5:00pm - 11:00pm
Be our guest, be our guest, put our SERVING to the test! A step up from our regular Kiki programming in the city, this will be Vancouver’s first-ever Mainstream function - which means bigger cash prizes, more dramatic moments and only the best of Ballroom on the floor.
This year’s POSH BALL features a star-studded night with international Ballroom excellence:
FEATURING DJ and COMMENTATOR
The Legendary MikeQ
Iconic Overall Father Dashaun Basquiat
SPECIAL PERFORMANCE BY
Iconic Overall Mother Miss Shalae Basquiat
Join the Legendary MikeQ on the decks, Iconic Overall Father Dashaun Basuquiat on the mic, and witness an extra special performance by the truly most fabulous Beyonce impersonator of the world, Iconic Overall Mother Miss Shalae Basquiat!
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(Scroll to the bottom of the page for ticket link!)
$35 Online Ticket
$$ Door Tickets (cash + cc accepted)
TBC - Tables
If you are unable to pay for a tickets and would like come to the ball please email info@vanvoguejam.com and we will find a way to get you in (require 72 hours notice before the ball).
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(Updated June 28, 2024)
Commentator VS Commentator - $200 Sponsored by Neworld Theatre Society. ORDER UP—Give us a chant that will make us say “YES CHEF” for your 10s. Must wear all white from head to toe.
OTA BODY (MF, FF,) - $200 (Sponsored by Althea Branton) - An accessible genderfluid skincare line to cleanse & nourish functioning skin (updated June 4, 2024)
We want to see the most perfectly prepared BODY, nothing underdone or overcooked… well basted and glistening with all the right garnishes in the right places. Bring that juicy body with a garnish of your choice and make us savour every moment and make us want to take you home for later.
Hands Performance - $100 Sponsored by Urban Ink Productions (Updated June 20, 2024)
You're working in front of the house tonight and checking every table, shelf, chair for dust - bring your hands performance in a white glove and tell us a story.
New Face - $50 by Marc Castillo from Castillo HR Consulting
Serve your face on a silver platter! Only the most beautiful dishes are reserved for silver - bring your most delectable face in a silver effect.
OTA Face (BQ, FQ, BQID, Women, Transmen, Butch, Legends, Icons) - $$$
Bring it as the Maître d' and show us what's on the FACE menu for the evening. All walkers must bring a PRINTED MENU with their face qualification on it and be given to each judge. Effect must give Maître d' aka manager of the establishment - think suit tailoring.
Beginner Runway - $50 by Marc Castillo from Castillo HR Consulting
You took an extra busing shift to show off to the manager you got what it takes - bring it in an apron and show that you can walk the talk.
Beginner Performance - $50 by Marc Castillo from Castillo HR Consulting
Bring it in a fast food chain-inspired restaurant uniform, and don't forget to add all those 5 elements in the order!
Performance (BQVF, FQ, RWT, Womens, Drags, Trans Man, Butch, GNC, Legends, Icons) - $1000 Sponsored by TFD Presents (Updated June 28)
Vegetables and Fruit always bring a great POP of color to any dish, give your best performance in your vegetable inspires color below:
BQVF - Eggplant Purple
FQ - Tomato Red
RWT - Corn Yellow
Womens - Carrot Orange
Drags - Rhubarb Pink
Trans Man - Spinach Green
Butch - Blueberry Blue
GNC - Mix of vegetables/colors of your choosing
Legends - Potato Beige
Icons - Cauliflower White
Pop, Dip and Spin - $300 Sponsored by Neworld Theatre Society (Updated Jun 19, 2024)
La cuenta por favor! The bill is up, how are you gonna pay? Bring it in an effect inspired by either Cash or Card - and must include fake money or fake credit cards.
OTA Runway (European- Small Boys, Tall Boys, Big Boys, Women, BQID, FQ, GNC, Legends, Icons (All American- MF, FF, GNC, Legends, Icons) - $1000 (Update June 10,2024)
You're on the line on a busy night with multiple covers back to back, don't get CHOPPED and show us why you deserved those 3 Michelin stars. Bring it in a fashionable chef-inspired effect from the likes of the iconic culinary tv show IRON CHEF or other well-known culinary master!
*Must bring a reference on phone or printout
OTA Realness (School Boy, Pretty Boy, Executive, Thugs, Everyday, BQID, FQ, Legends, Icons) - $$$
You made reservations at your favorite restaurant, but they double-booked you! Dress up and look for option B for the night out, whether that's a steakhouse, a cocktail bar, or Popeye's!
OTA Best Dressed (MF,FF, GNC) - $300 sponsored by Cappelleria Bertacchi Italian Hatcrafter (Update June 19, 2024)
YOU’RE A FOODIE OF THE WORLD with STYLE TO BOOT. Bring it in your most amazing cultural *inspired garment from where YOU ARE FROM.
*Please no forms of cultural appropriation in these effects, and we will be asking you where you’re from for your 10’s
OTA Sex Siren (MF, FF) - $$$
Let them eat CAKE! Saving the best for last, bring it in a delectable confection to satisfy the panel's sweet tooth!
Bizarre - $$$
BLACK BOX is known in the culinary world as a way to push a chef's creative juices by creating a dish with a surprise ingredient, a la Iron Chef! Bizarre effect has to reveal the mystery ingredient.
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Please come prepared knowing what to expect. If you are walking in a category for the first time.
Please do your research and understand that there can only be one winner per category.
Look up videos on YouTube, come to a VVJ session, look at the resources on www.vanvoguejam.com, reach out to us by e-mail or on Instagram. Please use the resources around you to be prepared. We also encourage you to ask us for feedback before you compete so that you feel strong going into the ball.
We want everyone to have fun, to feel they were able to serve their best, and we want everyone to have a fair chance at competing but you WILL be chopped during your 10s and unable to compete if you are unprepared.
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Ballroom culture, drag ball culture, the house-ballroom community, and similar terms describe an underground queer subculture in which people "walk" (i.e., compete), perform, dance, lip-sync, and model in different categories, which are designed to simultaneously epitomize and satirize gender constructs, occupations, and social classes, while also offering an escape from reality. Category participants are required to “walk” one by one to receive full approval from all judges, known as ‘receiving your 10s’. Competitors are judged on their abilities, “effect” (costumes, appearance, theatrics, presentation), and perceived “realness” (embodied and/or visual believability, authenticity). Those who make their 10s battle one on one against each other for trophies, prizes, and glory.
Ballroom culture emerged in the late 1960s in New York City, birthed by the Black and Latinx LGBTQ2S+ community who were excluded from the drag pageant world of white America. The development of the Ballroom scene created safe and inclusive spaces for these communities to explore and experience life styles from which they were excluded due to systemic oppression.
Vogue is a freestyle competitive dance form that utilizes 5 key elements in an improvised battle with other competitors. Currently (although open to interpretation within various vogue communities), the five popular elements of Vogue Performance are catwalk, hands, duckwalk, spins and dips, and floor performance.
“For decades, ballroom, ball or house culture has been a way for queer Blacks and Latinos to live their best lives – that is, to figure out how to respond to a society that devalued their lives and attempted to erase their presence. Through elaborate performances incorporating and commenting on race, class and gender, the ball community has historically reflected the American Dream and one’s exclusion from it.” - Les Fabian Brathwaith (Quote from Rolling Stones).