RUSTED

Formosa is a multi-disciplinary Taiwanese-American DJ, artist and designer who performs as “Formosa” and as half of regular Pittsburgh queer party and music duo, Jellyfish. Behind the decks from Pittsburgh to New York, London, Mexico, and Taipei, you can expect their sets to range from italo disco to electro, jackin’ house, drum and bass, breakbeat, minimal, and more. We know those who caught them at last summer’s Honcho Campout - where they closed out Hemlock Hole with an unforgettable rain-soaked powerhouse Jellyfish set - are crazy excited to welcome them for their Canadian debut, and we couldn’t agree more! 🎟 Early bird tickets SOLD OUT. GA Ticket link in bio. @newhoqueen & @rustedto are bringing together queer underground sounds from across the Rust Belt and rooted in Queer Asian joy this Spring! April 11, 2026 | 10PM 334 Queen St. W. Toronto, ON @rivolitoronto

DJ SPOTLIGHT for @newhoqueen x @rustedto | 999ADJ We’re amped up to bring you this dreamy collab night, inspired by Honcho Campout 2025, which @999_adj completely smashed last summer while closing out Friday night at The Grove. Toronto-based 999ADJ is an artist, DJ, archivist, and curator exploring Black music histories through sound, storytelling, and research-led practice. Her practice is deeply process oriented and rooted in global underground scenes. Her sound explores house, electro, dub, techno and many more. She is the founder of underground Black soundsystem 999HEARD and the archival radio platform 999RADIO, and has just launched the 999RECORDS label! 999ADJ is making her NHQ and Rusted debut! 🎟 Tickets moving fast. Link in bio. @newhoqueen & @rustedto are bringing together queer underground sounds from across the Rust Belt and rooted in Queer Asian joy this Spring! April 11, 2026 | 10PM 334 Queen St. W. Toronto, ON @rivolitoronto

DJ SPOTLIGHT for @newhoqueen x @rustedto | Discoraphy b2b LL Cool Wei Setting the tone with the energy behind the vision. 🧧 We’re kicking things off with a massive B2B set from our very own NHQ Co-Directors: @discoraphy & @llcoolwei Expect a seamless journey as these two blend global sounds and diva anthems with high-energy, genre-bending tracks. From building intentional spaces across the city to commanding the dancefloor, they know exactly how to set the vibration for the night. Arrive early…you don’t want to miss the opening ritual. 🎟 Tickets moving fast. Link in bio. April 11, 2026 | 10PM 334 Queen St. W. Toronto, ON @rivolitoronto

@newhoqueen & @rustedto are bringing together queer underground sounds from across the Rust Belt and rooted in Queer Asian joy this Spring! Featuring Pittsburgh’s @formosa.exe , whose genre-spanning sets weave italo-disco, electro, and breakbeat into hypnotic journeys; @999_adj , an archivist of Black music histories channeling global underground rhythms; and NHQ Co-Directors @discoraphy & @llcoolwei going b2b and delivering dynamic, high-energy sets shaped by community and craft. April 11, 2026 | 10PM 334 Queen St. W. Toronto, ON @rivolitoronto Tickets on sale now. Ticket link in bio.

Baby’s first tee! Welcome the “Conny Rose” Rusted tee 🌹🐈‍⬛ A while back we made up some cute tees and the black and white logo reminded us of our cutie kitty Conny. That logo with the dusty pink and behold the Conny Rose tshirt was born! We did a very small run of these in a few sizes. If you’d like to have one, shoot us a DM! Logo design: @derekaubichon Tshirt printing and production: @privatepressprinting Model: Conny Photos: @thebrianwilson

Thanks to all the dancers, artists, collaborators and venues that made 2025 our biggest year yet! We love you all so much and are so proud to be part of this city’s special queer community. Here’s to even more in 2026! Thanks to all our DJs: @marnigurl @jcsuperfreak @rickymawzlin @frankieteardropx @max_mohenu @nkmoss The Robotic Kid @fawnbigcanoe @youngteesh @honchopgh @deliciousdj_ @djhermano_ @jaw_jones @susansarandy @bareezalay @brandonewingdavis Our collaborators: @puckerup_party @weareyohomo @susansarandy The artists and performers who made us look good: @derekaubichon @heavy.machinery @ryesq @kingchella @froglip_ The venues who graciously hosted us: @eagletoronto @cafeteria_____ @thebentway @bsmt254toronto And all of you! xoxo Rusted

Rusted is back in the beloved basement, in the wicked west, for one last wiggle to close out 2025! 12/12 at @bsmt254toronto with @brandonewingdavis @bareezalay 🦬💋🏗️ Tickets up now via link in bio! More below… We’re bringing you a taste of Buffalo and its brilliant @buddybuddy.fun party, a huge inspiration for us, via one of its founders, Buffalo/Buenos Aires-based icon Brandon Ewing. And no stranger to Buddy Buddy herself, opening things up is @puckerup_party party pal Critter, at your service to wash away the winter blues. Brandon Ewing is a party producer, creative director, and DJ. Inspired by the community, freedom, and sound he’s found in the American queer underground, Brandon started the celebrated queer party Buddy Buddy in his hometown of Buffalo, New York. He currently lives in Buenos Aires, where he’s seamlessly integrated into its dancefloors. His talent has quickly taken him to iconic DJ booths like DEMI-MONDE and Fun Fun; for the latter, he recently released an exclusive mix. Critter is a DJ, organizer, and bass freak from Halifax, Nova Scotia. Known for euphoric sets that are rooted in storytelling, her selections are expansive and emotionally charged, pairing whopping basslines and guttural wubs with heavenly melodies and ear-tickling textures. As an organizer, she’s eternally inspired by her love of the club, and is a founding member of the Toronto-based queer party series, PUCKER UP! Chilly nights be damned, come warm up those cold bones with a sparkly dance floor moment! Friday Dec 12 @bsmt254toronto (254 Lansdowne Ave) Advanced tickets $20 + RA fee (link in bio), door tickets $25 cash only (subject to availability) Doors at 10pm Music by: @brandonewingdavis @bareezalay

It’s getting dark in here… Calling all queerdos, weirdos, and parasites! We double dare you to enter HAUNTED HOUSE, a pre-Halloween seance rave at Toronto’s Black Eagle from the twisted minds of Sandy Watts and the Rusted crewwww. Local freaks marnighoul, jawbone jones, and sandy wolfman watts will have you levitating with spooky, kooky, literally HAUNTED house music all night long. Friday, October 24, 2025 @eagletoronto $10 before 10:30pm, $15 after 9pm- late 19+ All corpses welcome! Music by: @susansarandy @marnigurl @jaw_jones Original Flyer by: @froglip_

RUSTED RETURNS! Friday, Sept 26 with @djhermano_ @deliciousdj_ 🧱⚙️🍁 Something special about the Rust Belt and Great Lakes queer scene is how it not only brings its own community together so beautifully, but wholeheartedly welcomes in fine folks from all over, building and extending that community beyond just the region itself. From day one, Rusted has aimed to do the same, bringing in talent not only from the Rust Belt but from anywhere really - so long as the community connection is there. With that, we’re celebrating both the homegrown and intercontinental connection this time around with an all Canada lineup (by way of Brazil). We first encountered DJ Hermano when he played Honcho Campout in 2019. Since then, we’ve bumped elbows at BuddyBuddy in Buffalo and twirled together at Bodywaves in Toronto, and he’s hooked us on his dynamic sound and artistry. Originally from Brazil and now living in Montreal, DJ Hermano has a passion for music that has taken him across most of the continent, playing on the line-ups of major festivals, parties & clubs. Still influenced by his Brazilian roots, he incorporates editions from the 80s and 90s, as well as contemporary electronic music. He’s also released his own work, most recently the EP Discodrama this past March (which you should definitely check out). Sharing the night is Toronto’s Disco Daddy, Delicious, an openly queer & trans DJ specializing in classic and deep house, disco and funk. Delicious has made a name for himself spinning at some of Toronto’s biggest queer events including Gay Rights, DFMO, Deep Inside, Love on Top and recently his own bi-monthly dance party, BODIES/BODIES/BODIES! Delicious truly lives up to his name, keeping things yummy and filling the floor with delectable dancevibes. This Montreal/Toronto lineup is hot to trot, so bring your buds and let’s bash! Friday, Sept 26 at @eagletoronto Doors at 9pm. $10 before 10:30pm, $15 after. Music by @djhermano_ @deliciousdj_ Poster by @derekaubichon —-///

RUSTED TURNS TWO!💥We’re back for a big ol’ bash Friday, May 30 with San Fran’s @nkmoss and @max_mohenu More ⬇️ It’s true, we’ve entered our terrible twos! Just in time for spring fever and a prelude to pride month, we’re ready to throw tantrums all over the dance floor with y’all in honour of two years of Rusted! To celebrate, we’ve bringing a friend and longtime inspiration all the way from San Fransisco for his Toronto debut! Nick Moss (he/him) crafts an enigmatic dance floor experience, guiding listeners through a captivating journey that seamlessly weaves genres and ventures into unexpected sonic realms. Through his efforts co-producing Quiche, an open-air dance party that made its debut on the San Francisco scene in 2021, and formerly through Kosmetik and Fault Radio’s KTV, Nick has been a pivotal player in the vibrant underground queer music scene of San Francisco for the past several years. His unconventional blending of experimental and left-field selections lends an intriguing quality to his unique and esoteric sound, leaving an indelible impression that lingers in the shadows of the mind. Sharing the night is Toronto temptrex Rose Hips (they/them), a mainstay in queer nightlife who looks to inspire movement, sensuality, and escapism on the dance floor. Coming up in the underground music scene, Rose Hips’s love affair with dance music dates back to their early teenage years in Detroit, discovering electronic music, and dipping their toes into the city’s legendary party culture. Their selections nod to 90s producers, outliers, experimentalists, pop divas, and queer innovators who’ve inspired them to be bold and adventurous behind the decks. Rose Hips taps into the unrelenting bass, slinky percussion, and leftfield rhythms of house, techno, hard-drum, dembow, UK funky, and jersey club, seamlessly blending a wide range of vibrant, global club sounds. Together these quiche queerdos will make their Rusted debut to help us mark two years of Rusted rowdiness! Come make history with us, honey hams! Friday, May 30 at @eagletoronto Doors at 9pm. $10 before 10:30pm, $15 after. Music by @nickmoss @max_mohenu Poster by @derekaubichon —-///

Attention dancers! Attention lovers of Hot Mass, Campout and queer dance music gatherings! This is not a drill! For our second Pride Sunday celebration Together, we’ve gone major and invited our friends from HONCHO to come and DJ from sunset into starlight under the bridge, ✨ Join us SUNDAY, June 29 from 4-10 as @honchopgh headlines TOGETHER with extra special local guests @rustedto - one of our fave collectives who build connections through DJ sounds locally and yonder. They’ve curated a shimmering afternoon of local queer DJs and talent. DJs @the_robotickid and @fawnbigcanoe will kick things off with a B2B not to miss, and a headline set from queen @youngteesh ✨ Expect BIG SOUND, BIG LOVE and a BEAUTIFUL DAY of collaboration and powerful music you won’t be hearing anywhere else in the city on Pride Sunday. ✨ We’re so proud of this Pride Sunday venture we keep building with friends and fam and can’t wait to keep the party going with you, rain or shine or shine and shine! ✨ TICKET LINK IN BIO via DICE APP only!

Jordan and Mickey were a dance floor duo like no other. That’s where we came to know them best, on the Rust Belt dance floors, giving everything they have to the music, the DJs, the community around them. Their true joy and passion for the scene so many of us love is a big part of what inspired us to start our parties in the first place. These past several days have been devastating. Some of the hardest, darkest days. But to see the Rust Belt queerdos come together from all over to memorialize Jordan and Mickey last Saturday was beautiful and so moving. Being in Allentown, the community they loved and worked so endlessly to grow, and hearing those who love them speak, sharing powerful words, humour and light during such a dark time, was something we will cherish always. We need each other, this pack of party misfits, spread out across the Great Lakes and all over. Probably now more than ever. We’ll move forward holding close the love these two have for the community, for all of us, and for each other, and keep them in our hearts and souls with every party, every function, every afters, every look, twirl and step we take in life. We love you Jordan & Mickey, always forever. 💗🪩💗