Have a Great Gay Weekend: June 3, 2016

Have a great gay weekend

Yes, Gay Days dominates the LGBT social scene this weekend, but there are plenty of other fun ways to Have a Great Gay Weekend and your friends at Watermark have rounded them all up, just for you.

Party on, dudes. 

TAMPA BAY

Barrel 87 Grand Re-opening
Friday, June 3 and Saturday, June 4
Barrel 87, Sarasota
The grand re-opening of Sarasota’s Barrel 87 Saloon is here and they have a full liquor bar. The party kicks off June 3 with a total of four drag shows starring Kiki Butter Mischief, Alyson Wonderland, Felicity Liemont and Beneva Fruitville. DJ Peaches will be spinning the hottest hits June 4. Prizes and giveaways both nights as well as the sexiest dancers in town. Come out and celebrate the only fully gay owned and operated bar in Sarasota.

A Tale of Two Cities
Friday, June 3- Sunday, June 26
American Stage, St. Petersburg
Make sure you get to American Stage for the big opening weekend of Everett Quinton’s adaptation of Charles Dickens’ A Tale of Two Cities. If you are anything like us, you also read through the Dickens classic and thought, well this is an entertaining story but where are the drag queens? This adaptation does not disappoint. An aspiring drag queen by the name of Jerry opens his door to find an abandoned baby on his step and the only thing that stops the baby from crying is this queen performing the entire narrative of the French Revolution story. Parenting sounds hard! Mark Chambers reprises the role he played 20 years ago on the American Stage. Tickets available at AmericanStage.org.

LeatherSIR Leatherboy Florida Community Contest weekend
Friday, June 3- Sunday, June 5
Flamingo Resort, St. Petersburg
Pack up your gear and get ready for a weekend of leather as the Flamingo Resort hosts the Florida Community BootBlack Contest Weekend with LeatherSIR/Leatherboy. Events kick off on Friday with a meet and greet in the main bar, a cigar social at the Cabana Bar, a Super Heros vs. Fetish Villains Party and more. Saturday brings a leather poolside T-Dance, educational forums and of course the LeatherSIR/Leatherboy contest. The evening also features a winners celebration and whips & chains tighty whitey party. Sunday wraps up with the winner’s brunch and a poolside T-Dance. Vendors and pool parties every day. For more information visit the FLSb FCBB 2016 Facebook page.

ORLANDO

Gay Days
through June 5
various locations
I mean… duh. Gay Days is where it’s at, this weekend, if you wanna have a Great Gay Weekend. Get the full scoop on what to see and do here.

Avenue Q
Mad Cow Theatre
June 3 – July 3, 2016, Thursdays – Sundays
Circuit parties and amusement parks not your thing, you say? You’re more into puppets, you say? We’re not here to judge, and you’re in luck – Avenue Q opens its month-long run at Mad Cow Theater this weekend. Avenue Q and its unique mix of human characters and puppets who work together to tell a universal, human story create an award-winning musical theater classic, and there might just be some timely-topical stuff mixed in for the Orlando show. Tickets at MadCowTheatre.org.

Gourmet Soiree
Sunday, June 5
Rosen Shingle Creek
Puppets aren’t your thing, you say? Well, who doesn’t like food? Florida Hospital’s Gourmet Soiree will bring the delicious, and lots of it. Hosted by The Food Network’s Chef Robert Irvine, the evening of interactive dining kids off at 5:30 and features a reception, live and silent auctions, plus a healthy meal prepared by local chefs with the assistance of the guests at each table. Word on the street is one of those local chefs will be Trina Gregory-Propst, the charming baker behind Orlando darling Se7en Bites. Reserve a table here.

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