Afterglow NYE
New Years Eve AFTERGLOW - the winter sister of our legendary pride party - is back again to offer you a glorious evening of revelry and celebration as we ring in 2020!
It’s been quite a year, and whatever trials or triumphs you’ve been through, we all deserve a beautiful moment to collectively celebrate what we’ve overcome and what we have before us.
At Comfort & Joy we love creating magical spaces to celebrate each person’s unique light and to offer you cathartic escape and revival, and are incredibly grateful for the privilege of providing our beloved community with a special New Year’s Eve experience for you to bask in euphoric bliss with your fellow queerdos until the break of dawn.
We can't wait to welcome you and celebrate the new year together!
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Come dance your heart out - from doors open until 6am we’ll be taking you on an exhilarating journey with our spectacular DJ line-up:
MAIN ROOM
10pm – DJ Aili Chu
11:45pm - Midnight prelude by the Comfort & Joy Menagerie
12:15am – DJ Denise aka DJ D
2am - David Harness
4am – Ruben Mancias
HOUSE CLASSICS ROOM
10pm – Joe Prince Wolfe
Midnight - Homero Espinosa
3am - The SyntheTigers
4:30am – Steve Fabus
UPSTAIRS
10pm - Grisecon
1am - Mystic (Frank O'Brien)
3:30am – DJ TomCat (David Donnell)
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As a prelude to our midnight celebratory madness, the Comfort & Joy Menagerie of Keith Law (Keith Lawrence), Grace Towers, Jesse Escalante, Rubyblue Genderbender, Devlin Shand, Mama Dora (Dora M Ama) and more will help you usher in the new year with an explosive mix of art, music, dance, hope and love!
We’ll also be featuring pop-up glow magic from hooping wonders Liam Ocean, Action V Jackson (Vertel) and Aaron Zamarron of the Electric Spectrum LED Circus.
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As always our goddess of neon Chickpea (Brian Busta), the Comfort & Joy Art Collective and other fabulous artists like Mitcho LeGreat will be casting high witchery and fluorescent splendor.
Our cuddle tent will also be back to to create space for more grounded interpersonal immediacy and caring touch.
Upstairs you can fall into a debaucherous whirlpool of luscious delights curated by Dam Dyke (Matt Cottrill).
>>Comfort & Joy is here for you: if you ever need support or have concerns at our parties, please find one of our 'vibe-raters' (purple glow collars) or a house manager (pink glow collars)<<
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NYE silver/disco realness, dayglo/neon/glow anything and whatever else makes you feel fabulous most highly encouraged.
Face-paint artistic majesty by Renae Stowell, Kamran Adib and more!
Photobooth by the ever impressive and talented Dot (PhotosByDot)
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And of course wave after wave of our special late-night fruity refreshments
Welcoming hugs at the door (optional)
Full clothes check available; this is a clothing optional & affection encouraged event ;)
This event is 21+. Our apologies to the youngsters
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IF YOUR FUNDS ARE TIGHT, THERE ARE LOTS OF OPPORTUNITIES TO VOLUNTEER AND HELP US CREATE THE SOME NYE MAGIC! It takes a big ol’ queer village to manifest all of this merry madness and every party volunteer gets a free ticket. Volunteer sign-up link coming soon.
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NYE Afterglow is a luxurious, one-of-a-kind San Francisco celebration thrown by Comfort & Joy, a 501(c)3 volunteer-run non-profit and the winter sister of our legendary pride party. Proceeds enable us to host more fabulous parties, create our legendary village in the queerborhood at Burning Man, provide community art grants and offer free or discounted events supporting queer community, creativity, and expression here in the bay area. We thank you for your support!