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Queer Spooky Shorts
Friday, October 17, 9 p.m.
The Flea Theatre, 20 Thomas Street, New York, NY
Join The Flea Theatre and The Other Side of Silence for Queer Spooky Shorts 2025, a free Halloween-themed short play festival featuring five queer playwrights and their original works.
Tickets are $10, with all proceeds benefiting The Stonewall Inn Gives Back Initiative (SIGBI).
Grab a ticket here.
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OMG Shoes
Friday, October 17, 6:30 p.m.
9 Bob Note, 270 Meserole Street, Brooklyn, NY
OMG Shoes!
Tickets via TOSOSNYC.squarespace.com.
SACRA: Hades
Friday, October 17, 10 p.m.
Red Eye NY, 355 West 41st Street, New York, NY
SACRA returns to Red Eye NYC, and this time they have joined forces with BAD Behavior to create a sexy Greek Underworld. You’ll have to come play and find out! We love featuring parties, cultural events, community gatherings, and more.
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A pub is bringing a “queer Irish sense of hospitality” to Greenpoint, Brooklyn! Upstairs is the Elysian Fields, a haven of florals and marble; downstars is Tartarus, a fiery dungeon where fetish and fantasy merge.
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An immersive theatrical dance party featuring aerial performers, fire breathers, and mind-bending visuals.
Tickets via RedEyeNY.com.
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Dance the night away to the biggest diva anthems with NYC's hottest DJs spinning everything from Madonna to Beyoncé. Look out for your first newsletter in your inbox soon!
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I Want To Play A Game
Sunday, October 19, 10 p.m.
C’mon Everybody, 325 Franklin Avenue, Brooklyn, NY
Hugh Mann Race and Vape Kid Jr want to play a game: the drag duo are putting seven of Brooklyn’s scariest drag artists through their very own Saw compettion. The tower's lights change colors to honor holidays, special occasions and special causes.
"As the LGBTQIA+ community faces increasing hostility and legislative attacks, this year’s theme is a reflection of the Pride movement’s origins in protest—and is a powerful call to action for our communities and allies to rally and march in defiant celebration, advocacy and solidarity," their website reads.
LadyLand, the annual outdoor music festival and Pride celebration, is curated by Ladyfag—an iconic figure in the city's nightlife scene.
Rainbow-clad activists and allies will take to the streets in support of global LGBTQ rights at the NYC Pride March.
June is Pride Month, which means the LGBTQ community is ready to party and stand up for equal rights.
Waking up on the last day of the weekend can be a drag, and that’s why we have drag brunch!
ANIMAL serves top-notch cocktails in a queer setting.
Deviant was born out of a need to create more POC-inclusive queer spaces, and now it's taking over the world.
In a city with dozens of gay bars, so few remain for lesbians, with none opening in the last 30 years.
Taking place at Moxy Chelsea on June 29, the party includes DJ sets, live performances, on-site makeup from Stencil1 and a signature cocktail called Pride Punch.
Final Girl
Friday, October 17, 10 p.m.
9 Bob Note, 270 Meserole Street, Brooklyn, NY
Find out if you have what it takes to be a final girl with a horrifying drag tribute to slasher films, starring RuPaul’s Drag Race alum Thorgy Thor and Naomi Smalls.
Who will survive? Think again, my friend.
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Fagtasia
Saturday, October 18, 8 p.m.
3 Dollar Bill, 260 Meserole Street, Brooklyn, NY
The witches of Oz are back — and even gayer than you remember!
Get moving with these essential gay songs, from unforgettable LGBTQ+ anthems to poignant ballads exploring queer life.
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June is Pride Month, which means New York’s queer community is ready to party and—more than ever this year—stand up for their rights.