THEYFRIEND
NONBINARY PERFORMANCE FESTIVAL 2023
the world’s first performance festival UPLIFTING, CENTERING, & CELEBRATING nonbinary identity!
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the world’s first performance festival UPLIFTING, CENTERING, & CELEBRATING nonbinary identity! 〰️
About THEYFRIEND 2023
THEYFRIEND is the world’s first performance festival uplifting, centering, and celebrating nonbinary identity! For its third year, we hosted five events from November 14–18, 2023 in partnership with San Francisco presenters, nightlife venues, and community organizations.
Curated by festival advisors Rawiyah Tariq, transcriptions01, the Living Altar, and Diamond Wave Director Vin Seaman, the 2023 THEYFRIEND festival featured the work of 40 local, national, and international nonbinary performers! For more information about this event and participating artists:
ACCESSIBILITY: Trigger and content warnings provided for individual shows and before each performance. All videos have open captions provided. For additional accessibility inquiries, please contact vin@diamond-wave.org.
Opening Showcase & Panel
SFPL
Drag & Music Showcase
Oasis
Virtual Video Showcase
Streaming
Poetry & Music Showcase
Brava Cabaret
Closing Showcase
Brava Cabaret
2023 Festival Artists
Alder Duan Hurley
Castle Laws of Pleeay
Criibaby
DeVery Bess
Digital KitKat
Frankie Fingerling
Given Q. Davis
Goddexx
Gothess Jasmine
Harddeep Singh
Ling Ling Super Bloom
LOTUS BOY
mirrored fatality
Mojo Carter
phishr_price
Piss E Sissy
Poppy J. Snacks
Rafi Ruffino Darrow
Riy Mutakabbir
Rowan Katz
Humble Hart
Initial Rhi
Isis + Kyarai Dara
JanpiStar
Jean Wildest
Joce Alive
Kanyon CoyoteWoman
karinyo
Krudas Cubensi
Libby Oren
Saira Barbaric
DJ Sand.reams
SNJV
Srujanika Das
TAYLORALXNDR
The Living Altar
theyfriend
Vin Seaman
Xtra.dae
Zara Jamshed
Alder Duan Hurley
Castle Laws of Pleeay
Criibaby
DeVery Bess
Digital KitKat
Frankie Fingerling
Given Q Davis
Goddexx
Gothess Jasmine
Hardeep Singh
Humble Hart
Initial Rhi
Isis
JanpiStar
Jean Wildest
Joce Alive
Kanyon Coyotewoman
karinyo
Krudas Cubensi
Kyarai Dara
Libby Oren
Ling Ling Superbloom
mirrored fatality
Mojo Carter
phishr_price
Piss E Sissy
Poppy J Snacks
Rafi Ruffino Darrow
Riy Mutakabbir
Rowan Katz
Saira Barbaric
Sand.reams
SNJV
TAYLOR ALXNDR
theyfriend
Xtra.dae
Zara Jamshed
Event Details + Links to Watch
Opening Showcase & Panel — SFPL
TUESDAY 11/14/23
Drag & Music Showcase — Oasis
WEDNESDAY 11/15/23
Virtual Video Showcase — Streaming
THURSDAY 11/16/23
Poetry & Music Showcase — Brava Cabaret
FRIDAY 11/17/23
Closing Showcase — Brava Cabaret
SATURDAY 11/18/23
THEYFRIEND is supported by the California Arts Council, the Phyllis C. Wattis Foundation, and the Hormel LGBTQIA Center at San Francisco Public Library, and is presented in partnership with Brava! for Women in the Arts, the LEATHER & LGBTQ Cultural District, Oasis, the San Francisco Transgender Film Festival, and the Transgender District. 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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