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"Sell out warning! Bristol’s revelatory and adventurous deep dive into butchness and dancefloor somatics celebrates one year of reshaping queer clubbing with an extra special lineup ft. VJ Jasmine Creusson, poetry from Leilah King + DJ Lexx and DJ Devolicious serving heaters across dancehall, dnb and afrobeat."
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A clubnight held at The Jam Jar on Wednesday 15th November. The event starts at 19:00.
Soft Butch is a night celebrating all butchness, for women, Non-Binary and Trans folk to dance freely together. This one's gonna be x-tra special cos we're celebrating the 1 year b-gay! CAN YOU BELIEVE WE'RE 1 ALREADY???
Special occasion means special x-tra juicy line-up - not one, not two but three types of guest performance 4 U x o x o
7:00PM: Doors open.
7:00-8:00PM: Catch up with your mates and/or make new ones before lights go dim.
8:00-8:30PM: VJ set by Jas Creusson.
8:30-8:50PM: Poetry by Leilah King.
8:50-9:00PM: Join the meditation to tune into your body and feel into what’s there, or hang out in the chill room until you’re ready to D.A.N.C.E.
9:00-11:00PM: LEXX and DJ Devolicious on the decks for a big sweaty dance.
✸ Invitation to experiment, if its the right time and place for you, by having no drinks or phones on the dance floor (more about the intention behind this here: https://www.instagram.com/p/Cj3RtwZNzMZ/?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y=) ✸
If money is a barrier to you joining and there are no £1 tickets left, please DM @softbutchbristol on Insta or email [email protected].
ABOUT DJ DEVOLICIOUS @dj_devolicious
Hailing from Battersea via Ghana, Devolicious is a genre-bending, eclectic selector and DJ serving up cross-generational, rhythmic, lyrical, bass and percussion driven tunes to dance your whole self into joyous ecstasy. With extensive influences from a childhood of Ghanaian Hi-Life, her parents love for church music and classical music onto the Caribbean flavours that came with living in Notting Hill Carnival heartland and the house and techno-driven London club lands of the late 80s all the way through to contemporary scenes. Previous gigs include Booty Bass, Shambala, Glastonbury, Boomtown Fair, Insieme, CampQuirky, WeOutHere and more.
ABOUT LEILAH @leilahjanekingpoet
Leilah is a g@y footballer and coach, mental health advocate and stand-up poet based in Bristol. Her debut poetry collection Midnight Picnics in Tehran was published by Burning Eye Books. She is the Co-founder and host of monthly open mic night Time Of The Month held at Cibomatto in Easton. She'll be sharing brand new work from her brand new book "We Are Hungry For Androgyny" published with Polari.
ABOUT LEXX @alexathedicewho
LEXX whips the finest Reggaeton, Afrobeat, Dancehall, House and Drum & Bass into sets that sweat and reset. She will throw you into the deep end and you will love it. LEXX's dance floor is a space for those of you who know there's more to life. A sexy space where gender gets bent and all beings are held in love. A space where you can dance freely to meet your struggle and release it all. Come get it.
ABOUT JAS @jascreusson
Jas is a visual artist and chef who likes to create an ambient experience using all the senses, through the use of film, installation, audio and live performance. She's the creator of immersive dinning experiences and events @queerdinners. https://jasminecreusson.com
ABOUT THE SPACE:
Soft Butch is a safe and held space. You are in good hands: LEXX is trained in somatics-informed DJ-ing and embodied leadership. After the warm up, there will be an opening meditation to bring us into the dance floor. I’ll let you know when the meditation is about to start and there’ll be a moment for you to decide whether you want to stay, move to the back of the room to dip a toe in, or hang out in the chill room until the dance begins.
Unwanted touch, homophobic, biphobic, transphobic, racist, sexist, ableist or ageist behaviour is not allowed. If you feel uncomfortable or overwhelmed at any point, please come talk to one of our Soft Butch crew members (we all wear a fluorescent armband). We will believe you and we will help.
The bathrooms in the venue are all gender neutral.
If you'd like a chair, please contact the venue directly on [email protected]. We'll have it labelled with your name and ready by the stage for you to collect when you arrive.
Accessibility information: https://www.thejamjarbristol.com/accessibility - unfortunately the space is not wheelchair accessible. We're working on this for future events.
Covid policy: https://www.thejamjarbristol.com/covid-policy.
Strobe lights will be used during the event.
There will be a photographer. If you don't want to be in pictures used for promotional content, please speak to someone from the team as soon as you arrive on the night.
ANY QUESTIONS? Get in touch on [email protected] <3
Cover photo © Chelsey Cliff
Entry requirements:
Special occasion means special x-tra juicy line-up - not one, not two but three types of guest performance 4 U x o x o
7:00PM: Doors open.
7:00-8:00PM: Catch up with your mates and/or make new ones before lights go dim.
8:00-8:30PM: VJ set by Jas Creusson.
8:30-8:50PM: Poetry by Leilah King.
8:50-9:00PM: Join the meditation to tune into your body and feel into what’s there, or hang out in the chill room until you’re ready to D.A.N.C.E.
9:00-11:00PM: LEXX and DJ Devolicious on the decks for a big sweaty dance.
✸ Invitation to experiment, if its the right time and place for you, by having no drinks or phones on the dance floor (more about the intention behind this here: https://www.instagram.com/p/Cj3RtwZNzMZ/?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y=) ✸
If money is a barrier to you joining and there are no £1 tickets left, please DM @softbutchbristol on Insta or email [email protected].
ABOUT DJ DEVOLICIOUS @dj_devolicious
Hailing from Battersea via Ghana, Devolicious is a genre-bending, eclectic selector and DJ serving up cross-generational, rhythmic, lyrical, bass and percussion driven tunes to dance your whole self into joyous ecstasy. With extensive influences from a childhood of Ghanaian Hi-Life, her parents love for church music and classical music onto the Caribbean flavours that came with living in Notting Hill Carnival heartland and the house and techno-driven London club lands of the late 80s all the way through to contemporary scenes. Previous gigs include Booty Bass, Shambala, Glastonbury, Boomtown Fair, Insieme, CampQuirky, WeOutHere and more.
ABOUT LEILAH @leilahjanekingpoet
Leilah is a g@y footballer and coach, mental health advocate and stand-up poet based in Bristol. Her debut poetry collection Midnight Picnics in Tehran was published by Burning Eye Books. She is the Co-founder and host of monthly open mic night Time Of The Month held at Cibomatto in Easton. She'll be sharing brand new work from her brand new book "We Are Hungry For Androgyny" published with Polari.
ABOUT LEXX @alexathedicewho
LEXX whips the finest Reggaeton, Afrobeat, Dancehall, House and Drum & Bass into sets that sweat and reset. She will throw you into the deep end and you will love it. LEXX's dance floor is a space for those of you who know there's more to life. A sexy space where gender gets bent and all beings are held in love. A space where you can dance freely to meet your struggle and release it all. Come get it.
ABOUT JAS @jascreusson
Jas is a visual artist and chef who likes to create an ambient experience using all the senses, through the use of film, installation, audio and live performance. She's the creator of immersive dinning experiences and events @queerdinners. https://jasminecreusson.com
ABOUT THE SPACE:
Soft Butch is a safe and held space. You are in good hands: LEXX is trained in somatics-informed DJ-ing and embodied leadership. After the warm up, there will be an opening meditation to bring us into the dance floor. I’ll let you know when the meditation is about to start and there’ll be a moment for you to decide whether you want to stay, move to the back of the room to dip a toe in, or hang out in the chill room until the dance begins.
Unwanted touch, homophobic, biphobic, transphobic, racist, sexist, ableist or ageist behaviour is not allowed. If you feel uncomfortable or overwhelmed at any point, please come talk to one of our Soft Butch crew members (we all wear a fluorescent armband). We will believe you and we will help.
The bathrooms in the venue are all gender neutral.
If you'd like a chair, please contact the venue directly on [email protected]. We'll have it labelled with your name and ready by the stage for you to collect when you arrive.
Accessibility information: https://www.thejamjarbristol.com/accessibility - unfortunately the space is not wheelchair accessible. We're working on this for future events.
Covid policy: https://www.thejamjarbristol.com/covid-policy.
Strobe lights will be used during the event.
There will be a photographer. If you don't want to be in pictures used for promotional content, please speak to someone from the team as soon as you arrive on the night.
ANY QUESTIONS? Get in touch on [email protected] <3
Cover photo © Chelsey Cliff
Entry requirements:
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