Thursday May 23 * 7pm * $15-20 * TICKETS
FULL FESTIVAL PASS: $100 (50% of sales benefit Rhizome DC)
QUEERING SOUND 2024 performances are scheduled for Thursday 23 and Friday 24 May evenings (7:00 p.m. - 10:00 p.m.) and 'all-day' (2:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. and 7:00 p.m. - 10:00 p.m. blocks) on Saturday 25 and Sunday 26 May. Festival pass purchases directly benefit Rhizome DC and afford you advanced access to all QU24 performances, saving 13% over purchasing individual full-priced tickets for all dates.
Pet Names
Pet Names is a Maryland-based folk-rock duo. Camila (guitar) and Maggie (bass) draw on their affinities for classic rock, folk, and alternative music, as well as their backgrounds in classical vocal performance (and college a cappella). They met touring across the country in choirs, and now enjoy playing their own original music as well as performing with and recording for other independent artists. They are releasing their debut EP - Hey Hi Hello - this year, which they wrote, recorded, and produced themselves.
https://www.petnamesmusic.com/home
THIS COULD GO BOOM! Showcase featuring Ammonite, Flora & the Fauna + Ella Gallogly
This Could Go Boom! is a nonprofit organization that supports gender diversity in music and strives for gender equity in music through record label services, professional development, community outreach, education, and performance opportunities for musicians and music industry workers whose genders have long been underrepresented, marginalized, and excluded. The inaugural This Could Go Boom! Music & Culture Festival takes place Saturday 27 July at the Roosevelt Center in Greenbelt MD.
https://www.thiscouldgoboom.com/
Ammonite
Surprising harmonies, dynamic live shows, fierce genre-bending, and tight songwriting. Queer AF.
https://linktr.ee/ammoniteband
Flora and the Fauna
Queer trans rock band from Richmond, VA.
https://floraandthefauna.bandcamp.com/
Ella Gallogly (from Lud Roes)
Ella spent decades honing her guitar, drum, and vocal skills, eagerly dives into life's darker moments, turning them into searing light through soul-searching tunes.
https://ludroes.com/
https://www.instagram.com/itsmundyhun/
Marcus Webb, video
Webb’s recent endeavors predominantly reside in the realms of ambient and drone music, their artistic journey began with a rich background in rock and jazz bands. Venturing into turntablism, synthesizers, and tape manipulation, they explored a wide spectrum of musical expression, spanning from minimal loop-based electronic and avant-garde jazz to neo-classical compositions, drones, and experimental sounds. As a composer and multi-instrumentalist, they have consistently embraced unconventional instrumental methods. Their earlier works delved deep into guitar exploration, experimental ambient compositions, avant-garde improvisation, and world music, occasionally venturing into the realm of '80s-style synthwave; creating film, television, and multi-media scores, music for ads, and interaction sounds and notifications for mobile devices.
https://www.marcuswebbsounddesign.com/
QUEERING SOUND is a volunteer-driven, multifaceted arts festival of LGBTQIA+ artists/allies held annually in Washington DC and features visual art, spoken word, video/new media, and a wide variety of musical styles. Since 1999, QUEERING SOUND has presented over one hundred local, national, and international artists at nine DMV venues and online; showcasing artists who push against and create their work outside the socially-mainstreamed boundaries of sound and vision.
https://www.queeringsound.com