{"id":216448,"date":"2026-06-11T13:41:06","date_gmt":"2026-06-11T13:41:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/216448\/"},"modified":"2026-06-11T13:41:06","modified_gmt":"2026-06-11T13:41:06","slug":"kensington-queer-circus-fest-will-bring-drag-circus-acts-and-queer-arm-wrestling-to-philadelphia-brewing-co","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/216448\/","title":{"rendered":"Kensington Queer Circus Fest will bring drag, circus acts and queer arm wrestling to Philadelphia Brewing Co."},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-end=\"388\" data-start=\"275\">A day of circus performances, live entertainment and Pride celebrations is coming to Kensington later this month.<\/p>\n<p data-end=\"586\" data-start=\"390\">Kensington Queer Circus Fest will take place Saturday, June 27, from noon to 8 p.m. at Philadelphia Brewing Co. The free event will feature a variety of performances, activities and local vendors.<\/p>\n<p data-end=\"831\" data-start=\"588\">Highlights include queer arm wrestling matches, Roller Circus, 2nd Hand Circus and aerial performances. Attendees also can enjoy a drag show featuring Pi and Onyx Ondyx, browse vendors and watch short films during the festival&#8217;s film showcase.<\/p>\n<p data-end=\"934\" data-start=\"833\">Organizers say there also will be clowns, pop-up performances and other surprises throughout the day.<\/p>\n<p data-end=\"1046\" data-start=\"936\">The event is sponsored by the East Kensington Arts Committee, a neighborhood organization that supports community arts and cultural programming in the area. Admission is free, though donations are welcome.<\/p>\n<p><a data-original-title=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ekna.org\/new-events\/2026\/6\/27\/kensington-queer-circus-fest-dh8z8-g2njg\" title=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Kensington Queer Circus Fest<\/a><\/p>\n<p data-end=\"1046\" data-start=\"936\">Saturday, June 27 | Noon &#8211; 8 p.m.<br \/>Philadelphia Brewing Co.<br \/>2440 Frankford Ave. <br \/>Philadelphia, PA 19125<br \/>Free admission (donations welcome)\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>This content was generated by PhillyVoice Media Events, not by the newsroom staff.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A day of circus performances, live entertainment and Pride celebrations is coming to Kensington later this month. Kensington&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":216449,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[94669,12925,8921,69,71,70,74606],"class_list":["post-216448","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-philadelphia","tag-east-kensington-neighbors-association","tag-festivals","tag-kensington","tag-philadelphia","tag-philadelphia-headlines","tag-philadelphia-news","tag-pride-month"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/216448","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=216448"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/216448\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/216449"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=216448"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=216448"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=216448"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}