WHOLE takes place at Ferropolis, 140km southwest of Berlin. Planning ahead is essential—this isn’t a party in the city where you can snag an Uber home! Gather your travel crew and sort your transport in advance.
Festival Address:
Ferropolisstraße 1, 06773 Gräfenhainichen
Before that, the site is an active construction zone—early arrivals are not allowed!
There are two check-in points. MAIN ENTRANCE (arrival by Bassliner shuttle) and CAR/CAMPER/BIKE ENTRANCE (see more details below).
You must arrive with a pre-purchased ticket, or pre-registered guest list ticket.
Our ticket provider Weeztix (former Eventix) offers us sealed tickets, to ensure a secure process and prevent fraud or unfair resales. Tickets are unsealed and available for download July 17th, 9am. Arrive with your ticket on your phone. For more ticket info, check the FAQ section.
In 2024, we doubled bag check stations from 8 → 16 for a much faster, improved entry system; we will do it again, but expect to queue for a bit on Friday. Patience = key!
Bassliner Buses – Our Main Shuttle Partner
BASSLINER SHUTTLES WILL SELL OUT!
Secure your tickets early
• Berlin Ostbahnhof → Ferropolis
• Additional pickups:
• Hamburg ZOB
• Dessau Hbf
• Gräfenhainichen
• Köln
• Leipzig
Cheaper Shuttle Options with Shorter Shuttle Ride
• Dessau Hbf
• Gräfenhainichen
We plan to add more rides from the above two local train stations when Berlin Ostbahnhof sells out.
Regional Train + Shuttle
IMPORTANT: RE Train Disruption – Travel Update
The RE local train has been cancelled due to unexpected last-minute construction and is no longer running.
However, ICE trains and S-Bahn connections are still operating as normal.
RE Train + S-Bahn
Check the Deutsche Bahn website or DB Navigator app for exact schedules.
FRIDAY TRAVEL
– If you booked an ICE + Bassliner shuttle from Dessau, your travel plan remains unchanged.
– If you planned to take the RE7 using a Deutschlandticket, you’ll need to rebook your Bassliner departure from Gräfenhainichen instead.
– Bassliner is emailing affected passengers with rebooking instructions before the weekend. Please check your inbox.
SATURDAY / SUNDAY TRAVEL
– All Dessau shuttle connections will be cancelled.
– If you have an ICE ticket, exit at Lutherstadt Wittenberg or Bitterfeld, then take the S-Bahn to Gräfenhainichen.
– Bassliner will contact you directly to rebook your shuttle from Gräfenhainichen.
GOOD TO KNOW
– Shuttle service from Gräfenhainichen will be doubled to accommodate all affected travelers.
– For all Deutschlandticket holders, Gräfenhainichen is now the fastest and most reliable route.
– If you booked a round trip (e.g. Berlin ↔ Dessau via Bassliner), you can contact Bassliner directly to adjust your plan.
We know this last-minute change is frustrating, and we’re truly sorry for the disruption. Unfortunately, this is out of our control, but we’re doing our best to support you in navigating the updated options.
Accessibility & Refunds
• Only Dessau & Gräfenhainichen shuttles are wheelchair accessible.
• Refunds available until April 30 via Bassliner: Bassliner FAQ
Cheapest Option – Deutsche Bahn
• Berlin-Brandenburg Ticket: €35 (good for up to 5 people, 2nd class, regional only, no ICE trains)
• Route: RE7 train (Berlin → Dessau) → Bassliner shuttle (~30 min)
• From BER Airport: FEX train → Transfer to RE7 at Hauptbahnhof → Dessau → Bassliner
Greenest Option – Take Your Bike
• German residents with the Deutschlandticket (€58) can add a bike for €7
• Bike racks are available at the campsite & festival entrance. For safety reasons, no bikes on the peninsula (stage area), staff only.
Cycle Time / Distance
• Gräfenhainichen → Ferropolis: ~15–20 min / ~5 km
Dessau → Ferropolis: ~1–1.5 hrs / ~23 km
• Use the CAR / CARAVAN ENTRANCE on Friday. Usually on Saturday, we switch this to the MAIN ENTRANCE.
• Parking Pass Required – Two tiers: Car & Caravan (must have Caravan Pass to sleep in your vehicle).
• Cars park in a new, separate lot 10 minutes walking distance from the camping. Cars parked here are not for sleeping). Caravans park next to the main campground.
• Entry: The exact check-in location is still being finalized as we’re expanding the area to accommodate more parking. We’ll share updated details closer to the event.
• If you’re planning to leave with your car and plan to come back, you can, but you will need to be checked in again. No in and out privileges for Campers & RVs.
• Parking passes (both car and RV) have sold out multiple times this year—even after we added significantly more than last year. No more will be released. We recommend coming by Bassliner shuttle instead—lots of new slots were just added. If you’re still hoping for a parking pass, your best bet is checking resales on TicketSwap:
https://www.ticketswap.de/whole-festival
If there are any new updates on this topic, we will post about it here.
2025 marks the 9th year of Buttons, a Berlin-based party that’s a home for all – where fantasy meets freedom and everyone is encouraged to write their own story.
LAZA is a DJ and music producer born in Goiás and based in São Paulo. His sets and musical productions are filled by elements of Latincore, baile funk, guaracha, dembow, techno and raptor house. LAZA is one of the most promising new talents from the Latincore in Brazil.
Adam R. is an artist, DJ and co-founder of the Papi Juice art collective. His creative ethos is inspired by the rich tapestry of his Carribean and Black American heritages — if you ever hear him DJ live, you’ll hear his passion for dance and house music.
Do people think of fucking while dancing? Maybe they do when Carmen 16 is in the booth. Propulsive, rollicking, and relentless is the techno flair of this underground badboi who, in rejecting all social media, might be this festival’s best hidden gem.
This isn’t just an average hour of Bingo. 🔢
Expect bouncy beats, surprise twists, a whole lot of fun and just the right amount of chaos. Will you be the one to fill your card first – or will the rhythms 🎵 throw you off course?
Come find out – but be warned, once the music kicks in, things might get a little out of hand. 🫨
Are you lucky enough not to walk away empty-handed? 🏆
But even if you do, you’re sure to take the next earworm with you. 🐛
For our beloved qtBIPoCs only 💘
Maximum capacity: 25 people.
You can come from 1PM on Saturday to TRINA to reserve your spot. Or you swing by latest 10min before 3pm and try your luck spontaneously. 💕
🍑 There’s gonna be juicy prizes donated by
turboturboburo, Coexist Berlin, @finnimalism, Other Nature, Kristall Pearl, Rhi Dancey, So Lazo, A X U A R, Csaba Klement 🥰
Think: sexy vouchers, pleasure toys, jewelry, dreamy ceramics, bags & more.
Facilitator: Rory Midhani
In this workshop Rory will show you how to make a sweet lil balloon dog. Your challenge is then to keep your pup alive and well for the duration of the festival, with the chance of winning Bronze, Silver and Golden awards. But wait, there’s more! Each year one lucky contestant will win The Golden Balloon Pump- the coveted prize for outstanding achievement.
Come to our vly coffee stand! Here you’ll find the best plant-based coffee with perfect foam thanks to vly Barista, creamy drinks with vly No Milk and our protein-rich shakes – all sugar-free, full of nutrients and really tasty. Come by & enjoy!
We offer different coffee variations, with our iced coffee definitely being a highlight. Plus, of course, our high-protein shakes, which are also suitable for drinking – available in mango, coffee, hazelnut and cocoa.
Price range approx. 2-5€
Created with love and passion – healthy, tasty & sustainable for humans, animals and environment.
Menu
Our dishes are vegan pulled BBQ bowls and sandwiches.
We have the “classic” version with lettuce, cucumber, tomato, coleslaw, pulled BBQ and vegan tzatziki.
The bestseller is the “mexican” version with lettuce, cucumber, pulled BBQ, kidney beans, corn, jalapeños, tomato salsa and nacho crunch.
New and a little more “special” is a bowl with couscous, fried mung beans, marinated tomatoes & cucumber, salad and mango chili sauce.
RE:SET’s Groove Kitchen
Food for Ravers by Ravers
ARE YOU READY FOR YOUR RE:SET?
Food for ravers is fresh, easy to eat and digest, rich In protein, nutritious, and delicious af. Just like ours.
It is crafted to satisfy those peak-hour cravings and recharge festival warriors with the nutrients you need and flavors that hit just right.
For ravers who want to rave better, feel better, and live better.
Menu
Breakfast:
Tofu Scramble zucchini, tomato, turmeric, slice of sour dough bread
Coconut Oats creamy overnight oats, coconut
toppings: apricots or banana and peanut butter
Mains
Sweet Potato Bowl creamy purée, smoked tofu, zucchini, peanut sauce
Chili sin Carne spiced soy chili, homemade sour-cream
side: tortilla chips or rice
Snacks
Potato Salad sweet-sour dressing, cucumber, egg
topping: soy crumble
Broccoli Salad roasted cashews, cranberries, mint, tahin-dressing
topping: soy crumble
Energy Balls
Banana Bread oats, walnuts, cinnamon, agave
Sweet Potato salty peanuts, ginger
Drinks
Detox Shot celery, cucumber, honey, orange, lemon, ginger
Protein Shake Coconut milk, banana
vegan protein blend: vanilla or chocolate hazelnut
We are Tobias Pfenning and Louis Haasler, the owners of Dan Dan Noodles – a street food concept from Sichuan cuisine. Our dish: noodles in a spicy, creamy sauce, served with umami-loaded soy mince. Served with our fresh smashed cucumber salad.
Menu:
Dan Dan Nudeln & Smashed Cucumber Salad
4 – 10 €
We love coffee & slushies. Specialty coffee and organic juice slushies are our thing. Glitter, unicorns and always following the motto – True Love is Crew Love – we look forward to WHOLE every year. We hope that our coffee and energy boosters will give you the energy you need to enjoy the festival.
Menu:
Espresso, cafe americano, cappuccino, cafe latte, flat white, iced latte
3 – 6 €
We are a cute queer team serving the best vibes and authentic Roman Pinsa with selected fresh ingredients.
Menu:
Pinsa Marinara (vegan)
Margherita
Funghi
Salame
7-10€
Delicious and authentic – the best noodles in Thailand
With our homemade pasta, we aim to deliver a high-quality street food experience. Each portion is freshly made on-site in front of our customers using a traditional Italian pasta machine, whose bronze die gives the pasta its unique texture. Our pasta is entirely vegan, crafted from 100% organic durum wheat semolina from Mulino Grassi and water.
We serve it with recipes inspired by the Italian traditions of our grandmothers—topped generously with freshly grated Parmesan cheese.
The only Nomad Croqueteria in Berlin 🔥
Creamy, crunchy delicious bechamel bite
Our philosophy
100% natural artisanal croquetas
No artificial additives or flavour enhancers
Completely homemade
Homemade bechamel
We use whole grass-fed milk (Heumilch), butter and flour from Brandenburg
All the production of our croquetas is made by hand and one by one
Menu: Various local ice cream flavors with different toppings (one scoop costs €3.5, two scoops cost €5 and 3 scoops cost €8)
Iced coffee and milkshake (€8 each)
We will make dumplings, gyozas, pan-fried with meat or vegan. Served with teriyaki sauce and Japanese mayonnaise.
Bowls, açai, dumplings, gluten-free rice noodle salad
Folklore Street isn’t just a food truck – it’s a home for everyone who’s ever felt in between cultures, searching for flavor, identity and something that just feels real. We bring the spirit of modern Peru to the streets of Berlin, one unapologetically bold bite at a time.
Menu Highlights:
Burritos, Quesadillas, Tacos.
Gluten free options, we divide spaces to make it as safe as possible
Award-winning buttermilk fried chicken, served with serious crunch and soul. This is American comfort food with a bold Berlin twist.
Menu:
The OG buttermilk fried chicken burger: crispy, golden and stacked with pickles lettuce + signature sauces. Add melted Irish cheddar if you know what’s good.
Artist: AUSGANG studio
Cord draws its breath from the silverfish — a creature of shadow, slipping through cracks and seams, ever fleeing the light. It writhes through bathtubs, beneath kitchen tiles, along the damp silence of basements and drains. The form also echoes cable protection: a sheath, a skin, a symbol of containment and quiet defense. Cord inhabits the boundary between the hidden and the exposed — a fragile conduit pulsing with unseen life.
Artist: Golden Diskó Ship and Kollektiv RISS
SOUNA is an immersive sound installation in the shape of a wood-fired sauna. As a hybrid of sound art and participatory performance, it combines concentrated listening with a physical sound experience. 4 visitors per session become an active part of the artwork by sweating together while experiencing the SOUNA tracks in a multisensory way.
Artist: GND*FCK
GND★FCK is a queer-feminist sober(ish) and sober-curious hosting concept for Whole’s Cruising spaces created through BIPOC| sexworker | trans community input in collaboration with Queertopolis and House of Steel. We seek to facilitate an alternative to high-consumption and over stimulating fuck spaces, with am emphasis on care and gentle security for those of us that don’t always feel centered or seen in such spaces. Curious? Cum check out our hosted slots and bring your authentic self.
Artist: WIDE OPEN
WIDE OPEN is a Berlin-based happening—a platform for experimental performance and a subversive sex-machine, curated by and for Dykes, Trannies, and Faggots (DTF). Their peepshow is an installation that invites you to peep behind the curtain—to become the voyeur of post-pornographic rituals that unfold live, raw, and unfiltered.
Artist: DTF
DTF is a space by and for Dykes, Trannies, and Faggots, who are Down To Fuck. DTF is a mixed gender, FLINTA-led darkroom to host fucking and fetish. There’s any number of important discussions to have about sexual liberation, but this is the place for action!
Artist: Alejandro Santamaría
From a tiny gap in the wall where you can peek and Watch, to the wide open hole where you can get lost and found. A Space to be voyeur, to be seen or not, to lose yourself, your way and even your name.
Artist: BDSM Architecture
BDSM Architecture is a Lithuanian-founded studio (est. 2016 by Edgar and Sally) that designs high-quality, assembler-ready fetish furniture—described by its founders as the “kinky IKEA”—offering minimalist yet sturdy cages, benches, crosses, and more. Rooted in a passion project that bridged a gap in stylish, reliable BDSM gear, the company has since scaled into a full-time, globally shipped business complete with bespoke customization, educational outreach, and a dedicated factory in Lithuania .
Artist: Fizzy Fingers
Fizzy Fingers is the brainchild of queer artist Rebecca Rutter,combining costume, fashion, and sculpture into wild, one-off creations. From designing the stage for Cloud Cuckoo at Fusion Festival to crafting surreal pieces that electrify bodies and spaces with colour, pattern, and fizzy magic, Fizzy Fingers designs ecstatic realms that honour self-expression, ceremony, and the queer divine.
Artists: Joan Ling-Li & Bass
Kick off your shoes and step onto a soft landing in deep space. Let the colours and sounds of the ambient stage drift you into the outer edges of consciousness.
Artist: AUSGANG studio
Øuroboros is interpreted as a symbol of eternal renewal or a cycle of life, death, and rebirth. It symbolizes the cyclical nature of the universe: creation from destruction, life arising from death. We as humans also seem to follow this basic code of the universe.
Artists: ENTRPRÆSS
Commander’s Log, Stardate 1234.69
Entered Sector 001, Planet Earth. Long-range passive sensors detected sustained low-frequency seismic activity originating from amplified rhythmic audio. Visual confirmation revealed bipedal humanoid lifeforms engaging in coordinated, tempo-synchronized limb movements. During standard insertion procedures, a rear thruster malfunction resulted in two unplanned first contacts. Rectal integrity: nominal.
Artists: Beach stage design created by Eva Garland (decoration design & build) & Ambra Rosedorne (decoration design & build)
Long ago, there lived the Aquamarine Queen of Uranus, aka: Silent Flame
According to legend her body shimmered with ice-fire (a fusion of cryo-plasma and living crystal), her voice could bend the rings of Uranus into beats and some even believe she was born from the core of the planet itself, when a comet of unknown origin struck directly into the heart of its Whole! She ruled the coastlines beneath the methane clouds, where an ancient civilization had long since dwelled in secret….
Until now deep ‘Probes’ (experts in the field) have been sent to Uranus and continue to report strange transmissions…thumping, rhythmic sounds echoing beneath the clouds. And every year, the pulse returns.
All hail the queen of Uranus! She cums in peace!!
Artists: Rory Midhani & The Electric Mouth Crew
‘Escape To Planet Tit’ is an installation where science fiction adventure universes cross over into our reality. Expect queer cosmonauts, trans robots, tit planets, and gay aliens, all popping out of their galaxies to join us at the Performance Stage.
Artist: Wholistics
Wholistics is a sanctuary for the senses — a lush landing place for bodies craving tenderness, playfulness, and everything in between. Step out of the rush, come home to your body, and let the noise melt away. Inside our dome, indulge in soothing massages, the subtle energy of Reiki, the flowing rhythm of Thai bodywork, and the magical scent landscape readings. Come as you are, leave softened, seen — and (dare we say?) feeling deeply Whole again.
Hours of Opening
Friday from 16:00 to 20:00
Saturday & Sunday from 12:00 to 20:00
Come when you feel the call. Bookings made onsite — and yes, wandering hearts are welcome to walk in, too.
Exchange
1€ per minute — with sessions flowing at a pace that suits your body’s needs.
We accept cash or PayPal, whatever feels easiest in the moment.
Artists: Anna Riley-Shepard as part of OTHERWISE Projects – with Mo Ghandour, Taffy Boudewijns & Eva Oosterlaken
We all know nature is queer. But how can we queer our relationship with nature — blurring the boundary between human & more-than-human and reimagining ourselves as part of the living world? The Plant Is Present welcomes you to a hidden realm in the forest where light, sound, and your own brainwaves bring you into intimate and meaningful exchange with a plant.
Artist: ENAITZ
Bodies in motion, dicks in bloom, lovers becoming one. A queer Tarot unfolds – a Whole new world.
The Erotic Nest is a hot space that is sensual, slow and soft. A playroom that glows and drips like sex during sunset. A steaming and pulsating place to touch, cuddle, whisper, or make love, inviting its guests to join in with the shadows of vertical and horizontal bodies on the soft fabrics caressing skin. The nest welcomes users to connect in body, mind, and spirit by exploring their own and each other’s desires.
Artist: Genesis Victoria
The installation compiles and amplifies FLINTA*’s kinkiness and sexual experiences, where the sexy sonic creature will aim to transform the listener into a sonic voyeur. The sonic creature made of several materials such as wax, latex, shea butter and other suspicious liquids also contains voices, speakers with feral sounds, tales of Flinta* darkroom stories, haptic sounds and ASMR giggles that will make the listener blush. Every person will need to approach close to the pieces closely to hear/feel these stories, to be touched by them. In this way, the installation will like to create a strange intimacy between the anonymity and sounds, the sensorial materials, the festival space and the experiencer of it.
Artist: Luke Carter
Show off your fruity faces, private places and hairy (W)holes in this interactive installation! Become part of the artwork and snap a photo with your friends, or get creative and have fun with your body parts. Seaside nostalgia meets the glory hole with an intergalactic twist!
Artist: Renée Salome Tischer
The Pleasure Pool is a spatial installation that was designed in collaboration with Lecken in 2023 as a place for the erotic, the playful, the intimate. Suspended by chains and shaped by existing structures, her design questions heteronormative architectural aesthetics and spatial dichotomies. She creates a soft space that accommodates all body types and enables new different forms of togetherness.
Artist: WIDE OPEN
WIDE OPEN is a Berlin-based happening—a spontaneous space of exhibitionism, a subversive sex-machine by and for Dykes, Trannies, and Faggots (DTF). We curate interdisciplinary events (re)mixing art, freaky bodies, and performances.
Artists: Lucy / Louis Caspar Schmitt, Elin Laut, Madison Pomarico, and The Nasties
PAIN KILLER is a response to our experience of navigating chronic pain and overstimulation at raves. This year the playground transforms into a pain relief station and sensory spa. You can release tensions, soften overstimulation and experience care at our somatic installation PAIN KILLER.
Artist: Mobile Dyke Bar
Your favourite lesbian emergency rescue service is coming to WHOLE this year! Uhaul Dyke Rescue is on speed dial for any queer emergency, dedicated to saving parties. This hot crew of FLINTA hosts are driving in from London, ready to cause some lesbian chaos from their Uhaul truck.
Catch them on Saturday from 3–8 PM.
Photo credits: @solarkbd
Artist: V + L
Mini fridge’ is junkyard-chic mixed with 90s nostalgia. A paper-pulped palace awaiting late-night snackers and supermarket shoppers, who must help keep the vegetable people living inside fresh and fruity. To-do lists on the fridges door will invite festival goers to complete secret missions and in turn they may receive sweet refrigerated treats or run into some mouldy forgotten foods…
Artist: Temporary Worlds
the alarm cries out, a morning tune
but dreams still hum beneath the moon
I tap snooze once then drift till noon
snooze is a soft landscape, lying in the cool shade
beneath a tent, located between the Beach Stage and
the Forest Stage. It was created by the Belin-based
FLINTA builders’ collective, temporary worlds.
Artist: Felicitas Butt
Set into a vertically positioned gabion, iridescent surfaces reflect light and movement – like data fragments feeding a system that both shapes and controls. The installation plays with permeability and control. It subtly reflects on our relationship with systems we feed ourselves, without fully understanding them.
Artist: Nicola Napoli
FIRE explores the themes of transition and renewal. It reflects on the cycle of connection and separation, and on the tension between holding on and letting go. Through symbols of power and origin, the piece speaks to personal evolution, emotional release, and the burning force of change that leads to transformation. Like fire that burns and spreads, we are driven by a constant passion that moves us on, shapes us, and pushes us to keep seeing what lies ahead.
Artist: Ernst van Hoek
This large-scale installation by Ernst van Hoek transforms an iconic double-decker bus into a celestial canvas where devilish figures dance across a galaxy of stars. The piece acknowledges the evil that exists in our world while celebrating dance as our universal language for finding connection and love. The dancing devils soar across the bus facade, illustrating that through shared movement and expression, we can transcend darkness and move toward one another.
Artist: Caro Gugu
Exhibition & Live Photo Experience
Your Body Is Enough known as ‘dein körper ist genug’ is a Berlin-based body positivity movement by photographer Caro Gugu and her team, empowering people to reclaim their bodies beyond shame and stereotypes. The project showcases raw, intimate portraits of bodies and shares their personal stories. At WHOLE Festival, Caro presents a curated exhibition and invites you to join the live photo experience I am WHOLE because… – a celebration of visibility, self-love, and collective empowerment.
Artist: BMERCH CREW
From the entrance of WHOLE Festival a Radio show hosted by BLEACH (Berlin’s Naked Drag Queen). Hyping your weekend as you enter the grounds. With guests, lineup details & what to get excited for!
Artist: LU CHILD
This oiled on canvas spiritual fuckshow is worshipping otherworldly individuals in a moment of hot balance between fierce expression, desire, vulnerability, mutual care and strong bond.
Artist: Agentur für Nightlife
Funfare Wakeup – is a moving micro-rave organised by the FLINTA* group: Agentur für Nightlife, bringing music, drag, and chaos straight to the heart of WHOLE Festival. Show off your wildest camping look at our participatory catwalk, your Olympic skills at our sock battle and your eclectic dance moves at our glittery dancefloor on wheels.
Come when you hear us — stay when you see yourself in us.
Artist: Mahsa Salali
Abān in Farsi is the plural of water, driven from the Persian Goddess of the sea Anahita. The Goddess of water is a symbol of mighty, pure, divinity and immaculate. Abān is a sanctuary of liberty and the fountain of gatherings. The password that activates Abān to cast your spell of liberation: “Squirting Vagina / Free Palestine”
Artist: Viva Ink Stains
Viva Ink Stains is Berlin based visual artist. Her style of art is to express the various emotions rhythmically through her iconic drawing. Currently she is presenting her live portrait drawing session “I N•U•D•E YOU “in mainly countless hot club music parties /music festivals and venues. She paints a purely charming “imaginary nude” portrait of you through her unique point of view blending with hot musical vibes.
Facilitator: Anthony Selwyn
Come, darling, step into a sacred space with Anthony: where the spirit breathes into form, guiding your unique rhythm. Innovative partner work folds bodies, revealing the tender architecture of shared space—each discovery a glint of sun on water. The session culminates in cathartic release, like a wave soaking the sand in a shimmering vastness where burdens dissolve into belonging’s ancient, humming truth.
Livia (she/her) is a queer jewelry artist based in Zurich, Switzerland.
She designs and handcrafts each piece herself, using materials like stained glass, lead-free solder, freshwater pearls, stones, and found elements. Her process is intuitive and experimental, shaped by contrasts, diverse influences, and unexpected encounters.
Her designs play with tension: soft and bold, playful and seductive, confident and a little dangerous. Each piece is meant to empower the wearer — to feel strong, seen, and uniquely themselves.
An unhinged queer body warm-up to arrive, connect, and remember: Welcome the f**k home, Honey! The dancefloor is our chosen family’s living room. We move like rivers, roots, and radiant hot Cheetos flames—queer just like nature, bold like love.
LisaMajun, Berlin & Goa’s fire artist and designer, crafts not just jewellery but empowering statements with stunning body chains. Bold yet elegant, she tells your stories through each unique chain, inviting you into a rebellious, expressive self. It’s not a purchase; it’s a vibe, a movement, a loud and proud statement of who you are. Let’s stand out and turn heads together.
Facilitator: Bad Ass Prints
Duration: 3 hours
We would like to do our classic screen printing workshop with a new design but add as an extra a “customization station” with some material for everyone to play if they want (scissors, textile markers and sprays, some stencils, safety-pins, etc) so in case someone wants do add a little bit of extra customization to their piece they can do it in the same workshop.
Kick in the Eye is an alternative jewellery brand inspired by love, lust and desire. Handmade with precious metals of sterling silver and solid 9ct Gold. Both lab-grown and natural gemstones are used throughout our pieces.
Kick in the Eye is genderless, classic, and always created with the longevity of quality and style in mind. Established in Melbourne and independently run by Antonia, whose multidisciplinary background in fine art led to her passion creating jewellery since 2018.
Tart Twins is a women-owned latex label, born in Berlin and rooted in the city’s queer creative scene. Known for bold colors, clean lines, and a playful approach to fetish fashion, they offer both ready-to-wear and custom pieces designed to celebrate all bodies.
We are more than you see
/upcycling/
/craftmanship/
/bringing fantasies to life/
Sturmzx2 artwear project in Berlin founded by 2 sisters with a playful aesthetic, transforms discarded garments into unique pieces. Collecting materials from the streets/trash and through experimenting, cutting, sewing, painting and mix techniques, give them a new life. The result: personalized, colorful pieces with a psychedelic touch that reflect our passion for fun art.
Sireno is a textile project rooted in the queer imagination of its creator, bringing childhood fantasies to life through an artistic approach to fashion. Drawing inspiration from animé, video games, and digital tools like AI and 3D design, Sireno crafts one-of-a-kind pieces—from gender-free garments to upcycled accessories and nostalgic embroideries. It’s an invitation to play, to express ourselves freely, and to celebrate color as a language of identity.
Nur Hektor is a Berlin-based slow fashion brand born as a sensual response to deconstructivism, merging experimental pattern-making, tailoring, and material research. Its provocative designs explore body and attitude, blending classic and radical influences drawn from art, music, and club culture. Produced in small quantities, each piece is handmade using sustainable materials to create second-skin silhouettes that defy tradition and gender norms.
Shimmies is a queer femme dream made tangible. Rooted in softness, fantasy, and queer joy, Shimmies makes ethereal adornments for all bodies. A diverse collection of headpieces and earrings crafted from iridescent vinyl that catch the light—and every eye in the room.
LAAVA is a unisex line of exclusive jewllery with a deep commitment to nature. The brand ains to showcase materials in their purest form, embracing a distinct industrial aesthetic.
LAAVA is recogniced for its colorful and unexpected combinations of materials, featuring a bold sassy style. The pieces are inspired by architecture, art, and Berlin,s club culture. Hancrafted in Berlin.
Designer Blanca Gomila believes in timeless fashion, and due to her origins in sculpture and blacksmithing, she loves pure, and very solid materials that do not suffer but rather improve with the passage of time.
IMPOPSIBLE is a forward-thinking all-gender(s) fashion label founded by the visionary video artist Bernardo Santarelli. Blending abstraction with surrealism, IMPOPSIBLE fuses the gritty elegance of Berlin’s urban landscape with bold, avant-garde pop influences. Futuristic silhouettes, eclectic accents, and a keen exploration of unconventional materials come together to create bold, one-of-a-kind pieces that challenge and redefine traditional standards of beauty.
Photography and concept: Michael Mann
Models: Slawik and Lawunda
Hair and make up: Lau Perrea
Stained with blood and glitter.
Gaba Gama is driven by a love for PVC—its lightness, flexibility, and bold colors. Despite a restrictive education, Gaba always found ways to create, from jewelry to sewing. Eventually, plastic, the ultimate ‘fake’ material, became the truest form of self-expression. Gaba Gama’s work includes PVC fetish essentials and reimagined symbols like hearts and crosses, stripped of their usual meaning and presented in a striking, artificial form that feels unexpectedly real.
At Claudia Vitali, we craft designs infused with sensuality, magic, and transparency, inspired by modern, daring individuals who are elegant, independent, and free of prejudice. We see design as a way of life, blending simplicity with sophistication through innovative uses of cotton, lycra, and sheer fabrics. This distinctive style celebrates individuality and is already making a statement in Barcelona, Ibiza, Berlin, Amsterdam, and Chile.
Facilitators: Freya Rose, Kim Sanou, Hugo-Huga x Tibiriçá
Together we offer an intentional space to honor and tend to the grief that arises in the face of genocides, the destruction of land and life, and all that these violences touch and open in our communities and within ourselves. We recognize that all grief is interconnected—personal and political, intimate and collective.
We invite you to join us in holding one another, and in allowing ourselves to be held. This is a space for mutual support and collective emotional resourcing, grounded in shared, embodied, and primarily non-verbal experience
Facilitator: Dennis (he/they), Rokas (he/him), Stijn (he/him)
The Art of Loving Touch is an immersive workshop that explores intentional, consent-based touch as a path to deeper intimacy, trust, and embodied presence. Grounded in radical consent and clear communication, it guides participants through meditations, sensory games, partner exercises, and collaborative touch rituals to cultivate a “language of presence.” Expect playful exploration, guided holds, and reflective sharing in a supportive, trauma-informed space. Open to all bodies and identities, the workshop welcomes individuals and partners with no prior experience—just a willingness to slow down and connect.
Dennis (he/they) and Stijn (he/him) are Berlin-based facilitators and bodyworkers who create intimate, embodied spaces rooted in softness, consent, and presence. Blending body-based practices, conscious touch and breathwork, they invite participants into deep connection with themselves and others through slowness, curiosity, and care. At WHOLE, they offer The Power of Softness: The Art of Loving Touch — a guided workshop exploring physical intimacy, trust, and connection through mindful, consent-based touch.
Facilitator: Samuel Douek and Eden
You’ve just landed at WHOLE Festival and you’re DTF…
Luckily HOWL is here to foster new connections with a glorious SPEED DATING sesh! But this is much more than just meeting the love of your life. This is a chance to make lifelong friends and connections. HOWL Speed Dating is to make new friends, lovers and others for ALL genders and sexualities. Be prepared to get up close and personal with some sexy new bodies, and don’t forget to look HOT.
Facilitator: HOWL 5 – Oli Lipski & Valentine Bordet
Kinky Sensual Self-Touch is an invitation to play with your pleasure, explore your inner desires, and meet your shadows. You will be guided through reflective tools and practical exercises to explore the edges of your eroticism, taking you on a sensual journey of emotional, mental, and physical pleasure exploration. Through self-touch and solo exploration, you will get to create a new level of intimacy with yourself, which you can bring into your play with others.
Oli Lipski (she/her) is a sensual intimacy coach, relationship counsellor, workshop facilitator, and queer sex writer who helps people build more fulfilling connections with themselves and others. Drawing from queer theory and her own somatic healing journey, she’s on a mission to queer the conversation around sex and break down pleasure taboos.
Valentine Bordet (she/they) is a somatic sexologist, intimacy coordinator, and pleasure advocate committed to reshaping norms around intimacy and sexuality. As founder of Collective of Pleasure, she creates space for marginalized communities to unapologetically explore personal pleasure and co-create diverse, authentic expressions of pleasure.
Facilitator: Christian Rippel
Start your first morning of the festival with an energizing yoga flow led by Berlin-based instructor Christian Rippel to ground, stretch, and awaken the body.
Facilitator: HOWL 3 – Amy Sheldon
Here at the cyborg body painting workshop, come customise your avatar! This workshop explores the boundaries of human bodies, and blends us into the cyborg with easy-to-make prosthetics and metallic silver body painting. Cyborg futures, get into it.
Amy Sheldon and Rowan Parker-Renwick are performance, installation and sound artists from London, UK. Often working collaboratively to orchestrate performances, live art and workshops that engage audiences as participants. Whilst questioning the definitions of human through sci-fi inspired bodies and environments.
Facilitator: HOWL 2 – Simon & Thomas
Degenerate queer artist duo SKETCHMEHARDER turn life drawing workshops into theatrical extravagant spectacles with stories to tell. Expect fashion, filth and erotic participation – where audience and muse blur into one. No need for experience – just show up, sketch and surrender to the chaos.
Facilitator: Matt Skully
Duration: 2 hours
Sex workers have long been central figures in literature—written about, mythologized, silenced, and criminalised. But when sex workers write themselves into history—through memoirs, fiction, poetry, and hybrid forms—the result is a radical reshaping of narrative power. This workshop explores how sex workers and their allies have used the blurred space between fact and fiction to reclaim voice, challenge stigma, and document lived experience.
Focusing on historical and contemporary texts by and about sex workers, Writing Sexual Subcultures: Sex Work, invites participants to engage with writing that resists binary thinking—about genre, morality, and identity.
Matt Skully is a writer, curator, performer, sex worker and event producer who has worked within the sex and fetish industry for 20 years. He currently runs a series of workshops ‘writing sexual subcultures’ which will be running as a summer and autumn course in collaboration with the UK Leather and Fetish Archive at Bishopsgate Institute, London and works at the world famous Torture Garden.
Facilitator: Luis Rodrigo
A sensual workshop focused on mindful touch and emotional presence, guiding you to slow down, connect deeply, and savor every intimate moment.
Luis Rodrigo is a sex-positive educator, tantric masseur, and conscious sexuality coach who supports GBTQ+ men in reconnecting with their bodies, desires, and joy. Through holistic practices blending tantra, erotic healing, body awareness, and conscious kink, he co-creates transformative workshops, retreats, and festivals with Gay Love Spirit.
Facilitator: Talya Yavuz (she/her)
Shits & Giggles is a fun, stigma-free workshop that brings humor and honesty to the topic of digestion. It offers essential education on gut health and the body’s digestive processes through a mix of science, movement, and mindful play. Participants will learn to interpret the poop chart, understand common digestive issues, and explore practical tips for relief. The workshop also touches on colon cleansing in relation to sexual health, all in a safe and lighthearted environment.
Talya brings a fresh (and funny) perspective to digestion, detox, and nutrition—though she definitely talks more about poop than food. After healing her own belly struggles, she now mixes science with silliness to help others connect with their gut in a whole new way. Expect laughs, lightness, and maybe a chocolate poop emoji too.
Facilitator: Selma (they/them) and Nary (they/she)
In this workshop, we will take a moment to connect with our bodies, time, and the land around us. Through somatics and other embodied practices, this workshop will be an opportunity to find your non-human kin at the festival. With support, participants will intuitively explore the area, seeking their kin, and then eventually observing and communing with them. Through this, we will explore how we can learn from our connections and relations to the non-human, and how that may sustain and inspire us throughout our time at Whole and beyond.
Selma is a non-disciplinary artist and researcher working through somatic memory and modes of storytelling. They have a deep curiosity and ever-growing practice entailing our relation(s) to land, our bodies, dreams and experimentation, and the continuously evolving web between them.´
Nary is a queer climate justice organizer, poet from Berlin. Their practice is an embodied and poetic exploration into the margins of our many selves, the ever-evolving pain of transgression and companionship with our grief. It is a search for perception, patience and reciprocity- ways to queer our understanding of how bodies can interact with our ecosystems.
Facilitator: Samira Amani (they/them) + Béla Belissima (she/her) in collaboration with Fluid Vision.
This workshop offers trans* people a restorative space to pause, reflect, and release amid the intensity of Whole Festival and daily life. Through consent-based touch, movement, and gentle sharing, participants will explore practices of care, embodied rest, and deep release. Activities may include self- and mutual-massage, meditation, sound healing, and reflection on trans* experience. Designed as a flexible sanctuary, it invites quiet retreat or soft landing, centering breath, care, and collective release from the pressures of the cistem.
Samira Amani and Béla Belissima are Berlin-born trans artists and activists, who co-create spaces of empowerment for queer—especially trans*—communities. Through bodywork, storytelling, and organizing, their work centers the body as a site of resilience, care, and transformation.
Facilitator: Deirbhile Brennan (they/them)
Exploring FLINTA* cruising through queer futurity; themes: consent, desire expression (verbal/non-verbal), saying yes/no, open sex discussion; goals: envision future FLINTA* cruising, practice consent, name desires, remove shame, foster support.
Facilitator: Ayo, em, Axel, chill, eeeezzii (Skinship Collective), Asis
Join Skinship—Berlin’s queer pleasure-positive collective—at 3pm on the Peninsula Bathing Beach for a beachside ceremony welcoming touch, togetherness, and a shift from self to collective care. In a soft, silly, sacred dance, we’ll meet on land—(half-)naked, giggly, awkward, and starry-eyed—then move toward the lake to remember ourselves as a fluid, collective water body. Come as you are, mermaid*/merman*/merperson—shy, shining, or sticky—and let’s make magic at the edge of land and water.
SKINSHIP is a touch-based collective for queer, trans, non-binary, and gender-expansive communities and their allies. It centers the body as a site of connection and safety, using touch, pleasure, play, and consent to cultivate kinship and reimagine intimacy as activism.
Facilitator: Pimenta Cítrica aka Ana Ornelas (she/her)
Dive into juicy clit anatomy, then join an optional guided masturbation session. Open to FLINTA* only—solo or with a partner. Pleasure, learning, and self-love on your terms. Bring your toys!
Pimenta Cítrica is on a mission to bring more pleasure to your life. A Berlin-based erotic writer and sex educator from Brazil, she creates bold content and experiences that celebrate sexual agency, joy, and play.
Facilitator: Luis Rodrigo
Discover the power of anal massage with hands-on techniques, toys, and playful exploration to unlock deep pleasure—please come clean and bring any toys you’d like to use.
Luis Rodrigo is a sex-positive educator, tantric masseur, and conscious sexuality coach who supports GBTQ+ men in reconnecting with their bodies, desires, and joy. Through holistic practices blending tantra, erotic healing, body awareness, and conscious kink, he co-creates transformative workshops, retreats, and festivals with Gay Love Spirit.
Facilitator: Skinship Collective #3 – (Mati + Yoav)
Gay Consent.Lab is a workshop & sharing circle on consent, care, pleasure but also violence and loneliness in the gay* community. During the Lab, we will discuss these issues in the context of sex, drugs, darkrooms, cruising, raves and chills. We talk about consent and abuse either as victim, perpetrator, bystander or somewhere in the grey areas between them, and use it to create actions to achieve more pleasure from sex, dancing, intimacy, etc.
Mati Klitgård is a facilitator, organizer and researcher working with queer politics and community building. They write on queer (counter) cultures and political theory in academic journals as well as public-facing blogs, magazines and newspapers. In 2022, they founded the Gay Consent.Lab with the support of the collectives Lecken and Queer Mama.
Yoav Admoni is an interdisciplinary artist, set designer, handyman, and community builder working across visual art, performance, graphic design, and social media. A SWEAT collective member and co-facilitator of the Gay Consent.Lab, he specializes in queer nightlife, peer-to-peer community empowerment, and artistic-political work.
Facilitator: Skinship Collective #2 – viiiii (they/them)
Repeat your teenage highs & rewrite the lows in the classic game of risky chance, voyeurism & secret hopes — except in this one, queerness, genderfuckery and perversion are celebrated, consent is centred, and we deeply honour the gifts we get to give each other. From a grounded loving place, participants of all genders and sexualities will be invited to get creative and come up with their “pleasure artpiece” and the lucky one (or two, or three…) of the willing recipients will be determined by the spins of the magical and mysterious shiny gay bottle. Will you gift an innocent “first kiss”, a hickey, a pet on the head, suck somebody off or deliver an exquisite slap across a face? Show us what you got (and don’t forget to approach that cutie that the bottle didn’t land on)
viiii is a queer trans disabled migrant artist whose work leaks love and fury across city pavements, rooted in co-creating access, pleasure, and possibility. Based in Brighton, they move through liberatory harm reduction, transformative justice, and embodied activism to imagine spaces where we can rest, fight, fuck and reimagine the world together.
Facilitator: Skinship Collective #1 – lotti mani & lena rain (they/none)
In a relaxed workshop we play with fluid layers of neuroqueer intimacies. We create together glimmers of recognition through collective care and nd/crip accommodation. We explore the spectrums between non-touch, a lot of touch, non-verbal to vibration, safer to braver intimacies. This is a space to wind down and connect through neuroqt* desires. Bring your plushies, fidget and play toys.
lotti mani are artist, educator and researcher with a special interest in neuroqt* spatial and performative practices. they have a background in cultural studies, performing & social arts. they like cats and crispy chili and facilitating access & connection 🌸
rain lena (they/them) is a community worker, artistic researcher and critical spatial practitioner with a background in urban studies and landscape architecture. They follow their special interest in crip sick neuroqueer trans*topias from embodyminded sensing, to performance and spatial justice. rain lena loves moving, ice cream, cats and communities beyond normality. 🏵️
Facilitator: Queens Against Borders
Join Queens Against Borders for a powerful self-defense workshop centering the strength, resilience, and safety of QTIBIPoC and refugee communities. Led by members of our vibrant collective, this session blends practical techniques with communal empowerment—fostering confidence, body awareness, and boundary-setting in a supportive, queer-affirming space. No prior experience needed—just come as you are, and leave a little more powerful.
Lea Marie is a DJ and performer from Argentina who has been living in Berlin since 2012. She participated in many dance performances which worked with improvisation. She has practiced martial arts such as Capoeira and Systema and dance styles like Butoh, among others. She has been working with Queens against Borders on the self defence program since 2022.
Facilitators: Nancy Naser Al Deen and Mbunga Kongi
Dabke is a folk dance home to the Eastern Mediterranean region of Bilad Al-Sham. Dabke originated as a communal practice of holding hands and stomping the ground to level mud roofs and earth for agriculture, and later evolved into an expression of celebration and resistance.
Nancy Naser Al Deen is a Baalbeck born multidisciplinary queer performance artist and scenographer based in Berlin. Nancy’s collaboration-based practice focuses on audiovisual archives and corpo-spatial dynamics. Navigating architecture, body and archives, they investigate politics of space, marginal bodies, and transnational solidarities.
Mbunga Kongi, born in Kinshasa, the vibrant heart of the Democratic Republic of Congo, is a self-taught performance artist based in Brussels. Kongi’s work combines visual and corporeal languages, merging history and performance to explore the role of Black women in African and Western societies. Kongi’s art seeks to dismantle enduring prejudices and reclaim often-overlooked narratives.
Discussions around chemsex have focused either on its joyful potential or on its risks and harms. While the former may sometimes overlook the struggles around chemsex, the latter can ignore the ways in which sex and drugs can have life-affirming effects, especially among sex and gender dissidents. This panel brings together community activists, researchers, and clinical experts to explore the tensions between politics, risk, and care in queer sexualised drug practices.
Jamie Hakim researches queer cultures of sex, intimacy and care in both online and nightlife settings. He has published widely, including the books Work That Body and Digital Intimacies. As a member of The Care Collective, he co-authored The Care Manifesto.
João Florêncio has recently been called “Europe’s only professor of sex.” He researches the intersections of flesh, media and technology, including biochemical technologies, in modern and contemporary queer sex cultures. João has published widely on chemsex, including Bareback Porn, Porous Masculinities, Queer Futures: The Ethics of Becoming-Pig, and Crossings: Creative Ecologies of Cruising (with Liz Rosenfeld).
Jordan Osserman wants to make Lacan sexy again. He’s written about circumcision, chemsex, and trans healthcare from psychoanalytic perspectives, alongside reflections on housing and trade union struggles. He is a lecturer at the University of Essex, and a psychoanalyst in East London.
Malte Raabe is a queer clinical psychologist and systemic integrative therapist based in Berlin. He supports individuals and groups navigating chemsex at one of the city’s oldest gay health checkpoints. His work focuses on understanding sexualised substance use in its wider social and relational context.
Juliana Gleeson is a writer from west London, living in east Berlin. Her recently published book, Hermaphrodite Logic, traces the history of the intersex movement from 1990 to 2025. Last year she co-founded WHOLE’s first ever DTF tent.
As our Whole festival experience draws to a close, let’s come together to reflect, share our struggles and successes, and celebrate our journeys! Together, we’ll explore how our intentions have woven into our experiences over the weekend, what worked well and what we take away as insights.
12 step Meeting: The queer AA fellowship from Berlin offering a safe space for all of us who want to be, become or stay sober during WHOLE.
12 Step Meeting: The queer AA fellowship from Berlin offering a safe space for all of us who want to be, become or stay sober during WHOLE.
We invite you into a deliciously honest, slightly flirty, unapologetically queer conversation about getting down without getting drunk, featuring unfiltered takes on sober hookups, mindful desire, and forging genuine connections without the haze of substances. With giggles, gasps, and a few blushes guaranteed, we’ll dive into what it means to experience pleasure, presence, and playfulness in festival spaces while staying clear-headed—because, honestly, clarity is the new kink.
Before we set sail into the wild, stormy seas of the Whole, let’s take a moment to drop anchor in the depths of our own being. Together, we’ll discover how to harness the power of our breath, sound, and movement as tools to navigate, self-regulate, and flow with the vibrant chaos of the festival. Ready to embark on this adventure?
Join us to get ready in connection and collaboration with community. We offer facepainting, biodegradable glitter, and a simple flower crown/cat ears craft
Not Today offers a welcoming, sober-curious space for connection and open conversations about substance use, sobriety, and community. Alongside meaningful discussions, we provide some snacks and a creative activity to bring people together.
Narcotics Anonymous (NA) is a support group for those attempting to recover from drug addiction. The only requirement to attend NA is a desire to stop using.
Friday: 20:30 – 21:30
Saturday: 15:00 – 16:00
Sunday: 11:30 – 12:30
Get to know the queer AA (Alcoholics Anonymous) delegation from Berlin who will host meetings on Saturday and Sunday
Start your festival with intention, connect with fellow sober (-curious) creatures, wiggle away worries and shake off anything you need to release, as we set the tone for all the fun experiences that lie ahead. Our welcome committee is here to greet you with open arms, sharing grounding practices, playful connection games, and some refreshing homemade lemonade!
The 4-person poetry reading will explore themes such as the desire of empire, the empire of desire, the imperiousness of desire, the empiric fact of desire, and desire for/against the imperial.
Basyma Saad
Basyma Saad is a writer, filmmaker, and artist born in Beirut. She is a big reader of books, rooms, and people.
Gundled
Gundled is the art practice of Colin Murphy and Eddie Baker. They regularly produce zines, memes, and screen-printed ephemera, bringing together acerbic observations of mass culture, satirizations of subcultural scenes, and the history of DIY aesthetics.
Maxi Wallenhorst
Maxi Wallenhorst is a writer living in Berlin. She’s currently a PhD candidate at Leuphana University. Most recently, her work has appeared in the Berlin Review.
Juliana Huxtable
Juliana Huxtable is a DJ and musician with a singular approach, where her visual art and poetry explore desire in a world increasingly shaped by technology, while her music harnesses its sounds to build immersive, rhythmic realities.
Come take a moment to unwind and ground yourself before all the fun and excitement begins — no facilitation, just a chill-out zone where you can take all the space you need to rest, journal, self-regulate, simply breathe, or craft a cute bracelet to represent your intention for the weekend.
Hosted by Hermetic Rhythm
This session aims to cultivate a queer positive, spiritual safe space, using meditation and ambient music to foster healing, self-reflection, and community alignment. The focus is on creating an inclusive environment where spirituality serves as a source of strength rather than exclusion.
Allan “Hermetic Rhythm” Cudicio is a multimedia artist working across software, live performance, and music. Of Ghanaian and Italian heritage, his work draws deeply from his ancestral roots. As a trained practitioner of African indigenous spirituality, he brings a unique, queer-affirming perspective to his sound and performance practices.
This workshop will explore how we relate to our bodies and use them to express who we are. We’ll look at how our bodies shape our daily experiences as queer people and how we could connect more deeply with them. Through movement and listening, we’ll tap into our inner energy and connect with the world around us. Accompanied by tropical, tribal sounds with Latin influences, we’ll follow a session created by peers to awaken the powerful energy we share as a community.
Carlos dos Reis
Nycky Estrella
Nycky Estrella is a multidisciplinary artist from Ecuador, based in Berlin. Inspired by the rich variety of cultures from his Latin American roots, his sets are always tailored to the occasion. Nycky Estrella is the kind of artist who loves taking the crowd on a journey through electric sounds. Expect a wide range of influences and vibrant energy throughout his set.
Hosted by Ruhaina
They want to take our joy—our laughter, our pleasure, our softness. They tell us we are too much, too queer, too Black, too brown, too Asian, too trans, too tender to exist fully. And yet, we are here. We love, we dance, we resist. This panel, featuring Cat, Ivy Monteiro & Sailesh, is about reclaiming joy as an act of defiance. How do we protect our queer, trans, BIPOC bodies—not just from harm, but for pleasure, love, and softness? How do we hold each other when the world demands our suffering? Joy is not a privilege. It is our birthright—our joie de vivre, our resistance, our survival!
Cat Jones
Cat Jones is a multi-media artist and independent curator whose work is rooted in self-acceptance/critique, and reflection. His work centers on the interpersonal dialogue one has with the internal & external world, while highlighting his exchange with familial ties, corporal punishment, & (self)observation.
Ivy Monteiro
Ivy Monteiro is an afro-braziliian immigrant nonbinary artist, performer, activist and community leader based in Zürich.
Nary
Nary is a queer climate justice organizer, non-disciplinary artist and ecology student from Berlin. Their practice is an embodied and poetic exploration into the margins of our many selves, the ever-evolving pain of transgression and companionship with our grief. It is a search for perception, patience and reciprocity – ways to queer our understanding of how bodies can interact with our ecosystems. In their work as a facilitator Nary follows such questions by holding spaces for immersive learning, exchange and creation to nurture transformative processes toward self-organized and sustainable world-building.
Axuar is a jewelry project founded in 2020 and based in Barcelona. Created by Alex Terrón, it’s a mix between digital and hand crafted jewelry, bringing his vision in fashion through different collections, exploring new materials, tools and softwares like laser cutting and 3D printing.
After Ruin is a site-specific program exploring two intertwined acts of reclamation occurring at WHOLE Festival—one queer and one ecological—as the former center of the global brown coal industry transforms into an unlikely site of outsider world-building. By unearthing the land’s complex history, After Ruin contends with the possibility of life after ruin, guided by the global queer community’s unique expertise in mourning, loss, resilience, and play.
Curated by P. Eldridge (SISSY ANARCHY) and Russell Reed (Geographer), this triptych unfolds at the Ambient Stage through collaborations with NM DJ, Sekucci, Sterling Juan Diaz, and St. Mozelle, tracing the history of Ferropolis from the primordial to the present.
P. Eldridge is a curator and writer based between London and so-called Australia. She is the founding editor of SISSY ANARCHY, director of Worms World C.I.C., and co-founder of The Compost Library. She has interviewed influential figures like Judy Chicago, Juliana Huxtable, and Crotisa Star, written for Flash Art, Gay Times and Studio Magazine, and edited works by Chris Kraus and Octavia Bright. She has collaborated with institutions like Serpentine Gallery, The Barbican Centre, and Victoria and Albert Museum, and her platform SISSY ANARCHY was featured at the 60th Venice Art Biennale.
Russell Reed is a conservationist, climate activist, and writer. He is the founder of Geographer, a forthcoming creative organization fostering cultural engagement in the environmental movement. His practice spans six continents, most recently managing the conservation department of Virunga National Park in Eastern Congo. Russell’s writing can be found in Atmos, Document, Grist, Office, and elsewhere.
Colombia’s first queer fetish Techno collective– is a queer sanctuary of sweat, sound, and unfiltered desire—a dancefloor where bodies collide, identities dissolve, and hedonism reigns. Beyond the party, we are a platform for queer talent, reshaping a scene dominated by the heteronormative. We take up space, turn up the volume, and keep the underground unapologetically ours.
Celebrating deviancy since 2009, Cocktail d’Amore is a renowned party in Berlin known for its eclectic quality music selection and free-spirited atmosphere.
KBRAL is a DJ and music producer from Queimados, Rio de Janeiro. His Dj set takes listeners on a journey through global electronic rhythms, with a focus on funk carioca as his main experimental tool. A key figure in Riol’s ballroom community, KBRAL blends vogue beats and jersey club with funk carioca, creating a distinctive and unforgettable sound.
MÍLIAN DOLLA is a DJ, producer, and fashion designer mixing electronic music with Latin rhythms, percussive vibes, and pop flavors. Coming from the Brazilian scene, she’s known for her bold, danceable, and high-energy performances.
AVISAAA! Hailing from Paraná, Brazil, Clementaum is a rising star electrifying the scene with her bold stage presence and larger-than-life persona. Inspired by her fashion background and the ballroom community, she turns every performance into an inclusive celebration, seamlessly navigating baile funk, techno, and Latin tribal. A Boiler Room favorite, Rinse FM resident, and WME DJ of the Year, she continues to shape the future of club music.
Mohammed Iman Fayaz is the art director of Papi Juice. Born and raised in New York City, his practice spans across posters and graphic design for nightlife, protests, and fundraisers, as well as explorations in set design, murals, art works, infographics, and short films.
C.FRIM delivers powerful, drum-driven sets that bounce, shuffle, and sway with unmistakable energy. Rooted in her Ghanaian-Filipina heritage and shaped by a youth spent immersed in hybrid sounds and internet subcultures, her style is both nostalgic and forward-thinking. As a DJ, she confidently blends global club music with a boundary-pushing vision that breaks cultural silos and highlights her unique voice.
Blasha & Allatt, co-founders of the renowned Meat Free parties, are celebrated figures in Manchester’s techno scene, consistently delivering electrifying sets at venues like the White Hotel and Blitz Club. Their dynamic performances, which blend techno and house, have captivated audiences at prestigious venues and festivals worldwide, including Berghain and Awakenings. In 2022, they became residents for Vault Sessions in Amsterdam and launched Frixxxion, an inclusive queer techno space in Manchester, while continuing to release music on notable labels, promising a bright future ahead.
Cristian Marras is a Berlin-based DJ and producer celebrated for his versatile Techno sound, performing at iconic queer parties like Gegen in Berlin and Korgy in Helsinki. His electrifying performances and unique rhythms have taken him to renowned stages worldwide, creating unforgettable experiences for audiences. With a deep knowledge of sound design and diverse musical influences, Marras continually pushes boundaries in his productions and live shows, establishing a distinct presence in the electronic music scene.
CURVS is a queer and body-positive platform created in Lisbon by Bruno Phoebe, DIDI, and Gustrava, focused on curvy bodies, sexualities, and deviant perspectives. More than celebrating the beauty of a curvy queer body, CURVS is a space for intersectional liberation, dodging normative framings, and embodying a fluid, plural, deviant perspective of identity, politics, and sexuality. Here, dancing, hugging, sweating, embracing your body, and showing it off the way you want to are acts of political resistance and collective knowledge.
Isa GT A pioneer in the global bass scene, Colombian producer, singer, curator and DJ. Founder of Puticlub in Berlin. She’s always igniting the dancefloor with her fearless mix of future club sounds with a tropical twist.
Oscar Nñ is a Brooklyn-based artist, DJ, and producer, and one of the co-founders of the art collective Papi Juice.
Bonekinha Iraquiana, a DJ from Santos, Brazil, started her career at 18 in 2019 with a unique funk set inspired by São Paulo’s popular Bruxaria/Submundo subgenre. As part of the WEIRD BAILE project, she has performed at prestigious events like BOILER ROOM MTV and Mamba Negra, and in 2024, she embarked on her first international tour across several European countries. She also showcased her talent on Rinse France and NTS radio stations and participated in festivals like Batekoo Festival, sharing the stage with prominent figures in the funk and underground music scene.
DJ Lorrany is a vibrant force on the Embu das Artes music scene, representing São Paulo’s funk culture with her mandrake style. Co-creator of the Beat Femme project, she is also part of the residencies at the Solta o Bass and Baile da Durag events, which support black artists from the periphery. In 2024, she took part in NTS Radio’s FUNK.BR album and has performed at events such as Lollapalooza, Mamba Negra and Festival Coala.
Wallis stands out in the techno scene by pushing her music to new realms, constantly seeking novelty in a genre that can struggle with reinvention. Living and working in her overflowing studio, she uses music production as an emotional outlet, infusing her unique and energetic sound with personal storylines. A prolific producer, she often plays unreleased tracks during her DJ sets, showcasing her skillful use of multiple decks. Recently, she expanded her artistic reach by producing music for the Natasha Zinko runway show at London Fashion Week.
Curses blends New Wave, Post-Punk, and 80s EBM into a dark, hypnotic sound, driven by ghostly vocals and live instrumentation. He brings raw punk energy to dance floors worldwide. As the founder of Ombra International and curator of Next Wave Acid Punx, he continues to push the boundaries of underground electronic music.
De Reünie is committed to freedom, togetherness, and bringing people together while enjoying a unique sound. De Reünie is more than just a collective or a series of events. We are dedicated to redefining what it means to create a truly welcoming and inclusive community.
Pvssy Divx Queen of the Night. Sweet temptation. She makes you move your waist and breaks your hips. From neo-perreo, classic reggaeton, guaracha, to salsa rosa and merengue. Resident dj at the beloved @puticlub_berlin.
Technoslave_69, an Amsterdam-based DJ originally from Cairo, blends his cultural diaspora with Amsterdam influences in his sets, currently holding a residency at De Reunie. His immersive sets encourage self-expression and liberation from societal norms through powerful beats. Expect a rave-centric, entrancing experience from his club-focused sound.
DJ Pendejo also known as Pi Bruno, is a trans boy originally from Argentina based in Berlin. Pendejo started playing since 2013 in queer parties in the suburbs of Buenos Aires. An eclectic style mixing pop, Latinoamerican pop, reggaeton, cumbia villera, middle eastern pop, trap, hip hop and more. He is also a beatmaker and a filmmaker.
The Lady Machine is a veteran vinyl DJ with 20 years of experience, known for her precision, deep musical research, and high-energy techno sets. Blending dark, textured synths with fast and furious mixing, she crafts an electrifying atmosphere on the dance floor. Now a Berlin staple and Pornceptual resident, she continues to push the underground sound forward with relentless passion and technical mastery.
DJ and electronic music producer born in Santiago de Chile. Resident of Fiesta Dame, she has performed as a DJ on important national and international underground stages. Her music has been published on various Latin American labels and she also has her own research on the history of electronic music in Chile.
Eau de Cologne, in collaboration with Bassiani, presents a series of exclusive parties held every two months. Our mission is to cultivate a safe, vibrant, and inclusive space for the LGBTQ+ community and allies in Tbilisi, Georgia. These gatherings are more than mere events; they serve as a platform to inspire positive change and foster a sense of belonging and empowerment among marginalized communities.
softchaos is a performance project by artist and musician t. stout, exploring the intersections of popular music and performance art. Their percussion-driven sets draw from the Black roots of electronic music, challenging genre boundaries through radical sound politics. Blending sample-based electronics, techno, and rhythm & bass, softchaos weaves genealogical connections across styles with powerful intention.
Spacer Woman is rapidly gaining recognition in the club scene with her unique blend of 90s trance, hard house, and progressive house music, captivating audiences across Europe and the Americas. Notable performances include a five-hour set at Fusion Festival and appearances at iconic venues like Berghain and Nitsa. Her latest release, “You Make Me Feel Wild,” a collaboration with PALMU, is an empowering track that captures the thrill of instant chemistry on the dance floor. With growing support from top artists and upcoming shows at major festivals, Spacer Woman is set to make a significant impact in the new year.
A Chilean DJ with over 8 years in the underground electronic scene, she is known for her avant-garde and experimental sets that blend deep techno, electro, house, and acid house. As a resident of the “Dame” party, she has performed internationally in countries including Argentina, Peru, Colombia, Mexico, the United States, Germany, and Spain. Her distinctive style has made her a prominent figure in the national electronic music circuit.
Genosidra is a Colombian producer, DJ, and sound artist with extensive research in contemporary electronics, experimental music, and noise, his musical production, live performances, and DJ sets aim to explore noise within the context of dance music, using textures and a non-linear musical discourse.
Born and raised in west suburban Chicagoland, Shaun J. Wright spent most of their teen years immersed in the sounds of house music. In 2012, after a whirlwind collaboration with Hercules and Love Affair, Wright began collaborating with acclaimed DJ and producer, Alinka, establishing Twirl Records from a party series they curated in Chicago. Wright, an adept performer with an eclectic upbringing, consistently exhilarates audiences with their unique worldview and approach to electronic music.
Kiddy Smile blends rhythm and resistance, drawing from Chicago house and ballroom culture to create a sound that is both physical and politically charged. His breakout track, “Let a Bitch Know,” emerged as a queer anthem, supported by notable artists like The Blessed Madonna and Busy P, while his remixes resonate with emotion and danceability. Since becoming a staple in Berlin’s queer nightlife, he has performed alongside icons like Madonna and Grace Jones, and founded Strangé at Silencio to provide a space for Black queer individuals. In 2025, he will release “Spank” on Glitterbox, continuing his mission to move bodies and challenge cultural norms.
Kiddy and Shaun’s presence at WHOLE has meant so much to all of us, and we’re deeply honored that their first-ever B2B is happening here—and for the closing, no less; what better way to celebrate the legacy of dance music than with these two icons.
Ellen Allien, a pioneering figure in techno, released her latest LP, AurAA, in June 2020, showcasing her signature sound with high-octane beats and unique vocal elements. During 2020, she hosted Balcony Streaming sessions from her Berlin home to connect with fans and support a diverse range of artists. Additionally, she curated a three-part compilation series, We Are Not Alone, and has upcoming releases including remixes and a new EP to be launched at the end of 2021.
Dr. Rubinstein, a prominent figure in the international music scene, is renowned for her distinctive DJing style and expertise in rave culture, drawing from her extensive vinyl collection. Over the past decade, she has captivated audiences worldwide with her electrifying performances, which evoke a sense of joy and community. In 2024, she launched her debut EP, “Rubi’s Acid Spa,” under her label Uppers and Downers, aiming to create a platform for acid-driven tracks that promote acceptance and belonging.
Fiesta Dame, an event in Santiago, Chile, celebrates sexual diversities and dissidences as it approaches its seven-year anniversary, highlighting the struggle for inclusion in Latin America and beyond. As a queer space focused on electronic music, it fosters collaboration across artistic disciplines, blending music, visual art, and performance for a holistic experience. Each event serves as a platform for emerging LGBTQIA+ talents to gain representation and visibility within the community.
YAJAIRA La Beyaca is a multiformat masterpiece—an identity in construction that refuses to be confined to a material body and is devoted to the radical freedom of non-virtual existence. A proud Veneka (Venezuelan) transvestite artist who insists on embracing the virtue of anonymity.
Skankstasy’s mission, like the name suggests, is to summon an ecstatic skanky/ing floor that supports the liberation of the mind and the behind. Nasty basslines and jukey acceleration are the thread connecting her ambitious selections. A selector who doesn’t bend to genre, but is only guided by the attitude of groove.
Kudeki has spent the last decade shaping the Bay Area’s underground, creating spaces where techno can unfold with patience and defiance. As the force behind Endzeit and a resident of Müll, she curates immersive nights centered on queer audiences and inclusive dancefloors. Her releases span Berlin and the West Coast, while her sets reflect the same sensibility – the grit and groove of US techno fused with hypnotic tension, dynamic and free.
DJ and music producer Glau is a prominent figure in Rio de Janeiro’s club scene, known for his innovative sets that blend genres like electro, techno, bass, house, and funk carioca. His performances, including a notable Boiler Room session, celebrate Rio’s culture and identity, while his production work on labels like Kode and Baphyana is leading up to his debut EP in 2025. Having shared stages with major artists and performed at festivals across Brazil and Europe, Glau’s work exemplifies a dynamic fusion of urban sounds and musical research rooted in Rio’s vibrant energy.
Hailing from Copenhagen, Schacke has been producing a vast variety of sounds since their early teens. Starting with a background in metal, noise and industrial, Schacke has continually shown a determination to expand and evolve their universe through the exploration of electronic music.
For nearly a decade, seasoned event producer Fawks has bewitched the underground through numerous queer projects, collectives and a nonprofit centering sexual liberation, community, kink, and Techno in the San Francisco Bay Area. As a co-founder of his most recent project, MÜLL, he aims to heighten accessibility and reduce exclusivity within the queer nightlife scene. He is a storyteller of sound, sexy but nerdy, sinister yet playful, and he provides authentically original experiences to the techno scene of the West Coast and beyond.
Fluid.vision is a queer collective of 13 international artists and activists in Berlin dedicated to sustainable community building and activism in nightlife. The Fluidity event series, which started as underground raves in 2021, has evolved into a funded initiative that reclaims spaces as queer political and artistic commons. Through these events, the collective aims to challenge the capitalist pressures in Berlin nightlife and demonstrate that a fairer system is achievable.
ZOBAYDA is an Egyptian DJ and artist currently based in the Netherlands. In their creation of space with music they honor the tradition of bringing people together through rhythm and percussion. With the focus on energy instead of genre, they mix an array of beats and sounds with influences from around the global south and its diaspora.
Romy Madley Croft, known for her role in the influential London group The xx, has built an exciting solo career as a musician, songwriter, and DJ. She gained acclaim with her debut solo single “Lifetime” in 2020, followed by successful collaborations and her breakout single “Strong” in 2022. In 2023, she is set to release her highly anticipated debut album “Midair,” featuring the single “Enjoy Your Life,” which incorporates vocals from Beverly Glenn-Copeland. Additionally, Romy is a prolific pop writer, having co-written tracks for The xx, Dua Lipa, and other notable artists.
Lolsnake (she/they) is a Berlin-based DJ, visual artist, and founder of the queer platform Weeeirdos, known for fusing techno, trance, acid, and bleep into heady, hypnotic sets. A regular at Berghain and clubs across the globe, her work blends cerebral depth with playful energy, creating rich, emotional dance floor journeys.
Hanaby B2B Jewel is a powerful meeting of minds, rooted in diasporic rhythm and global club innovation. Together, they craft an electrifying dialogue between deconstructed club, Jersey, Gqom, and Bass—pushing sonic boundaries while staying deeply connected to community and culture. Their sets are not just back-to-backs; they’re carefully woven narratives of tension, release, and celebration, where Juel’s New York-inspired selections meet Hanaby’s Afro-diasporic pulse in a high-energy, genre-defying dance floor experience.
Based in Santiago de Chile, this DJ has eight years of experience in the Latin scene and is currently a resident at the DAME party. Known for creating unpredictable and immersive atmospheres, he connects deeply with his audience while exploring diverse genres like techno, acid, electro, and more. His powerful and relevant style has earned him a place at major festivals across Latin America.
Using music as a medium in her multi-dimensional universe, Juliana Huxtable is a DJ and musician with a singular approach, where her visual art and poetry explore desire in a world increasingly shaped by technology, while her music harnesses its sounds to build immersive, rhythmic realities. Her sets skillfully use sampling and re-blogging as DJ strategies, ecstatically blending influences that blur genre boundaries through intuition and experimentation. Both a declaration of freedom and a tribute to electronic music’s evolving subcultures, her performances aspire to the sublime—at times feeling like pure witchcraft behind the decks, a séance from the stage.
GEGEN BERLIN is an immersive movement that combines raw techno, radical queerness, and unapologetic fetish culture, fostering a celebration of self-expression. As one of Berlin’s longest-running queer events, it serves as a deeply political space where pleasure, resistance, and critical discourse intersect, challenging societal norms and embracing fluidity and transgression. Rejecting commodification, GEGEN maintains the raw spirit of the underground scene, offering relentless beats and an atmosphere charged with liberation and limitless possibilities.
Born in Jamaica as Dion McKenzie and now known as TYGAPAW (Together You Gather All Power Applied Worldwide), this Brooklyn-based artist is a producer, DJ, and label owner who has spent a decade amplifying the sounds of the Black electronic music diaspora, blending dancehall roots with Detroit techno influences. Since 2014, TYGAPAW has actively cultivated inclusive spaces for queer people of color through their club night and label, Fake Accent, demonstrating a deep commitment to uplifting marginalized communities evident in early works like “Handle With Care” and “Get Free,” which weave narratives of queer immigrant life and Black communal joy. Their innovative approach to electronic music, recognized by Berlin’s Tresor and showcased in their techno opera “Devil Woman,” culminated in their 2023 album “love has never been a popular movement,” a hardware-produced, vocally prominent exploration of self-love and trans identity.
His DJ sets celebrate a countercultural approach to electronic music, drawing upon an intense, seductive fusion of charged rhythmic tension and obscure sonic imagery.
With a comprehensive knowledge of genres ranging from EBM and electro to hard trance and industrial, his ability to weave seemingly disparate references together is the result of years spent dedicated to the underground, in all its grit and glamour.
IDLIBRA is the musical project of Libra Lima, a transdisciplinary artist and independent curator from the northeast of Brazil. Recognized for her woody and fiery sound identity, she uses electronic music as the basis of her research, which flirts with strands of Bass Music, Techno and the most varied strands of Brazilian Funk, building an energetic and unpredictable atmosphere with elegance and versatility.
Samantha Togni is an internationally-renowned DJ, producer, and promoter, known for her headline sets in super-clubs worldwide and as the founder of Boudica, a platform that supports women, trans+, and nonbinary individuals in music through various events and initiatives. She has recently focused on her music production, with upcoming releases on Boudica and a solo EP, while gaining recognition from major institutions like Boiler Room and Mixmag Lab. As a key figure in Electronic Music, Togni continues to inspire others through her performances and participation in music conferences.
Josey Rebelle is a genre-bending DJ from London, recognized as a leading figure in the global music scene with notable accolades like BBC Radio 1’s Essential Mix of the Year and DJ Mag’s Best of British Award. Introduced to mixing by her brother at age 13, she transitioned from bedroom DJ to club performer, establishing herself at London’s Plastic People and on Rinse FM. Her acclaimed compilation album, Josey in Space, won Best Compilation at the DJ Mag Best of British Awards, and her limited edition cassette mix for The Trilogy Tapes was celebrated as a remarkable tribute to vintage UK pirate-radio broadcasts. With a focus on her craft rather than social media presence, Josey has built her reputation on authenticity and passion, exemplifying her dedication to the art of DJing.
A ritual of desire, heat, and touch — HAMAM Nights invites you into a steamy sanctuary where the dance floor becomes a stage for intimacy, cleansing and connection!
Nene H, the Turkish-born DJ and producer, is known for her genre-defying performances that blend trap, techno, and ghetto-house, showcasing her unique sonic identity. Since moving to Berlin, she has become a key figure in the city’s underground scene, advocating for marginalized communities, particularly SWANA, Muslim, queer, and female representation. Through her initiatives like the Istanbul-based collective “Sirän” and her non-profit label Umay, she actively supports the QTBIPOC community and emerging queer producers. While she captivates audiences with her eclectic sets and emotional productions, Nene H remains committed to uplifting others, infusing the underground scene with optimism.
Badsista is a pioneering DJ and producer known for blending house, bass music, and baile funk, creating a unique sound that energizes dance floors in Brazil and globally. His impressive performance portfolio spans multiple continents, including notable festivals like Horst, Dekmantel, and Primavera Sound, as well as clubs in Tokyo and Beijing. Badsista’s versatility is showcased through his studio productions for a variety of artists, such as Jup do Bairro and Kelela. His debut album, Gueto Elegance, reflects his exploration of diverse genres, including hip hop, funk, reggae, and techno.
Rachel Noon is a fearless DJ and community builder, bridging the underground queer scenes of NYC and Berlin with raw energy and technical mastery. As a Pornceptual resident and co-founder of mp3, she curates intimate, high-intensity spaces where sound and community collide. Beyond the decks, her live duo Self Care Starter Pack dives into hardware-driven experimentation, pushing the boundaries of techno performance.
Herrensauna is a queer haven for harder-edged techno and hedonism in the German capital.
Nsperger has been a music selector since 2004, performing for dissident and QUEER communities at key venues. Drawing from punk, acid, and electroclash, he has crafted a distinctive and eclectic musical style that balances subtle electronic nuances with energetic beats. Currently, he is a co-founder and resident DJ of the DAME party.
OCD means finding pleasure in modern rhythms and gratification from overwhelming emotions. Her mission is to create outside of the safe state of rigidness, turn people’s fear of information overload into rage, and block egos. OCD is the discipline and ideology of pain, a battle against the anxiety caused by a world without meaning. OCD will bring you into an oneiric state where everything is out of control and too fast — a metaphor of our ages.
Kilowatt is a Berlin-based platform and party dedicated to amplifying Black and Queer artists in electronic music. We create spaces that center joy, community, and radical self-expression, building a culture that thrives beyond the dancefloor. Through club nights and community events—from film screenings to chess tournaments—we bring people together to move, connect, and celebrate.
OK Williams fearlessly keeps the dance floor on its toes. The London DJ is known for her high energy club sets which masterfully travel through genres – freeform blends of bassy floor busting tracks live alongside blissful synth-heavy house, with techno, jungle and electro also weaved into the mix. Her multidimensional radio shows on NTS have garnered a loyal and global following, while her idiosyncratic sound has taken her across the world.
Longtime WHOLE contributors, these vanguard pleasure activists for the queer commons, are one of Berlin’s veteran purveyors of sonic, somatic and social transmission. Lecken dancefloors are libidinally-charged wombs of groove, their darkrooms unspeakable, and their discourse impeccable. As a xenofeminist party, Lecken remains committed to a plurality of pleasures: hivesex_nomadic fetishisms_masculine femininity_decolonized masculinity_feminist whores_king kong_non-possessive sex_inter-species solidarity_desire without a subject_comfortable alienation.
Lunchbox Candy, founded in 2021 by DJ/producer Elninodiablo and filmmaker Adam Munnings, is a Berlin-based queer, sex-positive collective renowned for its riotous fusion of music, art, and performance. Emerging from Berlin’s rich tapestry of queer culture, Lunchbox Candy has swiftly become a force of nature for those seeking an uninhibited and inclusive nightlife experience. More than just a party, Lunchbox Candy is a pulsating ritual—an ecstatic collision of sound, sweat, and sexuality where the healing power of the dance floor binds us together. Rooted in community, it channels the spirit of nightlife with intention.
Me Siento Extraña (MSE) is a Barcelona-based collective creating safer spaces for FLINTA* identities through music, art, and community. Founded in 2021 by Maia Jenkinson (ES) and Verushka Sirit (VE), it emerged as a response to the lack of visibility and cultural spaces. With a sharp curatorial vision, MSE blends underground club nights with cultural gatherings that amplify dissident voices. Beyond its impact on Barcelona’s club scene, the collective collaborates with festivals and cultural spaces while hosting weekly gatherings—creating an irreplaceable space for the community.
MÜLL began in 2023 to further establish Techno in the queer scene of San Francisco. We function from a harm reduction mindset and activate spaces free of limitations in order to challenge the norms of West Coast nightlife culture, while showcasing queer artists and collectives from around the world. We value queer diversity, unwavering production and sound quality, anti-exclusivity, sex positivity, and reverence for dancing on the dancefloor. We are all trash, no class :]
NON NON NON is a queer and women-led underground community in Bangkok that supports Eastern Southeast Asian (ESEA) artists by fostering creativity and connection since 2018. It creates safe and inclusive spaces for artistic exchange, celebrating all genders while promoting music and art as platforms for self-expression and change. The organization has expanded its reach by participating in various music festivals, enhancing accessibility and amplifying underrepresented voices in the arts.
Papi Juice is a Brooklyn-based art collective that aims to affirm and celebrate the lives of queer and trans people of color. Papi Juice consists of resident DJs Oscar Nñ and Adam R., and art director Mohammed Iman.
Pornceptual is a Berlin-based collective and global platform redefining sexuality through art, music, and radical self-expression. Hosting events worldwide, they create immersive spaces where queerness, creativity, and desire come together without shame. More than just a party, Pornceptual is a movement celebrating the beauty of authentic sexuality and the power of artistic freedom.
Power Dance Club is a high-voltage, all-inclusive queer rave collective shaping dance floors in Berlin and Athens. Founded in 2018, it pulsed through the underground of Athens, starting in DIY spaces before making its way into the city’s clubs. In Berlin, the party has moved across various venues, with OHM and the newly built Kreuzwerk becoming its key locations. Run by Stathis, Luigi Di Venere, Maria Politi and Danilo Rosato between Berlin and Athens, Power Dance Club continues to celebrate freedom, community, and uninhibited dance.
Sexyness on the dancefloor. Perreo hasta el suelo. Good vibes only.
Signal is a music-first underground party series based out of Los Angeles
Providing a space for people who feel a sense of otherness to connect with like-minded ravers and express themselves in a free, non-judgmental and warm environment.
