Girl 4 Girl is an overpriced calamity

I realize I’m probably just spoiled. For a town of only half a million we have enough queer nights (and I’m talking queer, not even just gay) to make it possible for me to pick and choose. This Saturday I decided to pony up the big bucks and go to Girl 4 Girl. I choose poorly…

The initial sticker shock of a $17 cover, when I’m used to about $3 was just the beginning. The event was fairly well attended but I didn’t recognize my usual Nopo queer crowd. I got a distinctly suburban vibe. But most of the gals were friendly if not flashy, and by 11 or 12 most were on the dance floor. So really, we did our best. But the Wonder Ballroom’s huge open space, while nice for dancing, is not really conducive to anything else. I’m all for open space but maybe a couple of chairs in the corner would have been nice. Holocene may get too crowded to walk through, at times, but at least you feel the vibe pulsing through the crowd. The Wonder’s vast amounts of empty space left a distinct emptiness to what should have been a throbbing and frenetic event.

Dani Campbell, the main attraction of the evening, graced the stage 2 or 3 times to…well, to do nothing really. Her first appearance she thanked the audience for making her famous just for being herself and I thought, wow, that’s really not enough. Yes, in person she is just as cute as she is on TV but she has absolutely nothing interesting to say. I realize she’s probably been to a ton of these parties at this point but even so, it’s gotta be more fun to actually get into the crowd and dance than to walk back and forth across the stage all night. You’re a firefighter Dani, where’s your sense of adventure?

And then there was the bar. A cash only bar with a few paltry liquor bottles may also be slightly faster for a big party, but the Wonder has space for several. And for drinks that I kept busting out a tenner a pop, I really wanted more than frat party jungle juice in a plastic cup. But I was so bored that drinking was my only option. So I suppose in that way it was a successful sell.

So, G4G, I gave you a chance. You won’t get another.