Rebel Cupcake: Bevin Branlandingham’s monthly flamboyant dance party for all shapes & flavors!
Thursday, February 9th: Dance Music Sex Romance (Prince Tribute) / March 8th: New Wave Dance Party / April 12th: Born in Flames / May 10th: Breakfast Club (2nd Anniversary Party)
Nominated for BEST QUEER PARTY, SEXIEST VIBE, MOST ECLECTIC CROWD and BEST EMCEE for the GO Magazine Nightlife Awards!
The party that AfterEllen.com calls “Unrestrained Fabulousness”!
“When the proverbial curtain went down, the night turned out a hot dance party where all the queers got down. If theme parties are your forte, you are sure to be smitten with Rebel Cupcake. I will most definitely be returning to the next party, this time with more glitter and an attitude.”–Lauren Golfer, GO Magazine Nightlife Editor
“Bevin Branlandingham really knows how to throw a party!” Check out the write-up of Rebel Cupcake on ChinaShop.com.
Performers from Rebel Cupcake 14.5. Rod Tame and Dominic Berry (Manchester, England), Fancy Feast (Brooklyn), Regie Cabico (Washington, DC), Bevin Branlandingham (Brooklyn) & Rocco Katastrophe (Brooklyn)
Thursday, February 9th, 2012 * Brooklyn, NY
Bevin Branlandingham Presents
Rebel Cupcake 22: Dance Music Sex Romance (Prince Tribute)
10PM-2AM Dancing; show 11ish * $7
($2 off admission if you are on our texty texty list)
Late night dancing til 4a
Sugarland: 221 N 9th St @ Roebling, Brooklyn, NY
(3 blocks from the Bedford L subway stop)
Rebel Cupcake: a flamboyant dance party for all shapes & flavors!
*Sugarland DJ Bryan Black spins slow jams & riot grrrl favs to get you going, dance beats all night to keep you moving at a house party level–perfect for dancing and mingling! The dance party is our second-annual tribute to Prince!
Performers:
*LeRoi Prince
Drag super star homage to Prince!
*Janie Martinez
Peformance artist!
*Ben Lerman
Gay ukelele comedian!
*& More!
*Nogga Schwartz ready to decorate your facebook page with antics from our wild photo booth!
*Hella foxy Hana Malia, our stylish and charming door captain.
Suggested dress: Serve Prince. Appolonia. Sheena E. Wendy & Lisa. Diamond. Pearl.
We’ll have chairs out during the performances and there is a lot of seating available in grottos and at the bar. This is a great party to be loungey and social or dancey. There is also a smoking deck! The show will be over by midnight so earlybirds can make it home–the show is about 30 minutes long.
As always, free gourmet cupcakes while they last! Morgan Hart is our resident baker.
Accessibility notes: The stage area and bar are wheelchair accessible. Coming into the venue is a little narrow but there are no stairs to enter or to get to the main seating area for the show. Lots of street parking available. (Please let me know if you need any accommodations!)
Thursday, March 8th, 2012 * Brooklyn, NY
Bevin Branlandingham Presents
Rebel Cupcake 23: New Wave Rebel Cupcake
10PM-2AM Dancing; show 11ish * $7
($2 off admission if you are on our texty texty list)
Late night dancing til 4a
Sugarland: 221 N 9th St @ Roebling, Brooklyn, NY
(3 blocks from the Bedford L subway stop)
Rebel Cupcake: a flamboyant dance party for all shapes & flavors!
Launch party for SALACIOUS MAGAZINE! Get your mitts on a fresh copy of the queer feminist sex magazine and meet the folks behind Salacious!
SPECIAL 20 MINUTE FEATURE PERFORMANCE:
*The World Famous *BOB*
Burlesque legend and New Wave Teen performs a storytelling set and a burlesque act!
[http://www.theworldfamousbob.com]
Also including:
*Princess Tiny & The Meats
A welcome home musical set from the goth sweetheart of Brooklyn.
*& More!
*Sugarland DJ Bryan Black spins slow jams & riot grrrl favs to get you going, dance beats all night to keep you moving at a house party level–perfect for dancing and mingling! The dance party is all new wave, including these favorites selected by The World Famous *BOB*: Missing Persons, Nana Hagan, Klaus Nomi, Siouxsie Sioux, The Cure, Strawberry Switchblade, Altered Images, B-52′s, Berlin, Bauhaus, Bow Wow Wow, Culture Club, Frankie Goes to Hollywood, Human League, Joy Division, and Gary Newman.
*Nogga Schwartz ready to decorate your facebook page with antics from our wild photo booth!
*Hella foxy Hana Malia, our stylish and charming door captain.
Suggested dress: New wave! Credit card blush, neon, fishnets, crinolines, black patent leather, skull buckle boots, Aqua Net extra Super hold hairspray, Drakkar Noir cologne, clove cigarettes, Walkman cassette players, lace gloves with no fingers, heavy eyeliner, bows in ratted hair, smeared lipstick Robert Smith realness.
We’ll have chairs out during the performances and there is a lot of seating available in grottos and at the bar. This is a great party to be loungey and social or dancey. There is also a smoking deck! The show will be over by midnight so earlybirds can make it home–the show is about 30 minutes long.
As always, free gourmet cupcakes while they last! Morgan Hart is our resident baker.
Accessibility notes: The stage area and bar are wheelchair accessible. Coming into the venue is a little narrow but there are no stairs to enter or to get to the main seating area for the show. Lots of street parking available. (Please let me know if you need any accommodations!)
Check out the photos from past Rebel Cupcakes at the facebook group! The most stunt-ridden and flamboyant photo booth in queer New York City.
The party that brought the Titty Bounce to Brooklyn!!
Upcoming Rebel Cupcakes @ Sugarland!
Check out this great video from Grace The Spot!
by Zoe Whittall.
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17 responses so far ↓
1 Love Snippets | Queer Fat Femme // May 20, 2010 at 8:35 pm
[...] of the Baconettes at the last Rebel Cupcake. The next one is June [...]
2 Help Me Get a Talk Show! Also, Rebel Cupcake! | Queer Fat Femme // Jun 28, 2010 at 1:15 pm
[...] super excited for the next Rebel Cupcake, July 8th. One of my besties, Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha is in town from Oakland. Along with [...]
3 Queerspondence: Happy Heat Wave! | BROOKLYN (the borough) // Jul 7, 2010 at 2:25 pm
[...] strut and disrobe in an encore performance of the Queerespondence: Butchlesque act at Sugarland! Rebel Cupcake, Bevin Branlandingham’s monthly flamboyant queer dance party for all shapes & flavors, [...]
4 Gender Outlaws: The Next Generation Book Review | Queer Fat Femme // Oct 6, 2010 at 8:49 pm
[...] Rebel Cupcake photos by Nogga Schwartz for Rebel Cupcake. [...]
5 Bambi Galore » Blog Archive » Been oh so busy! // Oct 20, 2010 at 8:42 am
[...] in that category but Booboo has a special spot in my heart. Since then I’ve performed at Rebel Cupcake, traveled to Florida and have just been amping up for the next few weekends I have coming [...]
6 I’ll Just Say Fare Thee Well: The Myth of “Getting Closure” | Queer Fat Femme // Oct 28, 2010 at 4:55 pm
[...] LEZ pageant, at the last intermission prior to the winner being announced, passing out fliers for Rebel Cupcake and generally being proud of how well Miss Rebel Cupcake was doing in the pageant. In this [...]
7 My Intention Behind Art & Soul | Queer Fat Femme // Oct 30, 2010 at 5:13 pm
[...] space approached me about producing a low-key queer night. A friend of hers had been to Rebel Cupcake and suggested my [...]
8 NYC May 12th! Queer Performance Night and Dance Party! Rebel Cupcake! | Queer Fat Femme // May 5, 2011 at 5:43 pm
[...] bar offers a $6 beer/shot combo all night. All the info on the party is at the Rebel Cupcake page. And if you’re planning a trip to Brooklyn this summer I’ll be hosting one on June 9 [...]
9 Hey Brooklyn! August 11th Rebel Cupcake Sad Songs Say So Much! | Queer Fat Femme // Jul 26, 2011 at 9:27 pm
[...] I’ll be back from my sojourn in the woods and I might sing an off-key version of Vision of Love if the mood feels right. More info on the show here! [...]
10 News Items and Mr. Transman Pageant 2011, Sunday, August 28th in Brooklyn | Queer Fat Femme // Aug 21, 2011 at 7:22 pm
[...] super excited about the Fall Season of Rebel Cupcake and put a call out for performers. If you’re interested it’s over on my Tumblr. If you’re [...]
11 Work Hard Stay Hard in TN … Party Hard in NYC to help! // Sep 4, 2011 at 4:07 pm
[...] much going on this coming week, what with Carnival in Brooklyn on Labor day, whoamoan on Tuesday, Rebel Cupcake on Thursday and Hey Queen on Saturday. BUT in true bounce-back fashion, those of us going to Work [...]
12 Brooklyn Queer Nightlife–Rebel Cupcake Salute to John Waters on Thursday, September 8th | Queer Fat Femme // Sep 5, 2011 at 8:53 pm
[...] Overheard Mazarine on Music Monday: Lovers!Work Hard Stay Hard in TN … Party Hard in NYC to help! on Rebel Cupcake [...]
13 Exorcise: healing through sweating at the VENT festival Sept 25 // Sep 18, 2011 at 10:19 am
[...] finding these kind of performance spaces where we can experiment with new works; I’m thinking Rebel Cupcake is also surely on that list. Next this piece is upcoming at Brooklyn’s VENT Festival on Sept [...]
14 FALL into WINTER | coral short // Oct 3, 2011 at 3:53 pm
[...] working on new video and performance work. While staying there I will be also performing at Rebel Cupcake‘s themed event called OH [...]
15 Fall into winter… | Coral Short's News! // Oct 11, 2011 at 1:45 pm
[...] working on new video and performance work. While staying there I will be also performing at Rebel Cupcake‘s themed event called OH [...]
16 GAY SEX WEEK: The Queer Fat Femme Guide to Finding People to Have Gay Sex With You | Queer Fat Femme // Oct 17, 2011 at 8:40 pm
[...] Femme on Femme! Miss Mary Wanna gropes Fancy Feast. Both will be performing on November 12th at Rebel Cupcake’s Cat Party! All photos by Nogga Schwartz for Rebel Cupcake. [...]
17 Brooklyn! Next Thursday, February 9th, Rebel Cupcake Celebrates Prince! | Queer Fat Femme // Feb 3, 2012 at 9:49 am
[...] of Rebel Cupcake, it’s next week! You should come! all the details are below and on the Rebel Cupcake [...]
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