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28/02/2025

Follow-Up Statement

23/10/2024

10/10/2024

THIS SATURDAY we’re coming in HOT 🔥

we’ve got a takeover with our sis at the bar, for as part of 2024 Installation Series at
nachiappan started Arti Hard out of pure love for music and dance just like us! Arti’s all about giving y’all a blend of audio-visual magic. Plus, we’re hyped to showcase some q***r art posters by .fleming including our own Qiwa designs by , with all profits supporting PoC artists in Scotland. 💗

We’ll also be bringing the new Magnetic Lashes no glue, all glam. Lightweight, comfy, reusable, and serving drama all day. We’ll have a stylist on hand to find the perfect fit for your eye shape, and don’t forget it’s special offer: three for the price of two! 💅🏽

And you KNOW the lineup is stacked with some of the best British and local Scottish divas. This one’s gonna be major we can’t wait to see y’all there!💃🏽🪬💗💘

22/09/2024

Just less than a week until we are back to the .poetry.club.glasgow 28/09 11-3pm for a special collaboration with .gla PAPI VS HABIB where SWANA and Latina girlies are taking over! 💃🏽💅🏽

is the inspiration behind this night, You already know the vibe, so come dressed to impress. We’re giving out prizes £50🏆 for the best-dressed, so channel your inner Shakira, the ultimate Arab/Latina crossover queen. Celebrating your culture is not only necessary, but it’s *C*NT*!

50% of the tickets sold already, so papi, grab your tickets now, as it’s a small venue so you don’t miss it ❤️‍🔥

We’ve got a B2B lineup of Arab vs. Latinx pop hits all night! Expect a mix of Latin pop, ballroom, Brazilian funk, and SWANA tunes from QTWOC artists that’ll have you shaking what your mama gave you.

Around midnight, we’ll have performances (drag queens/ belly dance and more), a best-dressed competition. .riveraa
Art work by the amazing

See you on the dance floor! 💘

13/09/2024

Next Sunday 22nd we are having a night of QTPOC excellence at the Wee Red Bar!

The x .cherry collaboration we were all craving for💋🍒

Meet your performers:
Witch Bitch invites you to experience a mystical performance, hold on to the edge of your seats because Witch Bitch is about to cast a spell on you with her sexy and alluring looks and tricks!

My name is Aderayo, and I’m a visual artist and singer based in Glasgow. My art ranges from really in depth movement pieces to more sexually liberated pieces and also just fun, happy ones. As for singing I’m currently undergoing a jazz voice training programme. I have background in acting, modelling, musical theatre and fine art so my pieces make for an immersive experience that keep people HOOKED!

Your hosts:
BUTCH CA$HIDY is your favourite handsome himbo hunk here to deliver you your daily recommended serving of organic, ethically sourced beef. Butch’s performances are packed full with muscles, energy, and… more muscles. Prepare to sigh, swoon, and be swept off your feet by Edinburgh’s most dashing drag king!

And of course Kiki Rivera, Scotland’s latin diva❤️‍🔥

We will also have music from legends and until midnight!

Ticket link in bio, see you then!❤️
Artwork by the incredible .png 🫶🏽

10/09/2024

We are still not over our Vogue Night at for the Fringe Festival!🔥Thanks to our stunning lineup and everyone that helped us put on this amazing event❤️

You guys were an amazing crowd as always, thanks so much for partying with us, and maybe we see you again at the same place soon?👀

Here are some of our favorite shots of the night by 💖

05/09/2024

Edinburgh’s fiercest PoC shows join forces for one night! Q’iwa and Saffron Cherry are bringing to you an event full of diverse talent, and good vibes all around! Starting with a fabulous cabaret hosted by icons Kiki Rivera and Butch Ca$hidy featuring an all-QPOC cast of performers, expect to be amazed! To end the night we will have music from stunning DJs Ria and Bellarosa until midnight!

Doors: 8pm
Show starts: 8:30pm

Ticket Info:
Q’iwa & Saffron Cherry have built an amazing community of q***r and trans POC over the last 2 years of their existence. Together they we exist as the only two QPOC cabarets in Scotland, and for this reason it’s really important for us to keep putting on events like this and cultivating q***r POC joy. We stand for providing well-paid opportunities for QTPOC performers, and affordable tickets for QTPOC folk. In order to continue doing all of these things, we need to raise funds. If you appreciate the work that Q’iwa and Saffron Cherry do, or if you’re feeling generous, please choose the Generous Ticket option.

As our events centre q***r and trans people of colour, we have tiered ticketing prices to make the event more accessible to those who it is aimed for. If you are not QTPOC, but are marginalised based on another factor e.g. sexuality, gender, ethnicity, please choose the “Ally” ticket tier.

If you aren’t able to afford a ticket please DM us, we have a limited number of free tickets available, QTPOC will be given precedence. There will also be a limited amount of full-price tickets on the door.

11/08/2024

Are you ready to show that you’re truly part of this community and care about our people?

One of our friends has decided, after just over two years of being on testosterone privately, that they would like to start getting ready for top surgery. Due to the cost and the need to go private for this surgery, they don’t feel able to save up all the money by themselves. For their safety and privacy, we’re unable to share their name, but on Instagram, they’re known as .of.thehawk.

We’re hosting a fundraiser night on the 23rd of August at Club. All proceeds from ticket sales will go towards their surgery, except for a small portion to cover the artists’ and performers’ travel expenses.

You can donate through the GoFundMe link in our bio, or you can support by attending the club night by purchasing a ticket, also available in our bio.

10/08/2024

More information ahead of our party tonight!
Unfortunately Bambi can’t join us anymore, but it will still be a fabulous night, all night long💖

We are stopping tickets on RA at 6pm, and you can buy tickets at the door £14 for everyone.
See you tonight💋

02/08/2024

You wanna see a taste of authentic ballroom culture? Well, contrary to fairytales, this ball starts at midnight!

As part of our Vogue Night Party next Saturday 10th, we are having a mini ball with three categories only!
No one will believe us, but we will start EXACTLY at midnight!! Once your category is called be ready to line up at the back because we will close it before people start walking!!

There is no dress code, come prepared and bring it to the floor to sn**ch one of the three trophies!🔥

Judges: .revlon 💖

Full set times, and event policies will be posted next week, dm if you have any questions for now!

Mwuah!

[ID: Background picture is from our Pride Party, Zutana and Kiki are both dipping on the floor, zutana is wearing a brown mini dress and black boots, and Kiki has a mesh top and green boots. In front the judges are living for them, with Palestine decorations in the back, as well as photographer Jiayi and DJ 3MR.
There are also two added pics, on the top left, a rectangular square has a close of Simba, a black q***r individual, and on the middle right there is a square with a close of Jamie’s face, a blonde trans girl, posing elegantly.
On top of the pictures is all the information in white bold font.]

25/07/2024

Thank you all for an amazing Pride, that’s a wrap for pride season!

However, it’s not our last summer party to celebrate our pride, as every Q’iwa event is a celebration of our q***rness and community! We hope to see you all on August 10th at our Vogue Night party at summerhall❤️

Pictures by .insydneyi 💖