Karaoke Therapy
An interactive workshop exploring authentic voice
Thursday, November 12, 2026
2 - 5 PM
Pacific Felt Factory
3230 20th Street, SF, CA
$20, $15 early bird ends October 31.
Workshop limited to 20 participants.
About the Event
Karaoke Therapy began as a dream that has grown out of working as both a therapist and a karaoke DJ for the last ten years. Workshop facilitator Remi Sunshine curates a supportive space for people to find their authentic voice in the presence of other nonbinary people, or for people to express their rage and grief through song, or for people to build community. There is something about singing together that just helps people let their guard down and connect.
The workshop will open with guided visualization and playful vocal warm ups, helping people choose a song that connects to an emotion they want to express, evoke, or alchemize, and helping people attune to the healing somatic experience of singing with others.
Accessibility Information
Masking required indoors and encouraged outdoors, with KN95 masks available at the door (If you are feeling sick, please stay home)
All gender restroom
Wheelchair accessible, with 6 steps to enter through the non-wheelchair accessible entrance
Access to quiet space
If you have any access needs or requests, please email vin@diamond-wave.org and we will do our best to accommodate you.
About the Artists
Remi Sunshine (they/them)
Remi Sunshine is a San Francisco-based KJ (karaoke DJ) and licensed psychotherapist. They are a trans, genderqueer drag king who performs in wizard drag as Glitter Daddy. They founded Engender Hope Psychotherapy to provide a safe space for people to explore their gender and heal from trauma. Remi has found singing to be a powerful avenue for embodying their identity and metabolizing the trauma of existing as a trans person in a cisgender-dominated world. Their experience inspired them to create karaoke therapy as a tool to explore identity, process grief and trauma, and connect with others through song.
About THEYFRIEND
THEYFRIEND is the world’s first performance festival uplifting, centering, and celebrating nonbinary identity! Produced by Diamond Wave and held annually during Transgender Awareness Week, THEYFRIEND creates a simultaneously gender-free and gender-full container for gender-expansive artists to imagine, play, dream, and connect.
To Attend
$20 tickets available on Eventbrite. $15 early bird tickets available until October 31 or until they are sold out. Workshop limited to 20 participants.
Want to participate?
Volunteer with us! We need your help to make this year’s THEYFRIEND happen!