Queer Arts Festival Leuven: Opening Night

Queer Leuven opens the second edition of their Queer Arts Festival with a lavish party at STUK. Welcome to the Gentle Boys Club where stereotypical gender roles are questioned with an anti-patriarchal slow dance workshop by Lisa Vereertbrugghen. Musicians Porcelain ID and Youniss get the party started with an ode to one of the greatest pop icons ever: Prince. The duo will perform an extravagant reworking of 1984's legendary Purple Rain. Meanwhile, you can visit Uzbek filmmaker and artist Saodat Ismailova's gorgeous audiovisual gems in her first solo exhibition in Belgium. Or how about American artist Martine Gutierrez's video work on gender identity and personal transformation? Afterwards, the roof goes off in STUKcafé with the Gentle Boys Drag Show and DJ Straight Again and Georgy Chtchevaev. Let's Go Crazy!