FERAL (Lang Syne)
Saturday DECEMBER 30, 2023 - 10pm-6am // The Steel Yard, London
“All good things are wild and free.” (Thoreau)
Before we leap forward into the New Year ahead, Fox&Badge invite you to look back into your (and our) very essence and ancestry; to UNLEASH YOUR INNER ANIMAL.
Come reconnect with your body and instinct, your senses and sensuality.
The power of the wild is transformative; the feral brings freedom. Senses are honed; boundaries and missions are clarified. Human addictions to drama, pretense, obligation and politics all fall away. We become deeply present. We feel; we know; we are.
We become instinctual and uncomplicated; authentic and unselfconscious, shameless and joyful in our incontestable glory.
“Other animals, in a constant and mostly unmediated relation with their sensory surroundings, think with the whole of their bodies.”(David Abram, Becoming Animal: An Earthly Cosmology)
FERAL invites you to let loose and surrender, delve into your deeper inner nature, and cherish your precious wilderness.
We invite the primal and primordial; preening and prowling, sniffling and snuffling, yowling and howling, nesting and nestling; everything physical, sensual, visceral and real.
Guests will be invited to enter on all fours; sniff and lick for clues; cosy into cuddle puddles; and luxuriate in whole spaces devoid of language, where non-verbality and tactility blissfully reign.
Once we howl at the midnight moon and welcome the last day of 2023, revisit your very earlier incarnation - your inner drive to freedom, wild abandon, unselfconsciousness, and unbridled joy.
“We are filled with a longing for the wild. There are few culturally sanctioned antidotes for this yearning. We are taught to feel shame for this desire. We grew our hair long and used it to hide our feelings. But the shadow of the wild women still lurks behind us during our days and in our nights. No matter where we are, the shadow that trots behind us is definitely four footed.”
(Clarissa Pinkola Estés, Women Who Run with the Wolves)
For this event, we return to our homeland at the majestic Steel Yard which will be transformed into a beautiful bastion for beasts, curating a series of magical experiences across each of its 3 burrows, including:
the wild forest of our pumping main dancefloor (with our signature all-female international DJ lineup of magnificent melodic techno artists we love)
a more intimate, immersive meadow playing gentler gorgeous grooves
a wild world of feral performances
a herd of creatures and archetypes to interact and engage with
collective rituals and ceremonies to aid our transcendental transition
luscious chillout areas, full of nooks to burrow and snuffle, with sensual and dungeon dens at its edges
immersive and artistic transformation of all spaces
& you - the most glorious, powerful, warm & participatory community, resplendent & free
———DJ LINEUP———
LARGER DANCEFLOOR - THE CANYON
22:00 - 00:20 Fabrizia - https://soundcloud.com/djfabrizia
00:30 - 03:20 LORRAINNE - https://soundcloud.com/lorrainnemusic
03:30 - 06:00 Blanka Barbara - https://soundcloud.com/blanka_barbara
SMALLER DANCEFLOOR- THE GLADE
22:00 - 00:45 Matt Williams - https://soundcloud.com/mattwilliamslive
00:55 - 02:55 Juan Leyte - https://soundcloud.com/user-679507528
03:05 - 05:10 EBZ - https://soundcloud.com/ebzagg77
"Animals are the bridge between us and the beauty of all that is natural. They show us what's missing in our lives, and how to love ourselves more completely and unconditionally. They connect us back to who we are, and to the purpose of why we're here."
(Trisha McCagh)
DRESS CODE: Unleash your inner animal
We are in London, and our animality starts there. This is not a zoo or ark event; for this event we focus on the luscious local animals and archetypes evoked by those bold, wild creatures of our corner of the Northern Hemisphere - wolves, bears, foxes, elk, reindeer, bison, boar, crows, eagles, owls, vultures - and other wild watchers and wanderers of the night. We invite you to gently drop your cloak of civilisation, and fully inhabit the stature and power of your beast (no domestics; no pets; no rodents; no tropicals; no fish; no cutesies)
Think WILD + FERAL + FETISH.
Wild animals wear no clothes; we welcome your best approximation, adorned with the little you need to flaunt your sexual essence. This is a high-production, co-created arts & fetish event. We love sexy, wild animalism. We love intricate, elegant, crafted costumes - and especially stuff you carefully and lovingly made. Be bold and expressive and self-loving. You are the gift. Be generous. Costume-wise, you simply cannot go too far. If in doubt, ask.
This is not a children’s face-paint party or zoo theme. NO cutesy animals, no Wind in the Willows or Fantastic Mr. Fox. No irony or comedy; embrace the sincerity and solemnity of the sensual. This is a rare unleashing; a celebration of your essence; a chance to finally be and express the creature inside you!
Absolutely no daywear, streetwear, businesswear, officewear, banalwear, or anything off-theme will be allowed. If you don’t get stopped by quivering policemen, you’re probably not going far enough :) NO T-shirts, shirts, slacks, sneakers - or anything ordinary you’d just wear down the street. If you are trying to figure out how to make this as easy and basic as possible, this is not the event for you.
The outside world deploys animal tamers; we will deploy the opposite, weeding out those not wild enough. Our Wilderness-Guardians will be checking costumes, lovingly but strictly upholding standards to protect our ecosystem. They’ll do everything possible to enable you to enter, but if you come inappropriately dressed, you won’t be entering with those clothes; prepare to be asked to return to your truest animal nature - the clothes you were born in ;)
We will have a feral face-painter on hand for those emergency remedies.
Check out our growing FERAL Pinterest Board for inspiration:
pinterest.co.uk/foxandbadge/fb-202312-feral-costume/
PRIZES FOR PACKS
Bevies, convocations, gangs, herds, parliaments, routes, sleuths, volts - we welcome all your feral plurals and collectives!
"We patronize the animals for their incompleteness, for their tragic fate of having taken form so far below ourselves. And therein we err, and greatly err. For the animal shall not be measured by man. In a world older and more complete than ours, they are more finished and complete, gifted with extensions of the senses we have lost or never attained, living by voices we shall never hear." (Henry Beston)
In the interests of diminishing queue times and maximising pleasure, we will also be introducing our (& the Steel Yard’s) first tiered ticketing system.
BUY TICKETS FOR FERAL (LANG SYNE)
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To ensure the best experience for all guests, we ask that you and your guest(s) read and agree to our Code & Culture (in particular, the centrality of consent) before buying your ticket.
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We celebrate expression over restriction, and take and share photographs of our nights. We always have several amazing professional photographers and videographers at our events to capture some of the magical moments we can’t possibly all experience at once. It is not practical or implementable for our crew to ask every guest in our many vast rooms for their explicit consent; please feel entitled to tell any photographers if you do not want to be filmed or photographed. Images of the night will be shared discreetly on our channels. We will of course instantly honour the request for removal or blurring of any photos you are not comfortable with; your privacy is paramount.
We kindly request our guests to leave their phones to the side as much as possible, not film the night, and simply be fully present; we will share all our beautiful professional photos & videos with our community immediately after the event. There are strictly no photos allowed in dungeons or playrooms, or of any intimate acts. If in doubt, ask. Please only photograph with the utmost consideration, awareness and respect.
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We want to make our events as accessible as possible; to help us do this please email any questions and access requirements to foxandbadge@gmail.com. We will be as accommodating as possible. If you purchase a ticket to one of our events and it is not possible for you to queue, please email us to arrange faster access in advance.
The Steel Yard venue access information can be found here: https://bit.ly/Accessibilityinformation
Due to the shape of existing buildings and the immersive nature of our events, we may have areas that are unsuitable for those with specific access requirements.
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“First time to one of your events and it was honestly amazing! Will absolutely be coming back…you guys smashed it ❤️” Emma Walsh
“I want to start with a warm thanks and congratulate you on organising an amazing event I never witnessed before. I loved the costumes in which people put so much effort!!!! And extremely unique shows that we saw while at a venue. Really well done!” - Giedre Das
“So many beautiful people I connected with… So much beauty everywhere… such a beautiful experience. I had an amazing night.” - Erika
“We had an AMAZING night! Again. I’m just thankful of the time, effort + energy that goes into making F&B so unique. I’m so grateful to have moved to London, with all its creative events, vibrant sex-positive scene, open-minded community and such sexy people. Thanks F&B! We feel renewed, re-birthed and excited for what you have envisioned for NYEE.” - AJ&M
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