Event Dates
From: Saturday, September 9, 2023
To: Sunday, September 10, 2023
Bushwig is one of the biggest gay drag festivals to take place on the East Coast of the US and is held each year
Bushwig is one of the biggest gay drag festivals to take place on the East Coast of the US and is held each year in early September and attracts over 4,000 visitors.
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The Festival
- The original Brooklyn Festival of Drag, Music Love, and Unity, otherwise know as “Bushwig” is back at The Knockdown Center in NYC.
- The event brings together a gathering of hundreds of drag stars for a full day and night to remember.
- Dance, be free, get high, make love and rejoice in togetherness with our big beautiful queer family. Everyone is welcome. Visitors to Brooklyn or Queens can expect drag queens everywhere, in glittering beards and sidewalk-engulfing hyper-couture dresses, stomping through the city on stilts and in 10″ platform shoes and all manner of chunky heels!
- Bushwig showcases drag on the fringes, with performers who push the boundaries of what a queen can look like or do on stage. It serves as a messier, more avant-garde, and frequently more thrilling antidote to RuPaul’s polished world.
- Brooklyn artists Trust and Horrorchata founded their drag festival in 2012 as a smaller scale Wigstock celebrating local talent. Since its debut, the festival has expanded internationally, becoming an annual staple for the drag community.
The Program
The festival features daylong drag performances and DJ sets. It’s been known to highlight rising city queens. Bushwig is serving up two full days of:
- Non-Stop Drag!Live Music, DJs and Dancing, spread across 3 different stages and a dance zone.
- More than 150 performers – 2023 lineup to be confirmed.
- Enjoy Shopping, food and drinks, Icons, legends, looks, stunts and shows.
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Brooklyn is large, and the gay bars are spread across multiple neighbourhoods. Start your night in Park Slope and then hit the busier bars in Crown Heights and Bed-Stuy later in the evening. The gay clubs are concentrated in Williamsburg.
The Venue
- The event takes place at The Knockdown Center, at 52-19 Flushing Ave., in Maspeth, Saturday (1 p.m. to 3 a.m.) and Sunday (1 p.m. to midnight).
- The Knockdown Center is an art and performance space dedicated to cross-disciplinary projects and collaborations. This century-old building is famous for innovative and experimental programming in visual arts, performance, music and more.
- Stay at the Henry Normal Hotel, just 2 miles from the venue and with a superb rating.
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Arlo NoMad is 644 m from Madison Square Park, 322 m from the Empire State Building & 805 m from Herald Square. The access to the Subway Train 6, on 33rd Street & Park Avenue, is 322 m from the property. Each room at the hotel is sized at 150 square feet, with a refrigerator, flat-screen cable TV,
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