The QueerCore Collaborative

BIG ANNOUNCEMENT!! Coming Sat, May 2nd in Amherst, Massachusetts!! @thequeercorecollaborative is partnering with student-led DIY groups @umass.salt @mhcalt @queeractioncollective @bipocalternatives and @marsh_amherst to present a night of loud music and radical community care and catharsis at @thedrakeamherst !! We are absolutely blown away to have this instantly legendary lineup of bands joining us that includes @hirs666 @commitment.phl @abbatia_ @film_and_gender and @deathless__forever !! 🎫 ADVANCE TICKETS AND DETAILS ARE LIVE at the link in our bio!! $5-$10 "Community Empowered" tickets available. Details at ticket site. In a world where queer, trans, gender-nonconforming, black, brown, femme and so many other marginalized bodies are being messaged with fear and violence, this is a space to rally round each other and nourish each other’s nervous systems, bodies and hearts. This event exists because we believe that every time we share in that kind of space, we are building a different world. Together. Thank you for believing that with us. Thank you for coming to be a part of that act of resistance with us. In resistance to the systemic violence and oppression experienced around the globe and in our communities, 25% of the proceeds of this event will be donated to @transasylumsupport , a radical, anarchist, mutual aid collective providing direct aid to queer and trans asylum seekers. The remaining proceeds will support QueerCore Fest 2026, coming in September!! 📷 @larvalungs @robbklassen @gutter_shot @ladycassianna #queercore #queerpunk #bipocpunk #hirscollective #resistreclaimrehumanize

Repost from yesterday: Their greatest weapon is to make us forget. Make us forget our power. Make us doubt our clarity. Wear down our nervous systems. With fear. Fear that isolates us. That separates us from each other. That separates us from our knowing. That separates us from our collective remembering. That separates us from the world. Our greatest power is to create reminders with each other. Reminders that come from choosing each other. Choosing to share a moment with each other. To give our attention to each other. To collectively feel our nervous systems land with each other. To be WITH each other. Which is to validate each other's existence. To feel in that moment shared the visceral reminder to our nervous systems that we do in fact belong. HERE. NOW. WITH. We belong to every moment in every place. We always have. That moment and that place could be anytime and anywhere. And, we NEED each other to help us remember that that moment belongs to anyone who participates in it. Which is to say that that moment belongs to all. That is the birthright of being a part of this grand universe. That is what transness is here to remind us of. That the grand expanse of aliveness is infinitely more vast than the tidy boxes and constructs that others have crafted to control and make safe their limited ideas of existence. That the ache of our hearts to live beyond the edge of our own definition is a mirror of the unstoppable becoming that brings all things to life. Fear dismembers. Fear separates us from our knowing. From our belonging. From our existence. In othering us from each other it others us from ourselves. So let us be the reason for each other's re-membering. By coming together. By collectively feeling our hearts and nervous systems remember belonging. With each other. In all places. At all times. Anywhere we gather and choose to see the vibrant humanity of each other can be just that reminder. HAPPY TRANS VISIBILITY DAY. WE SEE AND CELEBRATE YOU EVERY DAY. Love, The QueerCore Collaborative #internationaltransdayofvisibility #transdayofvisibility

Hi friends! We are a newly formed collective of musicians, artists and community organizers who are lgbtqia+ identifying and outspoken allies organizing live music events with an unabashed commitment to centering bipoc, queer, trans, gender-diverse, and femme artists and co-creating spaces for queer community and our allies to gather, connect, grow rich relationships, discover resources, and build vibrant, resilient and empowered community together. The QueerCore Collaborative is based in Western Massachusetts and is here to support spaces for bipoc, queer, trans, gender-diverse, and femme folks and their allies to find safety, connection and community. We feature local and touring music acts who make loud music and loud noise to loudly proclaim YOU BELONG. You belong here. You will be protected here. You will be celebrated here. You will be resourced here. You will find love and joy and friendship and community here. Any space that you see the QueerCore Collaborative name is a space for you and your brilliant way of being human to feel received and surrounded by a community that celebrates, uplifts and advocates for bipoc, trans and queer joy and love. How to get involved: - Follow this instagram account - Share this post with EVERYONE who would want to know! - Artists and bands - let us know if you would like to be a part of future events! - Share the names/accounts of artists, bands, promoters and organizers we should connect with! - DM us with your ideas or just to introduce yourself! - Share YOUR queercore related flyers with us and we will repost! - Come to our first show, to be announced soon!! - Let us know if you want to be involved in QueerCore Fest in the Summer of 2025! Here’s to the brilliant artistry of bipoc, queer, trans, gender-diverse, and femme musicians and the vibrant community it brings together. Let’s keep building more of that world together! #queercore #queercorecollaborative #queercorefest #loudnoisesamplifyingproudvoices #musicisforall #freedomisforall #loveisforall #joyisforall #transpeoplebelonghere

5/13 Feminine Aggression, Fugue State, Sleep Destroyer, Cliffrose in Easthampton, MA Black Hippie, Mall Goth, Grocer, Xavier Ayy in Albany, NY Vial, Cat Crash, Scarlet Demore in Hamden, CT Sour Tooth, Brandy Melville, For Respect, Eternal Requiem in Rochester, NY 5/14 Vial, Violet Crimes, Scarlet Demore in Burlington, VT Sour Tooth, Daisy Chain, Endless Midnight, You Are Not Brave Enough in Troy, NY Middle-Aged Queers, Cop/Out, Scarboro, Tracy City in Brooklyn, NY Cat Crash, Grrrizzly, Indeyevid in Philly, PA 5/15 Vial, Inplainsight, Scarlet Demore in Somerville, MA Dethwish, Jury, Remedies in North Windham, CT Middle-Aged Queers, Jukebox Romantics, On the Cinder, Robbery, The Skizm in Essex Junction, VT Cat Crash, Grrrizzly, Burly Girlies, Lollirot, Warm Wishes in Westbury, Long Island Spaced, Fireworks, Shy Tooth, Paper Rabbit in Buffalo, NY Feminine Aggression, Altar, Lash Out, Brog BRNR in Philly, PA 5/16 Rat Fest Day 1, Selfless Demise, Mental Weather, Chaser Bait, Trepidation, Subcutaneous in Albany, NY Hyber, Happy Just to See You, Bus Crush, Hey I’m Outside in Medford, MA Vomitdolls, Thorns in the Mouth of God, Hyacinth, Shoe Bill in Providence, RI Vial, Eevie Echoes and the Locations, Scarlet Demore in Brooklyn, NY Loud Women, Fest, Cat Crash, Burly Girlies, Bad Static, Bitter Tits, I, Doris, Izzy T, Jack Powers, Jenny Alien, MAc N’ Toss, Shaggo, T@b Girrrl, The Nanaz in Brooklyn, NY Road to Dud’s Fest, Meow Meow, Dowsing Rod, Free Rock, Marycrest, Velvet, Whiskey Ginger, Shiloh the Messenger, Mundy, Wince in Nanuet, NY Avatareden, Somebody’s Daughter, Vivian Grey, Atrophy Wife in Queens, NY Ok, Cuddle, Nicoteens, Tonsil Hockey, Backflips in Brooklyn, NY Hot Head, Sheila, Strawberry Glass, Indeyevid, The Buddy System Forever in Brooklyn, NY Pinkshift, Cellmate, Glitch, Blisspoint, The Raven in Binghamton, NY Chained to the Bottom of the Ocean, Thema and the Sleaze, theWorst, Pinklids in Portland, ME 5/17 Rat Fest Day 2, Film and Gender, Pocket Sand, Low Measure, Roblox Tycoon in Albany, NY Feminine Aggression, Videodome in New Haven, CT TAG US IN YOUR GIG POSTS ❤️ 📷 @vialbandofficial by @madelineelli_

Hi friends! This is another abbreviated weekly post as we get caught back up from last weekend's show. And, there are lots of incredible gigs going on this week, so be sure to look it all over careful now. The Hampshire College faculty benefit show on Friday is going to be epic and @ihavenomouth413 's last show, so all you Western Mass folks get out there to love up on 'em! 📷 @film_and_gender by @put.over.photo #wherearethequeercoreshows #queercorecollaborative #queercore #queerpunk #queermademusic

Friends… Just WOW… Thank you, thank you thank you. Thank you for being a part of co-creating such a visceral and special night with us. Thank you for the magic of showing up to fill a room with such sincere, wide open human expression, energy and heart. Thank you to all the bands for inviting that energy into the space with your raw, unfettered bravura. Thank you to everyone who came out to contribute your brilliantly you magic to that space. Thank you to all the student organizers for believing in these kinds of spaces with us, and for all you do to breathe them into being. Thank you to @thedrakeamherst for hosting us. Thank you to all of our incredible volunteers for loving up on everyone so well! Thank you to our fiscal sponsor @bombyx.live for being such an ally to all that we do! Thank you to Amherst Cultural Council for their generous support and for believing in community health and nourishment through music and the arts! We raised $1000 in proceeds after paying all our bands and the venue. $300 of these proceeds are being donated to Trans Asylum Seekers Network and the remaining $700 of will go directly to supporting QueerCore Fest 2026 on September 18th and 19th (this is the first unofficial date announcement, so mark your calendars!!). Thank you for being a part of a living reminder for everyone in that room. A reason to remember that all of this - all of the struggle, heartbreak, longing, wondering what any of this is for - that IT IS ALL WORTH IT. To experience moments like THIS. Moments that confirm our belonging to something that matters. Because we make it matter to each other. By choosing to live those moments WITH each other. And, THAT is our greatest act of resistance. THAT is how we tend to each others hearts in the ways we so need in this world. So very grateful to get to live this with you! ❤️ @queercorecollaborative #queercore #queercorecollaborative #resistreclaimrehumanize #queercommunity #queerpunk

Blemmyae Brained - ABBATIA 🥴🧠 5.2 @thedrakeamherst @queercorecollaborative Shot by @resisst_to_b_iss 🎥 #queercore #abbatia #experimentalhiphop #electronic

DAISY CHAIN from the #518 got things started for the @queercorecollaborative RESIST RECLAIM REHUMANIZE show last night @thedrakeamherst with an honest, atmospheric heavy set. @pleaforguidance

@deathless__forever melted faces last night for the @queercorecollaborative RESIST RECLAIM REHUMANIZE show @thedrakeamherst rippingly brutal set.

LOOK OUT! @film_and_gender tore it up last night for the @queercorecollaborative RESIST RECLAIM REHUMANIZE show @thedrakeamherst with a beautiful message of pursuing art and music while not giving people who tear you down any time of day—even during the holidays, fuck those people 👊👊 *** For my photo peeps pic 3 is an in-camera multiple exposure + shutter drag, no compositing with photoshop.

@abbatia_ said “turn the house lights off” and then chaos ensued in the best possible fucking way. Non-stop head spinning energy for the entire set of the @queercorecollaborative RESIST RECLAIM REHUMANIZE show @thedrakeamherst last night.

@hirs666 put on an absolute banger of a set for the @queercorecollaborative RESIST RECLAIM REHUMANIZE show @thedrakeamherst last night. What a beautiful show from @queercorecollaborative 🩷🖤