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BUZZ
Bushwig takes over Knockdown
Center for two-day festival
BY ANTHONY GIUDICE
AGIUDICE@RIDGEWOODTIMES.COM
@A_GIUDICEREPORT
Drag queens (and kings) from
far and wide converged on
the Knockdown Center in
Maspeth for a two-day celebration of
what makes drag fabulous during the
sixth annual Bushwig festival on Sept.
23 and 24.
Over the course of the two-day festival,
hundreds of drag queens took to
the GAG stage and put on spectacular
dances and lip syncing performances
full of makeup, glitter and props. The
audience went wild for each performer
as they danced and gyrated all over
the stage.
This is the second year that Bushwig
has come to the Knockdown Center, and
co-director of the event space, Tyler
Myers, called the event and the various
performances “a feast for the eyes.”
“It’s special because it is a great party.
It’s, in my opinion, best in class in
terms of this kind of event in New York
City,” he added. “It’s spectacular. It’s a
celebration really of drag, but also of
the lifestyle and a culture that needs
safe space.”
Drag queens were also ready to get
their groove on at the outdoor Love
Down Low stage where local and
international DJs spun tunes to get
everyone moving.
Horrorchata, the founder of Bushwig,
said he started Bushwig for his
small group of drag queen friends.
“All my friends were drag queens
and I said, ‘Let’s do a festival,’ and
that’s how it happened,” Horrorchata
said of the Bushwig festival. “It just
gets better every year and it gets bigger
every year,” Horrorchata said of
Bushwig. “It’s a festival of music, drag,
art and love. You come in here with a
big heart and everyone is just here to
have a good time.”
