The Coming Back Out Salon by All The Queens Men

All The Queens Men unites people of all shapes, sizes and identities together in distinct, creative and communal experiences. All The Queens Men was founded in 2010 by artists Tristan Meecham and Bec Reid, after a chance meeting on the dance floor.

All The Queens Men believe dynamic artistic collaboration, bound by ethical partnerships and shared values, activates positive social change. Their work reflects the way they and their collaborating communities want to be in the world; fearless, joyous and inclusive.

Tristan Meecham

Tristan Meecham is a queer artist and performer, who connects community, audiences and artists. Together with Bec Reid, he is the Director of All The Queens Men.

Robyn Archer AO

Robyn Archer AO is known to many for her one-woman shows, by others for her original songs and recordings, and now by thousands more for her arts festivals in Canberra, Melbourne, Adelaide and Tasmania.

June Jones

June Jones is a singer songwriter whose ever evolving approach to music is underpinned by a dedication to candid emotionality, humour, and an idiosyncratic combination of genres/styles.

Nefertiti LaNegra

Nefertiti LaNegra, the Serena Williams of drag, is a big-bone’d, thiccc-thigh’d, non-binary pop/rock/RnB drag artist, singer-songwriter, and vocalist from the cotton fields of Virginia.

Tina Del Twist

Tina Del Twist is Australia’s much-loved nightingale, known for her ‘beautiful voice and wicked sense of comic timing’ (the Age). She has shared her talents across the globe to wild acclaim.

Ash Flanders

Ash Flanders is a multi-award winning playwright and performer from sunny Melbourne. In 2006 he and Declan Greene formed theatre company Sisters Grimm.

Nicolette Forte

Nicolette Forte’s debut EP Rescue Me (2012) received national airplay on Triple J, PBS, and Joy FM, following a sold-out launch. She has since performed at major festivals and venues across Australia.

JXCKY

JXCKY is a Melbourne-based Chinese-Cambodian queer artist delivers razor-sharp hooks and falsetto-laced vocals with a venomous honesty that cuts through the noise.

2Joocee

As a First Nations plus size queer, singer, dancer and more, 2Joocee believes that visibility is still very important, even if you are likely to hear them before you see them.

Bec Reid

Performer, Producer, Director and Choreographer. Bec encourages people to experience their worlds in revelatory ways through highly physical, participatory, practical and celebratory actions.

Toni Lalich OAM

Toni Lalich OAM has worked as an accompanist in Melbourne for the past 25 years, performing with professional singers and instrumentalists.

This project has been assisted by the Australian Government through Creative Australia, its principal arts investment and advisory body and the City of Melbourne’s Multi-Year Arts Grants.

This event has proudly been supported by Fed Square.