UPCOMING EVENTS
THEYFRIEND 2024: You Are Nonbinary!
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2024 THEYFRIEND, Day 3 - Dive into an immersive world at Harvey Milk Center for the Arts where nonbinary is the norm, and gender has no limits!
Art + Pride 2023: soft defiance
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Join us at Harvey Milk Center for the Arts for soft defiance, a collaboratively-curated visual arts exhibition exploring the intersection between softness & queer mental health. This Art + Pride exhibition, featuring over 30+ Bay Area visual artists, runs from June 17–July 15, 2023.
Art + Pride 2023: soft defiance Opening Party + Performance
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Join us 6/17 at Harvey Milk Center for the Arts for the opening of soft defiance, a collaboratively-curated visual arts exhibition exploring the intersection between softness & queer mental health. The opening, hosted by Kai Kai Bee Michaels includes live performances by drag artists Jota Mercury, Linty, and Panaea; stand up comedian Matthew Beld; and performance duo Vin Seaman & Zackary Forcum.
PAST EVENTS
2024 THEYFRIEND, Day 4 - Come to downtown Oakland for a daytime celebration exploring nonbinary liberation with music, art, vendors and community!
2024 THEYFRIEND, Day 3 - Dive into an immersive world at Harvey Milk Center for the Arts where nonbinary is the norm, and gender has no limits!
2024 THEYFRIEND, Day 2 - Join us at SOMArts for an unapologetic peek inside the lives of neurospicy, disabled, and chronically ill nonbinary performers.
2024 THEYFRIEND, Day 1 - Get ready for a thrilling night of virtual video performances from nonbinary BIPOC performers exploring mysticism and fantasy!
Join us November 13–17 for the THEYFRIEND 2024 Nonbinary Performance Festival!
Need to juice up on your NONBINARY energy but can’t wait until November for the THEYFRIEND Nonbinary Performance Festival? Well enbies, you’re in luck! Join us August 15 at the Brava Cabaret for a thrilling night of live performance uplifting, centering and celebrating nonbinary identity!
Learn helpful tools and structures to create compelling grant applications, from start to finish at this engaging in-person workshop led by interdisciplinary artist and Diamond Wave Director Vin Seaman.
Need to juice up on your NONBINARY energy but can’t wait until November for the THEYFRIEND Nonbinary Performance Festival? Well enbies, you’re in luck! Join us August 15 at the Brava Cabaret for a thrilling night of live performance uplifting, centering and celebrating nonbinary identity!
Unlock the secrets to funding your creative practice in this engaging in-person workshop led by interdisciplinary artist and Diamond Wave Director Vin Seaman.
Need to juice up on your NONBINARY energy but can’t wait until November for the THEYFRIEND Nonbinary Performance Festival? Well enbies, you’re in luck! Join us August 15 at the Brava Cabaret for a thrilling night of live performance uplifting, centering and celebrating nonbinary identity!
This intimate event featuring nonbinary performers gives a peek inside the creative process and the search for nonbinary belonging. Featuring performances and a panel discussion from Honey Mahogany, Criibaby, and Vin Seaman! Although this event focuses on nonbinary identity, we welcome people of all gender identities to deepen their understandings and enjoy the performances.
Diamond Wave and the James C. Hormel LGBTQIA Center present THEYFRIEND: Enby Day! A performance and panel celebrating 2024 International Nonbinary People’s Day at the SF Public Library. Join us July 13 for a one-of-a-kind event dedicated to honoring and uplifting nonbinary (enby/enbie) voices as we dive deep into the heart of nonbinary experiences.
Find out more about the 2024 THEYFRIEND Nonbinary Performance Festival and our performer application process. This workshop will walk through the application and offer a space to ask questions about the overall festival and our five distinct showcases.
Join us for an all AAPI showcase of our spring THEYFRIEND Nonbinary Cabaret series featuring Asian, Asian American and Pacific Islander multidisciplinary nonbinary artists!
Join us for our April THEYFRIEND Nonbinary Cabaret featuring multidisciplinary nonbinary artists!
Dive into a treasure trove of gently used clothes, costumes, wigs, creative supplies, and more at Diamond Wave’s Artist Rummage Sale.
Join us for the launch of our spring THEYFRIEND Nonbinary Cabaret series featuring multidisciplinary nonbinary artists!
Join artist and grant specialist Vin Seaman for a hands-on workshop about writing successful grant applications.
Unlock the secrets to funding your creative practice in this engaging in-person workshop led by interdisciplinary artist and Diamond Wave Director Vin Seaman.
We’re closing the THEYFRIEND 2023 Nonbinary Performance Festival with an unforgettable lineup of nonbinary music and performance!
The THEYFRIEND 2023 Nonbinary Performance Festival continues with compelling spoken word, bumping music, and dynamic performance!
Enjoy an extravaganza of sensational videos from national and international nonbinary performers from the comfort of your own couch!
THEYFRIEND 23 day two! Co-hosted by LOTUS BOY & Gothess Jasmine (Austin), featuring Krudas Cubensi, theyfriend, Harddeep Singh, JanpiStar, Ling Ling Super Bloom, Piss E Sissy, & DJ Digital Kitkat!
Join the kickoff event of the 2023 THEYFRIEND Nonbinary Performance Festival with a facilitated discussion and performances featuring local and national nonbinary artists! Panel topics will include “what is nonbinary” as well as the performers’ relationships between their art and identity.
Join artist and grant specialist Vin Seaman for an in-person, hands-on workshop to learn how to write successful grants for drag.
A community event centering queer health & wellness Resources - Music - Practitioners - Food - Performances - Workshops
Join artist and grant specialist Vin Seaman for an in-person, hands-on workshop to learn how to write successful grants for drag.
Join us at Harvey Milk Center for the Arts for soft defiance, a collaboratively-curated visual arts exhibition exploring the intersection between softness & queer mental health. This Art + Pride exhibition, featuring over 30+ Bay Area visual artists, runs from June 17–July 15, 2023.
On Friday, June 30, join soft defiance exhibition curators and artists Bon Bon, Nicola Bosco-Alvarez (Harvey Milk Center for the Arts), Ryan MacCarrigan (Queer LifeSpace) and Vin Seaman (Diamond Wave) in the Harvey Milk Photo Center Gallery for a conversation about the exhibition, and the relationship between creative expression and mental health.
2024 THEYFRIEND, Day 5 - Close out THEYFRIEND at OASIS by saying goodbye to gender reveals, and hello to gender upheaval!