AREA 253: A Halloween Harm Reduction FundRAVEr

The powers that be are keeping certain things from you. One of these things is that harm reduction strategies and education are proven to drastically reduce overdoses and disease transmission. Another is MOTHERFUCKING ALIENS 👽🛸👽

But on October 30th at The Poet in downtown Tacoma, the enlightened few who see the truth will gather to raise funds for 253 Harm Redux and dance the night away to otherworldly sci-fi beats across a galaxy of genres. This is the rave they don't want you to know about. This is Area 253.

AREA 253: A Harm Reduction FundRAVEr
October 30, 2026
Doors 7:30pm//Music 8:30pm
The Poet
202 St. Helen's Ave

FEATURING
Yungstf
Basspet
F-Roze
Shaggy DePlaya

House//Jungle//Hardcore//Hyperpop//+ more

SCHEDULE
7:30 Doors
8:30-1am Music
10:00 Raffle
11:30 Costume Contest

TATTOO POP-UP
Rabbit Foot Tattoo + Maia Papaya Tattoos
CASH ONLY
Flash Sheets coming soon...

Get your (tax-deductible) tickets today! We'll have event-exclusive 253HX merch, costume contest (with prize!), a raffle with prizes from all your favorite 253 businesses, and all the free harm reduction supplies you could ask for!

Raffle tickets:
1 for $3
10 for $25
25 for $50

Thanks to our raffle donors!
Civic Roasters
The Red Hot
King's Books
Radnor's
Doughboy Bakery
Blackbird Apothecary
Psychic Studio
Mattice Beauty Supply
New Frontier Lounge
Parker the Barber
Cygni Tattoo
Golden Reflection Gallery
One Handed Reads
The Galerie Tattoo + Piercing
Fernseed
Shelf Indulgence
SOS Pro Wrestling
Pretty Gritty Tours
Tacoma Comedy Club
Wanna Cupcake?


ACCESSIBILITY: Masks provided and encouraged, however there will be indoor food and drinks. Wheelchair accessible entrance through Manuscript, entrance on Tacoma Ave/Court D. Wheelchair accessible bathrooms. No strobes or fog machines. If you have additional accessibility concerns, please email us at 253harmredux@gmail.com.

TRANSIT: 11 + 16 buses and Stadium or 4th Ave light rail stops

253 Harm Redux is a mutual aid based and community-funded harm reduction organization in Tacoma by and for people who use drugs, s*x workers, queer and trans folks, and people with lived experience of homelessness. We seek to reduce the harm and stigma imposed through carceral policies on drug use, sex work, and abortion access and amplify the voices of those most impacted. From our lived experiences, we embrace the harm reduction principles of self-determination, non-judgment, and recovery neutrality to save lives by providing overdose prevention and safer use supplies, sexual health supplies, street survival supplies, education, and access to resources throughout Tacoma and beyond.