Get off your app and head out to make some new friends! The Hudson Valley may not have many dedicated “gay bars” but the region is plenty friendly to anyone looking to have a good time.
You’re most likely to find a large crowd at an event organized by one of the area’s many organizations that support the local LGBTQ+ community.
Find Bars on BGHV’s Local Guide Business Directory
Upcoming Local Events from BGHV’s Community Calendar
Queer Honky Tonk with the Hudson Valley Flyers
Come as you are for a night of two-steppin'! Join us for Queer Honky Tonk at Unicorn Bar, January 10th!
Saturday January 10th
8:00 pm - 11:00 pm
Unicorn Bar
224 Foxhall Ave, Kingston, NY 12401
Drag Bingo with Cookie Doe
🎤 Drag Bingo with the fabulous Cookie Doe @morecookieplease_ 💃✨
Sunday January 11th
5:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Pearl Moon
52 Mill Hill Road, Woodstock, NY 12498
C.U. Next Tuesday Queer Night
We found a place for a weekly meetup and couldn’t be more ecstatic that it’s in our own uptown neighborhood.
Tuesday January 13th
6:00 pm
Salt Box Bar
10 Crown St, Kingston, NY 12401
OCQC’s Pop-Up Pride – January 2026
Join Orange County Queer Collective and like-minded folks in your community for our monthly Pop-up Pride event. For this first Pop-up of the year, the theme is "Envisioning 2026" and we are inviting you to join us in creating a personal vision board. So come take a look within and visualize what 2026 could bring. Let's share our visions to make a brighter 2026 together!
Wednesday January 14th
6:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Soul & Summit
9 Main Street, Warwick, NY 10990
RuPaul’s Drag Race S18 Viewing Party @ Camp Kingston
Don’t sit at home alone and scream at your TV, come sit with us and scream at a local off-duty drag queen, your host: Andy Monk!
Friday January 16th
8:00 pm
Camp Kingston
36 St James Street, Kingston, NY 12401
RuPaul’s Drag Race Viewing Party Hosted by Andramada
RuPaul’s Drag Race Viewing Party & Award-Winning Drag Show
Friday January 16th
8:00 pm
The Roosevelt Bar
288 Main St, Beacon, NY 12508
Frankenhooker screening w/ Sleepover Trading Co. & Glam Stroker
Join Sleepover Trading Co. and drag horror host Glam Stroker for a screening of outrageous horror comedy Frankenhooker on Jan 17.
Saturday January 17th
7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Community Theatre
373 Main St, Catskill, NY 12414
Queer Speed Friending
Come on down to Happy Valley to make some new friends with a massive thing in common... that we are all sooo not straight lol 🍑
Monday January 19th
7:00 pm
Happy Valley Barcade
296 Main St, Beacon, NY 12508
C.U. Next Tuesday Queer Night
We found a place for a weekly meetup and couldn’t be more ecstatic that it’s in our own uptown neighborhood.
Tuesday January 20th
6:00 pm
Salt Box Bar
10 Crown St, Kingston, NY 12401
RuPaul’s Drag Race S18 Viewing Party @ Camp Kingston
Don’t sit at home alone and scream at your TV, come sit with us and scream at a local off-duty drag queen, your host: Andy Monk!
Friday January 23rd
8:00 pm
Camp Kingston
36 St James Street, Kingston, NY 12401
RuPaul’s Drag Race Viewing Party Hosted by Andramada
RuPaul’s Drag Race Viewing Party & Award-Winning Drag Show
Friday January 23rd
8:00 pm
The Roosevelt Bar
288 Main St, Beacon, NY 12508
Queer Skate Night
Roll into the new year with Queer Outdoor Adventures and Skate Time at our Queer Skate Night. We’ll be celebrating the new year together by writing letters to our future selves and creating vision boards to manifest what’s ahead! ✨
Saturday January 24th
5:00 pm - 10:00 pm
Skate Time
5164 US-209, Accord, NY 12404
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