FRIGID Nightcap

Arcadia Neon invites you into a queer mythic future where ancient desire meets electric glow. At this month’s FRIGID Nightcap, pastoral fantasy collides with downtown nightlife in a world of gods, ghosts, glitter, prophecy, and performance. Think classical echoes under fluorescent light: ruins turned rave, legend turned afterparty, history rewritten in neon.

FRIENDLY FIRE is a variety show about the moment you realize you’re yelling at someone who wants most of the same things you do—while the people actually causing the harm walk away whistling.
War abroad. Elections at home. Attacks on trans people as a political hobbyhorse. The constant “emergency” drip that keeps us reactive, exhausted, and ready to attack the nearest person who slightly disappoints us.

This month, we do something radical: we stop doing their work for free.
At Nightcap, we're calling for a CEASEFIRE! That means re-aiming, coalition-building, uncompromising protection of trans people and other marginalized/vulnerable groups, refusing to mistake each other for the enemy, and generally keeping each other alive.
Comedy, drag, music, performance, and whatever you need to turn rage into aim. Come laugh, scream, and leave with your coalition intact.

Content Awareness: This performance may include adult language, sexual content, flashing or bright theatrical lighting, loud music, haze, and material engaging with queer history, mythology, desire, and identity.

• Variety and Open Mics
• $10.00 + $2.50 fee - $15.00 + $2.50 fee
• June 26, 2026-August 28, 2026
• 60 minutes
• Under St Marks
• 94 St Marks Pl, New York, NY 10009