Now That’s What I Call Queer began in 2022 as a small queer dance party with a big heart inside Twelve Mile Limit in Mid-City, New Orleans. What started as a monthly night of music and movement has grown into a community-driven creative engine, producing everything from live music showcases to collaborative queer arts programming.

At our core, we believe in one thing above all else:
We aren’t made for some — we are inclusive to all.
Every event we create is built on that promise.

In 2025, we expanded our work even further with Dearly Beloved, the first-ever queer mass wedding experience — blending ceremony, celebration, and an epic dance party into a once-in-a-lifetime communal ritual. It’s the natural evolution of what we’ve always done: building spaces where queer joy is centered, honored, and shared.

What began as a dance party has become a home for queer creativity, culture, and connection. And we’re just getting started.

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VENUES WE’VE
PARTIED WITH:

TWELVE MILE LIMIT [NEW ORLEANS, LA]
The Domino [New Orleans, LA]
The Rabbit Hole [New Orleans, LA]
Zony Mash [New Orleans, LA]
OKAY BAR [NEW ORLEANS, LA]
LUSH LOUNGE & THEATRE [MINNEAPOLIS, MN]
Replay Lounge [Lawrence, KS]
Ginger’s Bar [Brooklyn, NY]
BOWERY ELECTRIC [NEW YORK, NY]
Never Have I Ever [Chicago, IL]
The Chameleon [Spokane, WA]

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