F*ck Them Kids: Bingo & Bad Decisions

Let’s be honest — parenting, adulting, and trying to stay emotionally stable in 2025 is EXHAUSTING.FTK 2025 is your one-night hall pass to say “forget responsibility” (and yes, say fuck them kids) and come vibe with your grown, sexy, hilarious, and slightly unhinged side.

This is not a concert. It’s not a comedy show. It’s not a poetry night.It’s all of that — shaken, stirred, and served over ice with a heavy pour.

Because FTK is a joke — but the impact is real.

This event is a fundraiser for , our free 8-week empowerment program that teaches Black youth how to navigate police encounters, assert their rights, and heal from systemic trauma.

The funds raised from FTK help us pay facilitators, feed students, provide mental health resources, and equip our young people with the tools they need to stay alive and empowered.

Expect:

🎤 Soul-snatching poetry

🎶 Smooth & sultry R&B performances

😂 Gut-busting comedy sets

🍹 Bar vibes on point

👠 Hundreds of the best-dressed, best-vibed grown folks in the city

🎰 And our signature: interactive, flirty, slightly chaotic BINGO

This ain’t your grandma’s bingo game — unless your grandma was toxic, hilarious, and good at eye contact.

Every guest gets an FTK bingo card full of dares, challenges, and wild prompts like:

• “Buy someone a drink who’s dressed better than you.”
• “Take a selfie with a stranger and post it like y’all been dating.”
• “Exchange social handles with someone who made you laugh.”
• “Tell someone your toxic trait and see if they agree.”

Complete a row, win a prize. Complete the whole board, you either go home with a trophy or a situationship.It’s spicy, it’s fun, and it’s the perfect excuse to stop standing in the corner being mysterious and go flirt in the name of charity.

Feeling brave? Bougie? Bold? Or just trying to be extra extra this year?Then the Hot Seats are for you — front row, closest to the stage, deep in the fire zone.

Comedians will roast you.Poets might call you out.And you’ll love every second of it.

These seats are limited, intimate, and not for the faint of fit.If you’re easily offended or your outfit can’t hold up under pressure — sit in the back. 😌But if you’re down to laugh at yourself and maybe become part of the show... this is your moment.

Pull up in a fit that screams “I understood the assignment.”We’ve got judges. We’ve got a prize. We’ve got the spotlight.Make us gag — or go home regular.

This is a GROWN & SEXY event. We are not accepting basic energy at the door.You do not have to wear designer. But you do have to look like you care.

Dress Code Guidelines:

✔️ Think “date night with a little danger”

✔️ Dresses, jumpsuits, dress pants, heels, statement pieces, tailored fits

✔️ Clean sneakers are cool if they’re styled right

✔️ Button-downs, sexy tops, elevated dresswear

✔️ Show out, not up — we want effort

🚫 NO slides, Crocs, ball shorts, flip-flops, plain white tees, wrinkled-anything, “just came from the gym”-energy

If you wouldn’t wear it to impress your ex or your crush — change.If you pull up looking like a liability, you might not get in. For real.

• 21+ ONLY. IDs will be checked.
• Dress Code is 100% Enforced. No effort = no entry. We’re serious.
• No kids. No babies. No “He just gon’ sit with me.” Absolutely not.
• No outside alcohol. We got you covered inside.
• This is a safe space. Any aggressive, disrespectful, or creepy behavior = removal. No refunds.
• The comedians WILL talk about you if you’re in the Hot Seats. That’s what you paid for.
• You may end up in someone’s Instagram story. Come cute.

Host or Publisher G I F T E D Arts & Activism