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Go Green with the Queen this St. Patrick’s Day
The Queen of Green will play the Queen City of the Hudson at The Meet Market in downtown Poughkeepsie this Saturday March 14th.
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RECAP: The Meet Market Says “Sayonara” to February
Below zero wind chills are stupid, so we said sayonara to a frozen February with a smokin' hot new edition of The Meet Market, BGHV's monthly pop-up gay bar series.
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Save 25% on Tickets to The Original LGBT Expo
Celebrating its 22nd anniversary, The Original LGBT Expo features over 400 exhibitors, non-stop live entertainment on the stage, a film festival and hours of interactive seminars, all dedicated to servicing the LGBT community. Join with over 20,000 attendees and browse from isles of exhibits highlighting the diversity of LGBT lifestyle. Exhibits including: Travel, Wedding, Financial, [...]
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Sneak Peek: Meet the Show Your Love Ball’s Upcoming Live Entertainers
BGHV's upcoming Show Your Love Ball will showcase the amazing local talent of the Half Moon Theatre. Meet the performers who will serenade the crowd with a selection of fun, campy numbers and lush, romantic anthems.
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RECAP: The First-Ever Meet Market is a Success!
We were thrilled to have more than 120 of you join the fun! Check out pictures from the night and mark your calendar for the upcoming February edition.
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Sneak Peek @ January’s Meet Market Specials: Mike Hamel & The Great Dane + Neo
Meet this month's entertainment lineup, featuring Beacon-based acoustic musician, Mike Hamel, and the vaudeville-meets-burlesque-meets-variety-show antics of NYC's The Great Dane + Neo.
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Spread Some HUNG Holiday Cheer!
Recap the amazing night had by all at HUNG With Care and share your pictures using #HUNGWithCare.
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Celebrate The Holiday in the Queen City
Looking for a great getaway idea this holiday season? Consider a night out in the Queen City of the Hudson River Valley – Poughkeepsie, New York. Make the highlight of your evening joining Big Gay Hudson Valley for it’s annual holiday burlesque spectacular: HUNG With Care. Happening at the beautiful Cunneen-Hackett Center for [...]
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📣 Pride In The Sky has been RESCHEDULED to SUND

📣 Pride In The Sky has been RESCHEDULED to SUNDAY, MAY 18th as a result of the forecast for rain and potential for thunderstorms on Saturday afternoon.

✨EVENT SCHEDULE
We’re retaining as much of the Pride In The Sky event calendar as possible with a few adjustments to timing (see the list below). Our community festivals on both side of the Walkway will now start at 3PM and the event will now end at 9PM.

10AM Pride Fun Run / Walk
Highland (West) Gate

2PM Drag Story Time with Katarina Mirage
🆕 NEW LOCATION: Highland (West) Pavilion

3PM - 9PM Pride In the Sky Community Festivals & Evening Celebration
Both Sides of the Walkway

4:30PM Proud Pet Pawrade
Highland (West) Gate

5PM Rally / Remarks in Highland
Highland (West) Pavilion

6PM Flag Processions in Poughkeepsie & Highland

ℹ️ Tap the link in our bio for full details.

#biggayhudsonvalley #gayhudsonvalley #prideinthesky #poughkeepsie #dutchesscounty #ulstercounty #iloveny #upstategays #lgbtq #pride #escapenyc

Next Saturday, May 17th: Let’s Get Out There & M

Next Saturday, May 17th: Let’s Get Out There & Move at Pride In The Sky

Pride In The Sky features an entire day of events offering a great opportunity to get out there and move while also building community! Activities include our first-ever Pride Fun Run & Walk, A Queer Birding Excursion and a Proud Pet Pawrade on the Walkway!

The Pride Fun Run & Walk happens at 10a on Saturday, May 17th - and with more than 75 registrations already, we’re expecting a great crowd of runners and walkers to join us!

The Pride In The Sky Celebration starts at 4p, and once the sun goes down everyone is invited to Dance in the Center of the Walkway to beats served up by Poughkeepsie’s very-own DJ @prephab from 6:30p to 10p

The events highlighted here each require individual pre-registration which can be found as individual tickets on the Pride In The Sky event page on biggayhudsonvalley.com.

We ask that all Pride In The Sky attendees please register in advance for FREE so that we can anticipate the total number of attendees. We can’t wait to see you next weekend!

#pride #instagays #upstategays #lgbtqtravel #iloveny #gayhudsonvalley #gayhudsonvalley #prideinthesky

BGHV is excited to offer a new Queer Wings + Wild

BGHV is excited to offer a new Queer Wings + Wild Things: Pride Birding Excursion on Saturday morning, May 17th as part of Pride In The Sky!

Join NYC Queer Birders as they explore the Walkway Over the Hudson and look for and learn about the Hudson River’s avian creatures.

Bring your own binoculars if you have them. Beginners welcome!

Join the group on Saturday, May 17th from 11am-12:30pm as part of the whole day of activities happening around Pride In The Sky!

Group will meet up at the Poughkeepsie (East) Gate Plaza at The Walkway Over the Hudson.

This event is FREE but pre-registration is requested via the link at the bottom of the Pride In The Sky page on biggayhudsonvalley.com

We can’t wait to see you at Pride In The Sky on Saturday, May 17th!

#queerbirding #birdwatcher
#gayhudsonvalley #instagays #iloveny #biggayhudsonvalley #upstategays #lgbtqpride #lgbtq #lgbtqtravel #poughkeepsie

Calling all PROUD Runners, Walkers, Fitness Enthus

Calling all PROUD Runners, Walkers, Fitness Enthusiasts and anyone that just wants to get out there and move - Big Gay Hudson Valley is hosting its first-ever Pride Fun Run on Saturday Morning, May 17th as part of an entire day of activities around Pride In The Sky!

We’ll begin gathering at 9:15am on May 17th - and at 10am our group will enjoy a Fun Run from the Highland side of the Walkway Over The Hudson to either the middle point and back (1.2 miles) - or if you’re really looking to push yourself - to the Poughkeepsie side and back (2.4 miles).

There’s no official timing being offered for this first-time event - this Pride Fun Run is all about showing your PRIDE and gathering together with our community! That said, prizes will be offered for the best PRIDE looks! 🏳️‍🌈⭐️🦄

Participation in our Pride In The Sky Fun Run is FREE, although we do that you please register in advance at biggayhudsonvalley.com/prideinthesky - just select the Pride Fun Run Ticket from the event tickets when you sign up!

See you on the Walkway Over The Hudson on Saturday, May 17th!

#funrun #hudsonvalley #biggayhudsonvalley #runners #walkers #petswelcome #lgbtq #pride #queer #gayhudsonvalley #ulstercounty #dutchesscounty #poughkeepsie #walkway #upstategays #showyourpride #instagays

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