DERELICTE 16

32 Acts of Wearable Art, Fashion, Dance, Music, Drag & Performance
Saturday, April 11th @ Black Pirates Pub
Non-stop fashion art action, 8pm-2am.
$20 admission | cash door / 19+ | w- photo ID

32 Acts! One fabulous night where Wearable Art, Fashion, Dance, Music, Drag & Performance, co-mingle with runway models and contemporary design elements, unlike anything you may have seen before on the catwalk!

Derelicte 16 Features: 4 Live Bands and DJ’s |  8 Local Fashion Houses | 15 Premiere Wearable Artwork Presentations |  10 Performance Acts-100 Artists/Models and Spectacular Video Mapping Projections. Massive Raffle and Best D.I.Y Fashion/Costume Prizes… Dress up and win Big! …Then dance the night away in your best future glam finery, create your own fashion tribe!

Plus, “Walk Off” Challenges, Paparazzi Moments, end of night Fashionista DJ Dance Party…on the catwalk…So Haute Couture! Come early for exquisite catered refreshments. 600+ people attended the last event and this year’s going to be bigger, better and cattier! DefSup has you covered with another epic bash with a totally unique arts-intensive fashion packed experience for 2026. This winter… be Haute! be Derelicte!

Celebrating 2026 with a Glamtacular 16th Anniversary of Derelicte-A Fashion Odyssey, a hybrid mix of art | performance out of the white cube and in your face on the catwalk. Quantative results: An event that Definitely Superior Artist-Run Centre + Gallery has presented to the public over the course of  16 years has been comprised of:  240+ professional and commissioned wearable artists, with many going on to show nationally | internationally, 80 bands+dj’s, over 110 local fashion houses, and 145 specialty performances, culminating with 1,600 multidisciplinary artists in total.

A Fundraiser for Definitely Superior Art Gallery + LU Radio / CILU 102.7 FM, April 11th @ 8PM-2AM, at the BLACK
PIRATES PUB (215 Red River Rd.). $20 cash at the door, no advance tickets, 19+/, Photo ID required.

DERELICTE 16: PERFORMANCE SCHEDULE

8pm – Doors: Show Starts
>DJ SOWND & DERELICTE ELECTRO GO-GO DANCERS! All Night (Feat-Dee Marie, Laklustre, Sloane, Ender Essence)
>8:20-8:30: INTRO – MC: Renee Terpstra
>8:30 – KILLI VANILLI – (synth/goth/new wave)
>9:15 – DJ Sownd – [dirty house/electro]
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>9:25 – FASHION SHOW #1
>FASHION HOUSES: Haus Of Dumont, Radiate Positivity – (One Off Hesh/Skate Workwear)
>WEARABLE ART: Casa De Opalo, Alyssa Kusik + Shannon Hogan, Michel Dumont
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>9:40 – FLAMENCO – Alma Flamenca Dance Ensemble-(Sarah Brown, Cassandra Pereira, Rebekah Skochinski, Sue Hamel)
>9:45 – THE SHOULDN’TS – (garage/rockpop)
>10:30 – EARLY DRAW + WALK OFF CHALLENGE (best model walk) ~ BIG PRIZES!
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>10:40– FASHION SHOW #2
>FASHION HOUSES: The African Boutique (designer: Liliane Honorine Breiland),  The Loop Clothing w/ models by Mew Crew
>WEARABLE ART: Rebecca Belmore,  Sam Shahsahabi, Shannon Hogan,  Michel Dumont
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>11:00 – TRIBAL FUSION BELLY DANCE with zills by EKSTATIKA-(Lisa Macchione, Cassandra Pereira, Rebekah Skochinski)
>11:05 – MOTHER OF WOLVES – (pop/rock covers-cranberries, lady gaga, wolfmother + more)
>11:50 – LATE DRAW ~ BIG PRIZES!
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>12:00 – FASHION SHOW #3
>FASHION HOUSES: Silver Cedar Studio (designer: Katie Ball),  Thunder Bay Drag Kings & Queens of Wiggins Productions -(designs by TBay’s most creative Drag Family | Featuring: Devin Devine, Anton Chinoor, Edgar Allen Hoe)
>WEARABLE ART: Alyssa Kusik, Faux Rocious, Dee Marie
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>12:15 – BEST DIY FASHION / COSTUME CONTEST ~ BIG PRIZES!
>12:20 – Derelicte GOGO DANCERS (performing on catwalk)
>12:30 – 2:00 – DJ SOWND -(dirty house electro – Derelicte dance mix @ night’s end…your chance to dance on the catwalk!)
+ All night long ~ Lighting + Haute Fashion Sphere BPP!

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-“Walk Off” Challenges, Best D.I.Y Fashion Costume Prizes…Dress Up | Win Big! and create your own fashion crew!
Also a Massive Raffle!-Exquisite catered cupcakes| refreshments, for the early birds!
-All topped off with DJ Sownd at the end, YOUR CHANCE to DANCE on the CATWALK! So Haute… So Couture!
Don’t miss the Glamtacular 16th Anniversary Derelicte 16 Event…This promises to be the event to be at, for 2026!  600+ people attended the last event, and this year’s going to be bigger, better and cattier, so come early! This winter… be Haute! …be Derelicte!

Presented by Definitely Superior Art Gallery. A Fundraiser for DefSup & LU Radio – CILU 102.7 FM / luradio.ca
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>PHOTOGRAPHERS:

• Dan Ventrudo Photography
• Chad Carles Kirvan
• Keegan Richard Media Artist
• InCompass Photography
• Flashback Photo
• Chondon Photography
• Kay Lee Photography
• The Walleye – Thunder Bay’s Arts & Culture Magazine

>EVENT SPONSORS:

• Lighting + Haute Fashion Sphere BPP!
• Green Room: TLC Property Management
• Promotion: The Walleye Magazine, Print Pros, TBshows.com / Wiggins Productions
• Annual Media & Volunteer Sponsor: LU Radio / CILU 102.7 FM

>PRIZE SPONSORS ~ Over $1000 in prizes to be won!

Grand Prize: Eugene LeFrancois original artwork-watercolour+ink! ~ $350 value
• Perfect Fit Lingerie
• Silver Cedar Studio
• The African Boutique (in Goods & Co.)
• Drag Queens & Kings of Wiggins Productions
• The Bodymind Centre (Yoga Studio)
• Fireweed (contemporary art, locally & Canadian hand-crafted)
• The Bean Fiend Cafe & Sandwich Bar
• Wojo’s Mojo (Gift Shop)
• The Sweet North Bakery
• LU Radio (CILU 102.7 FM / luradio.ca)
• Black Pirates Pub
• Maltese Grocery
• Rebel Salad
• The Growing Season
• Calico Coffeehouse
• The Cheese Encounter
• Creation Body Piercing
• Hill City Comics & Cards
• Elfarrow Apparel
• Superior Screen Printing
• DefSup

2026 list of Entertainment/Art Performances:

BANDS/DJs:

• Killi Vanilli-(synth/goth/new wave)
• The Shouldn’ts-(garage/rockpop)
• Mother Of Wolves-(pop/rock covers-cranberries, lady gaga, wolfmother + more)
• DJ Sownd -(dirty house/electro] dance mix @ night’s end… your chance to dance on the catwalk!)
• Lighting + Haute Fashion Sphere BPP

WEARABLE ART ARTISTS:

• Rebecca Belmore-(internationally recognized multidisciplinary artist)
• Sam Shahsahabi
• Michel Dumont (1)
• Alyssa Kusik
• Faux Rocious
• Shannon Hogan
• Casa De Opalo
• Dee Marie
• Michel Dumont (2)
• Alyssa Kusik + Shannon Hogan (Collaboration+Dance Performance by Violet Legarde)
• Neechee Studio-(Lucille Atlookan + Corrina McKay)

FASHION HOUSES:

• The Loop w/ Mew Crew
• The African Boutique
• Silver Cedar Studio
• Thunder Bay Drag Kings & Queens-(TBay’s most creative Drag Family, presented by Wiggins Productions: Devin Devine, Anton Chinoor, Edgar Allen Hoe)
• Haus Of Dumont
• Radiate Positivity-(One Off Hesh/Skate Workwear)

PERFORMANCES:

• Tribal Fusion Belly Dance w/zills by Ekstatika-(Lisa Macchione, Cassandra Pereira, Rebekah Skochinski)
• Flamenco by Alma Flamenca Dance Ensemble-(Sarah Brown, Cassandra Pereira, Rebekah Skochinski, Sue Hamel)
• Derelicte Go-Go Dancers + Glow Flow Performances: (feat- Dee Marie, Sloane, Lak Lustre).
• Plus!  Walk Off Challenges,
• and D.I.Y Fashion Costume Contest (Dress up and win Big…think Derelicte, think Haute Couture!)
• More to Come…

PHOTOGRAPHERS: Keegan Richard, Dan Ventrudo, Flashback Photo, Kay Lee, Chad Charles Kirvan, Patrick Chondon, The Walleye – Thunder Bay’s Arts & Culture Magazine

EVENT SPONSORS: Lighting And Haute Fashion Sphere BPP – Green Room by TLC Property Management – Exquisite Catered Refreshments (Glam cupcakes!…We’ll treat you right!)