Gay Singer-Songwriter, Tom Goss, Performs at Cafe Bocca; Saturday, August 21st @ 7:30pm
With two chart topping music videos and a critically acclaimed 2009 album (Back To Love – Best Album of the year, Radio Crystal Blue - NYC), Tom Goss' brand of muscular folk/pop is winning him fans from coast to coast. (www.tomgossmusic.com) He's performed most recently at the Hudson Valley PRIDE [...]
Mark Your Calendars: Halloween Spooktacular at Cunneen Hackett in Poughkeepsie; Saturday, October 23rd
Join BGHV and Hudson Valley AIDS Related Community Services (ARCS) on Saturday, October 23rd for the Halloween Spooktacular - Featuring a special benefit performance of Frankenstein the Musical - at Poughkeepsie's Cunneen-Hackett Arts Center. Adding to the fun will be a special pre-show reception and after show dance party in [...]
Pick Your Big Gay Apples at Liberty View Farm in Highland
Here in the Hudson Valley were are blessed with an over abundance of local agriculture, and at this time of year getting down on the farm to revel in the local abundance is a must! When most think of farming, we can't help but conjure up images of Grant Wood's [...]
BGHV Weekend, August 13th: Gone Fishin’
Hey everyone - with the dog days of summer in full swing, things are rather quiet in the Valley this weekend, so we're hanging out the "Gone Fishin'" sign. National headlines are burning up, however, as gay marriages will resume in California per a ruling this week. 365Gay.com's John [...]
A Salute to Samuel Barber at 100, Gay Life: Barber, Schumann, and the New York Art-Song Tradition, This Saturday, August 14th
Maverick Concerts, America’s oldest continuous summer chamber music festival and winner of the Chamber Music America/ASCAP Award for Adventurous Programming, thrives on the love of great music and the spirit of its unique site in the unspoiled woods. The rustic 1916 concert hall, with its perfect acoustics, is ideally suited [...]
Hudson Valley Positive Reaches A New Milestone of 100 Members
BGHV recently received a press release from Hudson Valley Positive - a relatively new organization here in our region that seeks to create a supportive community for men living with HIV/AIDS. The organization recently hit a new milestone by reaching the 100 member mark. The site seeks to connect men [...]
Meet Didi Barrett “Virtually” on YouTube, or In Person In Columbia County this Saturday, August 14th @ 5pm
Word on the street is that Didi Barrett's campaign is gaining steam - and that's got the GOP running scared. In light of the LGBTQ community's recent success repealing Prop 8 in California, Democrats in Columbia County are throwing a party for the pro-equality candidate for NY's 41st Senate Seat [...]
BGHV Weekend, August 6th: Prop 8 Overturned!
With the demise of California’s Prop 8, Big Gay Hudson Valley residents have lots to celebrate this week. While the ruling of Prop 8 as “unconstitutional” is a big first step, we’ve still got many more to go before Marriage Equality can be recognized in the Empire State – yet [...]
BGHV Weekend, July 29th: Targeting Target, Marriage Inequality & Didi Barrett for Senate
Well, it certainly has been a BIG GAY Week here in the Hudson Valley - with everyone from Babs to Elton coming into Rhinebeck for the Chelsea Clinton Wedding, our area is going to be full of gay royalty this week. According to the fabulously homosexual Sean Nutley at the [...]
The “Hudson Valley of the Balls” To Battle It Out August 7th in Fire Island’s Big Bang Dodgeball Tournament
Want some hot man-on-man action? There's nothing quite like this summer's Big Bang Dodgeball Tournament - yes, that's right, gay beach dodgeball! The fierce contest takes place on Saturday, August 7th from 11:00 am to 3:00 pm at the Hotel Ciel in the Pines on Fire Island! Come cheer on [...]




