Big Freedia.
Holy shit. This was a madhouse.
Big Freedia’s given name is Freddy. Her performance is New Orleans bounce music. Huge ass beats (see what I did there?) with a lot of call and response hip hop style. And focus on getting asses moving. All asses. Gender, sexual orientation, size, etc are not considerations. At a Big Freedia show there is no need for 3/5ths provisions, footnotes, or fine print. She just wants to get asses bouncing.
Proof.
For “Azz Everywhere” Big Freedia invited all interested asses to the stage. A bigger woman asked if she could come up. Big Freedia’s response?
“It’s all fine.”
Big Freedia’s 2010 MFNW after stop where she destroyed Portland’s strip club Sassy’s with a performance that is the stuff of legend. Check it at Into The Woods. The 5:30min mark in is when it gets hectic.
Dante’s was hot. Packed. Sweaty. Slick. For “Azz Everywhere” 15-20 bent over asses shook ass water everywhere. Some of the ass shakers then participated in Booty Battles. Ass to ass bounce combat. All this going down from 1:00-1:45a.m. on a Saturday night.
Nothing but a party. Everyone is invited and no one cares what the hell you are about.
