When: Thursday, May 29 at 19:00.

Where: Den Arktiske Hovedscenen, SALT Art & Music, Langkaia 1, Oslo.

Tickets: FREE!

What:

You are cordially invited to the official opening ceremony and pre-party for Oslo Drag Festival 2025!

Warm up to the festival with a night of drag, dance, discourse, DJ and drinks! Entrance is free and everyone is welcome, from those curious about the festival, to the hardcore drag fans, to the performing artists and volunteers.

The opening ceremony starts at Arktiske at 19:00, but why not catch the dance performance Out of Place first? The performance starts outside Deichman Bjørvika at 18:00, and arrives outside SALT around 18:30!

Program

• Pre-Show: Out of Place at Deichman Bjørvika

• Creating platforms for drag: a short panel discussion with Bridge Markland (DE), Manly Mannington (UK), and Nabi Yeon Geisha (NO). Moderator: Luna Palmer (NO).

• Opening speech and ribbon cutting ceremony

• Drag popups

• DJ set at Bazaar with DJ Alphadiva - hang out and get to know each other!

From 20:00 DJ Alpha Diva is going to DJ all night long!

Lets start this show!