Drag Performance | July 24 | 7 pm | The QAF proudly welcomes The Darlings—Continental Breakfast, PM, Rose Butch and Maiden China—to the stage, ahem, screen, with a new performance created around the festival theme of ‘wickedness.’ The multidisciplinary, non-binary drag performance collective has been taking the Vancouver scene by storm for the...

Dance Performance | July 25 | 7 PM | July 26 | 2 PM In his Swan Song, contemporary dance legend Noam Gagnon sashays the fine line between pain and pleasure in a fetishization of something glamorous and beautifully twisted: a monster beautified.Synopsis: This piece is a reflection on the quest for love, through revisiting the...

Indigenous Burlesque | July 17 | 7 pm Embrace your too-muchness with bombastic burlesque brought to you by the badass babes of Virago Nation, Turtle Island’s first all-indigenous burlesque collective. Featuring special guests Monday Blues and Lynx Chase! Whether you’ve seen it before or always wanted, now’s your chance to relish the many facets of indigenous sexual rematriation from the comfort...

Sun Oct 24 | 5pm Transdisciplinary music performance | Mountain View Cemetery Rising from the ashes of this summer’s fire ban, QAF and Full Circle:...

Fri Jun 23 | 7pmRoundhouse Performance Centre – 181 Roundhouse MewsBreathe In The Fragrance is Sujit Vaidya's celebration of erotic ritual — of taste, of smell, of song, of dance, of sensations awakened by Jasmine — to make space...

QAF + Talking Stick Festival: a day in celebration of Two-Spirit and Indigiqueer ArtistsSun Jun 18 | 7pm Roundhouse Performance Centre – 181 Roundhouse MewsOur day-long slate of events centred on Two-Spirit & Indigiqueer art concludes with breathtaking burlesque brought to you by the...