Queer Frequency

Get on the Queer Frequency!

Fruit Music DJ and Barbie Aphelion are giving us a big queer club night 🌈

Fruit Music DJ (Aaron) plays pretty gay dance music for straight-tolerant rooms. Pairs well with making out. Euphoric mirrorball disco, sexy Crowley arps, that pop song you hold a special place for, house built by love, and melodic movements. We’re talking MP-TSS-MP-TSS and BLIP-BLOOP, not really WOMP-WOMP or BWAAAAHP. Historically behind: Dreamboat, Babes, Good Party, PNP DJs, Kill The Vibe, Oof!

DJ Barbie Aphelion brings high-energy sets that blur the lines between underground queer nightlife and feel-good dance floor magic. Cutting her teeth in Brooklyn with the legendary @she.they.dj collective, she’s since become a mainstay across Victoria’s queer scene, where her own take on house, hyperpop, and club anthems keeps the floor packed until last call. Recently, Barbie took the stage in Montréal alongside a cast of 15 drag artists—several of whom have graced Canada’s Drag Race—further cementing her place in the heart of queer performance culture. Curating soundtracks that balance nostalgia and discovery, she delivers exactly what a crowd that just wants to dance (with a little camp on top) is looking for.

All genders and identities welcome! Homophobia, transphobia, racism, and all other forms of discrimination will not be tolerated.

Make it Queer respectfully recognizes that the Downbeat is situated on the homelands of the lək̓ʷəŋən People, known today as the Esquimalt/ Xʷsepsəm and Songhees Nations, who have resided, protected, and maintained this area since time immemorial.

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