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?