We're warming up for Pride Week with a fabulous Banana Gala celebrating all things LGBTQUIA hosted by Belfast's first lady of Disco Venus Dupree & Urban Events( the team who brought you Big Screens & Drag Queens) Guest of honour Onya Becks hosts our first Runway Category Event with upcoming Drag Performers from Belfast. The… Continue reading Pride Focus: The Banana Gala- A celebration of all things LGBTQUIA
PRIDE FOCUS- LGBTQUIA focus in The ROOM curated by Venus Dupree .We will be hosting our Pride Events on 22nd July- 24th July to kick off Pride week. Our theme is Proud! The Death and Life of Marsha P. Johnson is a 2017 American documentary film directed by David France. It chronicles Marsha P. Johnson and Sylvia Rivera, prominent figures… Continue reading Pride Focus: Screening – The Death & Life of Marsha P Johnston with introduction by Venus Dupree
LGBTQUIA focus in The ROOM curated by Venus Dupree . The Queen is the story of the beginning of one of the most influential scenes in the world The House Ballroom Scene from which Voguing comes from. Filmed one year before the 1969 Stonewall Uprisings. It tells the story of Crystal La Beija-… Continue reading Pride Focus: Screening – The Queen with an introduction by Lady Portia
We welcome two of Belfast's most active members of the LGBTQUIA community. Drag Story time is a firm family favourite that normalises and celebrates difference- emphasising that the society in which we live is every colour of the rainbow and beyond. Lady Portia and Cherrie on top will lead you in story telling and fun… Continue reading Pride Focus : Drag Story Time with Lady Portia & Cherrie on Top
The Warm up Sessions are designed to showcase the best of local DJ talent starting late afternoon and finishing by 11pm every Saturday. Each week we carefully curate a line up of artists with the knowledgeable team at Sound Advice Records and the focus is on the gentler side of Electronic, Disco, Hip- Hop, Soul,… Continue reading The Warm Up Sessions #3 Neighbourhood
Welcome to Family Affair- a weekly Sunday dance party round at ours! Resident DJ Bobby Analog and friends host Belfast's only weekly Sunday disco party. Great tunes and good food by Lasa- Filipino BBQ Every Sunday in July and August 2pm- 6pm Free entry ALL WELCOME Under 18s must be accompanied by an adult
Venus Dupree is a DJ and Creative Producer based in Belfast. In this short talk she'll present her own research and experiences of working with the House Ballroom Scene in NYC ,the roots of Voguing and her love of Disco & House music and it's roots in Queer Liberation.
HOUSE is a collaborative work that took three years to make.It was performed and filmed in the MAC, Belfast in 2015. This was the first time that anyone from the New York Ballroom Scene had come to Ireland to talk about their rich and diverse culture. Ft Twiggy Pucci Garcon ( Choreographer on FX Pose),… Continue reading Pride Focus Screening : HOUSE
Venus Dupree - Top pick One of the most seminal, at times controversial, but insightful films ever made about the New York House Ballroom Scene with a killer contemporary soundtrack. It documents an important time in New York's Queer scene against a backdrop of survival in the midst of prejudice and the AIDS pandemic. … Continue reading Pride Focus: Screening- Paris is Burning
A Sound Advice, Bobby Analog & Venus Dupree pick. A portrait of Arthur Russell- is a critically acclaimed documentary which examines the life and work of Arthur Russell, an influential singer, songwriter, cello player and disco auteur who died too soon in 1992. Dir: Matt Wolf