ROO AOTD #91 DJ Trixie Mattel

All aboard the hype train for Bonnaroo 2026! Only 40 days until we are all on the Farm again, can you believe it? It’s coming up fast, and we can’t wait to be dancing with all of you at Bonnaroo! Today’s Artist of the Day is the one and only Trixie Mattel. Learn more about the artist below. Don’t forget to check out all of our artist spotlights! Thank you for reading these posts!

Artist Biography

DJ Trixie Mattel is the multifaceted American artist Brian Michael Firkus, better known worldwide as the drag persona Trixie Mattel, whose evolution from RuPaul’s Drag Race champion to technical DJ and festival curator reflects a rare blend of performance savvy, pop cultural fluency, and rhythmic sensibility. Originally rising to prominence through her drag performances, comedy, and chart‑topping country‑folk albums, Mattel expanded her creative palette during the pandemic by diving into DJing — teaching herself mixing, beat selection, and live crowd reading — and launching her immersive party concept Solid Pink Disco, a high‑energy DJ experience that fuses classic disco, house, and remix culture with her distinctive aesthetic and drag‑themed spectacle. Her sets, played at major events from Coachella’s Do LaB to global pride festivals and club residencies, showcase an intuitive command of dancefloor dynamics, vintage and contemporary grooves, and thematic set curation that turns every performance into a celebration of community and rhythm, making DJ Trixie Mattel a singular presence in the crossover space between queer performance art and electronic dance music.

Genre

House, EDM, DJ

Scheduled at Bonnaroo

Saturday (Link to Daily)