Comfort & Joy: 8-Hour Pride “Galactic Gardens” Afterglow Party (2025)

We’re going galactic! Billboard legend Ultra Naté headlines Afterglow Pride: Galactic Gardens, where queer magic takes the cosmos. where queer magic takes the cosmos. In the main room we have DJ Denise, Tiny Tim, and Homero Espinosa. Art in the main room by Chickpea. For most recent updates check out our website or follow us on Instagram.
At Midnight: Sicaria and her dream team Curveball, Hera Wynn, Starya, James, and Hamish are conjuring Part IV of our Once Upon a Queer, a drag spectacle you absolutely won’t want to miss.
Second show at 2AM by Jesse Escalante.

DJ Lineup in Queer Divas Room (side room):
DAD DJs: Kelly Naughton, Booty Juice, Ennuie Pete, Mondo Nexus, and Faster Kill Faster in the side room, where walls adorned with Queer Diva murals (by Verde) come alive under a kaleidoscope of lasers and light (by Loki)! Expect a sweat-dripping set of classic + modern disco, Italo, Hi-NRG, synth-pop, 70s–80s funk, soul, boogie, and deep house grooves to keep your body moving ‘til sunrise.

Mezzanine DJs
Treedubm, Young Ella Bake, and Encounters.

This time, the gates swing open to a world bursting with neon flora, queer cosmic magic, and the energy of a community that refuses to be anything but vibrant, defiant, and free.
Vines dripping with electric jewels, neon orchids blooming in wild colors no human eye has seen, and the Queermos—legendary, luminous beings who know that queerness isn’t something to prove, it’s something to celebrate. And so, we celebrate!

A night of radical queerness—every shade, every hue, every intersection of our ever-expanding, ever-glowing spectrum.
Wall-to-wall art—because we don’t just party, we build entire worlds.
Chosen family—old friends, new lovers, and future soulmates, all under one glowing sky.
Neon, glitter, and YOU—the final, essential brushstrokes in this masterpiece of queer joy.

At Comfort & Joy, we don’t just throw events—we hold space for transformation and unapologetic queer magic. This is a gathering of dreamers, artists, dancers, rebels, and lovers. A utopia built in the here and now, with color, music, and movement as our revolution.
Interested in the next and final chapter of Once Upon a Queer? That one unfolds in the dust, under the desert stars. See you at Burning Man – camp with us!
The future is not written. We make it our own.