Drag kings and performers from the Bay Area and beyond will deconstruct the meaning of \u201ctrue brotherly love\u201d at Great American Music Hall Saturday for \u201cDirty 30,\u201d a celebration of the iconic SF contest\u2019s 30th year.<\/p>\n
The annual San Francisco Drag King Contest<\/a> \u2014 the longest-running drag king contest in the world \u2014 is marking its 30th year Saturday with \u201cDirty 30,\u201d a night built around parodying and challenging traditional ideas of masculinity. As the Chronicle reports<\/a>, the contest will be hosted by Fudgie Frottage and Sister Roma, with Trixxie Carr, Fontaine Blue, and Papi Churro among the celebrity judges.\u00a0<\/p>\n DJ Junkyard will provide the music, while performers Leigh Crow, Rusty Hips, Madd Dogg 20\/20, Misterrr, and Howie Weenis are also slated to appear. The evening will reportedly include a \u201cLipsynch For Your Life\u201d segment featuring as many contestants as possible.<\/p>\n \u201cCome bust a nut with us while we party like there’s no tomorrow,\u201d says the event\u2019s website.<\/p>\n According to the Bay Area Reporter<\/a>, \u201cDirty 30\u201d also marks the return of NYC and LA-based Mo B. Dick, a pioneering drag king who is celebrating 30 years in the art form himself. Dick first discovered the San Francisco drag king scene in 1995 and later reached a wider audience with his appearance in John Waters\u2019 1998 cult film Pecker, where he played T-Bone, a lesbian stripper portrayed with a drag king twist.<\/p>\n Dick has also spent years documenting the history of drag king performance through DragKingHistory.com<\/a>, a community-funded digital archive focused on female-born performers who dress in traditionally male attire.\u00a0<\/p>\n Proceeds from the contest will reportedly benefit Rocket Dog Rescue and PAWS (Pets Are Wonderful Support), which provides comprehensive support for companion animals belonging to low-income people living with HIV and other disabling illnesses.<\/p>\n While the contest has always been held at Oasis nightclub, the BAR notes that this year’s event was moved to Great American Music Hall after Oasis came under threat of closure<\/a> last year.<\/p>\n