28 Aug

20:00

Vrankrijk

Spuistraat 216, Amsterdam

The opening night of the Queer Is Not Dead Festival, a benefit for Abortion Network Amsterdam featuring live feminist, hardcore, and dance-punk bands.

Queer Is Not Dead Festival Opening

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Benefit for Abortion Network Amsterdam (as is the rest of the festival 😉 )

Aqua Tofana

Aqua Tofana is a Paris-based trio playing a feminist rough style of puzzle punk. Underpinned by a dark and progressive rhythm section, they combine poetry and percussive vocal deliveries with noise textures and abrasive guitars to create their version of a riot queer sound.

Imra

Garagey hardcore punk with radically vulnerable lyrics about everything wrong with the system. Based in Nijmegen with members from Lebanon, Kazakhstan, Hungary and Netherlands.

Lillith left the garden

Lilith Left The Garden is a dance-punk-alternative-whatever-rocks band based in the Hague, fronted by an Aruban bisexual baddie. Expect razor-sharp riffs, danceable chaos, and songs that are equal parts catharsis and confrontation.

In our current political climate we need to focus on what unites us – Queer is not dead Fest aims to strengthen and connect the antifascist and queer communities. The fest is volunteer-run and DIY/Do It Together.

The fest consists of workshops, skill sharing and parties, related to queer and antifascist topics and groups. There will be open slots for spontaneous contributions, discussions and action-planning.

You don’t need to be queer to join the fest, it’s meant to connect different political movements that engage in antifascist actions with the queer community.

The fest is: