Let Your Heart Be Heard - Various Voices

Habibitch, an Algerian born-Paris based non-binary artist, has been electrifying dancefloors with voguing and waacking, styles born in queer African-American and Latino clubs of the 1970s. Today, they also take the stage behind the decks, bringing the same intensity and creativity to DJ sets. Their stage name—“habibi” meets “bitch”—tells its own story: Arabic and English collide, Algerian roots intertwine with queer identity, and this cultural hybridity flows through all their work as a dancer, choreographer, and activist.

La Big Bertha is a French drag artist, comedian, singer and master of ceremonies. A leading figure in neo-burlesque cabaret, she captivates audiences with her flamboyant style, her humour and her commitment to diversity. Having come to the public’s attention through Drag Race France in 2022, she has been performing on stages across France and internationally for over a decade. Today, La Big Bertha continues to promote French drag art, championing the values of freedom, solidarity and humanity that lie at the heart of her artistic journey.

La Morrigasme is a Brussels-based performance artist at the crossroads of queer drag, neo-burlesque and pole dancing. On stage, they bring to life shifting creatures: unsettling, spellbinding, fiercely free. You’ll get to see them on stage at the ING Arena during the big Let Your Heart Be Heard show on 27 June! Various Voices embodies the values they champion: connection, inclusion and the celebration of diverse identities. A festival that resonates deeply with their beliefs.

Gonzalo Becerra is an Argentine circus artist based in Berlin, working with contortion, dance trapeze and mouth hanging. Through emotional storytelling and personal memories, he creates intimate performances that invite audiences into spaces of vulnerability, strength and connection.

Having graduated from the Royal Conservatoire of Mons with a degree in drama in 2011 and from the Make Up For Ever Brussels make-up school in 2019, Alvilda made her drag debut in late 2019 at the Chez Maman debutantes’ night. She then joined the team at Cabaret Mademoiselle, where she became a resident performer. Alvilda won the second series of Drag Race Belgium in 2024, which opened the door to major opportunities and notably allowed her to perform alongside Sasha Velour, her drag mother. Alvilda continues to perform on the Brussels drag scene, where she shifts between fatal sensuality and wild club kid vibes.

Drag Couenne develops a queer, hybrid and unruly stage practice at the crossroads of theatre, performance art and drag. Drag Couenne is a critical, flamboyant and trashy alter ego through which Adri De Biasi challenges gender norms, dominant narratives and traditional formats in the performing arts. They perform in a variety of settings – bars, cabarets, squats, theatres – where drag becomes a tool for radical fiction and emancipation. They won Drag Race Belgium Season 1 and are currently creating their one-woman show “Extended Show” for the 2027–2028 season.

✿ A male in his rawr state, manliliness icon ✿ Tigger Warming to let you know it’s time to restore the ❀ cutie-sphere ❀ to its rightful glory. Things are about to get claws-out at pajama parties and heat up in Skyblog comments. We’re not afraid to be cheesy ♡

The drag kings Johnny K'Hermès and Raoul les Mécaniques (whom you may have already seen in Royalties on 26 June at the Cirque Royal) will be back at the ING Arena for a group performance with Tigger Warming,!

Lalla Rami is joining forces with Various Voices for our big show on 27 June at the ING Arena, whose activist ethos particularly resonates with her. Influenced by R&B, pop, rap and aïta, Lalla Rami is a female rapper from Kenitra, Morocco. She creates an Afrofuturist and surrealist world where chaabi, raï, pop, electronic music and hip-hop come together.