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The multidisciplinary artist José Villalobos grew up on the U.S.-Mexico border in El Paso, Texas, and was raised in a traditional and religiously (Evangelical) conservative family. His work reconciles the identity challenges in his life, caught between traditional Mexican customs and American mores, as well as growing up with religious ideals that conflict with and condemn being gay.: Villalobos manipulates material through the context of self-identity as he examines gender roles within family culture, demonstrating that dismantling traditional modes of masculine identity centers an interstitial space where materiality softens virility.Recommendation: See this vivid show of highly resonant work, the inaugural exhibition in the new Big Medium space – from the folks who bring our lucky city the annual Austin Studio Tour.

Local queer comic Brandi Davis headlines two nights at the Velv with their "camp counselor energy” as featured at the Moontower Comedy Festival and in opening for national touring comics like Beth Stelling and Vanessa Gonzalez.

A concert centered on supporting the LGBTQ+ community featuring Cavetown, Chelsea Cutler, VINCINT, Neon Trees' Tyler Glenn, and concert-creator Dan Reynolds of Imagine Dragons.