We are starting the year off with an ode to cybernetic society. Attach your best enhancements and prepare to deep dive into the web so we can all hack the planet together. Dress code is whatever the word cyberpunk means to you: whether a combo of 90s grunge and metallics, futuristic Blade Runner leather, or even full-on Ghost In The Shell robotics. Get creative with it! We hope to see at least one electric sheep.
Looking for a casual way to meet other locals? Meet and greet at our outdoor social munches on Saturday, December 23rd and Saturday, December 30th. Both are open to anyone, whether or not you’re an approved Lunar Voyager.
🥙 Saturday, December 23rd, 2023, 5pm-9:30pm: Brooklyn Noosh, 988 Atlantic at Grand Ave, Prospect Heights. Food and drink available for purchase; Persian/burger restaurant. Backyard has fire pits. Close to the Atlantic Av–Barclays Ctr B/Q/2/3/4/5/LIRR and the Franklin Av C/S trains, and Citibike docks.
🍻 Saturday, December 30th, 2023, 5pm-9:30pm: Queens, Beer Garden at Bohemian Hall, 29-19 24th Avenue, Astoria. Trestle, 34-02 Broadway at 34th Street, Astoria. (Updated Dec. 30th because Beer Garden was closed.) Food and drink available for purchase. Heatlamps available. Short walk from N/W subway; Citibike docks just outside.
Both are drop-in/drop-out; hang out for as long as you wish. Dress: casual. Come to either munch, or both. No RSVP required. You’re invited, and you can bring a friend. Look for a Eutopia Rising sign!
It’s starting to get cold, why not warm up in the monster’s den? Shed your mortal selves and leave human pleasantries behind and join us for a night of debauchery and carnal pleasures.
This fall in NYC get ready to experience a monstrously sexy time at a wonderfully wicked space, with guests and ghouls ranging from the most ravenous of werewolves, to the fanged and fierce vampires, all the way down to the beasts circling the pits of the 9th circle. Bask under the light of a full moon at this beastly bacchanalia, where we always ask before entering. Be sure knot to miss out on this monsterfucker extravaganza, where your worst nightmares are also your darkest pleasures.
Friday, May 12, 2023 7pm-1am A Secret Location in Downtown Manhattan
Come on Barbie, let’s go Gothy
Voyagers: Check your email for the registration link! Not yet an approved Lunar Voyager? Apply now!
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Get in, dolls, we’re doin’ hot goth bimbo shit.
We see a pink door and we wanna paint it black. Black like shiny boots and stiletto pumps. Black like mascara running down your cheeks. Black like coffee at midnight. Black like whips and lips and the void of space and the hole in your soul. Black like the future.
Pink like Barbie’s DreamCar riding off to the plastic sunset. Pink like a latex revolution. Pink like the tongue that goes down, maybe. Pink like the lips around your, maybe. Pink like the skin that’s under, baby. Pink where it’s deepest inside, crazy.
Wear your colors and get your ass to The Black & Pink Ball.
Bring your buns to the gingham altar at the city’s longest-running competitive baking-themed daytime play party, back at last!
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We are inviting the city’s most promising boinkers to join us under the tent for the long-awaited next sensational season of Brooklyn’s most famous underground baking-show-themed competitive daytime sex party.
Eutopia Rising is back with our unique blend of games, fun, puns, and sticky buns. Expect icebreaking entremets, scandalous signature moves, tricky technical challenges, and mouth-watering showstoppers. We will have hosts, judges, and prizes that will be given out throughout the day to our star boinkers. All you need to bring is your delicious self.
Never Surrender is starting the new year by taking on evil in the name of love and justice!
Saturday, January 14, 2023 7pm-midnight A Secret Location in Downtown Manhattan
NEVER SURRENDER is a recurring party that has taken several forms over several years, both live and virtual. We returned to live events in Spring 2022 and are now gathering every other month as long as desire and circumstance permit.
We are a place to play, to feel safe, and to reconnect. We are a chill space for good times with good people. We are a party and a protest, a ritual and a revel. We are a circle of love spitting naked defiance at a world in crisis.
Make loud noises. Leave lipstick traces. Make memories. Talk, play, show off, or just be a witness to the magic. Come as whatever gender you are, wear whatever makes you happy.
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Have you ever secretly dreamed about having the power of the moon so you could fight monsters? Or maybe you wished you were the terrifying aliens invading Earth instead? This party is all about transforming into your ultimate magical self, whether that be someone fighting for the future of the planet or a villain looking to sow chaos and destruction. Come in your best sailor suit complete with sparkly gems or break out the leather, lace, and an intimidating cape. You get to choose which side you’re on and what your powers will be.
Saturday November 19, 2022 7pm – midnight A Secret Location in downtown Manhattan
Voyagers: Check your email for the registration link! Not yet an approved Lunar Voyager? Apply now!
Your favorite queer-centered play party is going down. Way down.
NEVER SURRENDER is a recurring party that has taken several forms over several years, both live and virtual. We returned to live events in Spring 2022 and are now gathering every other month as long as desire and circumstance permit.
We are a place to play, to feel safe, and to reconnect. We are a chill space for good times with good people. We are a party and a protest, a ritual and a revel. We are a circle of love spitting naked defiance at a world in crisis.
Make loud noises. Leave lipstick traces. Make memories. Talk, play, show off, or just be a witness to the magic. Come as whatever gender you are, wear whatever makes you happy.
Going on 30 months into a pandemic, Eutopia Rising continues to hold high standards for how we keep each other safe. We seek to balance social, emotional and physical need with input, disability awareness and medical understanding in an evolving set of practices to minimize harm. We hosted virtual events throughout 2020 and 2021 as long as we had capacity, and very carefully resumed in-person events in October 2021.
Here’s what we are doing:
Solar events are held outdoors when possible, and when held indoors are well-ventilated, masks and distancing expected.
Attending Lunar events like Never Surrender requires full vaccination for COVID-19 as defined by the CDC, but our requirements exceed those currently recommended by the agency. Voyagers must test negative on a rapid antigen test in the 24 hours prior to the event, must feel well without cough, runny nose, fatigue, body ache, fever, etc., and have no recent exposures to anyone with a confirmed positive test. All attendees must arrive masked, and anyone who arrives without submitting a current test result through our secure form will be asked to take a test and remain outside until the results are negative.
Due to limited availability of Monkeypox vaccines, we do not yet require vaccination to attend. However, we do ask that nobody attend Lunar events with symptoms such as rash, lesions, fatigue, body aches, swollen lymph nodes, or fever. We take additional hygiene precautions with skin and fluid contact in mind.
We offer full refunds on event tickets in the case of a positive result on a rapid antigen test, potential exposure to anyone with a confirmed positive test result, development of concerning symptoms, or any other reason that a voyager believes they should stay home for their own safety or that of our community. Please contact us at events@eutopia-rising.org to request a refund on your event ticket.
A key element of keeping each other safe is open and honest communication around health and risk factors. We discuss and model how to have these conversations in a positive, non-judgemental way during our events, and we strongly encourage voyagers to be proactive about their concerns. Safety monitors and event staff will be introduced at the beginning of each event. We also reach out to all event attendees afterwards for feedback and remind them to contact us if they test positive after one of our events. For any concerns before or after our events, we can be reached at events@eutopia-rising.org.
If you would like to stay connected to what we currently have going on, we encourage you to join us on the Eutopia Rising Community Discord. This is a great way to check out our community, even if you’re not yet ready to become a voyager. Anyone may join who can follow the code of conduct, and it has been a transformative space for connecting and supporting each other.
If you would like to support the continued work of our brave crew of voluntqueers, please consider contributing to our Patreon.
We will survive and thrive, and we are going to do it together.
Your favorite chill queer-centered play party is going to the Play Space at the End of the Universe. Power up the improbability drive and don’t forget your towel. Share and Enjoy.
About this event
NEVER SURRENDER is a recurring party that has taken several forms over several years, both live and virtual, before going on an extended hiatus some time ago. But it was never gone, never forgotten. Now, we return to life, and to a live event, with the same good vibes we’ve always had.
We are a place to play, to feel safe, and to reconnect. We are a chill space for good times with good people. We are a party and a protest, a ritual and a revel. We are a circle of love spitting naked defiance at a world in crisis.
Make loud noises. Leave lipstick traces. Make memories. Talk, play, show off, or just be a witness to the magic. Come as whatever gender you are, wear whatever makes you happy.
Your favorite chill queer-centered play party is making a comeback, with new life reaching up from the soil, ready to bloom. Come with us.
Friday, July 29, 2022 7-12 pm A secret location in downtown Manhattan
Voyagers: check your email for the registration link! Not yet an approved lunar voyager? Apply now!
NEVER SURRENDER is a recurring party that has taken several forms over several years, both live and virtual, before going on an extended hiatus some time ago. But it was never gone, never forgotten. Now, we return to life, and to a live event, with the same good vibes we’ve always had. We are a place to play, to feel safe, and to reconnect. We are a chill space for good times with good people. We are a party and a protest, a ritual and a revel. We are a circle of love spitting naked defiance at a world in crisis.
