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AND THE CATEGORY IS: LUMINESCE ✨ 

A SOMArts and Oakland To All collaboration
All ages, November 15, 2025, 5-11pm

🎤 On the mic, the International Icon Dashaun Basquiat 

🎵 Beats by Oakland’s Up & Coming Legend DJ Spiider

🪩 Pre-Show by Aurris Garçon 

Get your tickets: luminesceball.eventbrite.com 🌟 Admission is sliding scale donation $15–$55 
No one turned away for lack of funds / ball walkers & house leaders DM for discount code

THANK YOU:
Svane Family Foundation @svanefoundation
SOMA West CBD @somawestcbd
Trans Thrive @trans_thrive 
What’s TEA @whatstea_sfchc 
LYRIC @lyricsf
SF AIDS Foundation @sfaidsfound
California College of the Arts @cacollegeofarts
Emergence Collective @emergence444 

Photo credit: Kaya Thoresen @callherkaya
Flyer by @rox.paper.scissor taken in SOMArts Cultural Center by @emergence444
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When you’re both the designer and the model 😏🔥 I spent over a month creating this stunning ombré glitter mermaid crochet dress - completely handmade and freestyled from my imagination! 🧜🏼‍♀️✨🪡🧵 @nickisdollhouse @faithtrustpixiedustgems 

📍 @fluid510 Emergence Fashion Show @emergence444 @gaiaw0rldwide 

#crochet #crocheting #crochetdress #handmade #artistssupportingartists #supportlocalartists #handmadeclothes #crochetdresses #handmadewithlove #ombrecrochet #glittercrochet #bayarea #bayareaartist taken in Oakland, California by @emergence444
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I just met this sweet lady @thegrannyog at my fashion show tonight and she told me I make all the grandmas happy with my crochet designs 🥹🩷 Moments like this remind me why I love what I do.. creating art that makes people feel something. 💫

Thank you so much for featuring my handmade designs in your show! @emergence444 @gaiaw0rldwide @j3miniii @fluid510

Crochet 🧶  by me @faithtrustpixiedustgems @nickisdollhouse taken in Oakland, California by @emergence444
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CALLING ALL🔊🤯 QT STREET DEMONS 🪩👅 FASHION WH0R3Z🧚‍♂️👙 EGGS 🥚 PROUD H0MOSEXUALS 🏳️‍🌈👏 GENEROUS ANONYMOUS CHASERZ🤐🦚 PREMIUM FISH AND ACTION FIGURES 🧜‍♀️🦪🤴AND MULTI-GENDERED BADDIES WORLDWIDE ‼️👯‍♂️🫦 HEY YOU FREAKY FREAKS 😈🖤 CANT MAKE IT TO FOLSOM WEEKEND⛓️‍💥 OR CAN’T WAIT TO GET FREAKED UP AND FREAKED OUT FOR 🎃HALLOWEEN🎃? 👻 COME 💦 JOIN US AT @fluid510 for ❤️‍🔥F R E A K, THE OFFICIAL LGBTQIA2S+🫡🌈 FASHION SHOW AFTER PARTY 

DETAILS
G0CKTOBER 11TH 2025
10PM-LATE
21+
COSTUMES STRONGLY ENCOURAGED
$20 ONLINE OR AT THE DOOR/ QTBIPOC NOTAFLOF (CIS CHASERS PAY $50)

🤡👨🏾‍🎤COSTUME COMPETITION💃🏻🧛‍♀️ (12:30am) FOR U FASHIONABLE FREAKS ($$ + SEXY PRIZES!!)
Categories are:
Freak on a Leash
Itty Bitty Freaky Bikini
Monster Freak
Queen of the Freaks
Freak-King

DJS:
DUVALÍN 🍬🍭👅 B3B
DJ Bex Ecchi 🐰 (@c0n.__.chile )
DJ Caótico 🕷️ (@_d.igi )
DJ Esoterix 🔮 (@geminthenight )
ESTRELLA 🌠 (@f0rgivingeach0fus ) B2B QUEERMOM👽 (@queermom )

PERFORMANCES AND ACTIVATIONS:
SUSPENSION SHIBARI PERFORMANCE 🪢💋 by Mari Cherry (@cherryknotties ) 
⛓️DOMME DUNGEON⛓️ by Dom Demi (@dom__demi )
SPANK AND IMPACT PLAY BOOTH 💅⚠️ by Lilith Spillz (@lilithspillz )

VENDORS
@zitlalithehuman 🪡
@pixiedust0 🫀
@omn.online 🦷
@danniblackmaan 🌻
@kissedbychains ⛓️
@soyfresssa 🍓
PHOTOBOOTH BY @narciee 🎞️

This is a 21+ EVENT
MASKS ENCOURAGED + PROVIDED SHOW
WE WILL HAVE FENTY TESTS STRIPS ONSITE
NO ICE, QUEER BASHERS, UNRULY FREAKS, OR CREATURES THAT THREATEN HARM UPON THIS COMMUNITY

LIBERATION IS NOW
QUEER JOY TODAY
CREATIVE EXPRESSION BELONGS TO US ALL
SEXUAL LIBERATION IS TIED TO BLACK AND BROWN LIBERATION
LETS GET OUR FREAK ON TOGETHER AND CHANGE THE WORLD
WE LOVE YOU <3 SEE YOU FREAKS THERE!!!!!! by @emergence444
13
a year ago
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In collaboration with SOMArts, CCA, and Oakland to All, EMERGENCE cordially invites all LGBTQIA2S+ Bay Area Designers to apply to design for LUMINESCENCE, a community workshop series and Ball, which premieres November 15th!

6 EMERGENCE designers will be selected and awarded $100 to take part in this incredible project!! Further details will be provided later, but we invite you (or other designers you know!) to APPLY TODAY! Applications will close September 30th and Official Designers will be selected and notified by October 1st! Sign up at bit.ly/luminesce-designer (link in bio)

((QTBIPOC designers prioritized))

PLUS, even if you are not selected for the stipend, you can still submit your garments and accessories to be worn by local performers in the showcase 🤩

pics from @oaklandtoall by @emergence444
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AKIKO (@k1kipaintz) shot by @beau.bleau 

writing trans mythologies from the side of the road. this is how i want us to be remembered ⚔️

dress & necklace by @j3miniii 
earrings by @sadiegreyduck 
hair by @snippedbysalem 
nails by @baddie.essentials.bayarea by @emergence444
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BAKULA (@mr.b4byplut0.o) shot by @beau.bleau 

shedding skins. thank you to half a cow, my snake, ancestral bog, and the body of the earth. an extremely sacred piece born from remembrance and connection. transform the trash/treasure of the past to create the future.

leather pants and bodily adornment (wire, clay, solder, glass, snakeshed, peat moss) handmade by @j3miniii 

staff by @sadiegreyduck 

modeled and inspired by @mr.b4byplut0.o 

hair: @snippedbysalem 
makeup: @metztonaluz 
nails: @baddie.essentials.bayarea by @emergence444
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EMERGENCE: FUTURE ANCESTORS LOOK 32

Designer: @gaiaw0rldwide 
Model: @boy.gecko 
Mask: @sadiegreyduck 
Makeup: @chelc.yi 
Nails: @baddie.essentials.bayarea 
Photographers: @_d.igi @liamisavisualartist @ryder2.8 (tagged) by @emergence444
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a year ago
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Join us at SOMArts Cultural Center for free Runway and Vogue workshops in partnership with Oakland To All. These workshops will culminate with a performance at the pre-show at The Luminesce Ball on November 15. Space is limited, all levels are welcome!

🌟Register by tapping the link in bio🌟 (LINK that will send people to the right place to sign-up)

✨IMPORTANT DATES✨
Registration Deadline:
Wednesday, September 16

Dress & Tech Rehearsal:
Thursday, November 13, 6–8PM

The Luminesce Ball:
Saturday, November 15

Both workshops will be held at SOMArts on Thursdays. Vogue Performance Workshops will be from 6–7:30 PM and Runway Performance Workshops will be from 7:30–9 PM:

• September 25
• October 2
• October 9
• October 16
• October 23
• October 30

➡️ Tap the link in bio to register! by @emergence444
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EMERGENCE: FUTURE ANCESTORS LOOKS 30 & 31

Designer: @j3miniii 
Sword & Staff: @sadiegreyduck 

LOOK 30
Model: @mr.b4byplut0.o 
Hair: @snippedbysalem 
Makeup: @metztonaluz 
Nails: @baddie.essentials.bayarea 

LOOK 31
Model: @k1kipaintz 
Hair: @snippedbysalem 
Makeup: @metztonaluz 
Nails: @baddie.essentials.bayarea 

Photographers: @ryder2.8 @_d.igi @liamisavisualartist (tagged) by @emergence444
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EMERGENCE: FUTURE ANCESTORS LOOK 29

Designer: @jordan.mashallah 
Model: @cinnadad 
Hair: @jordan.mashallah 
Makeup: @kate._.bee 
Photographers: @beau.bleau @liamisavisualartist (tagged) by @emergence444
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a year ago
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EMERGENCE: FUTURE ANCESTORS LOOKS 26-28

Designer: @j.ehren 

LOOK 26
Model: @_ara.rae 
Hair & Makeup: @_ara.rae 

LOOK 27
Model: @its.brintey.binch 
Hair: @hexdyed 
Makeup: @its.brintey.binch 

LOOK 28
Model: @theelotus 
Hair & Makeup: @theelotus 

Photographers: @_d.igi @liamisavisualartist (tagged) by @emergence444
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a year ago
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