Hands On Entertainment Presents
JUNIPERO: Winter Masquerade Ball (Hotel Reverie)
Burdekin Hotel (Darlinghurst, NSW)
Sat 14 - Sun 15 June 2025 9:00 pm
❄️ WINTER MASQUERADE BALL ❄️
Junipero, named in tribute to the Black Mirror 'San Junipero' episode that gave sapphic love a digital forever in a simulated reality, now channels the golden, closeted halls of 1940's Hollywood at Hotel Reverie - an episode from the new season, where a modern actress, falls in love with a virtual replica of a closeted 1940s starlet. Their romance blooms in shadows, between takes, behind the fiction. It’s beautiful. And fragile. Because queer love in that era wasn’t written into the script. It had to fight to exist.
People like us wore masks of necessity—coded glances, whispered names, secret rendezvous in smoky back rooms. To love openly was to risk everything. But now, we wear our masks for pleasure, for play, for power. This Winter, Junipero invites you to reclaim what was once hidden at Hotel Reverie, a 1940s-inspired Masquerade Ball honoring the resilience, desire, and brilliance of our queer past.
2̳̿͟͞ L̳̿͟͞E̳̿͟͞V̳̿͟͞E̳̿͟͞L̳̿͟͞S̳̿͟͞. F̳̿͟͞I̳̿͟͞R̳̿͟͞E̳̿͟͞ S̳̿͟͞H̳̿͟͞O̳̿͟͞W̳̿͟͞S̳̿͟͞. D̳̿͟͞R̳̿͟͞A̳̿͟͞G̳̿͟͞. B̳̿͟͞U̳̿͟͞R̳̿͟͞L̳̿͟͞E̳̿͟͞S̳̿͟͞Q̳̿͟͞U̳̿͟͞E̳̿͟͞. C̳̿͟͞H̳̿͟͞A̳̿͟͞I̳̿͟͞R̳̿͟͞ + M̳̿͟͞O̳̿͟͞R̳̿͟͞E̳̿͟͞
L̳̿͟͞I̳̿͟͞N̳̿͟͞E̳̿͟͞ U̳̿͟͞P̳̿͟͞ T̳̿͟͞B̳̿͟͞A̳̿͟͞
Welcome to Hotel Reverie. Your room is ready.
Secrets, seduction, and swing await.
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Photobooth available! 📸
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Junipero is an immersive world of dancefloors for Lesbians, Queer Women, Trans & Non Binary People. No discrimination policy.
As always, anyone arriving to Junipero solo - please message us! We would love to introduce you to the fam <3
Junipero acknowledges that this event takes place on the land of the Gadigal people of the Eora Nation. We pay our respects to the Elders, past, present & emerging. Always was, always will be Aboriginal Land. Junipero extends that respect to First Nations people attending our events, who are guaranteed free entry. Please send us a message on Instagram or Facebook, or email to junipero@handsonentmt.com.
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Disclaimers
Junipero, named in tribute to the Black Mirror 'San Junipero' episode that gave sapphic love a digital forever in a simulated reality, now channels the golden, closeted halls of 1940's Hollywood at Hotel Reverie - an episode from the new season, where a modern actress, falls in love with a virtual replica of a closeted 1940s starlet. Their romance blooms in shadows, between takes, behind the fiction. It’s beautiful. And fragile. Because queer love in that era wasn’t written into the script. It had to fight to exist.
People like us wore masks of necessity—coded glances, whispered names, secret rendezvous in smoky back rooms. To love openly was to risk everything. But now, we wear our masks for pleasure, for play, for power. This Winter, Junipero invites you to reclaim what was once hidden at Hotel Reverie, a 1940s-inspired Masquerade Ball honoring the resilience, desire, and brilliance of our queer past.
2̳̿͟͞ L̳̿͟͞E̳̿͟͞V̳̿͟͞E̳̿͟͞L̳̿͟͞S̳̿͟͞. F̳̿͟͞I̳̿͟͞R̳̿͟͞E̳̿͟͞ S̳̿͟͞H̳̿͟͞O̳̿͟͞W̳̿͟͞S̳̿͟͞. D̳̿͟͞R̳̿͟͞A̳̿͟͞G̳̿͟͞. B̳̿͟͞U̳̿͟͞R̳̿͟͞L̳̿͟͞E̳̿͟͞S̳̿͟͞Q̳̿͟͞U̳̿͟͞E̳̿͟͞. C̳̿͟͞H̳̿͟͞A̳̿͟͞I̳̿͟͞R̳̿͟͞ + M̳̿͟͞O̳̿͟͞R̳̿͟͞E̳̿͟͞
L̳̿͟͞I̳̿͟͞N̳̿͟͞E̳̿͟͞ U̳̿͟͞P̳̿͟͞ T̳̿͟͞B̳̿͟͞A̳̿͟͞
Welcome to Hotel Reverie. Your room is ready.
Secrets, seduction, and swing await.
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Photobooth available! 📸
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Junipero is an immersive world of dancefloors for Lesbians, Queer Women, Trans & Non Binary People. No discrimination policy.
As always, anyone arriving to Junipero solo - please message us! We would love to introduce you to the fam <3
Junipero acknowledges that this event takes place on the land of the Gadigal people of the Eora Nation. We pay our respects to the Elders, past, present & emerging. Always was, always will be Aboriginal Land. Junipero extends that respect to First Nations people attending our events, who are guaranteed free entry. Please send us a message on Instagram or Facebook, or email to junipero@handsonentmt.com.
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Disclaimers
- No Refund Policy
- Line-up subject to change with and without notice
- Please note that photographs and footage may be taken throughout the Junipero event for, but not limited to: marketing, promotion and social media purposes. By entering the premises you consent to the materials release, publication and any other purpose by Hands On Entertainment and its affiliates without the expressed written permission. A person attending Junipero who does not wish to have their image recorded for distribution should make their wishes known to the photographer or event organisers.
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