Party time
get your best moves ready!
• Bathing Suit 👙
• Chanclas 🩴
• Sunglasses 😎
• Sunblock skin care 🧴
• Towels 💦
What to bring?
let's make some waves!
Are you ready for some fun in the sun? ☀️
We are ready to deliver with not one, not two, but three MEGA Pool Parties! 🥳
We are bringing high profile Queer DJ’s to spin, a mix of reggeatton, perreo, salsa, bachata, hip hop, and more. All three days at the 5th Annual QALDF.
Join us for great music, your favorite beverage, the California sun & a pool to dip in! If your feeling the energy, participate in the dance competition happening at the Sunday Funday Pool Party! We guarantee , you do not want to miss this.
DJ ak (12:00 pM - 2:30 PM)
DJ tatiana (2:30 PM - 5:00 Pm)
Sunday 11TH - 1:00 PM - 5:00 pm
DJ femme papi (1:00 pM - 3:00 PM)
DJ olga t (3:00 PM - 5:00 Pm)
Saturday 10TH - 1:00 PM - 5:00 pm
DJ EMANCIPATION (12:00 PM - 2:00 PM)
DJ ACE (2:00 PM - 4:00 Pm)
friday 9TH - 12:00 PM - 4:00 pm
mega Pool Parties
choose your favorIte color of the rainbow
🌈 TASTE THE RAINBOW
FRIDAY NIGHT
👑 qUEER PROM
THE DRESS THEMES:
🥳 Come and party with local and international DJS!
One of the highlights of the festival every year is getting loose at the parties after the showcases. Another great opportunity to dance with the corazón and meet other awesome humans!
baila con el corazón!
nIGHT THEME PARTIES
SATURDAY NIGHT
🙋🏽♀️ " THIS IS ME "
Wear what represents your FIERCE, UNAPOLOGETIC self!
SUNDAY NIGHT
DJ Ace Fusion (12:00 AM - 2:00 aM)
DJ Emancipation (2:00 aM - 4:00 am)
Mixed Room
DJ Relleo (12:00 AM - 2:00 aM)
DJ Edge (2:00 aM - 4:00 am)
Bachata Room
DJ Papi John’s (12:00 AM - 2:00 aM)
DJ Matatan (2:00 aM - 4:00 am)
Salsa Room
Sunday 11TH - 12:00 AM - 4:00 Am
DJ femme papi (12:00 AM - 2:30 aM)
DJ olga t (2:30 aM - 5:00 am)
Mixed Room
DJ edge (12:00 AM - 2:30 aM)
DJ relleo (2:30 aM - 5:00 am)
Bachata Room
DJ papi john (12:00 AM - 2:30 aM)
DJ chino (2:30 aM - 5:00 am)
Salsa Room
friday 9TH - 12:00 aM - 5:00 am
DJ ak (12:00 AM - 2:30 aM)
DJ tatiana t (2:30 aM - 5:00 am)
Mixed Room
DJ ace fusion (12:00 AM - 2:30 aM)
DJ matatan (2:30 aM - 5:00 am)
Bachata Room
DJ Chino (12:00 AM - 2:30 aM)
DJ edwin rivera (2:30 aM - 5:00 am)
Salsa Room
Saturday 10TH - 12:00 AM - 5:00 Am
I felt that QALDF went out of their way to create an accommodating experience where everyone was welcome by personally interacting with volunteer staff, providing ASL translators, and offering workshops focused on being comfortable in our own bodies
The festival centered and celebrated non traditional beauty standards and it felt safe to show up as my unlimited self
I love that all gender expressions were able to lead and follow. Everyone was friendly and treated people as equals. It was great to see so many Afro Latinx folks at the forefront of the organizing and performances
I loved seeing a safe space for the LGBTQ+ dance community. Everyone was welcome regardless of color, gender, age, or sexual orientation.
QALDF was such a special space. It was like a glimpse into the world we could create where everyone is safe and celebrated for showing up authentically
As a trans woman, I got to chill at a pool in a cute 2 piece bathing suit and people wanted to dance with me. It's an incredible feeling that I had yet to experience! I felt more than just tolerated at the festival as a whole, I felt desired and celebrated.
It's felt like a battle to just be gay and female presenting in this world, and your festival allowed me to feel safe, accepted, and celebrated. I'm in tears thinking of it. I talked to my therapist about it and truly you've raised the bar for all festivals but also just the space I create and participate in, in my life. Thank you for what you've created.
I was overwhelmed by how positively the space felt. I felt comfortable baring more skin without being objectified or judged, and it made me realize how little I have that in the rest of the dance community.
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