Soft Butch

After another mega sold out event at The Jam Jar, we make even more space for the butchness and butch appreciation at bigger venue Lost Horizon. This is our return after a lil Summer break so be ready to stoke the Soft Butch fire once again. Here's how it's gonna go:

7:30PM: Doors open.
7:30-8:30PM: Catch up with your mates and/or make new ones before lights go dim.
8:30-9:00PM: Poetry by Shakara, Leilah King and Aish Humphreys.
9:00-9:15PM: Optional dance floor meditation.
9:15-11:30PM: LEXX + Jess Here on the decks.

✸ Invitation to experiment by having no drinks or phones on the dance floor (more about this in our FAQs: https://tinyurl.com/3vv6trxf) ✸

ABOUT SHAKARA @_shak.ara

Shakara is a versatile multidisciplinary artist, combining spoken word and singing to articulate the depth of their creative expression. Integrating spirituality, healing practices, and personal identity into their work, Shakara crafts pieces that resonate with radical vulnerability and empowerment. Their art serves as a conduit for self-discovery and communal healing, inviting audiences to engage with themes of authenticity and transformation.

ABOUT LEILAH @leilahjanekingpoet

Leilah is a g@y footballer and coach, mental health advocate and stand-up poet based in Bristol. Her debut poetry collection Midnight Picnics in Tehran was published by Burning Eye Books. She is the Co-founder and host of monthly open mic night Time Of The Month held at Cibomatto in Easton.⁠ She'll be sharing brand new work from her brand new book "We Are Hungry For Androgyny" published with Polari.

ABOUT AISH @aish_humphreys

Aiysh is a poet, performer and workshop facilitator from Cornwall, living in Bristol. They have performed all over the UK and last year worked in Romania with Tongue Fu exploring the relationship between music and spoken word. They were the poet in residence for the SS Great Britain in 2022 and their first poetry pamphlet, Saints of Golden Hour was released in February which treads soberness, girlhood, queer relationships and the gods we create for ourselves.

ABOUT JESS HERE @jesshere_obd

Jess grew up on three continents then at age 19 I moved to NYC to study dance at The Ailey School. She's been dancing and singing the entire length of her memory. After graduating, she spent a season releasing original music and materializing her musical visions. She supported herself by working in nightlife. Simultaneously, because pain is an effective teacher, she studied Gyrokinesis, earned her trainer’s license, and have rejuvenated a wide variety of bodies. All of these paths have led her to the decks. When she DJs, she constructs a temporary autonomous zone designed to hold us while we embrace ourselves, traverse our kinetic and mental crevices, rodeo in the undercurrent, or just float around in the atmosphere.

ABOUT LEXX @a_lexx_a_

LEXX whips the finest Reggaeton, Afrobeat, Dancehall, House and Drum & Bass into sets that sweat and reset. She will throw you into the deep end and you will love it. LEXX's dance floor is a space for those of you who know there's more to life. A sexy space where gender gets bent and all beings are held in love. A space where you can dance freely to meet your struggle and release it all. Come get it.

ACCESS & CARE

The venue is wheelchair accessible. You can find the venue's full access info here: https://www.losthorizonlive.com/faqs. Please be aware that strobe lighting may be in use.

If you'd like a chair, please contact us on softbutchbristol@gmail.com. We'll have it labelled with your name and ready by the stage for you to collect when you arrive. If you need help setting it up, speak to a member of the Soft Butch team - anyone wearing a fluorescent armband.

If money is a barrier to you joining and there are no Times Are Hard tickets left, please DM @softbutchbristol on Insta or email softbutchbristol@gmail.com.

Unwanted touch, homophobic, biphobic, transphobic, racist, sexist, ableist or ageist behaviour is not allowed.

The bathrooms in the venue are all gender neutral. 

If something doesn't feel right, please talk to one of our Soft Butch team members. We will believe you and we will help. The team members are introduced at the start of the night and all wear a fluorescent armband.

QUESTIONS?

Check out our FAQs here: https://tinyurl.com/3f36hxjs. If you still have enquiries, email softbutchbristol@gmail.com <3

Photos: Cover by Sophia Stefellé