The Festival takes place on Saturday, August 14th beachside at Fishermans Path, Fire Island Pines. There are options to attend for free or to support BOFFO on our 10 Year Fire Island Anniversary by buying an individual VIP ticket or deluxe group ticket for five people. The afternoon will begin with Papi Juice soundscape and performances and end with a Papi Juice DJ set, turning the Performance Festival into a daytime dance party. There will be picnic-style food and refreshments available. The event expands upon BOFFO’s commitment to BIPOC, Trans, and Gender Nonconforming communities by creating space, sharing space, and welcoming friends and family from near and far to The Pines.

Artists: Kiyan Williams, Papi Juice, z tye richardson and Cory Walker, Dangerous Rose and Raven Valentine, Maya Margarita and Jhevere

DJs: Oscar Nn, Adam R, br0nz3_g0dd3ss, BATTYJACK

Flag Installation: Edgar Mosa, Joseph McShea

Advice Bar: Hannah Black and Ryan McNamara

Food: Sol Sips Plant-Based Bevs & BitesFlorals: Mohammed Iman Fayaz, Melchor Cardenas

Sponsors: OCDChinatown, Perrier®, Milagro, Red Bull, Supergay Vodka, Gay Beer, BABE, Cann

Free Event Access ($30 Suggested Donation)

$300 – VIP (1 VIP ticket, Deluxe Picnic Lunch, Open Bar, and VIP Access)

$1500 – Host Committee (5 VIP tickets, Option for Personal Beach Tent, Deluxe Picnic Lunch, Open Bar, and VIP Access)

Curatorial Statement

We are here now.

And transcending now, towards the celestial plane.

So we celebrate.

Celebrate our entrance to the future of the celestial realm, breaking through yesterday’s crumbling walls of lockdowns and chains of fear.

Celebrate the magnitude, the cosmic scale, the amazing things that have transpired over last year. People and power united.

Celebrate glimpses of dynamic moments, of sudden experiences and thoughts, shining like sparks from the seismic changes and clashes in meaning.

Celebrate spectacular movements and ideas that have come to life, and celebrate them all with a specially selected group of artists and with the supernatural spirits of Papi Juice.

Celebrate the time of the longest days and the warmest nights, which are ours, which we own from now into the future we are making.

BOFFO & OCDChinatown celebrates the visions of vital young talent that paves new ways and new meanings, that transcends old conditions and expectations.

We Are Here. Come Celebrate.