6 Local Events to Queer Up Your Valentine’s Day Weekend

Elliot Matz & the fabulously queer Jay Blotcher tickle the ivories at this crooner evening with free admission and complimentary snacks.

The Spy Social Eatery and Bar (High Falls) | Fri Feb 14th @ 7p

The Hudson Valley LGBTQ Community Center hosts an erotic evening of open mic song and prose.

PAKT (Kingston) | Fri Feb 14th @ 7p

A Valentine’s Day cabaret of a different stripe, dedicated to all those who have been stiffed by love, couldn’t care less about being in love, or just want to call the whole thing off.

Skinner Hall @ Vassar College (Poughkeepsie) | Fri Feb 14th @ 8p

A ball culture celebration featuring Jason Rodriguez (aka Slim Xtravaganza and “Lamar Abundance” on Pose FX) and the House of Eon in a celebratory dance party co-hosted by the Hudson Valley LGBTQ Center.

Kaatsbaan Cultural Park (Tivoli) | Fri Feb 14th @ 8p

Prepare to swoon! Edmund Bagnell, 1st violin and vocalist with the internationally acclaimed singing string quartet Well-Strung, goes it alone in “He Plays the Violin”, being presented for one night only.

Bridge Street Theater (Catskill) | Sat Feb 15th @ 7:30p

Totally over the whole Valentine’s Day thing? Saddle up with the Haus of Peculiar for a night of artistic expression, loose limbs and Goosiness. Join in the fun, let go, let love, EXPRESS and get yourself jush’d at their free pre-party body paint & glitter bar.

BSP (Kingston) | Sat Feb 15th @ 10p