Livin’ real don’t come easy - sometimes you just gotta say “What’s It To You?!” and move on...

In the spirit of this liberatory queer indifference: elloro and Urban Resistance to Fascism (URF) present a night of Hyperpop, Afro and Latin Percussive Tech, Hip Hop, DnB, Disco and Garage, at Exchange (main room), from a fiery lineup of newcomers and mainstays, on Saturday 01.08.2026, between 22:30 - 03:00.

The event will follow a PWYC model, with a £5 suggested donation. All profits will go to Sappho for Equality, a grassroots organisation doing invaluable Queer Liberation and Anti-Patriarchy work in Kolkata, focusing on the needs of people assigned female at birth. Sappho for Equality imagines a world where the autonomy and lives of people of multiple gender-sexual identities with intersecting marginalizations are respected and ensured. To this end they:

-Create safe and emotionally supportive spaces

-Run a helpline and crisis intervention services

-Provide subsidised counselling services 

-Create a space for peer counselling and building connections with and between peer groups to give them required support

-Organise workshops, meetings, discussions and debates, study circles, film screenings for persons with non-normative gender-sexual orientation and  especially for those who are assigned female at birth

-Publish research papers

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Artist descriptions:

DREG QUEEN - The long anticipated creative culmination of ideas from Misneach Mangan (poet, writer, MC) and Jack Jordan (producer, instrumentalist, DJ). Sitting at the meeting point of Rap, Rave, Punk and Spoken Word, their sound contains all the fury and harshness of the times we live in, distilling every drop of emotion into a potent and vulnerable performance of passion, pain and energy. Dreg Queen do not ask to be understood and will not apologise for existing exactly as they are.
No Gods, No Masters. DIY or die.
Solidarity beyond bodies and borders.
This isn't a debut gig. It's an exorcism put to a beat.

elloro - Iridescent, antsy, new Bristol sounds: explosive, grumpy, Queer DnB, indebted to Hyperpop. MCs, Produces and might dance if you’re lucky - featuring songs from their upcoming debut EP. 

niche - Known for her playful presence both in front of and behind the decks on Bristol’s queer dance-floors, niche brings a selection of bouncy and bubbly Latin and Desi fusions of pop, disco and garage.

Samandollar - Sudanese DJ and multidisciplinary artist based in Cardiff. Resident on Radio Sudd and Radio Alhara. Their music practice is rooted in researching and exploring African and diasporic dance music cultures. Shaped by experiences of migration between South-East Asia, North Africa, and Europe, Samandollar moves across global influences to construct musical journeys, honour ancestry, and bring people together on the dancefloor.

Ki - DJ, rapper, occasional producer, and activist from South-West London, now based in Bristol. Their work draws from struggles for Liberation across the Third World, Queer rave culture and Black revolutionary politics. Their sets move across genres and eras, through psychedelic sonics and political themes. Through their involvement in URF and their abstract Hip Hop duo Vernacular Spring with producer Gripsnstar, Ki uses music, film and community events to raise awareness around Communist and Pan-African Liberation causes.

Important Info:

This is a queer, safe space where anyone can express themselves how they please on the dancefloor, please do not act in a way that perpetuates cis-heteropatriarchy. ANY kind of discrimination or harassment will not be tolerated, if you witness this please talk to one of the URF crew or an Exchange staff member.

Exchange has a small ramp entrance from the street. The bar and main event space are on the ground floor with level access throughout and there is an accessible toilet. If you need any other info on accessibility, please contact [email protected]

Doors 22:30 (first act 23:00)

20% off Happy Hour drinks from 22:30-23:30.
Come down early and support this event!

Tickets - PWYC: £5 suggested donation, with no one turned away whilst tickets last.

1st August

Exchange

10.30pm - 3am