Queer & Well & Criibaby Clothes Swap: Wildflowers in Bloom!
When: Wednesday, March 26th, 2025 | 6 – 8 PM PST
Where: In-Person, SF LGBT Center
About: We are BACK with another clothes swap hosted by Bay Area queer artist Criibaby. It’s time for our Spring Swap at the SF LGBT Center!
Spring is the time to reflect on our resilience and strength in the community and come together to bloom.
We are wildflowers.
This season, we are celebrating a little glimpse of spring sunshine in the warmth of our chosen family. Come find a new treasure and a new friend, and bask in the glow of community! Our spring swap is a superbloom of style, sustainability, and community care.
WHAT TO BRING: 1-2 bags of gently used clothes to swap
This is a multi-faceted event offering a little something for everyone. Here’s what you can expect:
- A free clothes swap (please bring 1-2 bags of gently used clothes: any season, any size, any gender expression!)
- Live lofi music: comfy, mellow vibes while you swap. This event will feature a laid-back DJ set including music from Criibaby’s upcoming EP, in the garden!
- Free warm tea, snacks & treats (this is an alcohol-free event!)
- Collaborative community mural: relax and color alongside community- it’s like a huge family coloring book! (optional, all artistic skill levels welcome!)
- Fun flower tarot decks: ask the cards a question, and see what we can learn from plants!
- Queer community hang/opportunity to meet new people in a relaxed, low-pressure environment!
Come with an open heart and a bag of clothes to donate, and leave with a new treasure and a new friend. There’s nothing like the bouncy, bubbly feeling of hanging out with the community. Don’t miss this!
ABOUT THE ARTIST: As queer people, we often find solace in the worlds we build- for us, by us. So when rising queer artist Criibaby thought, “What would gender-neutral music sound like?” she knew: they had to create it.
Using a unique songwriting method she describes as possessing “no names, no genders, only the feelings, only the bare truths,” Criibaby’s lyrics contain no binary pronouns. Criibaby’s lyrics intentionally leave room for interpretation, allowing anyone to picture themselves as the main character in each story. This means never defining pronouns or specific names, only sharing universal feelings and relatable truths, in a conscious effort to create more inclusive music. This songwriting approach expresses the nuance of queerness from their perspective, in turn helping Criibaby become the representation they were seeking while questioning their own identity. “I couldn’t find any soft queer fairy tales when I was growing up, so I wrote my own.”
Drawing inspiration from artists like Phoebe Bridgers, Portishead, Clairo, and Radiohead, Criibaby asks, “What is holding you back from healing?” and tries to untangle the fragile beauty of yearning for human connection with her delicate, emotional vocals. Their debut album, when i’m alone i feel weightless, just hit the shelves this fall. It’s a therapeutic album of letting go, moving forward, and remembering you are worthy of love. It’s about practicing and encouraging gentleness through both human connection and self-discovery.