonbinary identity!

Join us November 13 - 17, 2024 for five distinct events that reflect a range of nonbinary creativity and expression!

Curated by and co-produced by festival advisors Aïma the Dreamer, Gothess Jasmine, Rawiyah Tariq, Rishikesh Tirimulai and Diamond Wave Director Vin Seaman, the 2024 THEYFRIEND festival will feature the work of 35 local, national and international nonbinary performers!

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PHULL PHANTASY

Wednesday, November 13, 2024, 7 PM
Virtual via YouTube
FREE with registration, donations encouraged

Get ready for a thrilling night of virtual video performances from nonbinary BIPOC performers exploring mysticism and fantasy!

Co-produced with Gothess Jasmine and presented in partnership with Amazing Aeffects and the Transgender District.

Spoons & Spice

Thursday, November 14, 2024, 7 PM
SOMArts Cultural Center
934 Brannan St, San Francisco, CA 94103
$20 early bird | $25 general admission
Limited Pay What You Can tickets

Join us at SOMArts for an unapologetic peek inside the lives of neurospicy, disabled, and chronically ill nonbinary performers. 

Co-produced with Rawiyah Tariq and presented in partnership with SOMArts Cultural Center, the Leather & LGBTQ Cultural District and Queer LifeSpace.

Learn more about Spoons & Spice.

You Are Nonbinary!

Friday, November 15, 2024, 7 PM
Harvey Milk Center for the Arts
50 Scott St, San Francisco, CA 94103
$20 early bird | $25 general admission
Limited pay what you can tickets

Dive into an immersive world at Harvey Milk Center for the Arts where nonbinary is the norm, and gender has no limits!

Co-produced with Rishi Tirumalai and presented in partnership with Harvey Milk Center for the Arts.

Limitless Expression

Saturday, November 16, 2024 , 1 - 5 PM
510 Firehouse
815 Alice St, Oakland, CA 94607
$10 early bird | $15 online 
$20 - 25 at door

Come to downtown Oakland for a daytime celebration exploring nonbinary liberation with music, art, vendors and community!

Co-produced with Aïma the Dreamer and presented in partnership with 510 Firehouse.

Learn more about Limitless Expression.

Gender Upheaval Party

Sunday, November 17, 7 PM 
Oasis, 298 11th Street, San Francisco, CA 94103
$20 early bird | $25 general admission
Limited pay what you can tickets

Close out THEYFRIEND at OASIS by saying goodbye to gender reveals, and hello to gender upheaval!

Presented in partnership with OASIS and the Leather & LGBTQ Cultural District.

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The 2024 THEYFRIEND Nonbinary Performance Festival is supported by Borealis Philanthropy, the California Arts Council and the Zellerbach Family Foundation, and is presented in partnership with 510 Firehouse, Amazing Aeffects, Harvey Milk Center for the Arts, the LEATHER & LGBTQ Cultural District, OASIS, Queer LifeSpace, SOMArts Cultural Center and the Transgender District.

Diamond Wave is a fiscally sponsored project of Intersection for the Arts that is supported by the California Arts Council, Grants for the Arts, Horizons Foundation, and the San Francisco Foundation.