BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//RSVP//Portland startup events//EN X-WR-CALNAME:RSVP — Queer Choir Presents - Eat The Rich: A Fall Harvest Concert BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Queer Choir Presents - Eat The Rich: A Fall Harvest Concert DTSTART:20261123T000000Z DTEND:20261123T020000Z DTSTAMP:20261113T015058Z UID:rsvp-2297@rsvp.local DESCRIPTION:On Sunday\, November 22nd\, 2026\, the Community Center for th e Performing Arts and the Queer Choir presents Eat The Rich: A Fall Harves t Concert.\n\nEat The Rich: A Fall Harvest Concert\nGather your loved ones \, stoke the fire\, and feast on songs for a falling empire. On Sunday Nov ember 22nd\, Queer Choir is back at the WOW Hall with an evening of music about what we grow together and what we refuse to accept. Come hear (and j oin in on!) songs of resistance and songs of seeding new worlds\, sung by our choir of audaciously queer\, trans\, and gender-expansive voices in ha rmony.\nQueer Choir is thrilled to share the night with three acts we love . HomoPhonic\, Eugene’s gayest contemporary a cappella group\, brings th eir signature blend of intergenerational queer joy and pop vocal music. Te nder Desertrat writes pensive and playful songs that feel like finding sha pes in the clouds and stories in your blood\, joined by Berkley\, Digit\, and Aaron (The Mischief). And Deer Woman\, the solo project of multi-instr umentalist Sara Billdt\, weaves industrial and electronic body music with melodic vocals: a soundtrack for the empire falling apart\, and a ritual s ummoning what we’re building next.\nCome hungry for musical nourishment. Leave fed by the magic of queers in community and song.\n-Ticket Tiers-\n \nStandard: $25\nPay It Forward: $35\nSupported in Community: $15\n\nPERFO RMERS –\nDeer Woman\nDeer Woman weaves elements of industrial and electr onic body music with melodic vocals. Multi instrumentalist Sara Billdt pul ls from a 20+ year background in writing and performing to pour into this new solo project. It is a soundtrack for a falling empire\, and a ritual s ummoning a new beginning.\n\nTender Desertrat\nHailing from the Southwest\ , musician and Indy Songsmith\, Tender Desertrat\, writes songs that leave us searching for shapes in the clouds\, bones in the sand\, and stories i n our blood. Their lyrics\, both pensive and playful\, collude with their melodic cadence to create an irresistible sonic spellscape. Accompanied by Berkley on violin\, Digit on Bass and Aaron on drums (The Mischief)\, the ir sound is a deep\, anchoring presence that brings out all the colors\, t extures and nuances of the human heart.\n\nHomoPhonic\nHomoPhonic is a con temporary a cappella group based out of Eugene\, OR bringing big queer ene rgy to their covers of pop\, soul\, folk and indie songs. Directed by elia s wolf –inspiration for the film Pitch Perfect and former director of 5- time national champion a cappella group Vocal Rush— HomoPhonic sings com plex\, dissonant 6+-part arrangements with grace and skill. The group is p roud to be made up of gen Z\, millennial\, and gen X queer\, trans\, and g ender-expansive singers\, exemplifying queer intergenerational ensemble ma gic at its finest and gayest. Find us on IG @homophonicacappella.\n\nQueer Choir\nQueer Choir is an intergenerational and re-humanizing community ch oir for queer\, trans and gender-expansive humans\, singing into the growi ng movement for collective liberation. Queer Choir makes space for queers of all backgrounds to reclaim and rejoice in their body as instrument whil e leaning into the magic of harmony-singing as interdependence. Founded in Eugene\, OR in September 2023 by elias wolf\, Queer Choir has shared the stage with Be Steadwell and Katherine Goforth\, and has performed at Eugen e Pride\, 4J Youth Pride\, Trans Day of Remembrance and Sing the Body Quee r Vocal Festival. The choir has been celebrated for their compelling reper toire choices\, raw and honest vocals\, and soul-stirring performances. Mo re info can be found at queerchoir.com and @queerchoireugene on IG.\n\neli as wolf (they/them) is a heart-forward\, moon-guided and water-bound love warrior\, vocal sorcerer\, and song witch—part performer\, part composer \, part teacher\, part community weaver. elias creates music and shared si nging experiences described as “re-humanizing queer song magic for the r evolution.” For over two decades\, elias has been using song as both an expressive art and a tool for cultivating connection\; their ultimate aim in life is to uplift music for personal and collective liberation. elias h as been at the helm of over 15 choirs and vocal groups\, including 5-time national champion high school a cappella group Vocal Rush and powerhouse v ocal quintet HIVE. elias is also an award-winning vocal arranger\, and the ir work has been showcased alongside Kehlani\, Ben Harper\, Pentatonix and the Oakland Symphony Chorus. Their love of organizing and producing event s also led them to found an arts advocacy nonprofit devoted to uplifting m arginalized voices in vocal music. With deep roots in Eugene\, OR and Oakl and\, CA\, elias served 10 years on vocal music faculty at Oakland School for the Arts\, and their tenure as director of University of Oregon’s a cappella group Divisi was the inspiration for the film Pitch Perfect. A gr aduate of Berklee College of Music\, elias has six albums to their name in cluding their most recent EP sovereign soul and the re-release of their 20 22 album From The Ashes\, available on Bandcamp and all streaming platform s. A performer of 25+ years\, elias has shared the stage with Bobby McFerr in\, k.d. lang\, Sigur Rós and Coldplay\, and has performed at storied ve nues including SFJAZZ Center\, Carnegie Hall\, Yoshi’s and Lincoln Cente r. Now based in their hometown of Eugene\, OR (unceded Kalapuya land)\, el ias continues to weave threads of love and liberation through song. You ca n learn more at eliaswolfmusic.com or follow on IG @eliaswolfmusic.\n\nFel icia Figueroa-Carnine (bass + assistant music director\; they/them) is a Q ueer NB Xicanx Indigenous Brujx. They bring over three decades of musical experience\, with music woven into the fabric of their life since childhoo d. Raised in a musical family\, they began\nFelicia Figueroa-Carnine\nlear ning instruments at age 8 and were performing professionally by 14. By the ir early 20s\, Felicia was immersed in over a decade of near-constant tour ing. From street corners to theaters\, singing was the only language their heart knew. After years of wild and beautiful chaos on the road\, Felicia now calls Eugene\, OR home\, where they live with their wife\, co-parent\ , and beloved 3-year-old child. In recent years\, Felicia has turned their focus toward community rooted music making by organizing through songlead ing\, performing with the a cappella group Homophonic and playing locally with their current band. Queerness\, music\, and queer community remain a deep source of liberation and resilience in Felicia’s life. They believe these are the spaces where we learn to hold one another fiercely and tend erly\, creating room for authentic growth and connection. May that growth continue to spiral outward.\n\nal mcgillivray\nal mcgillivray (keys\; she/ they) is a queer pianist and singer-songwriter with over 20 years of colla borative music-making and accompaniment experience. since learning jazz fu ndamentals as a kid\, al has enjoyed adding her own flavor to the music sh e plays whether it be alt-country\, folk punk\, or anything by Elton John. under the moniker “verdant heart”\, she is currently working on her f irst album of original music.\n\nElroy Jordin\nAfter studying music at MAT C\, Elroy Jordin (guitar\; he/him) moved to Oregon in 2015. He utilizes a loop station with guitar\, keyboard\, harmonica and beats. Catch him on so lo gigs and with Eugene-based R&B/Hip-hop artist Elena Leona in the Elena Leona Project.\n\nThe Performing Arts have been a love of Aaron Cole (drum s\; he/him) since he can remember. He\nAaron Cole\nstarted playing music w ith his father when he was young. Now he has the privilege of attending th e music core program at Lane Community College where he is a member of the Jazz Ensemble with the long-term goal of transferring to the U of O. Addi tionally\, he gigs locally with the family band\, among other projects\, a nd enjoys involving himself in as many projects around the college as he c an. Aaron is passionate about celebrating the community through music. LOCATION:WOW Hall\, 291 West 8th Avenue\, Eugene\, OR\, 97401\, United Sta tes URL:https://rsvpw.me/events/2297-queer-choir-presents-eat-the-rich-a-fall- harvest-concert-2026-11-22 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR