Switch Presents

Tonight’s the night and we want to highlight our local guest before the party. For those of you who don’t know .heap - she is a fierce, longtime contributor, curator and selector to the Portland scene who brings an eclectic range of selection and style to the dance floors she plays.

She is also the talented artist behind our visuals displayed above the bar and has collaborated in a multidisciplinary fashion with the iconic Juliana Huxtable. An artist, dj, and gem of a human. Emoji Heap will be closing it out for us proper.

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Emoji Heap is the DJ project of Portland based multimedia artist, Peggy Sisouvong.
Her realm of sound is inspired by her upbringing and nostalgia of pop music, anime and video games, as well as her experience as a South East Asian-American living the Trans experience.
She has opened for the likes of Olof Dreijer, Blue Hawaii, Petal Supply and many more. DJ Emoji Heap is also a member of the dj collective “No control” a prolific music collective consisting of women and trans identifying people.

SWITCH PRIDE • HOLOCENE • JULY 20

It’s Pride season again and we’re back and excited to celebrate with one of our favorite DJs on the scene, !

Secure your spot now! We’ve been known to sell out in past years.

See you on the dance floor!

Artist spotlight:
Ariel Zetina is a Chicago based artist, focusing in music production, deejaying, and writing. Though her music can be considered techno, she takes inspiration from Chicago house, Belizean punta, and the q***r club scene worldwide. These influences can be heard on a number of EP’s, remixes, and in 2022 on her debut album Cyclorama via Local Action Records. She is a resident DJ at the legendary house club Smartbar and co runs the party/mix series Rumors. She is also a playwright, and has had her plays staged around the US. In 2022, she was nominated for Breakthrough DJ-North America by DJ Mag.

Alright cuties! Excited to announce that we’re back for another one, this time bringing two of our NY favorites to the decks to melt our brains and mold them back together again. Expect mind altering, portal opening techno all night from UNTER resident VOLVOX and SUSTAIN RELEASE founder AURORA HALAL. We’re honored to have these two joining us and can’t wait to go on this journey with y’all. Warming up the space for us is the talented local DJ SCS. DJ ScS is an UwU collective member and also Switch’s newest resident. She’s made regular appearances with us over this last year or so and we’re super excited to welcome her to be a part of the party. More on that coming :)

Our hosts for the night are Diane Rott, Witch Prince, othrwrld and House of Coco.

And as always, we’re still freaky and we’re still Q***r. Let your flags fly proudly. Consent is mandatory and remember, you can be naughty and still be nice.

See ya on the dance floor bbs! Link in bio. xoxo

Introducing our all star guest DJs for the night, (NYC) and (SEA)!!

Both of these DJs bring a unique flavor to the dance floor and we’re super excited to experience the evolution of energy throughout the night as these two share a bill for the first time.

SPRKLBB is a vinyl-only DJ based in Brooklyn. He currently hosts Bottle Service at Brooklyn's Black Flamingo, Club Moment on NYCs The Lot Radio, and an experimental monthly "MICROWAVE 4 ONE" on London's Soho Radio. He’s a mentee of the NYC house duo The Carry Nation and speaking from experience, he always brings a groove laced with c**t, nostalgia, perfectly selected edits and ~vibes~.

Sharlese will carry us to close. She’s an authority in the goth and the synth and wave world, and has an encyclopedic knowledge of music and dedication to community building that’s cemented herself as one of the west coast’s most fascinating and sought after DJs. Sharlese has put in decades of hard work in the Seattle scene and by day works at the legendary radio station KEXP. She is also a resident of Seattle's underground techno collective, secondnature and additionally serves as a member of the Black Techno Matters collective. A dear friend of ours, this DJ is extremely versatile and will bring us into a sexy, wavey closer that’ll get y’all kissing on the dance floor.

We still have some tickets available so snag them while you can!

See ya tomorrow!

Our show starring residents and and a last minute special addition, starts at 7 this Saturday at Holocene!

We hit capacity last year which made it difficult to get in, so this year we really want to encourage folks to secure their spot at the show & party with a ticket.

We’ve decided on doing an earlier show so theres more space to work with and we can include more performers without compromising the music. If you want to catch these incredible artists, come early!

The weekend is quickly approaching and we CANNOT WAIT to party with you all!

Presales are sold out, but there’s GA available online or at the door.

Fe**sh wear encouraged as always. Consent is mandatory. And please keep the vibes flowing by not taking pictures/video on the dance floor. Respect each other, respect yourself. Let’s do this!!