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Make Your Holidays Merry + Gay

BGHV’s scintillating sleigh ride of drag, burlesque, and cabaret – HUNG With Care – is back for a blockbuster 13th season with three performances in Montgomery, Rosendale, and Albany this Thanksgiving Weekend.

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Meet the Cast of HUNG With Care’s 2024 Season, Hosted by Showbiz Spitfire, Paige Turner ✨

A John Waters Christmas: The Pop Culture Icon’s Festive & Filthy Holiday Show Comes to Kingston

Monday December 16th

Happening This Week

Thursday Nov 21st

Mankind–– The Men’s Group

Hudson Valley LGBTQ+ Community Center
300 Wall St, Kingston, NY 12401

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Thursday Nov 21st

Sober Over the Rainbow

Poughkeepsie Underwear Factory
8 N Cherry St, Poughkeepsie, NY 12601

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Thursday Nov 21st

Cold Spring LGBTQ+ Happy Hour!

Barber & Brew
69 Main St., Cold Spring, NY

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Thursday Nov 21st

THE GOSPEL ACCORDING TO THOMAS JEFFERSON, CHARLES DICKENS, AND COUNT LEO TOLSTOY: DISCORD

Bridge Street Theatre
44 West Bridge Street, Catskill, NY 12414

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Friday Nov 22nd

Switch Salsa Nights in Kingston

Night Swim
744 Broadway, Kingston, NY 12401

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Friday Nov 22nd

Queer & Trans Game Night!

Megabrain Comics & Arcade
21 W Market St, Red Hook, NY 12571

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Friday Nov 22nd

Spanksgiving Spank-A-Thon

Less Dead Studio
Poughkeepsie, NY

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Friday Nov 22nd

THE GOSPEL ACCORDING TO THOMAS JEFFERSON, CHARLES DICKENS, AND COUNT LEO TOLSTOY: DISCORD

Bridge Street Theatre
44 West Bridge Street, Catskill, NY 12414

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Friday Nov 22nd

Perfect Arrangement by Topher Payne

County Players
2681 W Main Street, Wappingers Falls, NY

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Friday Nov 22nd

GARNER Arts Center & Round Table Brewery Present: –SONIC ALCHEMY– A New Immersive Electronic Music Series at Round Table Brewery’s La Redonda Tavern Featuring KATOALA

GARNER Arts Center
55 W Railroad Ave, Garnerville, NY 10923

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Thursday Nov 21st

Mankind–– The Men’s Group

Hudson Valley LGBTQ+ Community Center

Thursday Nov 21st

Sober Over the Rainbow

Poughkeepsie Underwear Factory

Thursday Nov 21st

Cold Spring LGBTQ+ Happy Hour!

Barber & Brew

Thursday Nov 21st

THE GOSPEL ACCORDING TO THOMAS JEFFERSON, CHARLES DICKENS, AND COUNT LEO TOLSTOY: DISCORD

Bridge Street Theatre

Friday Nov 22nd

Switch Salsa Nights in Kingston

Night Swim

Friday Nov 22nd

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Megabrain Comics & Arcade

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HUNG With Care: A Queer Holiday Burlesque Spectacular!

Make your yuletide just a bit gayer with the beloved holiday tradition! The 12th season – hosted by Paige Turner – promises even more of the scintillating surprises, delights, and twisted merriment that audiences have come to love since 2012.

Black Friday November 29th (City Winery Hudson Valley, Montgomery)
Saturday November 30th (Rosendale Theatre, Rosendale)
Sunday December 1st (Lark Hall, Albany)

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A John Waters Christmas

Waters is touring on his slippery sled of sewage with his comedy bag of tricks; It’s a John Waters Christmas and you better watch out!

Monday December 16th (Old Dutch Church, Kingston)

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New York State Pride Ski Weekend 2025

Join the Pride Center of the Capital Region, Big Gay Hudson Valley, and The Hudson Valley LGBTQ+ Community Center for three days of skiing, snowboarding, entertainment, and festivities in the beautiful Catskills.

February 7th – 9th (Belleayre Mountain + Kingston)

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HUNG With Care 2024: Make the Yuletide Gay with Queer Holiday Burlesque Starting Black Friday

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Hop in for a scintillating sleigh ride of singing, dancing, burlesque & more as the annual yuletide tradition hosts performances in Montgomery, Rosendale & Albany over Thanksgiving Weekend.

Meet the Cast of HUNG With Care’s 2024 Season

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HUNG With Care’s 2024 cast features some of nightlife's best + brightest cabaret stars with showbiz spitfire Paige Turner serving as the show's emcee.

BGHV Joins WAMC’s The Roundtable to Discuss Current Issues Affecting the LGBTQ+ Community

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BGHV's Stephan Hengst + a panel of other statewide experts discussed progress, visibility, backlash, and how LGBTQ rights have increasingly been used as political tools.

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Over the years we’ve traveled around with shows

Over the years we’ve traveled around with shows like HUNG With Care to help spread some holiday cheer!

This year Queer Joy is needed like never before - and we’re thrilled to bring HUNG to City Winery In Montgomery on Black Friday, the Rosendale Theater on Saturday, November 30th and Lark Hall in Albany on December 1st.

This is third year that we’ve presented the show at City Winery and we’re excited to also introduce our first wine - Upstate Gay Rosé - as part of this year’s event! If you purchase a table with premium seating for four, you’ll receive a bottle with your ticket purchase. You can even purchase individual bottles at City Winery as holiday gifts for friends and family.

This year also marks our return to The Rosendale Theater. Last year we took the show to SUNY New Paltz, but after hearing that you missed the bar and the ability to enjoy drinks during the show, we’re bringing the show back on Saturday night, Nov 30th.

Then onto Albany’s Lark Hall on December 1st! For many years we’ve produced HUNG With Care elsewhere in the Capital District, but many of you have asked us to bring the closer to Lark Street. That said, we didn’t just do that - we’re hosting it at Lark Hall right in the middle of everything!

So, rally your friends for a fabulous night out filled with Paige Turner’s naughty jokes and more glittered nipples than you’ve ever dreamed of - order your tickets online now at HUNGWithCare.com

3 Performances over Thanksgiving Weekend:

✨ Black Friday Nov 29th City Winery Hudson Valley (Montgomery)
✨ Saturday Nov 30th Rosendale Theatre (Rosendale)
✨ Sunday Dec 1st Lark Hall (Albany)

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New York State’s first-ever gathering for LGBTQ+

New York State’s first-ever gathering for LGBTQ+ Pride Organizers and Advocates - The Empire State of Pride conference - was held in Syracuse on Friday, November 8th.

The full-day conference welcomed 120+ attendees to Syracuse, New York’s ‘Center City’ for a day of workshops, panels and discussions, all focused on supporting the needs of Pride organizers across the Empire State.

With sessions focused on Community Engagement, Marketing, Diversity, Accessibility, Tourism, Fundraising and so much more, we were particularly thankful to the State agencies that joined us to share their resources and knowledge with our attendees.

The Empire State of Pride conference is produced by @biggayhudsonvalley and @comeoutcny with support from @iloveny @visitsyracuse @cnycf @cnypride and @iheartmediahv - A huge thank you goes out to all of our partners and sponsors for helping to make this conference possible.

We’re always Proud here in New York State - and we’re excited to see what our attendees create with their new found knowledge and connections that the Empire State of Pride conference made possible.

There’s clearly a need and a benefit to all of us gathering to connect, network and engage - and we appreciate all that joined us for this first-time event. Stay tuned for details about more similar events in the future!

#empirestateofpride #visitsyracuse #pride #lgbtq #biggayhudsonvalley #comeoutcentralny #iloveny #newyorkstate

The Empire State of Pride - the first-ever confere

The Empire State of Pride - the first-ever conference for New York State-based LGBTQ+ Pride organizers and advocates was held in Syracuse on Friday, November 8th.

The full-day conference welcomed our attendees to the @tallmancocktail club on the Thursday night before so that everyone could connect and meet one another over beverages and snacks.

The Empire State of Pride conference is produced by @biggayhudsonvalley and @comeoutcny with support from @iloveny @visitsyracuse @cnycf @cnypride and @iheartmediahv

A huge thank you goes out to our friends at @visitsyracuse and @loweradkpride for helping to underwrite this kick off event on Thursday evening!

#empirestateofpride #visitsyracuse #pride #lgbtq #biggayhudsonvalley #comeoutcentralny #iloveny #newyorkstate

Everyone’s favorite Queer Holiday Burlesque Spec

Everyone’s favorite Queer Holiday Burlesque Spectacular is back for its 13th annual tour through the Hudson Valley and the Capital District over Thanksgiving Weekend.

✨ Black Friday Nov 29th at City Winery Hudson Valley (Montgomery)
✨ Saturday Nov 30th Rosendale Theatre (Rosendale)
✨ Sunday Dec 1st Lark Hall (Albany)

This year we’re proud to feature showbiz spitfire Paige Turner as our emcee! Strap yourself in for a scintillating sleigh ride packed with assles, tassels and loads of glittered nipples for all the shes, hes and theys, both naughty and nice.

The 2024 Cast Includes:
✨ Paige Turner as your Emcee ✨ Cheeky Lane
✨ Sir Go Go Gadget
✨ Jack Barrow
✨ Teasy Roosevelt
✨ Jon Joni
✨ Pup Dio as Our Stage Hunk!

Hung With Care celebrates the art of nightlife and brings together some of the nation’s premier cabaret, burlesque, drag and circus arts performers for an evening of holiday entertainment unlike any other!

Rally your friends for a fabulous night out and order your tickets now at HUNGWithCare.com

#hudsonvalley #upstategays #queer #pride #lgbtq #ulstercounty #dutchesscounty #upstateny #queer #albany #montgomery #proud #orangecountyny#hungwithcare #holidays #burlesque #instagay #holigays #biggayhudsonvalley #gayhudsonvalley #holidays #albany #albanyny #ulstercounty #rosendale

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