BARBA HOLA

At BARBA you will find people with different backgrounds, ages, gender, and sexuality become one, like an ecosystem of sweat, bass, and freedom. BARBA is constantly creating conversations about mental health, harm reduction, drugs, body positivity, and sex-positivity in our community.

BARBA is a bridge that brings different parts of our community together. Our clientele is basically anyone that will spend a whole night dancing to techno and break free to escape from their routines and mainstream spaces.

BARBA is a world-class event, it has thrown multiple nights in Melbourne, Sydney, Brisbane, Berlin, San Francisco, and during the 2019 New York WorldPride weekend.

BARBA started in 2014 as an underground sex-positive queer techno night in Melbourne, a safe place for all queers and a platform for queer artists to show their artistry. BARBA Presents has evolved during all these years, and it has been honored to host different types of events, live music gigs, performance art, and themed parties as part of this mix.

BARBA has showcased international artists such as Tred, Casey Spooner, Takaaki Itoh, Roi Perez, Mark Henning, Moderna, Pissy Pussy, Rify Royalty just to name a few, and the best queer artists in the local scene on a regular basis, including Stereogamous, Benjamin Hancock, Jandruze, Tanzer, Jojo Zaho, The Huxleys, Yummy, The Beastie Girls amongst hundreds of incredible artists in the industry.