Airick X is a founder and one of the masterminds behind Blow Pony, a Pacific Northwest group that puts on inclusive, radical events focused on elevating the art and people of the global queer community. He will deliver this effervescent and profound realness to the Mile High City via Blow Pony Denver, an alternative Pride dance party of sorts at the Compound this Saturday, June 20. Bringing out special guests like musician, artist and teacher TT The Artist from Baltimore and drag queen and visual and performance artist
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"We've turned Pepsi away, Camel away, Red Bull away (as sponsors for Blow Pony events) — I'd rather work off of the money I get from my own community and make a solid event which is just as rocking and fun without taking money from those companies," says
It should be noted that though Airick X has been living in the Pacific Northwest for many years, he has a rooted history in Colorado's underground rave culture that thrived in the clubs and warehouses of the city in the '90s. Born and raised in Golden, Airick X was once known as Kid
Saturday's Blow Pony event is open to
Blow Pony Denver kicks off this Saturday, June 20 at 9 p.m. at the Compound in Denver, with performances by TT The Artist and
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