Underwear Fest is an annual underwear-themed event promoting gender equality. All gender expressions welcome. Instead of just the gals, both guys and gals wear underwear, swimsuit, or shorts. All males coming to the event need to come with a female/s. This is to promote a more balanced attendance, ensuring close to equal numbers of males and females, and ensure accountability. Exceptions can be made based on being referred by people involved in the event. This is not a sex-themed event. It’s ...
Underwear Fest is an annual underwear-themed event promoting gender equality. All gender expressions welcome. Instead of just the gals, both guys and gals wear underwear, swimsuit, or shorts. All males coming to the event need to come with a female/s. This is to promote a more balanced attendance, ensuring close to equal numbers of males and females, and ensure accountability. Exceptions can be made based on being referred by people involved in the event. This is not a sex-themed event. It’s an underwear themed event in the hottest month of the year, and people are encouraged to make an outfit out of their underwear!!!
We ask you, please take the extra time to invite the friends you know would be down for being the party starters for a positive, gender-equal environment inclusive of all types of people…and please don’t invite any prudes, haters, people that are judgmental or behave badly at parties.
We know it takes extra time to consider which friends when inviting, but the results will be an event stacked with personally selected positive people and we hope that will be worth it for everyone involved. Out of respect for the space which is tied to the Burning Man ethos, and with a desire to cultivate a strong community, we strive to follow the 10 BM principles of radical inclusion, decomodification, radical self-reliance, radical self-expression, communal effort, civic responsibility, leave no trace, participation, and immediacy. Created together, we will grow our community. The space is donated and there are rules such as ‘no commerce zone‘ meaning no vending or selling or taking donations. It is imperative that we respect the space, each other, and leave no trace, & always ‘ask first’. Peace, Love, Unity, & Respect!
Get on the email list to get day-before information and directions! Email us at ChicagoUnderwearWeek at gmail dot com
The directions will be sent before midnight August 1st.
Underwear Fest is where free thinking people can enjoy each others company while dancing, hooping, fire-spinning, listening to great dance music and making bold fashion statements in support of gender equality. Be free. All gender expressions welcome.
Love your body respect everybody is the theme!
It is an Urban Campout. bring a blanket/chairs to relax on.
Hooping
Music & Dancing
Fashion presentation
Vegetarian & meat grills. Bring something to grill for yourself and bring something to share
After-dark campfire
Poi (experienced only-bring your own supplies and safety)
DJ's:
Czboogie
https://soundcloud.com/czboogie
http://www.5chicago.com/
K'nex
http://djknex.com/
http://twitter.com/djknex
Adonis Childs TFU
https://www.youtube.com/truefamilyunit
https://soundcloud.com/dj-adonis-childs
Timescape Films
Radiohiro - Freakeasy Chicago
http://www.freakeasy.net/
DJ Veganinblack
https://www.facebook.com/djveganinblack
Mr. Bobby Bobby Hernandez
www.mrbobbysworld.blogspot.com
DJ Afro Ninja
https://soundcloud.com/dj_afro_ninja
http://www.mtv.com/artists/dj-afroninja/
http://www.mixcloud.com/joeyafroninja2/
DJ Demchuk Daniel Joseph Demchuk
http://www.mixcloud.com/djdemchuk
Mindy Sherman
https://www.facebook.com/minsuremin
Eddy Yorch
https://www.facebook.com/yorch.GDL
Tony Sun
https://www.facebook.com/tony.yu.585
Kid Delicious
http://www.facebook.com/kiddelish
https://soundcloud.com/djkiddelicious
DJ Full Of Ghosts
https://www.facebook.com/fullofghosts
The fest takes place on a private reserve walking distance from the Milwaukee/Grand blue line train station. Location released day of event.
Shorts, underwear or swimsuit are required for admission
you can wear regular attire to the event and change clothes at the off-the-street entrance.
Bring something to share, this is a zero sales event
No drugs, bottles, weapons or markers
All bags subject to search upon entry
We reserve the right to refuse anyone
This is a creative free space for gender equality & radical consent (always ask first)
This is a leave no trace environment
Pack it in, pack it out
BYOF (bring your own fixins)
No glass. Cans only. Recycling on site.
Facebook group with information about related happenings:
https://www.facebook.com/groups/UnderwearMassDanceParty