Das Festival Queer Punk Mayhem bringt internationale und lokale Acts zusammen und versteht sich als Feier queerer Sichtbarkeit innerhalb der Punk- und DIY-Szene.

Punk war schon immer mehr als nur Musik – Punk ist Widerstand, Selbstermächtigung und der Anspruch, gesellschaftliche Normen infrage zu stellen.

Dennoch sind viele Bereiche der Szene nach wie vor von Ausschlüssen, Sexismus, Queerfeindlichkeit oder fehlender Repräsentation geprägt.

Am 16.07. schaffen wir einen Raum für Community und Austausch, in dem queere Menschen, FLINTA* und Verbündete gemeinsam feiern und Punk als politischen und gemeinschaftlichen Ort, sowie Ausdruck von Freiheit erleben können.

Laut, unbequem und solidarisch: ein Abend voller Gitarren und kollektiver Ekstase!

Live:
PANSY DIVISION
EAT LIPSTICK
BLEACH & THE BUMHOLES
GIRLS IN YOUR AREA
+ AFTERPARTY IN THE BASEMENT

Pansy Division is a gay pop-punk formed in San Francisco in 1991. There have been gay musicians throughout rock music history, but when Pansy Division began they were one of the first to be so boldly open about it. Founded by guitarist/singer Jon Ginoli and bassist/vocalist Chris Freeman, with the intent of forming a gay rock band, and joined later by drummer Luis Illades and guitarist Joel Reader, Pansy Division blew the closet doors open.

Raised on a diet of 60s pop and 70s punk, their sound was suitably crunchy and catchy as hell. They wrote in-your-face lyrics, but did it with a sense of humor. Not only did their music and stance defy stereotypical norms of rock musicians being openly gay, they also broke gay cultural stereotypes that rock wouldn’t interest gay people.

With album titles like Undressed and Deflowered, and song titles like “The Cocksucker Club” and "I'm Gonna Be a Slut," their bluntness and humor stood out amidst the ’90s underground music scene. Says Chris Freeman, “there was a lot of gay culture we couldn’t relate to, so we tried to invent a place for ourselves in it, an alternative for other queer misfits.” Having had the experience of being ostracized by other musicians for being gay and by other gays for being into rock, “we tried to turn our alienation into something positive,” says Ginoli. “Instead of being depressed about it, we tried to make music that would make us—and our audience—happy. We could laugh about it, so we put that joy into the music.”

Writing upbeat catchy songs and combining them with overtly sexual and sometimes humorous lyrics, Pansy Division toured North and America and Europe in the '90s and developed a cult following worldwide that exists to this day. They took a stand poking fun at homophobes and asserting a positive message of inclusion while singing about topics rarely heard in the world of rock and punk. They have been going for over 30 years and their approach remains relevant now.

Signing to Berkeley's Lookout Records, they recorded six albums and reached a wider audience opening for former Lookout Records alumni Green Day on their Dookie tour in 1994. Later they moved to Jello Biafra's Alternative Tentacles Records, and have released three albums and a compilation since, including the most recent Quite Contrary.

Their 2026 tour will be their first tour of Europe since 1998, apart from the Punk Rock Raduno festival in Italy which they played in 2019 and are playing again this year.

Eat Lipstick, hailing from the vibrant heart of Berlin, is a band that epitomizes the raw energy and unapologetic boldness of disco-punk.

Formed in 2008, they quickly became a staple in the underground music scene, celebrated for their electrifying performances and flamboyant style.

Their music is a unique fusion of punk's rebellious spirit and disco's infectious rhythms, creating a sound that is both nostalgic and fiercely modern.

Eat Lipstick is renowned for their explosive live shows, where they blend theatricality with a raw punk ethos.
Since their debut album 'EAT-01-BITCH!' they have created music and performances dripping with dynamic energy.
Their second album, 'NEW WIG – NO RULES!', saw them teaming up with Peaches as producer, birthing a record that blends punk’s unyielding spirit with the joyful rebellion of disco.

Now, the curtain rises for their third record 'CITIZEN PAIN' set to drop in 2026! A red colored new vision filled with passion, loss and love.

BLEACH & THE BUMHOLES are a Berlin-based five-piece queerclash band fronted by BLEACH, the city's naked rockstar drag queen. Fusing punk urgency, disco grooves, soulful roots, and queercore spirit, they deliver explosive live performances that move between confrontation, celebration, and collective release. A fixture of Berlin's queer underground for over a decade, BLEACH has built a reputation for provocative performance and community-building. The band has performed across Berlin's club and arts scene, including Volksbühne and alongside PEACHES. Rejecting corporate platforms, they connect directly with audiences through live shows, grassroots organising, and cultural resistance.

From São Paulo’s punk and alternative scene, Rod Fibula is the co-founder of Dance to the Underground - Queer Punk and Goth Night that was born in Dublin in 2021 and now is also

based in Berlin. Expect DJ sets packed with alternative anthems and obscure tunes from punk 77, queercore, riot grrrl, glam rock, post punk and more!