Words by Lariscious
Images by Ballerina Bizet
Bushwig Logo by Brian Soigne Wilson
On Saturday September 7th The House Of Bushwig and Secret Project Robot held the second annual Bushwig festival.
In the tradition of Wigstock, this year’s magical Bushwig was an 11 hour festival featuring over 50 performers from Brooklyn and beyond. Ballerina Bizet and I settled in for the entire event and we couldn’t have been more entertained checking out our favorite artists as well as discovering some new talent. In between the delightfully non-stop sets, I got to do some heavy duty investigative journalism by asking some of the performers what Bushwig meant to them…..
“A fucked up Whitman’s Sampler Valentine’s box,” said previously profiled Untitled Queen, ” on sale two days after.”
Ellen Degenerate and Amber Alert made the journey from Baltimore to perform “because they were invited” and were excited to “go down in history channeling Mylie lyrics.”
“It’s a chance for all queens to get together and do a show as one,” offered Stevie Zar (who will be featured in our next issue!)
Said Chris of Hur, “Everyone comes together. New people get to see what’s happening and what’s going on.”
Miranda Lanvin, who blew us away with her Cinderella-themed performance, stated, “It’s an opportunity to be yourself.”
Bacchaus observed we can now “do what we had to go to clubs in Manhattan to do before.”
“Complicated, wonderful, challenging,” Ariana Huffenstuff declared.
“That everyone is able to do drag,” Charmin Ultra observed, “but not everyone CAN. xxxx”
In case you missed it, Hamm Samwich debuted a new track titled “Act Out.” Filmed by Elle Emenope. Back up dancers Tyler Ashley, Hooba, Aya Sato and Kris Seto.
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