Glow in the Streets 2019
Join Comfort & Joy on Halloween/Samhain weekend for our most dazzling Castro block party yet at the third annual ‘Glow in the Streets’!
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MUSIC
Our splendid DJ line-up to give you life on the dance floor will feature:
* DJ Denise (aka DJ D) - house music wonder and Mizumo Music lead producer, known for her fader flicks and mixer tricks combined with seemingly effortless beat-matching skills
* DJ Val G. - producer of VIDA and resident DJ of Vice Tuesdays SF who delights crowds with strictly organic hip-hop and dance beats
* Hil Huerta - house music veteran who blends everything from funky cuts to electro-fueled tech house to progressive grooves
* Aili Chu – masterful mixer of deep house, sexy house, tech house, and progressive trance who has held residencies at BOSS750, Club 1015, Sno-Drift and Space 550.
[see full bios below]
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PERFORMANCES
This year’s stage performances co-hosted by the fabulous Mama Dora (Dora M Ama) and SirJoQ will delight you with acts by:
* Jocquese Whitfield (SirJoQ), legendary SF vogue dancer/choreographer/MC/instructor - highlighted on MTV’s hit show ‘The Real World’ - his career is steeped in freestyle hip-hop improvisation as well as modern, classical and Diasporic dance traditions.
* Special guest from Chicago, drag and burlesque star Otter Chaös - the beyond binary, bearded ballerina that lives somewhere between king and queen, horror and cosplay, classical elegance and raw sexuality.
* A triage of cosmic LED ambience from the beloved Liam Ocean, Vertel Jackson and Aaron Zamarron, plus crafts and slime monster realness from Llano River Blue, giving you all sorts of circus love.
GRAND FINALE
The evening's finale will be a spectacular GayGlo Guerrilla Theater blacklight performance called “Journey to Earth” from the windows above the party, led by original organizers Chickpea (Brian Busta), Jason Smart, Alex Robinson and DJ TomCat, plus supporting staff – you don’t want to miss it!
For nearly two decades, GayGlo Guerrilla Theater was an infamous hallmark of the Castro’s radical queer culture, shutting down streets and delighting thousands of spectators with its amazing blacklite performances and saucy commentary.
We’re excited to be able to honor this Castro legend and offer you a beautiful, fun-packed night of revelry and community!
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ARTISTRY + LOOKS
We'll also be serving up tons of amazing art from our grand empress of neon Chickpea (Brian Busta), as well as Bernadette Bohan, Denis Đermadi Bebek, Joshua Katz, Hunter Fox, David Ng, Danny Ryan, Oscar Gallegos and more!
To sparkle up your own looks, bask in beautiful neon face/body paint from the talented Kamran Adib and Joia De Vita
Lastly, to capture all of your glory we’ll have roaming photography by the masterful Kidd Carlisle and dayglow photo-op hotspots by our own beloved resident Dot (PhotosByDot)