MT Hart Drag king and instructor MT Hart hosts Dykefest’s variety show, featuring local comedians, as part of a daylong sapphic festival.

As drag rises in popularity nationally (with requisite thanks to 17 seasons of “RuPaul’s Drag Race”), a gap has emerged: Drag queens engender far more love and familiarity in popular culture than drag kings. Drag king and comic Andi van Dyke seeks to tip the scales a bit with Dykefest, a sapphic arts festival highlighting the kings and their contributions to the world of music, visual arts and burlesque. Those seeking comedy specifically should swing by around 7:30 p.m. as van Dyke brings to the stage Chloé Cunha, Shruti Datari, Lizzie Sivitz, Ms. Adventure and Rita Mookerjee. (A free talent show hosted by MT Hart is promising too. And it’s hard to go

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