‘WIGWOOD’ RETURNS THIS WEEKEND TO CELEBRATE THE ART OF DRAG

Christopher Flores

WIGWOOD IS BACK FEB. 4-5 WITH AN ALL-NEW CELEBRATION OF WIGS, WYNWOOD, DRAGDOM, AND A DYNAMITE GOOD TIME.

This year boasts over 30 drag performers and DJs. With international headliners like Lady Bunny and Tammie Brown. Local celebrities will also be in attendance like Persephone Von Lips, Sin Silva, Queef Latina and others.

The two-day festival includes Saturday night at Gramps in Wynwood from 8 p.m. to 3 a.m. and a rooftop pool party on Sunday from 3 to 7 p.m. at the Arlo Hotel in Wynwood.

Persephone Von Lips sat down with SFGN to discuss her history and present with Wigwood.

“I love Wigwood!” Von Lips said. “It’s a moment in time that really captures true queerness in Miami and brings the community together.”

This year will be Von Lips’s 5th year as a performer.

“[At Wigwood], I’m performing at home. It’s a feeling of both pride and comfort that I can express myself wholeheartedly and celebrate Miami Drag,” she said. “Each year I do Wigwood I give it my all, and this year I’m gonna give more of myself, in my look, my number.”

Queef Latina, a headliner and founder of the event, was inspired by Bushwig after attending college in New York. She realized that South Florida was missing out on the experience of something similar, and so she brought her vision to life with the partnership of Gramps venue owner Adam Gersten.

“We needed a queer celebration that wasn’t a pride or circuit party,” she said. “Something that was focused on the art and the drag.”