Manifesto @ The Stud
9th & Harrison
9:30PM – 4AM
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Charlie Horse @ The Cinch
1723 Polk Street (bet. Clay & Washington)
10 PM, show at midnight
It’s
a hike if you don’t live in the Russian Hill/Nob Hill/’Loin vicinity,
but this rock-centric drag show hosted by the ever-soused Anna Conda
is set to pick up the slack from Trannyshack now that that’s over… Tonight: Charlie Horse After Dark, modeled on the eponymous Playboy TV show from the 70s, featuring Matthew Martin, Miss Nix, someone playing Heff and, of course, Anna Conda.
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Fuck Shit Let’s Dance (FSLD) @ Deco Lounge
510 Larkin Street
9PM to 3AM, $5
Lord Kook and DJ Pup will be spinning at this inclusive, no
holds barred, faggot techno dancefest. It’s in the middle of the
Tender-Polk and the crowd’s more punky and bear-y than, say, your
average Friday at Boy Bar. …more
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Boy Bar @ The Cafe
Market & Castro
9PM – 2AM
Do we need to explain? If you’re under 25, peace be with you. You’ll love this new singer they play called Madonna. If you’re over 30 and not especially fucked up, god help you–you will feel, prematurely or not, really fucking old. $2
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The San Francisco Underground Short Film Fest @ The Bridge Theater
3010 Geary
Midnight til the show ends (think 3 AM)
Midnight Mass is officially over for another year, kids. But Peaches Christ and Vinsantos are bowing out with this evening of films under 15 minutes. We’re sure, like any fest, it’ll be a mixed bag, but the trailer makes it look pret-ty awesome! Tix here.
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Saturday
Trannyshack Kiss-Off Party @ The Regency Center
Van Ness and Sutter
Doors at 9PM
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198 Church Street
9PM – 2AM
DJ’s Richie Panic and Jeffrey Paradise spin their
eclectic-electro-punk-dancey best at this weekly hipster haven where
you’re just as likely to make out with a gay boy wearing a kaffiyeh as
you are to get elbowed by a baby-dyke with lipstick smeared all over
her face. …read more
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841 Larkin Street
9PM – 2AM
Bus Station John hosts this monthly party in the TenderPolk, where the
alterna-gays and bicycle boys nudge aside the colorful cast of elderly
regulars to order cheap drinks and nod to the 70s and 80s beats. The
dancefloor at the back always reminds us of a suburban basement family
room, minus Dad’s golf trophies. $5
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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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Beat Electric Discoteque @ Deco
510 Larkin Street
10PM – 4AM
It’s the inaugural night for this eclectic electric shindig featuring BT Magnum, Black Shag, Kelley B, Safety Scissors and Lebaron Rock. And added bonus: it’s free.
16th & Noe (at Market)
9PM
Let’s
just say that there are a lot of polo shirts and
while we’re totally cool with that and lots of pretty boys were wearing
them, it can be a little unnerving. Their tagline, oddly, is “Upscale,
Downlow,” even though there’s nothing really down-low about it. DJs Lee
Decker and Luke Fry will be spinning, and there’s 2 for 1 vodka
cocktails before 10:30, c/o 42 Below.
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Sunday
1900 Folsom @ 15th
9PM
Spelling hosts this weekly venue around 9ish… perfect for turning your Sunday hangover into
a Monday hangover. She works the room, performs and generally spazzes
out for your drinking pleasure. Free, but tip the girls for god’s sake.
398 12th Street
Every Sunday, 3PM on
It’s all the beer you can drink for $10 and always benefits a good, gay cause. Whatever you
do, for god’s sake, don’t go in there wearing flip-flops….read more
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Friday
Gary 49 @ Mr. Black
27 West 24th Street
It’s back, and so is The Ass. Come party and dance like the bleak early aughts never happened in this dance den’s new location in the Flatiron District, with resident DJs Sammy Jo and Johnny Dynell. …read more
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Star Fridays @ Star Lounge
Chelsea Hotel Basement
222 W 23rd Street
10PM – 4AM
back to Chelsea for some style and red velvet-and-chandelier-style glamour.
Nick Van Bremen and Matt Tratner host with DJ Lina. …read more
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Frisky Fridays @ Sugarland
221 N. 9th Street (Williamsburg)
10PM – 4AM
It’s a birthday party for some dude — who we think works at HX — named John Russell. But Acid Betty, fresh from her appearance on Project Rungay, will also be hosting.
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Saturday
369 W 46th Street
We
think the name of DJ JonJon Battles new party at The Ritz is probably
meant ironically, or it’s a reference to the Peter Gabriel song.
Anyway, try to stay clear of that narrow-ass corridor and enjoy the
electro-pop goodness while sipping that low-carb vodka soda.
Blocaholic @ Easternbloc
505 East 6th Street
This
is one of our favorite gay bars in New York: the music’s good, the
crowd is smart and cool, the bartenders are hot and it’s the kind of
come-as-you-are,
non-BnT booze fest Manhattan needs more of. DJ Gabe spins on Saturdays, and we like him. The end. …read more
523 9th Ave
10PM – 4AM
Marc
Berkley’s come uptown with everyone else and hosts this weekly party
featuring Ginelle Gordon singing her ass off and a bunch of hotties
boozing it up and schmooze-talking their way into Sunday. Anyway, we
always like a bar with a nice bathroom and multiple levels. We don’t
like standing still …read more
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We love The Cock, except when they spray that
glow in the dark shit on everyone. The East Village was ahead of the
curve in bringing the dirtiness back to gay life in the late 90s …read more
221 N. 9th Street (Williamsburg)
10PM – 4AM
Brooklyn: it’s where half the under-thirty gays live now anyway. DJ
Emjay spins deep house, etcetera for the Manhatts party monsters and
Billyburg homos alike. …read more
18 9th Avenue
6 PM – Midnight
Josh Wood, DJ Steve Travolta and hosts Nick Van Bremen and Erik
Bottcher are bringing back this series of summer garden parties, on the
roof in the Meat Packing District. Last year Michael Musto gushed it
was “a big oh-yes,” and though everyone in New York tires of things
really quickly, Cuckoo Club still hasn’t died so maybe this more mellow
alternative won’t either. Reserve a cabana ahead if you want to be
fancy like that.
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It’s getting a little mobbed after midnight at this glam weekly fete, but given that Sundays are for drinking …read more
349 W 46th Street
4PM
It
may not be as scene-y as the Garden of Ono fete downtown, but DJ Lina
(and sometimes Adam Joseph) and the boys of Hells Kitchen rock out at this summer Sunday mixer with
two outdoor patio decks and happy hour prices until 7PM. ... more.
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In Los Angeles… (graphic to come, and yes, we know it’s slim… we have to start somewhere)
Stallion @ Fubar
7994 Santa Monica Blvd.
9PM
Yes, this bar is trashy and wild. But it’s still technically located in
West Hollywood, and the handful of snobby, watchful, pretty-people
scenesters who come here prevent anyone from truly letting go. So the
sleaze at Fubar is more of a piece of furniture in the corner than an
all-encompassing vibe.
Still, now that Hot Dog is woefully defunct, this is the best place to go for a dirty night west of Fairfax. …read more
–Gay Bar Culture
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Swallow @ MJ’s
2810 Hyperion Ave
10PM
Speaking of Hot Dog… this party comes via the loins of Mario Diaz, creator of Hot Dog and Big Fat Dick, and features DJ Barbeau. From Gay Bar Culture: “While the music is sometimes so gay here we feel like hate-criming
ourselves, on many nights the music is just lovely, and the crowd and
the DJ hold hands and throb together until closing.” …read more
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Free Dance Night @ Akbar
4356 W Sunset Blvd
10PM – 2AM
It’s Sunset Junction Street Fair time, and DJs tonight are Mike Glass and Steve Cunningham. From Gay Bar Culture: “On the weekends the boys elbow the pushy lezbots aside and take to the
dance floor, which is arguably the most reckless, least judgmental
dance floor in L.A. (It’s also about the least cruisy.)” …read more
Rentboy.com Pool Party @ private residence
4565 Dundee Drive
11AM to 9PM
Bring your own towel and maybe one of the porn stars or hookers in attendance will let you mop the sweat off their brow, or their abs. Chi Chi Larue will be DJing and for god’s sake, Jason Sechrest and Bobby Trendy will be there.
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