The Queer Icons Kiki Ball by Boris 007 | Domino

The Queer Icons Kiki Ball by Boris 007 | Domino

@ Klub Željezničar / Trnjanska cesta 1

20th of May 2023

The ballroom culture was founded in New York City in the 60s and 70s by and for the African American and Latin American trans, drag, and generally LGBTQIA+ community. The culture was created out of a protest against the already existing drag balls, where white drag queens would often be favored. Queer Blacks and Latinos evolved the ballroom competitions into a community, into an escape from reality where they could be safe and be whoever they want to be.

The ballroom served primarily as a space for empowerment and a survival mechanism to create visibility for marginalised groups who are still affected by racism, homophobia and transphobia on a daily basis.

The Queer Icons Kiki Ball takes place during Queer Zagreb festival. This ball is a celebration of queer (especially BIPOC) icons and pioneers in various fields: activists and key figures of the LGBTQIA+ community that advocated for equal rights of marginalized and stigmatized groups, artists who shaped the pop culture, as well as athletes who were brave to come out as members of LGBTQIA+ community.

We celebrate the people who have changed the world in their own way and made it better for us.

Judges / suci:

Michael Bodega (Netherlands)

Mother Monika Velvet (Slovakia)

Yugo Angels (Netherlands)

MC: Ocean Louboutin (Netherlands)

Host: Boris 007 (Croatia)

DJ:

Lesa (Serbia)

AFTERPARTY DJs:

Lesa b2b Nina

Rodrigo

VSNA

TIME SCHEDULE / RASPORED:

19:30 Doors open for competitors

20:00 Doors open for audience

21:00 Start of the ball

01:00 Afterparty

Spectator tickets / ulaznice za posjetitelje: 

Early bird (Apr 11-14) bought at Domino (Petrinjska 38)*: 13€

Regular (Apr 6 - May 19): 15€

Late bird (May 20): 20€

Participant tickets / ulaznice za natjecatelje: 7€**

Afterparty tickets (entrance after 1AM): 7€

*Early bird tickets can be bought exclusively at Domino office at Petrinjska 38 (street level)

April 11-14 from 9AM to 4PM.

**Participants first need to fill out a participation form. After applying each participant will receive its own discount code for participation fee.

Ballroom is a safe space where everyone can be whoever they want to be. There is no place

for any kind of discrimination before, during, or after this event.

NO RACISM

NO TRANSPHOBIA

NO HOMOPHOBIA

NO BODY SHAMING

NO SEXISM

NO AGEISM