ABOUT NATIONAL QUEER ARTS FESTIVAL
Our signature program is the National Queer Arts Festival (NQAF), an annual multidisciplinary Festival held May through July throughout the San Francisco Bay Area. Each year we commission over twenty performances, visual arts exhibitions, and interdisciplinary showcases and in the process, we support hundreds of artists and production crews.
Since 1998, NQAF has presented more than 800 different events that have featured more than 2,300 LGBTQ+ artists including Bill T. Jones, Alice Walker, Robert Rauschenberg, Meredith Monk, Adrienne Rich, Marga Gomez, Justin Chin, Thom Gunn, Cherrie Moraga and Dorothy Allison. Many artists find their start at the festival. NQAF is the largest queer arts festival in North America.
2021 FESTIVAL
This year we welcome you to join us for The Future is… the 24th Annual National Queer Arts Festival.
To honor community care and wellness, this year is our very first all-virtual festival. We miss being with you, we know this past year has been like no other, and we are so happy to have the chance to be in a virtual community with you.
90% of the funds raised through festival tickets go directly into the pockets of artists. This year we are excited to launch a festival pass, giving you direct access to all 13 shows showcasing our Creating Queer Community Artist Cohort. And don’t forget to check out the entire calendar of events, below!
NQAF 2021 CATALOG
This year, all elements of the festival are virtual including our catalog.
Check out the NQAF interactive catalog to see the details of all 25 festival shows! You can click on links to find descriptions, ticket links, social media, and more!
Download The Future Is… NQAF Interactive Catalog: NQAF_2021
UPCOMING EVENTS
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C Q2021-06-03 07:31:502021-06-03 07:37:50The Future Is Free: The Dwayne Calizo Artist Residence Showcase
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Sofia bBarahona mena2021-05-27 19:54:182021-05-27 19:54:18Still Here Presents, Mission Pride: An Evening with Vero Majano
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Sofia bBarahona mena2021-05-27 18:33:362021-06-18 19:07:34We Love Like Barnacles: Crip Lives in Climate Chaos, encore performance
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Sofia bBarahona mena2021-05-27 07:17:102021-06-17 20:15:59BIPOC Trans Pride & Resilience
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Sofia bBarahona mena2021-05-27 05:47:392021-05-27 06:11:54Queer AF & Asian Pacific Islander Cultural Center proudly presents: Radical Joy
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Sofia bBarahona mena2021-05-27 05:38:182021-05-27 06:55:34The 45th
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Sofia bBarahona mena2021-05-27 05:25:292021-05-27 05:25:29The Song Sanctuary
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C Q2021-05-27 03:38:412021-05-27 03:38:41Queer Rebels Fest 2021 Juneteenth Edition: Say It Loud
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C Q2021-05-27 03:20:222021-05-27 03:21:2720th Anniversary FRESH MEAT FESTIVAL
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C Q2021-05-27 02:51:412021-05-27 03:06:50Central American Unicorns in Space! A Queer Digital Cabaret
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Sofia bBarahona mena2021-05-27 00:46:382021-05-27 00:47:10So The Darkness May Glitter: Queer & Trans Arab Futures
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Sofia bBarahona mena2021-05-26 22:27:202021-05-26 22:27:20Tiny Baruch and His Amazing Friends!
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Sofia bBarahona mena2021-05-26 22:14:202021-05-26 22:28:03Crossbones on My Life
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C Q2021-05-25 04:09:482021-05-25 04:11:13An evening with Skywatchers and Oysterknife
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C Q2021-05-25 03:31:042021-05-25 04:16:38The Future is Queer Country
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C Q2021-05-25 03:08:382021-05-25 03:08:3817th annual Queer Women of Color Film Festival
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C Q2021-05-25 02:53:472021-06-10 20:01:43How To Have A Body
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C Q2021-05-25 02:33:092021-06-11 04:07:54MASCellaneous: Remember Gender Dualisms | Decolonizing Binaries
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Sofia bBarahona mena2021-05-24 05:22:192021-05-25 04:15:26YANGA GODDESS
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Sofia bBarahona mena2021-05-24 05:03:102021-05-26 19:40:04What Remains: Strong AF TWOC
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C Q2021-05-24 04:21:102021-05-24 04:21:56The Art of Healing
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C Q2021-05-13 18:01:052021-05-27 22:25:12Shaping & Remembering: Emerging Artist Showcase
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C Q2021-05-13 17:43:562021-05-19 20:37:41Queer Afro Latin Dance Festival
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C Q2021-05-13 02:06:372021-06-09 16:24:24National Queer Arts Festival 2021
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C Q2021-05-13 00:40:122021-05-27 22:26:13Overlooked Giants: A Parable of Queer Women of Color in The ArtsPAST NQAF 2020 EVENTS
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C Q2020-06-17 18:26:012020-06-24 18:27:05Black Faggotry
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C Q2020-05-20 00:32:462020-06-24 18:27:35Awilda Rodríguez Lora and Cristóbal Guerra Naranjo
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C Q2020-05-18 18:22:092020-06-24 18:28:06Zulfikar Ali Bhutto
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C Q2020-05-16 19:19:252020-06-24 18:28:20Marcela Pardo Ariza
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C Q2020-05-14 20:26:512020-08-03 01:03:57Pati Cruz
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C Q2020-05-10 21:49:192020-08-03 01:04:16Puerto Rico & the Bay Area: A Cuir/Queer ConversationJune 30, 2020
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C Q2020-05-06 22:02:552020-08-03 01:04:32aquí estamos / here we areVirtual Exhibition
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