CHERRY BOMB QUEER PRIDE 2026!
Thank you from our 2026 fabulous performers :
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.
Jag Noir : An iconic performer, she takes on drag, dance, burlesque and more! *CHERRY BOMB DEBUT
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 !!!
- CHERRY BOMB DEBUT! fast-rising, Toronto-based Iranian-Canadian open-format DJ and curator. Known for her high-energy sets, she blends tech-house, Baile funk, UKG, and Latin club music, largely rooted in her Middle Eastern heritage and the energy of queer dance floor
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.
