Movies love to show night­clubs as glam­orous places with dance­floors heav­ing with ridicu­lous­ly good-look­ing peo­ple, all wear­ing the most amaz­ing out­fits — but that had nev­er been my expe­ri­ence. Not until I went to Coven: Slum­ber ear­li­er this year, that is.

Ivy was filled with Sap­ph­ics, and the vibes could not have been more immac­u­late. Elder queers played board games in the cor­ner, while mas­sages were avail­able on stage. The music was non-stop bops (and yes, there was a lot of Chap­pell and Char­li) and every­one had made an effort with their out­fits — babes of all sizes wear­ing PJs or lin­gerie or a mix of the two. Every­one was gassing each oth­er up. Bask­ing in the safe envi­ron­ment, I watched a fat friend of mine whip off her t‑shirt on the dance floor to a cho­rus of approv­ing cheers. IT WAS SOOOO GOOD. All too soon though, the clock struck mid­night and the femme crowd dis­persed as Ivy opened up to every­one.  Bops were replaced with gener­ic EDM, the sound sys­tem was turned up so loud it went tin­ny. Had it all been just a mag­nif­i­cent dream?

But! We get to do it all again! Coven returns! This Sat­ur­day!

COVEN is a par­ty for queer women and gen­der minori­ties.

Join us at Ivy Bar on August 31 for our space themed event URANUS: A Celes­tial Gath­er­ing

Bring your gal-pals, find your coven, and dance the night away as we take over Welling­ton’s pre­mier LGBTQIA+ bar.

Tick­ets are on a “Pay as you wish” sys­tem, so you choose your koha con­tri­bu­tion.

Whether you are a queer woman, sap­ph­ic, trans, gen­der queer or don’t fit the bina­ry, this night is for you.

From 8pm hang out and chill in a safe space, catch up with and make new friends. Then at 10pm we turn up the vol­ume!
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No TERFs no SWERFs.

COVEN is a par­ty for queer women and gen­der minori­ties. If those words don’t describe you, we kind­ly ask that you con­sid­er not attend­ing this event. This event is specif­i­cal­ly to pro­vide a safe, invit­ing com­mu­ni­ty for those who need it.

The event space is locat­ed down­stairs so please get in touch in advance if you have any acces­si­bil­i­ty con­cerns.

Con­tact willysmackntush@gmail.com

I’m so bloody excit­ed. See you there?