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The Fairy Tales International Queer Film Festival is an annual event held at the end of May in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. It's the only LGBTQ film festival in Alberta. Festival screenings take place at The Plaza Theatre in Kensington.
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Mighty Hoopla is London’s ultimate pop extravaganza, descending on the capital for a day of pop-tastic music, fun and games in the summer sun. Colourful festival goers are found at Brockwell park in London. Headliners this year include Chaka Khan, All Saints, and Bananrama.
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On Sunday June 7th, Queens Pride promotes education and awareness of LGBT issues in the borough. The Parade and multicultural festival begins at noon in Jackson Heights. The Parade starts at noon on the intersection of 37th Ave and 89th Street. The festival will take place on 37th Road and 75th Street. Queens Pride and Club Evolution stages provide entertainment throughout the afternoon, beginning at 12pm and ending at 6pm. Vendors, food and informative business, community and social group booths are located throughout the festival site.
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Provincetown Theater is doing a re-premiere of Mae’s West’s notorious play The Drag. Described by the author as “A Homosexual Comedy in 3 Acts,” The Drag was shut down by the Vice Squad in 1927 for “corrupting the morals of youths” because it told the taboo tale of a closeted Park Avenue newlywed and his secret double-life with a pack of Greenwich Village drag queens. Banned in Bayonne, The Drag never reached its destination of the Great White Way. Still as funny and relevant as it was nearly 100 years ago, the Provincetown Theater’s mounting of West’s rare forgotten play will be its first professional production since the cops closed her down in 1927.
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THIS EVENT IS CANCELED.
Saturday June 13th is Brooklyn Pride! Join a cross section of the borough's business, community, and LGBTQ+ organizations along Fifth Avenue in Park Slope. Come spend the day enjoying the sights, snacks, and great entertainment that borders the festival! The twilight pride parade is Saturday at 7:30pm. The Brooklyn Pride 5K Run is also June 13th!
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The Chicago Alternative Comics Expo (CAKE) is a weekend-long celebration of independent comics, inspired by Chicago’s rich legacy as home to many of underground and alternative comics’ most talented artists– past, present and future. Featuring comics for sale, workshops, exhibitions, panel discussions and more on June 12-14, from 11:00 am – 6:00 pm at 5917 North Broadway, Chicago
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Join up with other furry, fuzzy, and fun bears for a weekend full of excitement on Fire Island, NY. Bear weekend takes place from June 11- 14, 2020. Popular events include the Bears Beach Day, the Bears and Beards dance party, the T Dance and Bear Ass Dance at the Ice Palace and Pool Party at the Belvedere Hotel.
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Bronx Pride kicks off at 11am on Sunday, June 21st at 149th Street and Third Avenue. Enjoy a one of a kind, memorable, experiential event that brings together education, art, entertainment, and culinary diversity.
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Broadway Bares is the sexiest night of the year on Broadway, when cast members from the various shows perform in a one-night-only, burlesque strip-a-thon. Money raised from ticket sales funds HIV/AIDS organizations, and millions of dollars have been donated over the years. This isn't just people dancing on stripper poles; the cast performs full production numbers with singing and skits, and of course lots of skin. Broadway Bares is lots of fun, for both the audience and the performers.
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Bring your winged floats – swans, flamingos, ducks, or anything you can put wings on and head to Sebastian Beach in Fort Lauderdale for Flockfest! The event takes place on June 27th and is certain to be a fun weekend of beach events and parties in Gay Fort Lauderdale.

Other events include the FlockFest Kick-off Party, the Let’s Flock at The Grand Resort and Spa and the Flip-Flop T-Dance with Amanda Austin at Flip-Flops Dockside Eatery.
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Leave the world and your clothes behind and join hundreds of other hot guys for a nudist weekend in Key West! Events happen July 8-July 12 and Bear it All also happens later in the year (usually) the first weekend of December. Featured events include dance parties, pool parties, shopping, dining, sailing, performances, and tours.
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Leeds LGBT+ Literature Festival takes place Monday July 6 -Sunday July 12, 2020 at Leeds Central Library and other venues around Leeds. The festival has a variety of authors, activists, performers, groups and organizations to bring you a packed, week-long program!
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For ten days each summer, the city of Saskatoon bursts into song as the SaskTel Saskatchewan Jazz Festival plays host to hundreds of world class artists. This year the festival is July 3-12, 2020. Over 80,000 hungry music fans devour the sounds of jazz, blues, funk, pop, and world music each year, with a program that spans as many genres as it does continents.
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Saskatoon's festival of fabulous food features over 30 of Saskatoon's finest restaurants serving their house favorite dishes in beautiful Kiwanis Park. ‘A Taste of Saskatchewan' also features over 55 of Saskatchewan's premier bands and performers during the 6 day festival. The free entertainment features everything from Country, Rock, Celtic, Blues, Reggae, Salsa, Jazz, Pop, and more, giving everyone a Taste of Saskatchewan's musical talents.
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Camp out at this magical summer music festival! Ness Creek Music Festival offers incredible live music from Saskatchewan, across Canada and around the world. Join over 4,000 people and be part of a tent-city community and enjoy indie, roots & folk music from across the globe and close to home, along with over 100 environmental, artistic and cultural activities woven through our many festival venues.
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Gay Wine Week is a week-long celebration of wine and food, with music and dancing in a private estate vineyard, VIP receptions, wine excursions, a drag queen brunch, wine auction and pool party, all in Sonoma, Calif., one of the most famous luxury destinations in the world.

Events will take place throughout Sonoma, but the main location will be:

The Lodge at Sonoma Renaissance Resort & Spa
1325 Broadway
Sonoma, CA 95476

Dates: July 16-22, 2020
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Come check out a dazzling new play by the
acclaimed novelist and playwright Sarah Schulman with the World Premiere of The Lady Hamlet. A hilariously smart costume comedy with one foot in screwball and the other in a fencing match, The Lady Hamlet watches a duel of divas at the turn-of-the-century in a fierce battle to see who will be the first – and best! – female Hamlet on Broadway.
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This is no indie hipster weekend with hand-knit scarves and folk music… Dore Alley Weekend is for real players, where leather daddies and fetish rule the streets of SoMa. It's much more specific and less commercial than the Folsom Street fair.

The Up Your Alley Fair, most commonly referred to by locals as Dore Alley Fair, is a leather and fetish event held on the last Sunday of July on Folsom Street between 9th and 10th Streets and on Dore Street from Howard Street. The streets are lined with vendor booths, a sound stage, and lots of men! This year the fair is Sunday, July 26, 2020 11:00am to 6:00pm.
The fair is the main event but there are plenty of other "Dore Alley Weekend" events happening all weekend long.
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The 41st Annual Calgary Folk Music Festival in on for July 23 – 26, 2020. The festival is held at Calgary's bucolic Prince’s Island Park and is a four-day family-friendly cultural and musical extravaganza.
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The Pines Party is one of the highlights of the American Gay Circuit Calendar and takes place this year from July 24th-July 26th at the legendary Fire Island Pines. It's three days of raging fun and best of all, the event raises money for the Stonewall Community Foundation. Featured events of the weekend are the beach party, sunset cocktail party, the pool party, and for the very adventurous, the morning party that starts at 6am.
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Don't miss one of the hottest parties in San Juan this July. Hydro is the first circuit festival on the Caribbean and this year the festival will be packing in five parties, all at an affordable price. The event runs from July 24th-July 26th and is filled with hot guys, fun in the sun, and amazing music from international DJ's.
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For more than 20 years, Family Week has supported and inspired, fostered community and friendships, and addressed the unique joys and challenges that arise for LGBTQ families through a week of programs, events, and celebrations.

From sunrise to sunset, Family Week Provincetown offers activities and events for your entire family. Each day will be filled with activities for individual age groups, including many signature Family Week events and activities that are designed for everyone. You can also relax on the beach with lots of other LGBTQ families.

Many events will take place at Provincetown Inn and surrounding event spaces.
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There’s only one place to be this August 1st to 10th—from the hottest shows to the coolest street performances, the 2020 Nutrien Fringe Theatre Festival delivers summer fun for the whole family! So much to do during this 10 day community festival in the heart of the Broadway District of Saskatoon. After the plays there is usually quite a bit going on in the streets.
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The week long celebration consists of dance parties, social events, and special performances, as well as Carnival Week favorites, such as the Sunset Cruise, Pool Party, and the Drag Brunch. The 2020 Parade will be Thursday, August 20, from 3 – 5pm. The Carnival parade is the highlight of the week, and it’s estimated that approximately 90,000 come to the parade, floats and groups. The fun then continues into the night with several dance parties.
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Shakespeare on the Saskatchewan is an annual summer Shakespeare theatre festival founded in 1985, which takes place in Saskatoon! The festival's activities include: medieval feasts, workshops, tours, art displays, special matinees, and a free community stage. MacBeth and The Tempest are the 2020 Shakespeare highlights.
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The largest drag show of all time, RuPaul’s Drag Race: Werq The World is coming to the UK. Drag queens time warp in sickening trans-continental extravaganza at Arena Birmingham on September 2, 2020.
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Jerker by Robert Chesley is love story that is, in the words of its author, “A pornographic elegy with redeeming social value in twenty phone calls, many of them dirty.” Indeed, Chesley’s poetic duet-of-a-play builds a deeply romantic bond between a pair of gay men in San Francisco in 1987 via the oft-ridiculed activity of phone sex. A Cape Cod Premiere, Aug 3 – Sept 3.
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The Purple Foundations hosts the annual "Purple Party" in Dallas. Enjoy a big "Texas sized" party on SEPTEMBER 3-7 at Aloft Dallas Downtown. Expect lots of purple and smokin' hot guys!
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Sizzle is South Beach's hottest party of the year. Come out and play and enjoy so many fun and "sizzling" events. Yacht parties, pool parties, beach parties, brunches and crazy fun dance parties at some of Miami's coolest clubs fill this ultimate weekend. Many of the events are held at National Hotel and it all happens on Memorial Day weekend!
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THIS EVENT IS NORMALLY HELD IN APRIL, BUT FOR 2020 IT HAS BEEN RESCHEDULED FOR SEPT. 16-20.

This week is for the ladies! Dinah Shore is the largest and most famous girl party in the country, and 2020 celebrates the Dinah Shore's 30th anniversary. The week is filled with musical performances, comedy shows, pool parties, night parties, concerts, Celebrity meet and greets, contests, DJ battles, fun and games, and so much more. This is a week not to be missed!
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The Black Tie Dinner is the largest fundraising gala in the U.S. that benefits the LGBTQ community. Millions of dollars are raised, largely thanks to the deep pockets of big-money donors in North Texas. The event features speeches and performances by major entertainers and political figures. Funds are distributed to both local and national organizations.
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THIS EVENT HAS BEEN POSTPONED TO OCTOBER 2-4, 2020.
Blatino Oasis is a gay and bisexual men of color retreat, far from urban life and attracts over a thousand gay and bisexual men from around the world. A weekend full of pool parties, dancing, brunches and hot guys!
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Girls In Wonderland is one of the hottest lesbian events in the USA!
This year marks the 20th Anniversary and is sure to be even bigger and better that previous years. Girls in Wonderland will kick-off June Pride Month with an epic line up of DJs, celebrities, comedians, live musical performances and more at four days of spectacular nightly events & daytime pool parties where everyone is welcome at the most magical place on Earth; Orlando, Florida!
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THIS EVENT USUALLY TAKES PLACE IN THE SPRING, BUT WAS MOVED TO OCTOBER 2020 DUE TO COVID-19.

Cherry DC is a four-day party festival with events at bars, nightclubs, and arenas throughout the city. The party takes place around the time of the annual blossoming of D.C.'s famous cherry blossom trees.
Cherry is the longest-running non-profit LGBTQ dance music festival in the U.S., and raises money for The Cherry Fund, which has donated more than $1.3 million in grants and support benefiting Mental Health & HIV/AIDS service organizations in the DC metropolitan region and beyond.

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https://www.eventbrite.com/e/cherry-fund-25th-anniversary-weekend-tickets-65562678737
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The Cake by Bekah Brunstetter is the funny new play by the Emmy-nominated writer/producer of NBC’s smash hit This Is Us. The Cake follows Della, a middle-aged North Carolina baker who is asked by her best friend’s daughter to bake the cake for the young woman’s same-sex wedding. As with our production of The Laramie Project, a series of “Community Conversations” will follow select performances of The Cake to engage audience members in a discussion of shared experiences, values, and concerns.
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THIS EVENT IS NORMALLY HELD IN APRIL, BUT FOR 2020 IT HAS BEEN RESCHEDULED, FOR OCT. 30-NOV. 2.

Palm Springs has the best parties! The annual White Party is no exception. Enjoy a weekend that's full of pool parties, dancing, relaxing and the super fun, Ice Party, on Saturday. Don't forget the Circus Tea dance on Sunday.
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Celebrate Pride at Europe´s favorite gay destination Maspalomas in Gran Canaria! This 7th Anniversary Edition will be historical with free live shows and international top performers. Enjoy premium pool parties, boat excursions and of course, the Pride Walk which is on Sunday, Nov. 15th.
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The 2020 season will close with Eugene O’Neill’s classic tale of love, family, and forgiveness, A Moon for the Misbegotten, in an embrace of Provincetown’s historical place in American Theater.
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P-Town comes alive for one final weekend before most of the town hibernates for the winter. The "First Light" Festival is an annual 5 day event featuring spectacular fireworks, great parties and more! Most of the restaurants, bars, and shops are open for the week and they tend to get busy. If you have a hankering for a special place, reservations are a must since things fill up quickly. Don't miss the fireworks on the beach Dec 30th at 5:00 or the Polar Bear Plunge challenge on New Year’s Day!
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At the Unicorn Festival you can expect an open-minded playground full of happy, passionate and pleasant party people. Enjoy some of the best hypnotic house grooves and electronic beats all on three different stages. Don't forget to bring your unicorn gear!
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