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Make your holiday season merry & bright in the
Big Gay Hudson Valley with our guide to local yuletide happenings like drag shows, theater, live music, and shopping events.

Featured 2025 Holiday Events

Make your yuletide just a bit gayer with the beloved holiday burlesque tradition – now in its 13th season!

ASSEMBLY
236 Wall Street • Kingston, NY

Saturday Nov 29, 2025
Doors @ 7p • Show @ 8p

ASSEMBLY
236 Wall Street • Kingston, NY

Saturday Nov 29, 2025
Doors @ 7p • Show @ 8p

Milk & Cookies: A Queer Holiday Tea Dance

DJ GoGo Gadget, Daddy Santa, and the boys of HUNG With Care are celebrating everyone on the naughty and nice list.

Unicorn Bar
224 Foxhall Ave • Kingston, NY

Sunday Nov 30, 2025
2p – 5p

Unicorn Bar
224 Foxhall Ave • Kingston, NY

Sunday Nov 30, 2025
2p – 5p

The Jinkx & DeLa Holiday Show

Drag comedy powerhouses Jinkx Monsoon & BenDeLaCreme are riding into Kingston on a sleigh ride full of sidesplitting comedy, bombastic musical numbers, heartfelt storytelling, and more sequin and fur than you can shake a candy cane at!

Ulster Performing Arts Center
601 Broadway • Kingston, NY

Sunday Nov 30, 2025
Show @ 7p

Ulster Performing Arts Center
601 Broadway • Kingston, NY

Sunday Nov 30, 2025
Show @ 7p

Dress up (or down) for a six block fundraising fun run/walk in support of the Hudson Valley LGBTQ+ Community Center’s youth programs.

Hudson Valley LGBTQ+ Community Center
300 Wall Street • Kingston, NY

Saturday Dec 6, 2025
Espresso Martinis @ 8a • Step Off @ 9:30a

Hudson Valley LGBTQ+ Community Center
300 Wall Street • Kingston, NY

Saturday Dec 6, 2025
Espresso Martinis @ 8a • Step Off @ 9:30a

All 2025 Holiday Happenings

People’s Place Holiday Toy Drive Kick Off Party

Join BGHV and our friends at exit nineteen for an afternoon of good times and giving back to our communities at the People's Place Annual Toy Drive Kick-Off Party.
Saturday November 15th
2:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Exit Nineteen
309 Wall St, Kingston, NY 12401

HUNG With Care: A Very Queer Holiday Burlesque Spectacular! [2025]

The original, fully scripted show is a scintillating sleigh ride of yuletide classics featuring performances from New York City’s premier cabaret artists with specialities ranging from burlesque to dance, circus acts, drag, live singing and so much more.
Saturday November 29th
8:00 pm
ASSEMBLY
236 Wall St 3rd Floor, Kingston, NY 12401

Milk & Cookies: A Queer Holiday Tea Dance

Part Queer Santa Con + part sluttiest version of the Ugly Sweater Office Party + part Sunday afternoon at The Eagle, everyone’s invited to don their gay apparel and join us for some festive frolic!
Sunday November 30th
2:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Unicorn Bar
224 Foxhall Ave, Kingston, NY 12401

The Jinkx & DeLa Holiday Show

The greatest holiday show south of the North Pole is back with another brand spankin’ new wintertide wonder! Award-winning comedy icons, writers, actors, and drag queen powerhouses BenDeLaCreme & Jinkx Monsoon are coming back to town with the wildly successful, internationally acclaimed, “The Jinkx & DeLa Holiday Show.”
Sunday November 30th
7:00 pm
Ulster Performing Arts Center
601 Broadway, Kingston, NY 12401

A Christmas Story

Humorist Jean Shepherd's memoir of growing up in the midwest in the 1940s follows 9-year-old Ralphie Parker in his quest to get a genuine Red Ryder BB gun under the tree for Christmas.
Friday December 5th
8:00 pm
The Center for Performing Arts at Rhinebeck
661 Route 308, Rhinebeck, NY 12572

Jingle Bell Dash 2025: A Fundraising Fun Run/Walk

The Hudson Valley’s favorite holiday fun run/walk is back! Strip down—or dress up—and romp through the streets of Kingston to raise funds in support of the Gen Q Youth Programs of the Hudson Valley LGBTQ+ Community Center.
Saturday December 6th
8:30 am - 10:00 am
Hudson Valley LGBTQ+ Community Center
300 Wall St, Kingston, NY 12401

A Christmas Story

Humorist Jean Shepherd's memoir of growing up in the midwest in the 1940s follows 9-year-old Ralphie Parker in his quest to get a genuine Red Ryder BB gun under the tree for Christmas.
Saturday December 6th
3:00 pm
The Center for Performing Arts at Rhinebeck
661 Route 308, Rhinebeck, NY 12572

High Falls Christmas Tree & Menorah Lighting

Join the High Falls Civic Association for a magical evening of song soup and Santa as they light the magnificent Christmas Tree & Menorah on the Village Green in High Falls. Free. All are welcome and we hope you will join us for some Christmas Cheer!
Saturday December 6th
4:30 pm
High Falls, NY
High Falls, NY 12440

A Christmas Story

Humorist Jean Shepherd's memoir of growing up in the midwest in the 1940s follows 9-year-old Ralphie Parker in his quest to get a genuine Red Ryder BB gun under the tree for Christmas.
Saturday December 6th
8:00 pm
The Center for Performing Arts at Rhinebeck
661 Route 308, Rhinebeck, NY 12572

Tom Pallo Presents: A Holiday Drag Brunch

Hosted by Victoria Bohmore, entertainment from Regina Jozet Adams, Ashlee Jozet Adams and Andora TeTee. Tunes by DJ Twist.
Sunday December 7th
12:00 pm
American Legion Post 1302
55 Overlook Rd, Poughkeepsie, NY 12603

A Christmas Story

Humorist Jean Shepherd's memoir of growing up in the midwest in the 1940s follows 9-year-old Ralphie Parker in his quest to get a genuine Red Ryder BB gun under the tree for Christmas.
Sunday December 7th
3:00 pm
The Center for Performing Arts at Rhinebeck
661 Route 308, Rhinebeck, NY 12572

OCQC’s Pop-Up Pride – Cards & Cookies edition

Join Orange County Queer Collective and like-minded folks in your community on Wednesday, December 10th for our monthly Pop-up Pride event at Soul & Summit in Warwick!  For this last Pop-up of the year, we are inviting you to wear your best ugly holiday sweater and enjoy our theme of "Cards and Cookies."  We will be decorating cookies, so please let us know if you have any allergies or dietary restrictions. We want to make sure everyone who joins is able to make a cookie or two.
Wednesday December 10th
7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Soul & Summit
9 Main Street, Warwick, NY 10990

A Christmas Story

Humorist Jean Shepherd's memoir of growing up in the midwest in the 1940s follows 9-year-old Ralphie Parker in his quest to get a genuine Red Ryder BB gun under the tree for Christmas.
Friday December 12th
8:00 pm
The Center for Performing Arts at Rhinebeck
661 Route 308, Rhinebeck, NY 12572

A Christmas Story

Humorist Jean Shepherd's memoir of growing up in the midwest in the 1940s follows 9-year-old Ralphie Parker in his quest to get a genuine Red Ryder BB gun under the tree for Christmas.
Saturday December 13th
8:00 pm
The Center for Performing Arts at Rhinebeck
661 Route 308, Rhinebeck, NY 12572

A Christmas Story

Humorist Jean Shepherd's memoir of growing up in the midwest in the 1940s follows 9-year-old Ralphie Parker in his quest to get a genuine Red Ryder BB gun under the tree for Christmas.
Sunday December 14th
3:00 pm
The Center for Performing Arts at Rhinebeck
661 Route 308, Rhinebeck, NY 12572

Family-Friendly Holiday Movie Night: The Holiday Sitter (TV-G)

Gather your loved ones, cozy up, and join us at The Institute for Family Health for a FREE screening of the heartwarming Hallmark original, The Holiday Sitter (rated TV-G). Enjoy the magic of the season on the big screen, complete with festive treats and holiday cheer! Space is limited—event registration is required.
Friday December 19th
7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Pine Street Community Room
140 Pine Street, Kingston, NY 12401

A Christmas Story

Humorist Jean Shepherd's memoir of growing up in the midwest in the 1940s follows 9-year-old Ralphie Parker in his quest to get a genuine Red Ryder BB gun under the tree for Christmas.
Friday December 19th
8:00 pm
The Center for Performing Arts at Rhinebeck
661 Route 308, Rhinebeck, NY 12572

A Christmas Story

Humorist Jean Shepherd's memoir of growing up in the midwest in the 1940s follows 9-year-old Ralphie Parker in his quest to get a genuine Red Ryder BB gun under the tree for Christmas.
Saturday December 20th
3:00 pm
The Center for Performing Arts at Rhinebeck
661 Route 308, Rhinebeck, NY 12572

A Christmas Story

Humorist Jean Shepherd's memoir of growing up in the midwest in the 1940s follows 9-year-old Ralphie Parker in his quest to get a genuine Red Ryder BB gun under the tree for Christmas.
Saturday December 20th
8:00 pm
The Center for Performing Arts at Rhinebeck
661 Route 308, Rhinebeck, NY 12572

A Christmas Story

Humorist Jean Shepherd's memoir of growing up in the midwest in the 1940s follows 9-year-old Ralphie Parker in his quest to get a genuine Red Ryder BB gun under the tree for Christmas.
Sunday December 21st
3:00 pm
The Center for Performing Arts at Rhinebeck
661 Route 308, Rhinebeck, NY 12572
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