Please appreciate the following guide to select Pride-related and Pride-adjacent events happening in New York and San Francisco the weekend of June 27-June 29.
Friday, June 27
Baña @ Wall Street Bath & Spa
88 Fulton Street/William
Midnight – 5AM
Kick off your shoes, and your clothes, and kick off Pride weekend at this month’s Baña pool party, hosted by Michael Formika Jones and featuring performances by the Daisy Spurs and fire-eater Leopatra. It’s just like the Continental Baths in the 70s only with Speedos and without Bette Midler.
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101 Avenue A
9PM – 4AM
Looks like she’s getting a divorce, fags, so head over to celebrate Madge’s newfound freedom with an all-Madonna set until 12:30.
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Bloc Party @ Easternbloc
505 East 6th Street
non-BnT booze fest. …read more
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Saturday, June 28
Cruising: A Night at the Trucks @ The Woodshop
24 9th Avenue at 14th St.
10PM – 8 AM
The Sword and Fleshjack, along with Daniel Nardicio and the Dlist boys, bring you this party that’s sure to be the highlight of the weekend. All the parading started in the 70s, so come back to the OLDSCHOOL meatpacking district, where gay men piled into the backs of empty trucks by the piers and had random sex in the dark, and party in the loft where part of the Al Pacino film “Cruising” was shot. Jump in the Fleshjack jackoff booth and shower with the boys from BrokeStraightBoys.com. $20 in advance, $30 at the door.
Family @ 40C
40 Avenue C (3rd St)
10PM
Forget pride and chill with the downtown kids at this weekly Alphabet City party. Hosts include Justin Bond, Michael Formika
Jones, Cazwell, Amanda Lepore, Michael T, Miss Guy and Philippe Blonde,
with DJ Adam and guests Tekshur, Van Scott and Kingdom. $5-$10.
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369 W 46th Street
If you want to stick to Hell’s Kitchen on this Pride Eve, join DJ JonJon Battles at The Ritz and try to stay clear of that narrow-ass corridor and enjoy the
electro-pop goodness while sipping that low-carb vodka soda.
Sunday, June 29
The Heritage of Pride “March“
5th Avenue and 52nd to Christopher St
Noon ’til god knows when
This year’s parade is sure to be filled with all the trannies, go-go boys, flag dancers, and rainbow ridiculousness you could ever, ever want to look at while drunk off of morning mimosas. Candis Cayne, some PFLAG lady and the guy who designed the rainbow flag are the grand marshals. We’re guessing none of you will be awake for this.
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Dance on the Pier
Pier 54 @ 13th Street
4PM to 10:30PM
Lots of shirtlessness and fireworks.
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Champions Afterparty @ Pacha
618 W 46th Street
10 PM until Monday afternoon
Let’s just assume that if you’re headed to this office Heritage of Pride afterparty, you don’t have much to do on Monday. Featuring DJs Stephan Grondin, Jonathan Peters and Junior Vasquez. $60
18 Little W. 12th Street
10PM
This would be Josh Wood’s unofficial afterparty, a little cheaper and a bit closer by than the other one, featuring DJs Rich King and Gustavo. $25
Friday, June 27th
5th Annual Trans March
7PM
Rally begins at Dolores Park and then the legion of the Bay Area’s transgendered circle the Castro, march down Market Street and return to Dolores Park for music and live performances.
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Mr. @ Mighty
119 Utah St. (@ 15th)
10PM – 6AM
Whether
you’re proud or shame-filled or somewhere in between, kick off your SF
Pride weekend with a mustache ride from DJs Kidd Sysko, Zax, Omar, Lord
Kook and David Harness and the go-go sluts from Big Top. Good times. …read more
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Charlie Horse @ The Cinch
1723 Polk Street (bet. Clay & Washington)
10 PM, shows at 11 and midnight
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Adonis @ 550 Barneveld
10PM
And another BIG Pride kickoff party, this one more straight-up House-y and sponsored by Nakedsword, featuring DJ Abel and a bunch of hot go-go boys. $30 at the door.
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Ghetto Disco @ The Endup feat. Victor Calederone
6th & Harrison
9PM – 11AM
Fag
Fridays are no more, but for those of you who still want to hear house
DJs and for reasons known only to your dealers prefer your parties not
to get going until after 2 AM, check out the slate at Ghetto Disco this
weekend: in addition to Victor, Scotty Thompson Dean Samarrs and Ben Seagren (no cover before midnight,
$20-30 after)…more
Saturday, June 28th
Dyke March & Pink Saturday
Castro / 18th Street / Dolores Park
7PM onward
Senior and baby dykes alike rally and drink in the Park then march down 18th street carrying homemade signs and occasionally pissing in doorways. The gays watch and cheer, steer clear of the fist fights, and then start their own hoopla on Castro street which will be closed off for the evening and crowded with fags. It’s like Halloween, only less BnT and with fewer amateur drag acts. ALSO: The World Premiere of Another Gay Sequel is at 8:30PM at the Castro Theater, right in the middle of the madness.
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Universe @ New York Studios
535 York Street
9:30PM
It’s back for one night only, and Ultra Nate is headlining along with Christian George and DJ Jamie J Sanchez. ALSO, special appearances by COLT Men Ricky Parks, Gage Weston, and Eric Valentin (he of the championship shoulders). Also co-sponsored by NakedSword and featuring the Get Off On Us boys.
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Hot Mess @ The Stud
9th & Harrison
10PM – 4AM
The sloppiest kids in town are
colonizing the Stud for this Saturday night party, featuring drink
specials for exhibitionists, live whip cream wrestling and Frat House
DJ Kidd Sysko. …read more
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Colossus @ 1015 Folsom
10PM – 8AM
The name says it all. DJs Manny Lehman and diva Erin Hamilton will keep your gay ass dancing til dawn, and you can feel free to gawk at porn twunk wonder-couple Benjamin Bradley and Roman Heart who will be go-go guests of honor, go-going to your cock’s delight. Also a performance by Heklina and, um, Bobby Trendy?
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Sunday, June 29th
The Fucking Parade
Market & 1st Street to Civic Center
11AM til whenever
You know the drill. The Dykes on Bikes lead the charge, followed by Mikes on Bikes, and bringing up the rear will be the nudists and fetishists no one really wants to see. In between will be a whole bunch of booze and garishness and perhaps some fun balloon art.
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Pride Fest @ Civic Center
Noon to 6PM
Charo anyone? Also, Crystal Waters, Cyndi Lauper, and Margaret Cho among many others on several stages. Here’s where to look for the suburban gays with their CamelBaks full of vodka.
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Juanita More’s After-Pride Pool Party @ Bambuddha Lounge
3PM – 10PM
Easily the best party of the year, so long as it’s sunny, and probably even if it’s not. Like a little taste of LA in the middle of San Francisco, with good music and full of fucked boys running around. $25, benefiting New Leaf Outreach to Elders program.
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Big Top @ The Transfer198 Church Street
6PM – 2AM
Come on down for this wound up weekend-wind-down event and toss back a few two-for-one
well drinks, stick a dollar in the g-string of a hot go-go twunk and dance to a revolving list of
DJs at this self-described “homo disco circus” hosted by Joshua
J. and Rayza Burn and this Pride Sunday featuring Heklina! …read more
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Oooo… I’ve grown quite fond of the really orange guy at the top of the page that shows up at all the public events where nudity is encouraged. He’s a San Francisco fixture!