A fun night in support of a life-saving project!
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House of Gold Diamonds returns to Festival du Voyageur!
This year’s Fierté du Voyageur Pride party will be the biggest one yet —
we’ve moved it to the Tente Rivière Rouge Bell MTS
and have invited some very special guests to join us!
In addition to our classic House of Gold Diamonds dance sets, you’ll see:
Canada’s Drag Race Star Chelazon Leroux
The Bannock Babes, Indigenous Drag Collective:
Feather Talia, Prairie Sky, Anita Stallion & Good Medicine
Current reigning Empress Satina Loren
Opening DJ set by the talented DJ Lucky Sharms
Our host extraordinaire, Eric Plamondon
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Thank U.
Now that the dust has settled,
we want to send a heartfelt “Thank U”
to everyone who made Purple Sunshine possible.
Together we raised over $2,100 to be directly donated to Sunshine House,
in support of their harm reduction work right here in Winnipeg!
Much love to our team:
Guests:
Jay Boogie,
rampage!,
and Hari Vijaijay.
The staff at Little Brown Jug,
who went above and beyond
in supporting this event,
and also donated 20% of the bar sales to Sunshine House!
Community sponsors:
G Is For Glasses,
who donated money to pay performers
so that more of the ticket sales would go to
Sunshine House;
UMFM 101.5 fm
for helping us get the word out.
Pip Skid for the incredible art we used this year.
The good people at Sunshine House,
and the Mobile Overdose Prevention Site crew
who came so that people could check out and use their services.
Prince Rogers Nelson,
who inspired this whole damn thing.
House of Gold Diamonds plays the Sea Bears Game June 22
We’re thrilled to part of the Pride month celebrations at the arena!
The DJ Academy recital was a blast!
Well done to the class of 2024 on your first-ever DJ sets in front of a live audience.
Thanks to:
Manitoba Conservatory of Music and Arts,
John and the team at Blue Note Park,
photographer Rachit Bajpai,
and to our audience for supporting new DJs in Winnipeg.
Our DJs were: Lisa, Jenna, Barb, Vat, Michelle, Cassandra, Kate, Keeley and Chelsea
Check out some recital highlights below!
June 8, 2024
Photos: Rachit Bajpai