CHERRY BOMB PRIDE : QUEER LOVE = POWER!
starring CB co-founders & resident party-rockers
COZMIC CAT & DENISE BENSON
joined by genre-fluid, high voltage DJs
SOUNDBOI - the longtime CB fave returns to make you sweat!
THIRDEYE - catch this fast-rising star in her CB debut
powerhouse stage performers:
JAG NOIR - burlesque. gogo. drag. power. presence . yes!
MANNY DINGO - shy boi & drag king with smooth, strong dance moves
NENO FREEBIRD - the singular, seductive burlesque bird of fire flies again
and soulful funk, disco & house vocalist
SHAHI - live on the mic!
…and more surprises at the super cool Mod Club Venue ..So what are you waiting for? See you on the dancefloor!
The Dynamic Duo behind 19 years of Cherry Bomb! Cozmic Cat and Denise Benson have always been on a mission to create inclusive fun flirty spaces for Toronto's Queer Women's community that highlight GOOD music and GOOD People. together they have hosted hundreds of events and booked countless Queer artists both locally, nationally and internationally. Individually they each have a long history of community and nightlife engagement : Denise Benson as DJ, writer, Broadcaster and Queer parent, and Cozmic Cat as DJ, Music producer, mentor, and promoter.
Manny Dingo is a full time Drag King, an amateur dj, self taught dancer, and sizzling seducer. *CHERRY BOMB DEBUT!
SHAHI is a vibrant Toronto-based R&B, soul, and pop singer, entertainer, and songwriter *CHERRY BOMB DEBUT!
A Cherry Bomb ICON! DJ Soundboi is a dynamic Toronto-based DJ celebrated in the city's queer and multicultural nightlife scenes. Known for an unmatched ability to blend high-energy genres—ranging from 80s/90s throwbacks and dancehall to soca and open-format hits—they are a frequent headliner at prominent local parties and events and a regular at Cherry Bomb Pride! A staple in Toronto's 2SLGBTQIA+ community. Soundboi regularly spins at these legendary Cherry Bomb events, providing an AMAZING dancefloor atmosphere for the BIPOC queer and non-binary communities. WE LOVE SOUNDBOI !!!
NENO FREEBIRD (she / they / them) Neno Freebird is an Afro-Indigenous 2Spirit Queer performance artist and fire like no other. Founding member of Toronto’s only Indigenous Burlesque Collective, “IndigiBabes,” this Bird has blazed stages with Les Femmes Fatales, Thirst Nation, The Royal Court, Under Wear, Indigenous Arts Fashion Festivals, Kreative Kulture, Montréal Suoni Festival and many more.