The Bad Review Fund "GALA" with Garnet, Christeene and Guests!
About This Event
At The Parkside Lounge, the Bad Review Fund "GALA" features Christeene, Garnet and additional guests. Christeene, the performance persona of Paul Soileau, works in a queercore lineage with distressed costuming, tangled wigs and smeared makeup that stage confrontational, movement-based pieces favoring abrasion over polish; Garnet draws from reggae and dancehall—lovers rock, ragga and roots—keeping music and direct vocal rhythm central while operating alongside performance-art drag and club experimentation.
About The Bad Review Fund "GALA"
The Bad Review Fund “GALA” lands at The Parkside Lounge as a downtown variety bill built around Christeene and Garnet, with guests cycling through. Christeene, the performance persona of Paul Soileau, works in abrasive drag that uses deliberate ruin—wigs, makeup, costume—as a tool to stage discomfort and test the audience’s tolerance. Garnet brings a contrasting presence, sharpening the night’s shifts in tone and control. In a city with a long history of club-based art and queer resistance, the format feels less like a gala than an argument about what gets celebrated.
About the Artists
Garnet
Garnet is a New York City–based performer whose sets draw from reggae and dancehall traditions, with touches of lovers rock, ragga, and roots reggae. They have appeared at The Parkside Lounge, including The Bad Review Fund “GALA,” sharing the bill with Christeene and other guests.
Christeene
Christeene is the performance persona of artist Paul Soileau, working in a queercore lineage where dance, vocal delivery, and visual provocation share equal weight. In New York City, Christeene has appeared at The Parkside Lounge, including The Bad Review Fund “GALA” alongside Garnet and additional guests.