LUSH Pride Party

Come celebrate Pride with your LUSH family at the hottest DJ dance party, spinning the best in open-format music. This high-energy celebration supports The OUT Foundation and features standout performances from some of the Bay Area’s most exciting LGBTQ+ talent.

Arktoi, the DJ alias of Nessa, is a Bay Area-based event producer and co-founder of SF Sapphic Pride — a platform celebrating queer women and non-binary people through intentional community spaces. As a resident DJ at Jolene’s SF, Arktoi has become a mainstay in the city’s queer nightlife scene, known for packed-out, high-energy sets. Her bookings include collectives and parties like Out & Abt, Queen Out, and LesBeaux, with performances across San Francisco, Los Angeles, and San Diego. Her style fuses house, techno, hyperpop, and early 2000s pop.

The Dragon King is a trans non-binary drag artist based in San Francisco. They began performing through shadow casting roles like Eddie and Frank-N-Furter at UC Davis and now appear with the Bay Area shadow cast Barely Legal. Dragon is also a part-time host at the Pawn Shop speakeasy and currently leads “SOS (Share Our Skills),” a third-space coworking event at Queer Arts Featured; the former home of Castro Camera. Known for thrifted, DIY drag and eerie handmade horror masks, Dragon brings creativity and raw energy to every performance.

DJ Dyops is the founder, co-producer, and resident DJ for LUSH at Vintage Space in The Flamingo Resort, voted Sonoma County’s best LGBTQ+ event by The Bohemian. As a proud member of the LGBTQ+ community, they create inclusive spaces through themed events featuring Bay Area drag kings and queens, guest DJs, go-go dancers, and burlesque performers. She’s performed at festivals and queer events across California, including Women’s Weekend Russian River, Russian River Pride, Petaluma Pride, Occidental Pride, Eastern Sierra Pride Festival, Positive Images’ Queer Prom, and LGBTQ+ Connection Sonoma’s Queer Prom, among many others. Whether behind the booth at a club or under the stars on an outdoor stage, Dyops knows how to transform a party into a true celebration.

Spite Fitness, a key LUSH partner, shares a mission of transformation through movement and food. The queer-owned business is rooted in justice, equity, diversity, inclusion, and belonging. Their goal is to empower 10,000 people to reach their health goals while fostering a stronger, healthier, and more inclusive community.