QUEENS AGAINST BORDERS — A DECADE OF EMPOWERMENT
Portal Galerie, Berlin
This night happened — Sat 10 Oct · 9:30pm → 4am Sun
5 € – 20 € · 18+ ·
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Who was billed8 artists
In the order the promoter listed them.
- Performances Sets
- Kekik
- Faravaz
- next: YSY, Fri 23 OctHanaby
- next: OST, Thu 31 DecRakans
- Anniversary Exhibition starts @ 22.00
- Location
- Molkenmarkt 2
Set times were not published.
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QUEENS AGAINST BORDERS — A DECADE OF EMPOWERMENT
Ten years, countless stages, and one message: BIPoC empowerment.
10-10-10s Across the Board!
Queens Against Borders celebrates a decade of bringing queer, trans, refugee and migrant artists together through performance, Club Culture and community.
For this special anniversary, QAB reunites artists and long time supporters who have shaped its stages over the years for an Curated Exhibition Experience, House-party Like performance show at Portal Galerie. A night to mark why we started, celebrate what we have built and survived together, and dance towards what comes next.
Saturday, 10 October 2026
22:00 — Exhibition Opening
22:00 — 23:00 — DJ set
23:00 — 01:00 — Performances + DJ transitions
01:00 — 03:00/04:00 — DJ set
All Donations/profits will go to supporting the fundraiser of Guardians of Equality Movement (GEM) Syria’s Firsts LGBTQIA+ Organization offerings of services to this community, operating in Syria and neighbouring countries.
Queens Against Borders is a Berlin-based performance and community platform creating space for queer, trans, refugee and migrant artists since 2015. Bringing together artists from SWANA and beyond, QAB uses drag, dance, music and performance to share our own narratives, build solidarity and create spaces where our communities can be seen, celebrated and heard.
Sculptural Food Installations by Hosin Alkatrib
Events Graphics by Andy El-Kanani
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Who they are
Recently at Crack Bellmer · often with Babykilla, Beyefendi, Dj Lesch, none of them here that night
“From the mesmerizing landscapes of Deconstructed Club Music to the pulsating rhythms of Jersey Club, Hanaby's sets propel bodies into an unstoppable frenzy.”
their own biography
the whole biography
From the mesmerizing landscapes of Deconstructed Club Music to the pulsating rhythms of Jersey Club, Hanaby's sets propel bodies into an unstoppable frenzy. Embracing the spirit of the Diaspora, she expertly weaves together elements of Gqom, Dancehall, Kuduro, and more, creating a vibrant soundscape that celebrates the tapestry of human culture. But her sonic exploration doesn't stop there. Hanaby's arsenal includes the electrifying energy of Bass music, crafting unforgettable moments on the dance floor.Recently at Renate, TORTE BAR, OHM · often with Sanaz, source:link, Berenice, none of them here that night
“Rakans, is a Dj, Artist, and a visionary.”
their own biography
the whole biography
Rakans, is a Dj, Artist, and a visionary. Orientalist, Experimental and eclectic approaches to Arts and Music make his Live Sets and sound choices unique and wild. Rakans is a DJ also the founder of Rawmantique party in Dresden, Rawmantique is a Safe Space that’s main aim is collecting the alternative underground kids and giving them a space for explorations whether they’re sexual, social or psychological. Rakans’s flamboyant decisions with Fashion and Music brought him to the center of attention from local and European collectives. Rakans performed on main floors of multiple reputable clubs such as Sektor (DD) Wilde Renate (BLN) Depot (Paris) KitKat (BLN) and multiple others. His work and background in Art Direction gives him a love to the Aesthetics, although has a touch of darkness, but rather full of life and imagination also- which is noticeable through his Art Works and productions. Rakans’s journey has started from Beirut, a City that’s moving like the tides, full of changes and instability. Between the Oriental Mosques and churches and the western Malls and Fashion brands he has previously experimented with avant-guard and pop music, performed in amazing clubs of Beirut such as “The Grand Factory”, participated in “ReddBull Music Academy”, released an EP under the name of LÜJAH, the album was written about in many publications and local news papers under the title of “The Unpredictable Hurricane: Rakans". His music often take on an emotional, and dramatic aspects, bringing love, sexuality, and tenderness as main topics into the techno sounds which not only make the crowd dance hard, but also go back to their first instincts of sexual desires and pleasures. https://soundcloud.com/rakans https://www.instagram.com/rakanscom/ Interview with L'orient-Le Jour: https://www.lorientlejour.com/article/958934/rakans-louragan-imprevisible.htmlTheir RA profile lists SYXT, Linea Records and Secta.Recently at Maaya, OXI, Studio1111 · often with VINVAR, Spacer Woman, CRYME, none of them here that night
Recently at M-BIA · often with 23:00 Uhr, 2 Floors mit kompromisslosem Sound, 01.11. – Progressive Psytrance mit BLAZY, none of them here that night
names these artists often play with — not that night
- ADAM MUNNINGS2 with Hanaby and 2 with Rakans
- VINVAR6 with Rakans
- CRYME4 with Rakans
- Nycky Estrella4 with Rakans
- Spacer Woman4 with Rakans
- The Lady Machine4 with Rakans
- Berenice3 with Hanaby
- Carly Zeng3 with Hanaby
The room
Portal Galerie — 1 event and 8 distinct artists since Oct 2026.
Also that night
- FOGO // NO // CUM01 — Nycky Estrella and Rakans keep turning up on the same bills.
- SWIM GOODIES: long distance relationship (Swim Good x GOODIES)Coco Boule — also tagged club, with hip-hop too.
- Gardens of Disco NEW SEASONOrangerie Neukölln — also tagged disco, with house too.
how these 3 are connected
- FOGO // NO // CU — Nycky Estrella and Rakans have shared 4 bills; Nycky Estrella is on that bill and Rakans is on this one.
- SWIM GOODIES: long distance relationship (Swim Good x GOODIES) — RA tags both listings club — and that one also hip-hop.
- Gardens of Disco NEW SEASON — RA tags both listings disco — and that one also house.