HARDER SF

the vibe

HARDER is back. The traveling party that continues the tradition of New York's gay underground nightlife with a Berlin flair returns to the Bay Area. Throbbing house, techno, and dark disco fill the intimate space where the hardcore crowd leaves it all on the dance floor. LINEUP STERLING JUAN DIAZ (NYC) Dominican-American DJ and multidisciplinary artist born in Harlem and raised between NYC and the Dominican Republic. A mainstay at parties like BASEMENT's FIST, Nowadays, and Papi Juice, he was chosen as an opening DJ for Beyoncé's Renaissance World Tour in NYC. His sets range from chest-rumbling bass to euphoric house, filtering Latinidad through the lens of Brooklyn's queer underground. SF DEBUT RICCARDO TAVAREZ (NYC / HARDER Founder) Rio de Janeiro-born, Brooklyn-based DJ and event organizer who has been a fixture in underground queer nightlife for nearly three decades. Heavily influenced by institutions like Sound Factory in New York and Berghain in Berlin, his sets feature an eclec