drag shows, markets, live music, book clubs, and more... come find your people.
because community isn't one-size-fits-all, and neither are we.
Monthly Events:
2nd Mondays: The Writing Rainbow
Last Tuesdays: Queer Book Club at the Little Blue Bakehouse
The Fiendish Horror Book Fest
Join The Horror Church Bookshop and Queerolina at Longleaf Hotel for an evening of dark fiction, community, and celebration!
October Book Club
Do you like books? Do you like QUEER books??? Join us every last Tuesday of the month at Little Blue Bakehouse for our Queerolina Book Club.
Book: It Came From the Closet, edited by Joe Vallese
The Writing Rainbow
🌈 The Writing Rainbow is Queerolina's all-genre writing critique group for feedback, discussions, and community support. ✍️✨
Share your story with us on November 9th, 2026. Registration required.
November Book Club
Do you like books? Do you like QUEER books??? Join us every last Tuesday of the month at Little Blue Bakehouse for our Queerolina Book Club.
Book: A Lady for a Duke by Alexis Hall
December Book Club
Do you like books? Do you like QUEER books??? Join us every last Tuesday of the month at Little Blue Bakehouse for our Queerolina Book Club.
Book: TBD! Vote with us and see.
The Writing Rainbow
🌈 The Writing Rainbow is Queerolina's all-genre writing critique group for feedback, discussions, and community support. ✍️✨
Share your story with us on October 12th, 2026. Registration required.
September Book Club
Do you like books? Do you like QUEER books??? Join us every last Tuesday of the month at Little Blue Bakehouse for our Queerolina Book Club.
Book: Children of Solitude by Michael G. Williams
The Writing Rainbow
🌈 The Writing Rainbow is Queerolina's new all-genre writing critique group for feedback, discussions, and community support. ✍️✨
Share your story with us on September 14th, 2026. Registration required.
Poltergasm Bingo
Join Queerolina and get spooky with a night of bingo some 'special' prizes. ♡ ;)
Queer Self Defense Seminar
From protest safety to protecting your loved ones, come learn practical self-defense techniques with Queerolina and Krav Maga Raleigh.
August Book Club
Do you like books? Do you like QUEER books??? Join us every last Tuesday of the month at Little Blue Bakehouse for our Queerolina Book Club.
Book: All Systems Red by Martha Wells
The Writing Rainbow
🌈 The Writing Rainbow is Queerolina's new all-genre writing critique group for feedback, discussions, and community support. ✍️✨
Share your story with us on September 14th, 2026. Registration required.
Queens of the Universe
Shatter your gems and raise your shields… it's time to fuse! Join us for a night of magic, heart, and out-of-this-world drag numbers inspired by the beloved cartoon, Steven Universe!
Come dressed as your favorite Crystal Gem and have a chance of winning $50! Think you know your lore? Put it to the test in our Steven Universe trivia. Because at the end of the night….. the stars will align, and only the most powerful fusion will reign supreme!
July Book Club
Do you like books? Do you like QUEER books??? Join us every last Tuesday of the month at Little Blue Bakehouse for our Queerolina Book Club.
Book: The Door Into Fire by Diane Duane
The Writing Rainbow
🌈 The Writing Rainbow is Queerolina's new all-genre writing critique group for feedback, discussions, and community support. ✍️✨
Share your story with us on July 13th, 2026. Registration required.
June Book Club
Do you like books? Do you like QUEER books??? Join us every last Tuesday of the month at Little Blue Bakehouse for our Queerolina Book Club.
Book: I’ll Make a Spectacle of You by Beatrice Winifred Iker
Turn the Page: A Day of Community
Turn the Page: A Day of Community
A Juneteenth Celebration + Alt-Pride After Dark
Turn the Page is a full-day, full-spectrum celebration of freedom, legacy, resistance, and queer joy — hosted by Cult Your Nights and Nasty Queer at Durty Bull.
This is a completely free, community-powered event uplifting BIPOC and LGBTQ+ creatives through art, performance, and collective celebration.
The Writing Rainbow
🌈 The Writing Rainbow is Queerolina's new all-genre writing critique group for feedback, discussions, and community support. ✍️✨
Share your story with us on June 8th, 2026. Registration required.
A Pulsating Pride Drag Bingo
Join us for a night of naughty numbers, shameless flirting, and campy chaos hosted by the irresistible Nebula. Expect bold looks, bad decisions, and bingo prizes that might make you blush.
BELLY: A QUEER PLUS-SIZED PARTY
A party for bears, gainers, growers, fats, chubs, plus sized people, and their admirers. All Genders Welcome.
BELLY: A QUEER PLUS-SIZED PARTY
May Book Club
Do you like books? Do you like QUEER books??? Join us every last Tuesday of the month at Little Blue Bakehouse for our Queerolina Book Club.
Book: Apparently, Sir Cameron Needs to Die by Greer Stothers
The ABCs of Community Readiness: Protest Safety
A Queer + BIPOC Centered Health, Safety & Leadership Event
Hosted by Queerolina’s Nurse Nikki in collaboration with One Day at a Time, EqualityNC, and Carolina Migrant Network, this event is a space for underrepresented communities to gather, learn, and strengthen collective care.
This event was developed by Nurse Nikki as part of her Master’s in Nursing capstone project, focusing on community empowerment and improving healthcare equity for queer and BIPOC individuals.
STRUT, SLUT! SACRELIGE
North Carolina's sluttiest stage competition is back and ready to ruin you in the best way possible. Drag meets burlesque meets pure, unhinged glamour as performers take the stage and compete for the crown in Queerolina's signature showdown.
Whether you're here to compete or here to witness the chaos from the audience, one thing's for sure, the bar is high, the looks are higher, and nothing is off limits. Themes and performers will be announced as the date gets closer, so stay tuned!
The Writing Rainbow
🌈 The Writing Rainbow is Queerolina's new all-genre writing critique group for feedback, discussions, and community support. ✍️✨
Share your story with us on May 11th, 2026. Registration required.
Zoinks! It's a Drag Show
Zoinks! The gang is back but this time, fiercer than ever. Join us for a night of camp, fun and comedy filled drag numbers inspired by the iconic cartoon, Scooby-Doo!
Come dressed as your favorite character and have a chance of winning $50!
Think you’re the biggest Scooby-Doo fan? Test your knowledge in our “Scooby-Doo” trivia. Because at the end of the night….. the monster will be unmasked!
April Book Club
Do you like books? Do you like QUEER books??? Join us every last Tuesday of the month at Little Blue Bakehouse for our Queerolina Book Club.
Book: Iron Widow by Xiran Jay Zhao
SWEAT, SLUT!: SKIN - slow.kinetic.intimacy.night,
if this night gets under your skin..... let it.
No small talk. Just bodies, bass, and the kind of night that lives in your nervous system long after it's over.
Nasty Queer presents Sweat, Slut! S.K.I.N. — Slow. Kinetic. Intimacy. Night. A fully integrated queer rave and sensory experience that doesn't ask you to be anything other than exactly what you are. Raw. Present. Alive.
This isn't a regular night out. Come ready to feel something.
☆ THE PERFORMANCES ☆
GARNET STARLET · MOTHER INC · SOULTRY SWEETZ
Three pop-up performances woven through the night like rituals. Slow, body-forward, and deeply felt.
Garnet Starlet — your Supreme Slut of 2025 — closes the show and hands the night straight off to your first gogo of the night to open our no phones kink rave:THEPAINTEDF8G
☆ THE FLOOR ☆
THEPAINTEDF8G · PUP RANGO · RIVER MONAE · AQUARIAN SKY· DYKEY WAY ·
Your gogo rotation for the back half of the night. Intentional movement. Skin-forward looks. The kind of presence that makes you forget where you end and the music begins.
☆ THE MUSIC ☆
9PM - 10PMDJ K0!-!/THEPAINTEDF8G
10PM - 12AML0AD1NGGG....
12AM - 2AML0AD1NGGG....
☆ THE EXAMINATION ROOM ☆
Presented by B-Side Circus.
A structured, consent-forward sensory experience featuring live amatuer shibari and impact play. Consent forms & additional will be required day of for use of this space.
Upon proper completion you will be given a black wristband - this means you're cleared and welcome back all night.
☆ THE DETAILS ☆
Saturday, April 18, 2026
Doors: 9:00PM
Pop Up Performers - 9PM - 12AM
Gogos - 12AM - 2AM
Durty Bull · 206 Broadway St #104 · Durham, NC 27701
18+ event
Kink & fetish wear encouraged
No phones after midnight
☆ABOUT NASTY QUEER ☆
Nasty Queer isn't a place. It's a moment...that feeling when you stop performing and start living. Primal, sensual, unapologetically queer. We built a space for the creatives, the freaks, & the slutty little creatures who never quite fit the mold. Because here there isn't one.
★ CONSENT & SAFETY ★
We use a stoplight wristband system so everyone can move through the night clearly communicating their basic bondaries.
🟢 GREEN — yes, you may touch
🟡 YELLOW — talk to me first
🔴 RED — do not touch. do not ask.
Wristbands required at the door. Wear yours. Respect everyone else's. Disregard to this system will not be tolerated.
Sweat, Slut! S.K.I.N. is a consent-forward, community space. All attendees are expected to respect boundaries. their own and everyone else's.
The Writing Rainbow
🌈 The Writing Rainbow is Queerolina's new all-genre writing critique group for feedback, discussions, and community support. ✍️✨
Share your story with us on April 13th, 2026. Registration required.
It's Your Stage, Hunny
No winners. No categories. Just your stage, hunny. Queerolina's open stage night is back & better than ever.
And well, you're just in time, hunny!
It's Your Stage, Hunny is the non-competitive monthly open stage where every kind of queer performer gets their moment under the lights.
Spring Sip & Shop
Sip on your favorite brews while browsing an incredible lineup of queer creatives offering art, handmade goods, prints, apparel, zines, and more.
Throughout the day, enjoy live performances sprinkled across the event!
March Book Club
Do you like books? Do you like QUEER books??? Join us every last Tuesday of the month at Little Blue Bakehouse for our Queerolina Book Club.
Book: The Girls I’ve Been by Tess Sharpe
STRUT, SLUT!: CYBER SLUT
★Saturday, March 21st★
★ DOORS 8★
★SHOW 9★
@ DURTY BULL, DURHAM
Inspired by the digital underworld of neon lust and synthetic seduction, contestants are challenged to jack in, power up, and serve futuristic FILTHHH. This is your chance to embody the erotic machine, the corrupted android, the holographic fantasy who exists beyond flesh and limitation.
✦How Strut, Slut! Works:
✧The Strut: Contestants will strut, dance, sweat, and serve a handcrafted number designed to sell you their sluttiest fantasy.
✧The Battle: The Top 4 contestants will lipsync for the crown to pre-selected songs.
The winner receives:
★$100 cash
★A future booking with Nasty Queer
★The coveted title of Supreme Slut of the Month Audience voting is done by secret ballot, but our featured entertainers hold just enough influence to keep things spicy — so our entertainers are ready to impress everyone, babe.
WITH....
★UR HOST★
☆NEBULA
★UR PRODUCER★
☆THEPAINTEDF8G
★UR RESIDENT SLUTS★
☆RIVER MONAE
☆MOTHER INC
★UR FEATURED SLUTS★
☆VECTUS LEVON
☆XENUS XERO
★OCTOBER 2025 WINNER★
☆LITTLE MIZZ SCAREALL
★UR CONTESTANTS★
LOADING.........
✦CONSENT RULES✦
Since this is a sex-positive & kink foward space, WE TAKE CONSENT VERY SERIOUSLY. EVERYONE entering our space will be asked to wear a color coordinated wristband based on their level of consent they are giving to other patrons in the space. Color coordinations are as follows:
GREEN - Touch is Welcomed, & Encouraged.
YELLOW - Ask for Consent Before Touch, Every Time.
RED - Do Not Touch. Do Not Ask.
✧✧✧IMPORTANT REMINDERS✧✧✧ ✧
Consent can be withdrawn at ANY TIME. NO QUESTIONS ASKED. "No" "Not like that" "Stop" or any other itterations of theses phrases means STOP and communicate further.
✧ IF YOU DO NOT WANT TO INTERACT WITH AN AN ENTERTAINER PLEASE PUT AN "X" WITH YOUR ARMS OVER YOUR CHEST.
All off these consent rules will be reinforced multiple times throughout the event. This is standard protocol at all Nasty Queer shows to further enforce consent rules within the spaces we create.
✧✧✧CLOTHING REMINDERS✧✧✧
✧FETISH WEAR CAN BE AS SIMPLE AS A HARNESS OR CHAIN
✧NO FULL FRONTAL NUDITY PERMITTED
✧ TIPS & NIPS MUST BE COVERED
✧MESH COUNTS AS COVERAGE
BELLY: A QUEER PLUS-SIZED PARTY
A party for bears, gainers, growers, fats, chubs, plus sized people, and their admirers. All Genders Welcome.
BELLY: A QUEER PLUS-SIZED PARTY
★Saturday, March 14th★
★ DOORS 9 ★
★ PARTY 9–2 ★
@ DURTY BULL, DURHAM
BELLY is an inclusive, kink-forward rave & dance party celebrating bears, gainers, feeders, growers, plus-sized bodies, and their admirers. All genders and identities are welcome. This is a body-positive, high-energy night rooted in liberation, sweat, connection, and community — with curated DJs, rotating gogo performances, and a low-lit rave atmosphere designed to make you feel good in your body.
If you’ve ever wanted a space where size is celebrated, desire isn’t policed, and the dance floor belongs to everyone — welcome home.
✦WHAT TO EXPECT✦
✧ A kink-aware, sex-positive rave environment
✧ Rotating gogo sets throughout the night
✧ High-energy DJ sets from 9 PM – 2 AM
✧ A consent-first culture centered on respect, communication, and care
✧ A crowd that shows up ready to move, sweat, and worship big bodies
WITH….
★UR DJs★
☆ THIGH FIERI (9PM - 10PM)
☆ GEMYNII (10 PM – 12 AM)
☆ DIRTYBIT (12 AM – 2 AM)
★UR GOGOS★
☆ LINEUP ANNOUNCING SOON ☆
✦CONSENT RULES✦
Since this is a sex-positive & kink foward space, WE TAKE CONSENT VERY SERIOUSLY. EVERYONE entering our space will be asked to wear a color coordinated wristband based on their level of consent they are giving to other patrons in the space. Color coordinations are as follows:
GREEN - Touch is Welcomed, & Encouraged.
YELLOW - Ask for Consent Before Touch, Every Time.
RED - Do Not Touch. Do Not Ask.
✧✧✧IMPORTANT REMINDERS✧✧✧ ✧
Consent can be withdrawn at ANY TIME. NO QUESTIONS ASKED. "No" "Not like that" "Stop" or any other itterations of theses phrases means STOP and communicate further.
✧ IF YOU DO NOT WANT TO INTERACT WITH AN AN ENTERTAINER PLEASE PUT AN "X" WITH YOUR ARMS OVER YOUR CHEST.
All off these consent rules will be reinforced multiple times throughout the event. This is standard protocol at all Nasty Queer shows to further enforce consent rules within the spaces we create.
✧✧✧CLOTHING REMINDERS✧✧✧
✧FETISH WEAR CAN BE AS SIMPLE AS A HARNESS OR CHAIN
✧NO FULL FRONTAL NUDITY PERMITTED
✧ TIPS & NIPS MUST BE COVERED ✧MESH COUNTS AS COVERAGE
The Writing Rainbow
🌈 The Writing Rainbow is Queerolina's new all-genre writing critique group for feedback, discussions, and community support. ✍️✨
Share your story with us on March 9th, 2026. Registration required.
Strut, Slut: Pornstar Realness
Queerolina Book Club!!
Punk N’ Pints
Alt Pride, 2025