A party to honour our Ancestors.
VFD is once again hosting shrine building and a party to mark this year's Day of the Dead. We're looking forward to welcoming back everyone 💖
Tickets / Early Bird £10 / Standard £15 / On the door £20 / All entries will receive a ticket for a free glass of hibiscus punch / We offer free places to those who cannot afford the entry price – please email us directly info@vfdalston.com
Any profit from tickets for this event will go to @savelatinvillage for their Wards Corner Community Plan campaign.
Joining our line-up this year are the wonderful DJs:
TrYb @tryb_official
Ivicore @ivicore
Gin @gin_likeginandtonic
Times
5pm - 7pm: Ofrenda building
7pm - 10pm: Break
10pm - 3am: Party
Ofrenda Building
This will take place outside - at the front of VFD.
Please consider bringing:
- Images of people you would like to honour
- Offerings related to those you're honouring
- Candles - in jars to protect the flames from wind
Please note the bar will not be open at this time.
Break
From 7pm-10pm there will be a 3 hour gap before the festivities in the evening - a good opportunity to go out for dinner or go home to get ready for the night ahead!
Party from 10pm to 3am
Raggaeton / Mambo / Salsa / Old skool Disco / Bounce / RnB / Full Latin X Flavours!
Line Up:
GIN
GIN - Co-founder of Resis’dance, Goldsnap, Nite Dykes & Project Director of Hackney Carnival’s first QTIPOC stage: Faggamuffin Bloc Party, which has received funding from Arts Council England and Hackney Council for the last two years, and focuses on queer culture in Carnival. GIN is a DJ & event producer w/ 7+ years experience behind the decks. They’ve played stages at Southbank, Tate Britain, V & A, Dalston Superstore, as well as notorious parties & festivals such as Pxssy Palace, Lovebox & Secret Garden Party. GIN is currently working with UK Black Pride to deliver events in 2021, whilst championing Safer Spaces Policies in nightlife throughout.
IVICORE
IVICORE is an explosive, colourful DJ from Venezuela, playing great upbeat tunes inspired by Afro, Latin and Caribbean music, from classics, remixes to the latest hits around. Bringing the best of Tropical rhythms. Ivicore is known for bringing a femme queer fiery mixing and mashup of skilfully selected songs, taking people on a tropical journey of joy, dance and Rooty vibes. Creator of Popola (@Popola_uk) Queer Pxssy Power activist nights with an Afro Latinx Caribbean twist.
TrYb
Blurring the lines across genres from around the world, there is no limit to the sounds of DJ TrYb. She is the host Afrotronic show on Threads Radio, Highlife & Sunshine on NTS and Thiiird Waves on Soho Radio and TrYb's Beats and Bass on 1020 Radio.
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ABOUT
VFD is a safe space for all and run by a QTIPOC crew we will not tolerate discrimination or hate of any kind.
We are building this event with Mexican company ‘Gented De Mezcal’ and members of the queer Mexican and LatinX family based in the UK who miss their families, cultures and homelands.
On our Day of the Dead Celebrations, we honour members of our LGBTQI+ family who have passed. We welcome them back, to let them know that they are loved and not forgotten.
We also want to reflect on the momentous times that we have all passed through and the ones who have passed.
You are invited to bring images of loved ones you want to honour, tokens, candles and keeps sakes to add to our Ofrenda.
The Ofrenda will be at the front of VFD and will be up the evening of the 29th, 30th, 31st and the morning of the 1st.
Let's Celebrate, Renew, Reflect and give thanks to those who have guided our journey's so far.
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We reject the colonial, commercial and missionary bastardisation of indigenous cultures.
We say YES TO ...
YES TO FLOWERS / YES TO FEATHERS / YES TO SNAKE SKIRTS / YES SEQUINS AND SCALES / YES TO CLAWS / YES TO JAGUAR SPOTS / YES TO GOLD / YES OMEN OWLS / YES WARRIOR FROGS / YES TO WINGS / YES EARTH MOTHER / YES SKY FATHER / YES TO EMERALD AND JADE / YES TO BUTTERFLIES / YES TO OBSIDIAN /YES TO SKULLS AND SKELETONS IF CULTURALLY RELEVANT TO YOU / YES TO OUR QUEER FAMILY !!!!
We are working with Mexican owned Sirena imports and their product Gented De Mezcal ... harvested from renewable crops and processed by families with traditional knowledge. The Mezcal is bottled and then shipped under sail on a carbon-neutral journey to Europe. Sirena takes its names from the bewitching and glamourous sea witches who lured the handsome and strong to their sanguineous and deliciously soggy end.
WEB / sirenaimports.com and gentedemezcal.com / IG @sirenaimports
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