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Queer convergence on the dance floor. Building connections between queer DJ scenes locally + yonder. Next: BIRDBATH Rusted x Bodywaves Sat July 25! ↘️

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This needed to live here in its entirety. BIRDBATH 💦 🐦 by @rustedto

BIRD WATCH: HOST SPOTLIGHT! 🦚🦢🦩✨

Host reveal! We’re fluffed to have two super special hosts for Saturday. They will be with us to squawk, chirp and strut, and maybe tell you the set times tea if you’re being a good bird.

Welcome to the flock
@nicoydavis @suzycreemcheese

Don’t have one of the few tickets left? Hit them up for their promo code while you can (but be quick about it) 💦🐦

See you @soleil_toronto Saturday, swan sirens! by @rustedto

Rusted and Bodywaves flock together to bring you BIRDBATH at @soleil_toronto Sat July 25 3-10PM. Tickets up now. Full info below…

A watering hole. A seasonal congregation. A refreshing gathering place to cool off, come together, squawk, chirp, strut, fluff your feathers and then take flight into the night. This is BIRDBATH.

Rusted and Bodywaves are moving things to into the daylight and the great outdoors, taking advantage of the summer weather and the lush oasis laid by our friends at Soleil, and gathering a mixed flock from across our city’s top-tier music conspiracy for an afternoon-into-evening of cooey convergence, luscious libations and sonic sensations.

Local breeds a plenty, our time together will be guided by the pristine plumage of several city species, with the special migratory return of a rare Pittsburgher Yinzer.

Listen for the distinct calls of:

@venusinfoil b2b @joeykilona (PGH) - back together after their Rusted debut in 2024!
@vivianrosas b2b @iconic__comfort
@max_mohenu
@susansarandy
@zell3rs

Don your flamboyant plumage, or come as you are, and make BIRDBATH a satiating stopover spot on your sultry summer migration.

Super early BIRD, early BIRD and general BIRD tickets available now until each flock has flown! Higher price at the door and may be very limited. Show your support and gobble those tickets up fast, fluffies!

Rain or shine!

Saturday, July 25
3-10PM
Soleil
1251 Dundas Street West by @rustedto

BIRD WATCH: DJ SPOTLIGHT! 🐦 🦆 🦜 💦

Saturday we flock together with artists and promoters from some of Toronto’s highest-flying collectives and parties, including Metamorphosis, Forever Night, Best In Town Sound, and Club XXX.

Local breeds a plenty, our Rusted x Bodywaves BIRDBATH will be guided by the pristine plumage of several city species, with the special migratory return of a rare Pittsburgher Yinzer.

Put your binoculars on and swipe to get to know them better…

Venus in Foil is a Toronto-based DJ whose sound fuses everything from tribal techno rhythms to gritty guitar, slippery psychedelia to sleazy new beat, swampy dub to oozy downtempo and beyond. Known for taking the dancefloor on an unexpected journey, she’s bound to play something you didn’t know you wanted to hear. Her latest projects include Club XXX and Dirt Rave, Freak Hours on CS Radio, and previously Combo Breaker and SOAK.

Born and raised on the three rivers of Pittsburgh, Joey Kilona has established himself as a DJ playing in underground venues across North and South America. In Pittsburgh, Joey is known as a co-founder of the dance party and collective, Transit. When on decks, his sounds are hypnotic and undulating ranging from electro to techno to acid house and all that falls in between.

musa is a Toronto based Latine DJ with a love of trancey, progressive big room tracks of the 90s. Known for exploring percussive and seductive sounds, musa digs deep to channel rhythmic euphoria through her selections. As one of the founding members of Best In Town Sound, she’s committed to uplifting and empowering underrepresented artists both on and off the dancefloor while intentionally creating safe spaces for artists and audiences to share their love of music.

manicure is a Toronto-based dj and former host of femme noise on n10.as radio. They occasionally throw DIY parties for friends and have previously shared bills with for livwutang and DJ Python.

Rose Hips aims to inspire movement, sensuality, and escapism on the dancefloor. The Toronto-born DJs’ love affair with dance music dates back to their younger years, spent living in Windsor and visiting Detroit, where they discovered electronic by @rustedto

@newhoqueen & @rustedto are bringing together queer underground sounds from across the Rust Belt and rooted in Queer Asian joy this Spring!

Featuring Pittsburgh’s @formosa.exe, whose genre-spanning sets weave italo-disco, electro, and breakbeat into hypnotic journeys; @999_adj, an archivist of Black music histories channeling global underground rhythms; and NHQ Co-Directors @discoraphy & @llcoolwei going b2b and delivering dynamic, high-energy sets shaped by community and craft.

April 11, 2026 | 10PM
334 Queen St. W. Toronto, ON
@rivolitoronto

Tickets on sale now. Ticket link in bio. by @rustedto

Thanks to all the dancers, artists, collaborators and venues that made 2025 our biggest year yet! We love you all so much and are so proud to be part of this city’s special queer community. Here’s to even more in 2026!

Thanks to all our DJs:
@marnigurl
@jcsuperfreak
@rickymawzlin
@frankieteardropx
@max_mohenu
@nkmoss
The Robotic Kid
@fawnbigcanoe
@youngteesh
@honchopgh
@deliciousdj_
@djhermano_
@jaw_jones
@susansarandy
@bareezalay
@brandonewingdavis

Our collaborators:
@puckerup_party
@weareyohomo
@susansarandy

The artists and performers who made us look good:
@derekaubichon
@heavy.machinery
@ryesq
@kingchella
@froglip_

The venues who graciously hosted us:
@eagletoronto
@cafeteria_____
@thebentway
@bsmt254toronto

And all of you!

xoxo Rusted by @rustedto

Rusted is back in the beloved basement, in the wicked west, for one last wiggle to close out 2025! 12/12 at @bsmt254toronto with @brandonewingdavis @bareezalay 🦬💋🏗️ Tickets up now via link in bio! More below…

We’re bringing you a taste of Buffalo and its brilliant @buddybuddy.fun party, a huge inspiration for us, via one of its founders, Buffalo/Buenos Aires-based icon Brandon Ewing. And no stranger to Buddy Buddy herself, opening things up is @puckerup_party party pal Critter, at your service to wash away the winter blues.

Brandon Ewing is a party producer, creative director, and DJ. Inspired by the community, freedom, and sound he’s found in the American queer underground, Brandon started the celebrated queer party Buddy Buddy in his hometown of Buffalo, New York. He currently lives in Buenos Aires, where he’s seamlessly integrated into its dancefloors. His talent has quickly taken him to iconic DJ booths like DEMI-MONDE and Fun Fun; for the latter, he recently released an exclusive mix.

Critter is a DJ, organizer, and bass freak from Halifax, Nova Scotia. Known for euphoric sets that are rooted in storytelling, her selections are expansive and emotionally charged, pairing whopping basslines and guttural wubs with heavenly melodies and ear-tickling textures. As an organizer, she’s eternally inspired by her love of the club, and is a founding member of the Toronto-based queer party series, PUCKER UP!

Chilly nights be damned, come warm up those cold bones with a sparkly dance floor moment!

Friday Dec 12 @bsmt254toronto (254 Lansdowne Ave)
Advanced tickets $20 + RA fee (link in bio), door tickets $25 cash only (subject to availability)
Doors at 10pm

Music by:
@brandonewingdavis
@bareezalay by @rustedto

It’s getting dark in here…

Calling all queerdos, weirdos, and parasites! We double dare you to enter HAUNTED HOUSE, a pre-Halloween seance rave at Toronto’s Black Eagle from the twisted minds of Sandy Watts and the Rusted crewwww.

Local freaks marnighoul, jawbone jones, and sandy wolfman watts will have you levitating with spooky, kooky, literally HAUNTED house music all night long.

Friday, October 24, 2025 @eagletoronto

$10 before 10:30pm, $15 after

9pm- late

19+

All corpses welcome!

Music by: @susansarandy @marnigurl @jaw_jones
Original Flyer by: @froglip_ by @rustedto

RUSTED RETURNS! Friday, Sept 26 with @djhermano_ @deliciousdj_ 🧱⚙️🍁

Something special about the Rust Belt and Great Lakes queer scene is how it not only brings its own community together so beautifully, but wholeheartedly welcomes in fine folks from all over, building and extending that community beyond just the region itself. From day one, Rusted has aimed to do the same, bringing in talent not only from the Rust Belt but from anywhere really - so long as the community connection is there.

With that, we’re celebrating both the homegrown and intercontinental connection this time around with an all Canada lineup (by way of Brazil).

We first encountered DJ Hermano when he played Honcho Campout in 2019. Since then, we’ve bumped elbows at BuddyBuddy in Buffalo and twirled together at Bodywaves in Toronto, and he’s hooked us on his dynamic sound and artistry. Originally from Brazil and now living in Montreal, DJ Hermano has a passion for music that has taken him across most of the continent, playing on the line-ups of major festivals, parties & clubs. Still influenced by his Brazilian roots, he incorporates editions from the 80s and 90s, as well as contemporary electronic music. He’s also released his own work, most recently the EP Discodrama this past March (which you should definitely check out).

Sharing the night is Toronto’s Disco Daddy, Delicious, an openly queer & trans DJ specializing in classic and deep house, disco and funk. Delicious has made a name for himself spinning at some of Toronto’s biggest queer events including Gay Rights, DFMO, Deep Inside, Love on Top and recently his own bi-monthly dance party, BODIES/BODIES/BODIES! Delicious truly lives up to his name, keeping things yummy and filling the floor with delectable dancevibes.

This Montreal/Toronto lineup is hot to trot, so bring your buds and let’s bash!

Friday, Sept 26 at @eagletoronto

Doors at 9pm. $10 before 10:30pm, $15 after.

Music by @djhermano_ @deliciousdj_
Poster by @derekaubichon

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RUSTED TURNS TWO!💥We’re back for a big ol’ bash Friday, May 30 with San Fran’s @nkmoss and @max_mohenu More ⬇️

It’s true, we’ve entered our terrible twos! Just in time for spring fever and a prelude to pride month, we’re ready to throw tantrums all over the dance floor with y’all in honour of two years of Rusted!

To celebrate, we’ve bringing a friend and longtime inspiration all the way from San Fransisco for his Toronto debut!

Nick Moss (he/him) crafts an enigmatic dance floor experience, guiding listeners through a captivating journey that seamlessly weaves genres and ventures into unexpected sonic realms. Through his efforts co-producing Quiche, an open-air dance party that made its debut on the San Francisco scene in 2021, and formerly through Kosmetik and Fault Radio’s KTV, Nick has been a pivotal player in the vibrant underground queer music scene of San Francisco for the past several years. His unconventional blending of experimental and left-field selections lends an intriguing quality to his unique and esoteric sound, leaving an indelible impression that lingers in the shadows of the mind.

Sharing the night is Toronto temptrex Rose Hips (they/them), a mainstay in queer nightlife who looks to inspire movement, sensuality, and escapism on the dance floor. Coming up in the underground music scene, Rose Hips’s love affair with dance music dates back to their early teenage years in Detroit, discovering electronic music, and dipping their toes into the city’s legendary party culture. Their selections nod to 90s producers, outliers, experimentalists, pop divas, and queer innovators who’ve inspired them to be bold and adventurous behind the decks. Rose Hips taps into the unrelenting bass, slinky percussion, and leftfield rhythms of house, techno, hard-drum, dembow, UK funky, and jersey club, seamlessly blending a wide range of vibrant, global club sounds.

Together these quiche queerdos will make their Rusted debut to help us mark two years of Rusted rowdiness! Come make history with us, honey hams!

Friday, May 30 at @eagletoronto
Doors at 9pm. $10 before 10:30pm, $15 after.
Music by @nickmoss @max_mohenu
Poster by @derekaubichon

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Attention dancers! Attention lovers of Hot Mass, Campout and queer dance music gatherings! This is not a drill! For our second Pride Sunday celebration Together, we’ve gone major and invited our friends from HONCHO to come and DJ from sunset into starlight under the bridge,
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Join us SUNDAY, June 29 from 4-10 as @honchopgh headlines TOGETHER with extra special local guests @rustedto - one of our fave collectives who build connections through DJ sounds locally and yonder. They’ve curated a shimmering afternoon of local queer DJs and talent. DJs @the_robotickid and @fawnbigcanoe will kick things off with a B2B not to miss, and a headline set from queen @youngteesh
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Expect BIG SOUND, BIG LOVE and a BEAUTIFUL DAY of collaboration and powerful music you won’t be hearing anywhere else in the city on Pride Sunday.
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We’re so proud of this Pride Sunday venture we keep building with friends and fam and can’t wait to keep the party going with you, rain or shine or shine and shine!
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TICKET LINK IN BIO via DICE APP only! by @rustedto