WHOLE | United Queer Festival

We are thrilled to launch our WHOLE SoundCloud with recordings of two WHOLE TALKS we hosted last year as part of our discourse program. “Free Palestine as a Queer Issue” brought together members of @alqaws_org , a left grassroots organization working for sexual and gender diversity in Palestinian society, and a Berlin-based activist of Jewish heritage to discuss the stakes of living and organizing for queer liberation under military occupation. The panel was moderated by a member of @quarcberlin , whose anti-racist and anti-colonial interventions in Berlin we encourage you to follow, from talks and screenings all the way to the annual Internationalist Queer Pride (@iqpberlin ). We also want to take this opportunity to encourage everyone who can afford it to donate to alQaws and support their essential work in outreach, peer-to-peer support, and grassroots organising. "Climate Change and Post-Growth Raving” convened slow-gigging DJ, Gigsta, and members of local climate justice orgs, @staygroundednet and Berlin Klimaneutral (@klimaneustartberlin ), to discuss how electronic dance music industry, individuals as much as organisations, can contribute to a just transition away from fossil fuels. How can we collectively shift our desires away from “partying as usual” towards slower, less fossil consumptive forms of raving and live up to the eco-social justice values our community is committed to. WHOLE TALKS is curated by @Lecken ’s @wandagaimes . Audio recordings by @0tt0_k3nt

So excited to announce our collectives! ✨ ⬇️⬇️⬇️ @adonis.adonis.adonis @batekoo @body_language_bln @bring.down.the.walls @buttonsberlin @cocktail.damore.berlin @de.reunie @equationfestival @felinaaaaaaaaaa_ @gegenberlin @herrensauna.official @kilowattberlin @lanoche.party @lllecken @maricxsmxricxs @mergebkn @muakk.xoxo @newworlddysorder @itspeprally @pornceptual @puticlub_berlin @sweat_rave_collective @thedeathofglitter @t4tluvnrg @veselka_kyiv @weeeirdos @zvuk_collective

Ever wonder if we’d all get along better if we remembered we’re just a bunch of quirky humans trying to navigate this absurd little planet? Thanks for your insight: DJ @ketia4ever DJ/Producer/Writer @arielzetina DJ & Party girl @camilla__rae Drag Artist, Dancer, Healer @alvincollantesdance Fashion Designer @impopsibleberlin WHOLE Staffer @Lilbq 🎤 Hosted by WHOLE Organizer @jdmeehan 
Camera & edit by @julie_goslingai

Introducing Adira, Experience Berlin’s premier queer Arabic-pop party 🩷

🏝️ 🍍 👙 Photos by @manbo_key and @bigbusinessmonkey

Barefoot dreams, souls find ease. 📸 @jjjjilllllll

Lecken is a Berlin-based rave and artistic platform that, almost a decade ago, laid the groundwork for femme- and trans-forward sex-positive rave culture in the city. Years later, they continue to stand for joy and friendship, an undisciplined undercommons of solidarity and sass, and a permanent horizon of becoming. They even have a book club and syllabus: https://lecken.berlin/reads

WHOLE is a celebration of the vibrant queer scene, and we are so excited to have such a wide variety of collectives 🌈🩷

Refusal to rush. Slow down. Look around 🌱 📸: @daniel.paramio

@muakk.xoxo will join us at the Crane Stage to showcase new musical talent of Latin America, including the real underground sound of Bogotá. Borrowing from the internet and traditional Colombian sounds, they create a Rave Sudaka Cyberpunk experience.

Last year we introduced the new CRANE STAGE, which instantly became a hit. Who wouldn’t love expansive sounds pumping out of a DJ booth flanked by stripper poles??? TOO. MUCH. FUN. Take a look at what we have in store for this year. FRIDAY Featuring the freshest sounds of Baile Funk, curated by @raquelfedato . XD Eric @xd_eric MILIAN DOLLA @miliandolla Clementaum @clementaum Caio Prince @djcaioprince SATURDAY Expect sets from the pioneers of Latincore, the matriarch of Mexico’s underground, the collective that is changing Madrid’s nightlife, the “bird” that is stealing everyone’s husbands and the dearest Latinx party from Berlin. Curated by @isagtofficial Rosa Pistola @djrosapistola @muakk.xoxo 2AT @2at.amen Aleroj @aleroj.xo CRRDR @c0rred0r @felinaaaaaaaaaa_ BZZHOUND @bzzhound Linapary @puticlub_berlin Isa GT @isagtofficial Piolinda Marcela @djpiolindamarcela Pvssy Divx @pvssydivx Lina Pary @linapary SUNDAY Sunday offers an eclectic selection of some of Berlin’s finest crews focusing on bass and diasporic sounds, rounded off by the legendary HALFQUEEN, one of the most exciting and ferocious explorers of the genre-bending bass world. Curated by @wandagaimes Maryisonacid @maryisonacid @africanacidisthefuture DJ NORTHERN @dj.northern @garagegirls.berlin Halfqueen [NZ] half.queen Jewel b2b Hanaby @jewel.juel @hanaby___ kilowattberlin Photos by @jjjjilllllll