Heaps Gay — Kat Dopper

Contents:

• HEAPS GAY: KAT DOPPER MAK QUEER CULTURE THE LIFE OF THE PARTY
• HEAPS GAY JOS VIVID MIC LP
• MEET THE CREW: HEAPS GAY
• HEAPS GAY, VIVID SYDNEY

HEAPS GAY: KAT DOPPER MAK QUEER CULTURE THE LIFE OF THE PARTY

Party at the Vivid Heaps Gay Qween's Ball. The world class amement park will also be playg host to the Heaps Gay Qweens Ball, on Augt 7th, a huge adult fancy drs party featurg live mic om Sydney's top DJs - an exce to party to the small hours at one of Sydney's most inic lotns. Vivid Mic has announced new addn to s spectacular lp, as Heaps Gay jos the fun.

Includg lol and ternatnal mic acts, Heaps Gay and FBi Rad will transform the Factory Theatre to a hub of mic, art and performance over the Queen’s Birthday long weekend this year. Whether you're gay, straight or somewhere between, you'll have a heaps good time at one of Sydney's favoure queer and clive parti.

We sat down to have a chat wh Heap Gay's founr Kat Dopper (pictured, top left, alongsi her buddi om the Beard T) to fd more out about the project, s ter rnatn and her hop for Sydney's queer scene the future. Who and what is Heaps Gay? I am Heaps Gay – jt me!

HEAPS GAY JOS VIVID MIC LP

My parents jt drove the Heaps Gay float the para! Heaps Gay started three years ago as a seri of regular all clive monthly parti at the Gladstone Hotel which then evolved to chary events, art exhibns and lots of big llabs wh ftivals like Vivid Sydney, Mardi Gras and Lost Paradise.

Why did you start Heaps Gay? Heaps Gay was born at a backyard barbecue back 2013 when I didn't have many gay or lbian intifyg iends.

Dcribe a Heaps Gay party three words... What's one of your fonst memori om your time workg on Heaps Gay? FBI Rad prents day and night ftival of mic, art and performance, featurg a le up cludg Kim om The Prets, Sydney band Black Vanilla and Perth-based producer Catlips, performance llective Glta Milia, visual arts label Optic Soup, and the photographic Heaps Gay People Project which helps raise awarens for Beyond of Event:MicVenue Details:The Factory Theatre105 Victoria RdMarrickville NSW 2204When:7 June 2015Telephone:(02) 9550.

MEET THE CREW: HEAPS GAY

Heaps Gay has been axg Sydney out of s shell wh larger-than-life parti and events sce 2013.

HEAPS GAY, VIVID SYDNEY

Heaps Gay has toured and worked wh Atralia’s biggt ftivals such as Falls Ftival, Vivid Sydney, Melbourne Mic Week, Brisbane Ftival, Groov The Moo + Mardi Gras + Heaps Gay has won multiple awards such as Bt Mic Event by Time Out & FBi Rad SMAC Awards. Durg Covid, Heaps Gay went onle wh Loud n Queer TV, a 2 hour mic show live streamed on Facebook, signed to amplify the talent of young queer micians and keep our muny nnected durg a world wi panmicCheck out for more & follow on our socials here.