Con Mucho Amor 2025
Welcoming audiences to experience the importance of community for queer folks past, present, and future.
Padrines / Contributors
Bobby Pudrido
EVENT CREATOR/ QUINCEAÑERO
Bobby is a Texan-born and raised transgender drag king who started performance art in parallel to his medical and social transition. After moving to Austin in 2008, he realized his lack of connection with the local queer community was part of a systemic issue of racial capitalism, cis-heteropatriarchy, and of gentrification in Austin. His performances and events aim to carve out autonomous spaces of resistant joy for Black and brown Southern queer folks.
Lucky333 Cakes
CAKE DESIGNER
Xtina from Lucky333 Cakes is a 956 born and raised cake artist that bakes for the queer community in Austin. Her designs are inspired by photos, poems, and feelings.
Felipe The Florist
FLORIST
I'm Felipe Garcia, also known as Felipe the Florist, and I specialize in creating stunning floral designs for weddings and other memorable events. My goal is to add a unique touch to your special occasion with beautiful flowers, making your day truly unforgettable.
As a proud member of the LGBTQ community with over 20 years of experience in floral design, I am confident in my ability to bring nearly any vision you have to life. Please don't hesitate to call or message me to discuss your floral needs.
Alexandra Nichole Salazar
SPEAKER
Alexandra Nichole Salazar is a Chicana lesbian from Pharr, Texas. She is the creator and host of Jotxs y Recuerdos, a podcast and archive dedicated to preserving LGBTQ+ stories, histories, and spaces from the borderlands.
Salazar is a PhD candidate in the Mexican American and Latina/o Studies program at the University of Texas at Austin. Her research focuses on queer archives of the Rio Grande Valley. She is not only interested in queer border archives but also what we can learn from queer border networks, iconographies, and geographies.
She also played a key role in opening Museo 956, the first civil rights museum in the Rio Grande Valley. In addition, Salazar is involved in several collectives and projects focused on decolonial education and archiving, including Malflora Collective, Frutas del Valle, Sandovalian Semillero Collective, Save the San Juan Hotel Collective, and Mapping Violence.
Emily Gilardi
COSTUMES & DECOR
Emily Jean Gilardi (Vibes and Decor) - Emily is a professional Costume Designer with 17 years worth of design credits from ZACH Theatre, Austin Shakespeare, Present Company and The Museum of Human Achievement. She is also a professional maker of artisan soaps.
Gacho Marx
MC
Gacho Marx is La Voz de Los Mentirosos. Your favorite tío gay, who idolizes his mother, and loves pulga fashion.
Additional Supporters
The teams at Future Front Texas and Downtown Austin Alliance for the funding, guidance, rehearsal space, and general human support as I navigated being an inaugural awardee of Vibe Weekend.
Haunted - Lead Stagehand
Tiny Taurus - Stagehand
Kaidan - Stagehand
Tessa - Stagehand
Brigitte Bandit - Dress Loan
Christian - Dress Loan
Perra Normál - Dress Loan
Cowboy Fury - Photographer
Carlos Nevarez - Cinematographer
Erasmo - ASL Interpreter
Isabel - ASL Interpreter
Rude Mechanics -Loft Rehearsal Studio
Tito’s Vodka - Sponsor
Solovino
QUINCEAÑERE
Lavender Thug
QUINCEAÑERA
Ruby Knight
QUINCEAÑERA
Yvonna F. Mei
QUINCEAÑERA
Alexis Lepore
QUINCEAÑERA
Dante Picante
QUINCEAÑERO
O'mari Dior
CHOREOGRAPHER
Flex Brojas
QUINCEAÑERE
Veterans for Equality
A trans-led non-profit organization that provides overwatch services and peaceful protection for marginalized communities.
Drunkluck
A/V Team
Future Front Texas
NON-PROFIT ARTS ORGANIZATION
FFTX is a homegrown, 501(c)(3) arts and culture nonprofit based in Austin. Originally founded as "Boss Babes ATX" in 2014, it is dedicated to cultivating vibrant spaces, resources, and opportunities for women and LGBTQ+ creatives, founders, and leaders across the state
Downtown Austin Alliance
NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATION
DAA is a 501(c)(4) nonprofit organization founded in 1993 that manages the Downtown Public Improvement District (PID) in Austin, Texas. It works to keep the city core clean, safe, and welcoming while driving economic development, urban planning, and advocacy
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