Sashay your way into Dragfort to join the LGBTQ+ community and culture. Boise Weekly is here to help you “werk” your way into these series of events that range from parties, podcasts, and personal experiences to create support and awareness.
Wednesday, March 20
Queer Meet-up, 6:30 p.m - 7:20 pm, Spacebar Arcade, 21+
Gravitate with beer, games, and making friends - check out the Queer Meet-up!
Thursday, March 21
LGBTQ Identities of Idaho: A History of Fear, Oppression, and a Contemporary Framework to Reclaim LGBT & Queer Spaces, noon - 1 p.m, Idaho State Museum
Graduate Researchers from Boise State University will be panelists with presentations that dive into Queer history. It is a history with archives that show the growth of fighting for acceptance and the dangers the system of oppression has made.
All You Can Eat with Meatball, Meatball, 8 - 10 p.m, The Balcony Club, 21+
Get yourself a plate for a food competition with delicious Meatball and other drag performers including Poo Poo Platter.
Friday, March 22
Vogue Femme Fundamentals, 2:20 - 3:30 p.m, Treefort Music Hall, 18+
Want to go to the ball in your best extravaganza? Join the dance class to learn moves from the past, present and future of Vogue Fem Fundamentals.
Sloppy Seconds podcast, 5 - 6 p.m, The Balcony Club, 21+
Welcome back Meatball and Big Dipper to Idaho who bring their Sloppy Seconds podcast. It’s a mess you want to get into that includes talks about sex, culture, and food.
Club Squirt, 11 p.m - 2 a.m, Hap Hap Lounge, 21+
Get wet with juicy drag performances from Big Dipper Jelly, The KIKI house of Ada from HBO's Hit show “Legendary”, and other fabulous queens such as Rosette Phoenixx, Nebula and Wanda “Aqua” Flora, and Orographic.
Saturday, March 23
The Pink Runway Party!, 3:30 - 3:50 p.m, Main Stage
Everything is better in the pink, especially the runway. Let yourself be captivated by Corvette Collective and The KIKI house of Ada and join them with music, dance, and love.
Very Delta Podcast, 5 - 6 p.m, The Balcony Club, 21+
All aboard for a flight of conversation on topics that are about good fast-food drive-through manners to the perfect “sexretary” shoe!
A Night with Delta, 8 p.m - 10 p.m, The Balcony Club, 21+
Your flight isn’t over with Delta! Your next stop: Performances that showcase fabulous costumes with local Drag and Burlesque Performers.
Sunday, March 24
Drag Me to Brunch, 12:20 p.m - 2 p.m, Alefort Lounge, 18 +
Get your cash and charisma as you go to brunch with Drag queens!
Meatball, ‘alternative comedy queen,’ coming to Treefort
For 2024, Dragfort is celebrating with local and national queens/performers. One, who is making her return to Treefort, is the “alternative comedy queen” from Los Angeles, Meatball. She is best known for hosting “Fat Slut” parties and “having a bad attitude.” Meatball’s love for food can also be seen on the Hulu TV show “Drag Me to Dinner,” where she and her colleague won their featured episode: they created a menu and a party and were judged on food, drink, and designs.
Being a Drag Queen
Meatball has been a drag queen performer for nine years and says her character is an “important power in her” and says she has gained much confidence in the outside world from her drag performances. She says today she is honest and empowering but that wasn’t always the case. “I would have loved myself sooner if I took imperfect, wild, crazy, and being different, not as bad.” This feeling of liberation is featured in both of her Treefort events which, she said, “are going to be sloppy, messy, and a lot of fun.”
Making Food Sexy: ‘All You Can Eat with Meatball’
Meatball expresses her “love of food and history” through her Fat Slut parties – she uses aspects from eras of the 1960s and 70s. For instance, she performs “jello art” and has food in jello from shrimp to a Thanksgiving dinner. This is also a competition and the winner gets a prize. The contestants' challenge includes a different platter of food for each contestant where “you don’t have to eat the food but must be sexy.” Dragfort is bringing this experience with the “All You Can Eat with Meatball” on March 21 with a $200 cash prize.
Podcasting with ‘Sloppy Seconds’
Meatball loves the art of podcasting and releases two episodes a week of her show, “Sloppy Seconds'' with her co-host, rapper and comedian Big Dipper. She and Big Dipper will be podcasting live at Podfort. In the show, they act like “two people who despise each other” and are always “wild.” They are both queer but their experiences differ, which gets the audience to learn from many perspectives – it’s “kinda like sex ed.” It is informative, fun, and most definitely sloppy!
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Meatball (Albóndiga), "reina de la comedia alternativa", llega a Treefort
Para 2024, Dragfort está celebrando con reinas locales y nacionales. Una, que está regresando a Treefort, es la "reina de la comedia alternativa" de Los Ángeles, Albóndiga. Es más conocida por organizar sus fiestas de "Fat Slut" y "tener una mala actitud". El amor de Albóndiga por la comida también se puede ver en el programa de televisión de Hulu "Drag Me to Dinner", donde ella y su colega ganaron su episodio. Ellas crearon un menú y una fiesta y fueron juzgadas por la comida, la bebida y la presentación.
Siendo una Drag Queen
Albóndiga ha sido una artista de drag queen por nueve años y dice que su personaje es un "poder importante en ella" y dice que ha ganado mucha confianza en el mundo exterior de sus actuaciones de drag. Ella dice que hoy es honesta y empoderadora, pero ese no siempre fue el caso. "Me habría amado a mí mismo antes si hubiera sido imperfecto, loca y diferente y no pensar que es malo". Este sentimiento de liberación aparece en sus dos eventos de Treefort que, dijo, "van a ser descuidados, desordenados y muy divertidos".
Haciendo que la comida ser sexy: ‘All You Can Eat with Meatball’
Albóndiga expresa su "amor por la comida y la historia" a través de sus fiestas de Fat Slut: utiliza aspectos de las décadas de los años 60 y 70. Por ejemplo, hace "arte de gelatina" y tiene comida en gelatina, desde camarones hasta una cena de Acción de Gracias. Esto también es un concurso y el ganador recibe un premio. El desafío de los concursantes incluye un plato de comida diferente para cada concursante donde "no tienes que comer la comida, pero debes ser sexy". ¡Dragfort traerá esta experiencia con el ‘All You Can Eat with Meatball’ ("Todo lo que puedes comer con albóndigas") el 21 de marzo con un premio de 200 dólares!
Podcasting con 'Sloppy Seconds'
A Albóndiga le encanta el arte del podcasting y lanza dos episodios a la semana de su estación de radio, "Sloppy Seconds", con su compañero de trabajo, rapero y comediante Big Dipper. Ella y Big Dipper estarán haciendo podcasts en vivo en Podfort. En el programa, actúan como "dos personas que se desprecian entre sí" y siempre son "feroces". Ambos son homosexuales, pero sus experiencias difieren, lo que hace que la audiencia aprenda desde muchas perspectivas: es "un poco como la educación sexual". ¡Es informativo, divertido y definitivamente descuidado!
