$30 Advance | $40 Day of Show | $25 M&G Add On
18+
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The annual Pride Ball is back to celebrate Pride Vermont Week. Don’t miss an unforgettable night of dancing, mesmerizing live drag and burlesque performances, surrounded by our joyous community!
Hosted by Emoji Nightmare and featuring music by GAYBAR
Headline performances by:
Miz Cracker (from RuPaul’s Drag Race – S10 and RuPaul’s Drag Race: All Stars – S5)
Lemon (from Canada’s Drag Race – S1, Drag Race UK vs. The World – S1, and Canada’s Drag Race: Canada vs. The World – S2)
Special guest performances by the Jersey Shore’s finest:
Victoria Courtez
Mona Little
And a selection of the best Vermont drag and burlesque talent:
Green Mountain Cabaret
Sasha Sriracha
Katniss Everqueer
Rhedd Rhumm
Carmen Gettit
Domini’que Anjou
Marjorie Mayhem
KING Cocktail
Lio Letizia
Pete Zapparti
Zacharine Flesch
Mochaccino
Plus a performance by Mina & Kim and go-go dancing by Mecca and Cettina
About Emoji Nightmare:
Emoji Nightmare has been performing across Vermont and the region since 2015 and is one of the state’s leading drag entertainers. She is host and producer of many of the largest LGBTQ+ events of the past decade. She is the co-founder of the Vermont chapter of Drag Story Hour, a frequent guest on Amber Live!, and a multi-year nominee for Seven Days’ annual Daysies Awards for Best Drag Performer in Vermont.
About Miz Cracker:
Miz Cracker is a New York City drag queen—and a writer, foodie and comedienne. She launched her drag career in 2011 while participating in marches for marriage equality in Times Square. She went on to compete in RuPaul’s Drag Race Season Ten, landing a spot in the top five and becoming a fan favorite. She later appeared in RuPaul’s Drag Race All Stars Season Five, landing a spot in the top 3. Today, she tours the world with her one woman shows; delights fans on her YouTube channel; lectures on drag at top universities; writes for publications like Slate, ArtForum, Vice, and GQ; engages nearly 1.5 million followers across social media; and tells the stories of incredible women through her interview podcast, She’s a Woman. Cracker describes herself as a “woman’s lifestyle brand,” and is a vocal advocate for women’s rights.
About Lemon:
Born and raised in Toronto, Lemon is a true queen of the North. Spending her youth inside of the world of conservatory and competitive dance with Vlad’s Dance Company in Richmond Hill, she built a foundation and a passion for dance performance. At the age of 18, Lemon left Toronto with big dreams to find her way in the epicenter of professional dance, New York City. On full scholarship, she attended the prestigious Alvin Ailey School studying modern dance and ballet, two years at a contemporary ballet company in New York City, and another year in the city fulfilling her OPT (Optional Practical Training). She was on track to become a full time company dancer, but as the universe always does in the most sly of ways, another door of opportunity opened itself to her. Being openly gay in NYC, Lemon found a community inside of the bar and nightlife scene. And like a passing summer breeze, she caught wind of a local drag competition called Lady Liberty with a prize of $500, which no young artist surviving in the Big Apple could pass up. This competition has seen the likes of well-known queens such as Jackie Cox, Jan Sport, and Rosé; she knew winning would bring a sense of notoriety and accomplishment she craved. She competed and sadly placed 3rd. But if Lemon had learned anything so far in her life it’s that you hustle and hone your craft and try again until you get first place! She listened and learned, sculpted her makeup, refined her style, conceptualized her performance, and went back to sweep the competition and claim 1st prize, all while dressed as one of her greatest inspirations, Paris Hilton, doused in Tinkerbell perfume. From there, Lemon was born and a force to be reckoned with. Catching the eye of Sasha Velour, she went on to walk in her opening ceremony collaboration for New York Fashion Week, alongside performances by Shea Couleé, Farrah Moan, and Christina Aguilera. She began working weekly shows at drag bars across Manhattan and before she knew it, was a full time, fully realized drag queen. Lemon went on to compete in the World Pride edition of Lady Liberty at the Playboy Club, gaining the attention of Brita Filter and Alyssa Edwards, and snatching the crown for first place. Like a vision in the night, the official announcement for Canada’s Drag Race was released and Lemon was never more confident in anything, that being on that show’s first season was a stroke of destiny. Calling both Toronto and NYC home, Lemon’s journey has just begun and she has big plans to take the world by storm because when life gives you Lemon, Lemon gives you life.
About GAYBAR:
GAYBAR is a lesbian party DJ from the east coast of Canada who is now based in Burlington, VT. GAYBAR’s sets span decades and include house music (melodic/progressive), top 40 hits, remixes, divas, drum and bass, dubstep and hip hop. She has been working hard for the last several years in Burlington to create/promote new queer spaces for people to congregate. THE GOAL: Good music. Celebrating our existence. Radical love & Radical joy