Let Yourself Shine!

A Celebration of Authentic Self-Expression

  • Interactive Art
  • Music & Dancing
  • Live Performances
  • Burlesque
  • Silent Art Auction
  • Strut Your Stuff Contest

Saturday Feb 28th @ iOTheater. Doors Open 7PM

Calling all art lovers, misfits, dreamers, soul-searchers, & all those who strain against the boxes we’re placed in by those who seek to tell us who we are.

All proceeds after costs go the Brave Space Alliance, a Black-led non-profit advocating for Trans, LGBQ+, and Black communities.

  • All labor for this event is 100% volunteer-based.
  • Costs include venue rental and materials – nobody is getting paid.
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You're Invited!

Bring your truest self, your creativity & an open heart for a joyful evening filled with…

TimeSchedule
7:00 PMDance Floor – DJs – Ambient Performers –
8:30 PMLive Band
9:00 PMStage Show
10:00 PMDance Floor – DJs – Ambient Performers
11:00 PMStrut Your Stuff Contest – Kitchen Closes
11:30 PMDance Floors – DJs – Ambient Performers – until doors close
12:00 AMArt Auction Closes
1:00 AMDoors Close

Come as your shiniest self, literally or figuratively! Wear your fancy pants, or your unfancy pants if that’s your jam, or no pants! (Keep it legal :) Just be YOU.

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Volunteer

How a party, becomes a community.

We’re seeking artists, performers, donations, and volunteers to bring the night to life.

This is a volunteer run event by members of the Chicago burning man community. We are channeling our love of artistic expression to build allyship with & support our gender diverse community.

We believe that upholding the values of Radical Self-Expression & Radical Inclusion align deeply with this cause. 

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Brave Space Alliance

Our Beneficiary

Brave Space Alliance (BSA) is a Black trans-led LGBTQ+ center on the South Side of Chicago that creates and provides affirming and culturally competent services for the entire LGBTQ+ community of Chicago. A small, brave group of individuals founded BSA in 2017 to fill the significant gap in advocacy, programs, and services that center and are led by trans and gender expansive people.

We strive to empower, embolden, and educate each other as we build toward the liberation of all marginalized people.

Thank you to our fiscal sponsor

Bold Urban Renaissance Network (B.U.R.N.), a nonprofit organization which fosters community arts through grass-roots projects & civic collaboration.

We seek to create, display, & support interactive arts & civic participation that inspires action & connects people by moving them from passive spectators to creative participants.

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We Keep Us Safe

We Keep Us Safe (WKUS) is dedicated to creating safety for each other on a variety of levels that are vital our communities today from within a paradigm of burner values.

We’re a tiny, autonomous collective that’s still gestating. We’re discovering our power to help facilitate good data hygiene, know-your-rights, first aid & harm reduction, non-violent communication, mutual aid, and psychological safety.