The Bad Review Fund "GALA" with Garnet, Christeene and Guests!
About This Event
The Bad Review Fund "GALA" at The Parkside Lounge presents a lineup featuring Christeene, Garnet and guests. Christeene (Paul Soileau) performs confrontational, self-styled "terrorist drag"—torn clothing, stringy matted black wigs and smeared makeup—intended to expose hypocrisy and intolerance. Garnet, a Japanese pop/rock band rooted in neo-acoustic songwriting, produced prolific early singles but did not appear live or on television before 2002.
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 Paul Soileau, working across drag, music, and performance art with roots in queercore. The act uses distressed costuming, tangled wigs, and deliberately smeared makeup to build a rough, confrontational aesthetic that targets social hypocrisy and intolerance.