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Bushwig returns to Maspeth for two days of drag festival fun
BY ANTHONY GIUDICE
AGIUDICE@RIDGEWOODTIMES.COM
@A_GIUDICEREPORT
Bushwig — billed as Bushwick’s
biggest drag festival — is returning
to Queens this weekend at
the Knockdown Center in Maspeth
for two days full of drag queens (and
kings), funky music, delicious food and
drinks and over-the-top performances.
Entering its fi ft h year, Bushwig will
entertain the masses over two days —
Saturday, Sept. 23, and Sunday Sept.
24 — with more than two stages’ worth
of performances by over 150 acts, an
outdoor disco, a food vendor area, and
pop-up shops for all the thrift y queens
and kings out there.
More than 100 drag performers
will grace Bushwig’s main stage, the
GAG Stage, featuring international
and local drag talent. World-famous
and local favorites will be spinning
the tunes at the Love Down Low stage,
Bushwig’s outdoor disco paradise.
To see a full list of performers, DJ’s
and musicians that will be fl aunting
their goods over the weekend, visit
Bushwig’s website.
If visitors are feeling hungry, they
can head to Bushwig’s food vendor
space located right next to the Love
Down Low stage. There will also be
plenty of local vendors where kings
and queens will find home-made
products, vintage items, re-purposed
clothing, trinkets, T-shirts, art, wigs,
shoes and more.
Advanced tickets are currently
on sale for a two-day pass, a
single-day Saturday pass, a single
day Sunday pass, or a two-day
VIP weekend pass which includes
admission for both days, a Bushwig
shirt, entrance to the VIP bar,
a meet-and-greet with Bushwig’s
headliner (Sunday only), opportunity
to jump the line, and access
to an on-call VIP liaison who will
help with booking cars for travel,
setting up the meet-and-greet and
answering general questions.
Knockdown Center is located at 52-
19 Flushing Ave. Bushwig is for adults
aged 21 and older, and doors will open
at 1 p.m. on both days with the fi rst
show kicking off at 2 p.m., and will
close at 11 p.m.
For more information and to
purchase tickets, visit Ticketfl y or
Bushwig.com.
Chipping in for new trees across Ridgewood
Members of the board of the
Ridgewood Property Owners
& Civic Association,
responsible for surveying several
hundred new street tree locations
in Councilwoman Elizabeth Crowley’s
portion of Ridgewood, recently
joined the Councilwoman in
planting one of the fi rst new street
trees. Joining the Councilwoman
(center) are (standing, from left to
right) Paul Kerzner, Luis Rodriquez,
Domingo Santos, Councilwoman
Elizabeth Crowley, Maryellen
Borello, Peggy O’Kane, Simon Orr
and Voytec Octawiec. In the foreground
are Patricia Grayson and
Geoff rey Elkind.
Photo by Angela Dykshorn
Photo courtesy of Bushwig
The annual Bushwig drag festival is returning to the Knockdown Center in Maspeth.
