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Drag Bingo

Tropikahl Ivy, HAUSVRAU & KA-RABA (Zürich/Bern/Basel)

Place Festivalzentrum Lehrer*zimmer PROGR

Language English

Friday 8.5. 23:00 - 02:00

Your favorite drag queens present a bingo night that is anything but ordinary. In a glamorous atmosphere, they guide the audience through several rounds of a familiar game, this time filled with extra charm, humor, and show! Each player receives a classic 5x5 number grid card, waiting to be filled as the game unfolds. Round by round, the hosts draw mysterious numbers from a magical velvet bag and call them out with extra flair! Guests follow the numbers closely, placing marker after marker on their cards while sneaking curious glances at neighbour tables. Who is getting closer to the win? The tension builds until suddenly someone shouts it out loud: BINGO!

Alongside the game, extraordinary prizes await the winners. Between rounds there is time for friendly gossip and of dancing. The evening blends playful competition with the vibrant energy of a drag show, creating a lively and memorable festival moment. With music during the game breaks.

Tropikahl Ivy (Ivy Monteiro) creates figurative work across dance, performance and music. Their fluid characters explore femininity, gender, and social and ethnic stereotypes, reimagining ancestry and spirituality in futuristic forms. Also known as Mother Tropikahl Ivy B. Poderosa, they produce events for migrant QTIBPOC communities. Their work has been shown internationally.

HAUSVRAU is Trans non-binary Brazilian artist and activist with a varied background and a desire to connect. Intertwined with a dance career and experience as a painter, HAUSVRAU is also a DJ, musician, curator, publisher, model, drag performer and overall multidisciplinary artist. Living in Switzerland, she has co-led the queer party label FAGDOM and co-founded the Trans Safety Emergency Fund. She also worked as curator for performance art at Kapitel Bollwerk and booker at Palais Mascotte, while doing her masters in Contemporary Arts Practice at HKB (Bern). In Ballroom, she is a staple of the Swiss scene and a member of the House of Saint Laurent.

KA-RABA is a Swiss-based DJ, curator, and founder of OKRA Collective. Known for hypnotic, bass-driven sets, she blends Afrofuturism with cutting-edge electronic music to create immersive club experiences. KA-RABA has performed at renowned Swiss venues and festivals such as Kapitel, Dachstock, Elysia Basel, Bad Bonn, Montreux Jazz Festival, and Gurtenfestival, as well as internationally in Brussels, Amsterdam, Dakar, Paris, Italy, Portugal, and Germany. Through OKRA Collective, she develops interdisciplinary projects combining sound, visuals, and community storytelling, including the film Everyday Blackness for Kunstmuseum Basel. She is also a respected panelist and cultural organizer who creates spaces for dialogue, connection, and exchange.

Easy Read

Drag queens host an impressive and exciting bingo game with the audience. If you complete a row, you shout “Bingo!” and can win a prize. With music during the breaks.

For people with mobility disabilities

The Festival Centre is wheelchair accessible. Access to the Festival Centre is through the courtyard. Opposite the right-hand entrance to the courtyard, there is a ramp leading to the ground floor. Lehrer*zimmer can be reached via this ramp and the corridor. The venue has a barrier-free toilet.

Sensory Triggers

  • loud sounds & music

  • flashing/changing lights

  • environmental effects

Social Story

Social stories are used as a tool to prepare people for a public event, such as a theatre performance. Our social stories provide a detailed description of what to expect at the venue and the customs that apply there. You can find the (German) PDF of the Festival Centre social story here.

Free Entry

Ivy Monteiro
HAUSVRAU
KA-RABA
TSEF - Trans Safety Emergency Fund