@gin_likeginandtonic

This is a really painful announcement. But due to this period of national mourning, Hackney Council made the decision to cancel Hackney Carnival. Although our day-programme has been canceled. Hackney Carnival might continue with a new program in a couple of weeks, but we are unsure at this time if it will go ahead or if we can participate. We will still continue with our Fundraising event at Vogue Fabrics Dalston from 5pm till midnight. We believe it’s important for our community and our members to get together at what was supposed to be the first time we’re all back together since the pandemic. I want to thank everyone who offered Faggamuffin support to get where we are today. Without you, this opportunity would not have come about. Moving forward we are looking to resource Faggamuffin and we plan to move forward in abundance. We have learned so much over the last 5 years. The Mas Band will be back next year, and we will be working with Tropical Isles, Beldyésmás, and a former Notting Hill Mas Band member to make sure that our float is top of the line. 2023 will be the first year that we see a QTBIPOC Mas Band on road for a Carnival! The support, the need, the community is there - and together we will make this dream, this historic moment, a reality! The Soundsystem will also be back next year, as the cuts to Soundsystem from Hackney Carnival saw that we were unable to presume our normal programming. But we will not back down, and 2023 we will be back with our free, open-air, soundsystem programming featuring the artists and performers who have come up with Faggamuffin the last 5 years, and hopefully seek to build that roster. We want to thank everyone who offered us support to get where we are today. Without you, this opportunity would not have come about. Moving forward we will seek to make sure we are resourced so we can continue to champion the community that have come with us as Faggamuffin Bloc Party up until this point. Follow @faggamuffinblocparty Our crowdfunder can be found in my bio! Afterparty-fundraiser tickets in bio!

TONIGHT we’re on till late and the night is always young… Join us @nitedykez in the mothership that is @dsuperstore tonight Thursday 8th 9pm-LATE £6 entry - dm me for GL 😁 2 floors of pure House music! 😍😍 Dykez dress to sweat to floor fillers from East Londons finest! 🔥🔥 @tryb_official @gin_likeginandtonic @doubledenimboyband @micacoca @dj_qu33nie See you in the dance! 💃🏻💃🏻 📸 slide 1: @h.a.n.archive

The last pride season activation for @stonewalluk yesterday ✅🥹 I work for part-time Stonewall UK as their community events lead, delivering events and logistics for Pride activations, conferences and more. 💕🙌🏾🙃🤓

Exited to be back in the mothership supporting @tboys.club for their debut night - so very much looking forward to playing b2b with my homie from 11:30-01:30 Line up is 👌🏾 new and familiar faces @sadqueersclub @micacoca @nitedykez @whatsthemahta @drybabe @prinxchiyo and more!

That was very cute. Thanks @hkw_berlin for having me repping @faggamuffinblocparty with @lyallhakaraia & @blackobsidian_soundsystem with @mellowdramatics_ Was so nice to see some familiar faces @_sippin_t & @dr_ronx @djbiggyc 🥰🥰🥰 & meeting new beautiful humans such as @badgyal.felisha @876alchemist @govoi @jaevionn @serakalo to name a few - being in community with you made the weekend so nurturing, especially when exploring such sensitive topics. Thank you to Phil Collins and Sinisia and the team at HKW Jessica and Anja for facilitating this space. I hope we can continue to build on the conversations we started over the weekend. It’s so important to me that speaking and practicing communicating in community is a part of my practice as a cultural curator, as an event producer and as a creative. About Desire Lines; (more in my linktree) What does it mean to be queer in the Caribbean, Pan-Caribbean and other island imaginaries? Artists, scholars and activists from Jamaica, Trinidad, Latin America’s Caribbean coast and the UK connect with Berlin’s diasporic queer communities and allies to address issues around queer love from a decolonial and intersectional perspective. Presentations, conversations and performances intertwine with a social space for gathering, cooking, partying and emancipatory imagination. With and from Moji Anderson, Beyond Homophobia, DJ Biggy C, Black and Gay Back in the Day, B.O.S.S. (Black Obsidian Sound System), Phil Collins, Kiera Coward Deyell, Faggamuffin Bloc Party, Lalo Gomes / LaLoVe's Kitchen, Andil Gosine, Lyall Hakaraia, Simone Harris, Anna Heitger, Chris Herrera Gallardo, Erin C. MacLeod, Radju Mirski, Jao Moon, Aérea Negrot, Jaevion Nelson, Angelique V. Nixon, Richard Ochoa, Simon(e) Jaikiriuma Paetau, Refuge Worldwide, Sippin’ T, Marc Thompson, Gin Wilson and others

The official afterparty… This one is a bit special and close to my heart ❤️🤘🏾 Been with UK Black Pride for nearly two years, and I am beyond ecstatic that we have a live in-person event after nearly 3 years… this Sunday, 14th of August, Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park in Stratford, if you don’t know this is the OG of Pride celebrations 😎 12pm-9pm free entry check @ukblackpride for details The afterparty starts 10pm ends 4am at fabric. It’s been an awesome journey and am so happy to have worked with @nadine_noor @ryanlanji @sadiesinner @pxssypalace @nazar.ldn & of course @fabriclondonofficial to deliver the OFFICIAL UK BLACK PRIDE afterparty. 3 rooms, 3 collectives, 30+ artists… This is gonna be an incredible night worthy of UK Black Pride. Big huge thank you to @ladyphyll for believing in me! Who is COMING!!!! Ticket link 🎟 in BIO!! Once they’re gone they’re GONE 💥 💥 no guestlist - support us! Get ur tix! 📸 Slide 1: @h.a.n.archive

DJing on Saturday for my friends over at MIND UR HEAD ❤️‍🔥 @_mindurhead at @theyardtheatre SATURDAY 13th AUG / 10-3 It’s a queer dance platform & party performances by: SAKEEMA SOPHIE BRAIN JATIE TUCKER (PETRI DELIGHTS) djs GIN, ALO3, MATRAKAZ light by JOSHIE HARRIETTE ✨Ticket link in my bio ☝🏾 Made with love @fraserfab @movementbypierre @sakeemathecrook @sophbrain @jatietucker matrakaz @alo3___ @gin_likeginandtonic @joshieharriette @_mindurhead 📸 Slide 1: Taken from @soccerbible ALL POWER: Bass Bins to Top Bins @tri3halewis @stephaniesiansmith 📸 Slide 2: Poster for Mind Your Head @_mindurhead 📸 Slide 3: @takenbymarshall

Tonight… 🛼 SKATE JAM IN BRIXTON VILLAGE 🛼 COME THROUGH! 💥💥TODAY, Monday 8th August, we are transforming the village into a SKATE CLUB, for one night only (Yup, we’re for real) 🎉 Skaters will be invited to the dancefloor - taking over the walkways of Brixton Village’s Market Row - to show off their best tricks, spins and dips 🤸🏽‍♂️ In partnership with Black Obsidian Sound System, a collective of queer, trans and non-binary BIPOC talent, the event will be headlined by the one and only @jayjayrevlon, @kaspa_uk, @markashleyd and gin_likeginandtonic 🎶 What’s more Franco Manca will be providing the pizza and Market Row Rum will be on site with a pop up bar 🔥 Tickets cost £12 for skaters and £8 for non-skaters, who will have access to the bar and chill out areas to enjoy DJs. PS: If you’re taking to the rink… you must B.Y.O.S (bring your own skates). Link in bio 🤘🏾🤘🏾🤘🏾

This Saturday… the 6th of August 18:00-23:00pm, @faggamuffinblocparty continue the QTBIPOC celebration and visibility within the context of Carnival @southbankcentre 🌇 Come celebrate not only the fifty years of Pride, but also Jamaica’s 60th Independence anniversary. It will be a commemoration of the resilience, the strength and the positive changes the QTBIPOC LGBTQ+ community & individuals made within Britain. This event is FREE to attend and take place on the Riverside Stage. More information about the event in the link in my bio☝🏾above☝🏿

There aren’t many Lovers Rock, Rocksteady, Reggae, Ska, Calypso, Old School Dancehall, Dub, Mento, Jamaican Soul nights playing solely the classic records from the 60s/70s & 80s. We will be bridging this older music and delivering it to a newer audience, breaking down the previous barriers of past generations, making a dancehall atmosphere that is inclusive for all regardless of gender or spirituality. Shakedown brings back the love and enjoyment of the dance! We use the music as a means of education for our guests taking them on audible journeys through time, with carefully selected Dj's, Mc's and special guest singers. Soundsystem culture and the Jamaican dancehall have a big part to play in the modern music scene, and the essence and spirit of Carnival and the dancehall is what Shakedown pride themselves on for a new generation. A lot of people forget there wouldn’t be modern genres without Soundsystem culture from Jamaica and the Caribbean having such a major influence in the UK since the wind rush times. Things wouldn’t have been the same and we’d like to celebrate the Caribbean bearings older genres have had on the way UK culture has developed over time. Playing all vinyl, and with a majority female lineup, we differ from most other male led Dj's and Sound Systems in the reggae scene. PRESENTING .. SHAKEDOWN @southbankcentre Riverside Terrace Friday 5 Aug 5:30-10:30pm FREE FOR ALL Featuring.. NZINGA SOUNDZ @nzingasoundz DUBPLATE PEARL @dubplate_pearl MC CHICKABOO @mcchickaboo Supporting talent: GIN & ASH WALKER @ashwalkermusic Full line up and schedule via link in my bio 💥☝🏾 Slide 2: credit to @takenbymarshall Slide 1,3,4: @southbankcentre

Faggamuffin Bloc Party @faggamuffinblocparty is bringing the Carnival spirit to Southbank on the 6th of August, and you are invited! We are continuing our QTBIPOC celebration and visibility within the context of Carnival, this time at the heart of the cultural scene in London, Southbank Centre. Taking inspiration from the current exhibition at Hayward Gallery: In the Black Fantastic, Southbank Centre have expanded and invited Black creatives and artists to explore how fantasy shows up in their lives and how it influences the Black creative and cultural landscape. Black and Brown QTBIPOC lives have played a tremendous role in this landscape and you are invited to join in celebrating the pride in our community.   Hosted by @badlaydee and @rotriplex , Faggamuffin Bloc Party have curated an amazing line up of DJs and Live Acts! Get ready to  bruk out to the sounds of our DJs @donnie_sunshine @malikagreen_ and @scarlettk_riddims , and hear amazing original music by the incredibly talented Mc/Rapper/Producer @ladylykez and new up and coming talent @soundofdaniel Come join us in unity where we will celebrate not only the fifty years of Pride, but also Jamaica’s 60th Independence anniversary and will be a commemoration of the resilience, the strength and the positive changes the QTBIPOC LGBTQ+ community & individuals made within Britain. Come join us in unity! The event will take place on the Riverside Stage at @southbankcentre this coming 6th of August from 6pm to 10:30pm. This event is FREE to attend. Link in bio 🔥or via @faggamuffinblocparty

@bodymovementsfestival was so fun yesterday! Our 3.5hr set with @nitedykez at @growhackney was 👌🏾👌🏾 so happy to be doing b2bs again with my bff @micacoca 🥳🥳🥳 Here’s a glimpse of our lil adventure into Hackney Wick, follow @nitedykez for more..! 📸 @takenbymarshall