SPEAKER

Nayme

Co-founder and Creative Director

Mala Junta

Nayme is a Berlin-based creative consultant and event producer working at the intersection of music, nightlife, fashion and queer culture. He is the co-founder and creative director of Mala Junta, the queer music collective and record label established in 2018 alongside Hyperaktivist and DJ TOOL.

Rooted in Berlin’s underground music scene, Mala Junta has grown into an international platform championing diversity in both music and audiences. Through events, collaborations and showcases at renowned clubs and festivals worldwide, Mala Junta has developed a distinctive sound and cultural identity, championing nightlife as a space for queer visibility, resistance, self-expression and solidarity.

Beyond Mala Junta, Nayme’s creative consultancy bridges artistic disciplines and communities, reflecting his commitment to cultural exchange, creative freedom, the representation of marginalised voices and the transformative potential of queer spaces.

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Session

More Than a Party: Queer Spaces and the Future of Music Culture

Across the world, queer clubs and dedicated LGBTQIA+ nightlife spaces are disappearing under combined social and economic pressures, but at the same time, queer sound artists have become increasingly visible within mainstream club culture.

What is lost when dedicated queer venues disappear? How does queerness continue to shape the ways music spaces are imagined, organised and experienced?

Bringing together club operators, cultural workers and researchers, this session explores the political, social and cultural importance of queer nightlife infrastructures. The conversation asks how queer communities are responding to urban pressures, what new forms of gathering are emerging and how queer approaches to care, programming, accessibility and collective ownership might offer models for the future.

At a time when many cities are losing dedicated queer venues, this session examines not only what is disappearing, but also what new possibilities are being created.

Panel Discussion

🇬🇧 English

SCENE

Night Culture Policies

Convention

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