OUTsider Fest: Bodies

This annual transmedia celebration of queer art takes the unruly year of 2026 as a time to really emBODY their most weird and wild passions. Throughout the festival’s five-day run, attendees will witness performances, installations, and activations from creators local, national, and international such as Alice Bag, Andie Flores & Sam Mayer, Anh Vo, Ari Is Speaking, BEYONDEEP, Bird of Paradigm, Cameron Kostopoulos, Dukes, Dust Bunny, Estrellx Supernova, Hey Aswang & Baseck, Javier Robelo and Leo Briggs, Jay Carlon, Micaela Tobin, láwû makuriye’nte, KD Kinetic, Keioui Keijaun Thomas, Kerosene Jones, Luna Vela, Macon Reed, Malic Amalya, Miss Perkances, Mette Loulou von Kohl, NEMATOCYST, Notre Dom, Pó Rodil, Sash Wortzel, Sir Beauregard Elliot Esquire, Temitope Olujobi, Via Madison Ceaser, Xina Xurner, and Young Joon Kwak. “We offer this transmedia art festival as a shield, sword, altar & rave,” proclaims OUTsider – so how ’bout you take ’em up on it? – James Scott