Homolatte is a monthly, all-ages, queer music and spoken word series, each second Thursday of the month. Urban Eats (3301 Meramec 314-735-0041) $3 admission / pass the hat for the artists.
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St Louis LGBTQ film Festival 2012
www.cinemastlouis.org/qfest
April 2012, an annual spring event: Qfest, the St Louis LGBTQ film Festival screens contemporary LGBTQ-themed feature films, documentaries & short subjects at the Tivoli Theatre. Check their website for details.
Bottoms up!
St Louis Brewers Heritage Festival
www.stlbrewfest.com
Mid-June each year, the St Louis Brewers Heritage Festival has over 75 fine beers from local microbreweries to sample at Central Fields,Forest Park. Not a gay event, but lots of fun all the same. Check their website for details.
"Show Me" Pride
St Louis PrideFest 2012
Pridestl.org
June 23-24, 2012, annual weekend of festivities, parade on South Grand and festival in Tower Grove Park. Several other pride related events held throughout the month. Check the website for a calendar of events and Pride details.
The 4th Annual
Classic French Film Festival 2012
www.cinemastlouis.org
Each July, a a co-presentation with the Webster University Film Series celebrating the city's Gallic heritage and France's continuing cinematic vitality. Details online.
Entertainment from 10am each day
The Festival of Nations 2012
www.iistl.org
Each August, annual multicultural festival, one of most celebrated annual St Louis events; promotes, honors & celebrates the city's cultural diversity. Food booths, non-stop music & dance, arts, crafts, & international bazaar. Tower Grove Park, 4256 Magnolia Avenue.
Supporting the Country-Western lifestyle
Show-Me State Gay Rodeo
www.mgra.us
August 31- September 2, 2012, hosted by the Missouri Gay Rodeo Association in Cleveland, MO at the Lone Wolf Ranch Arena and Training Center near Kansas City. See details online.
Rain or shine!
Big Muddy Blues Festival 2011
Each Labor Day Weekend, open air blues music festival on 3 stages: national, regional, local blues acts. LaClede's Landing on Mississippi River: cobblestone streets, cast iron buildings, shops & restaurants, short walk from Gateway Arch.
www.lacledeslanding.com/events/big-muddy-blues-festival
Annual Mr Midwest Leather Contest
Midwest Leather Weekend 2012
www.mrmidwestleather.com
October 5-7, 2012. Mr Midwest Leather Contest. Bad Dog Bar & Grill, 3960 Chouteau Ave. Winner goes to Chicago to compete for International Mr Leather title. Also Meet & Greet, Midwest Leather Ball, inaugural year of Midwest Puppy Contest, & Leather Brunch.
Show Me Bears
HiBearNation MMXII | The Draft
www.hibearnation.org
November 1-4, 2012, weekend of fun for bears - details online. The Show Me Bears also sponsor Mr Heartland Bear each June, & summer campouts & picnics. See Showmebears.org for more info.
Over 300 films from around the world
St Louis International Film Festival
www.cinemastlouis.org
Each mid-November, the best in cutting-edge features & shorts from around the globe. The several venues in 2011 included the Tivoli Theatre, the Plaza Frontenac Cinema, the Hi-Pointe Theatre, and Webster University’s Winifred Moore Auditorium. See website.
New Line Theatre:
New Line Theatre (6501 Clayton Road)The "bad boy" of musical theater, the New Line Theatre troupe takes musical theater in a sexy, provocative direction. Their muscular theatre tackles politics, religion, race, sexuality, drugs, art, obscenity, violence, and other contemporary issues. Their production of Evita runs July 8-31 at 3802-A Keokuk St; 314-773-6526.
Tasty treats, hot summer nights:
One of the city's most acclaimed gay attractions is the Coffee Cartel (2 Maryland Plaza), a 24-hour coffee shop located in the Central West End. It has an edgy, sometimes cruisy vibe, with a mixed, generally young crowd and sidewalk seating.
In the Grand South Grand MokaBe's (3606 Arsenal, Tower Grove Park) is a gay cafe with internet access, coffee, sandwiches and baked goodies with an open air patio out front, overlooking Tower Grove Park.
Down South Grand Ted Drewes Frozen Custard (4224 S Grand) is the real thing - with unforgettable old-fashioned cold treats for relief in the sultry heat of Missouri summertime.
U City Loop:
Tivoli Cinema (6350 Delmar)From the Central West End Delmar Delmar Blvd runs out to University City. In the area near Washington University a college town vibe prevails, with shops, coffeehouses, restaurants of all kinds, and the Tivoli Theater (6350 Delmar), art-house cinema. It's a great place to browse, shop, hang out with your laptop over coffee, or just watch the passing parade.
Venturing afield:
The Cactus Canyon Resort (Ava, MO) is billed as the largest campground for men in the world, a four-hour drive southeast of St Louis on more than 720 acres; a slice of heaven in the Ozarks. They offer fishing, hiking, volleyball games, sauna, pool and hot tub. Also line-dancing and two-step-intensive cowboy roundups, "leather in the woods" and weekends catered to bears and bear-lovers or silver daddies -- all clothing-optional.
Priapus Pines Campground, (1372 Treefarm Rd, Iuka, IL 62849) is another clothing-optional campground for men. Faeries, bears, cubs, and wolves celebrate Summer Solstice around a blazing bonfire. Other dates include pot luck dinners, August "Youth Days" and the Autumnal Equinox Fest with chili cook-out and bonfire. Balloon Fest in nearby Centralia features hot air balloons, live entertainment, fireworks, and a crafts fair. August 20-22, 2010, in Foundation Park, a 20 minute drive from the campground.
Enjoy the historic beauty of Cape Girardeau. Established on the Mississippi over 200 years ago as a tiny trading post and frontier French-Canadian settlement, this is now a thriving community of 37,000 on the world’s only inland cape half-way between St Louis and Memphis. Stay at Rose Bed Inn, 611 S. Sprigg St, Cape Girardeau, MO 63703.
