
OPENING GALA PARTY
Thu | Aug 13 | 9:00 pm Celebrities Nightclub - 1022 Davie Street
Satisfy your cravings with sweets and world beats. Live performance by Raakhi Sinha and Andrea Young. DJ Anjali and the Incredible Kid spin UK bhangra.
Free admission and refreshments with I Can’t Think Straight ticket stub
$5 general admission
YOUTH GALA FILMS & PARTY
Fri | Aug 14 | 8:00 pm Roundhouse Community Centre 181 Roundhouse Mews
NO HATE! Celebrating youth-made films and art. FREE admission, FREE refreshments. FREE to be who you are! Enjoy film, live performance and Maxwell Maxwell amidst the 2009 Pride In Art exhibition Fairy Tales. This is a 25 and under event.
Porn Swap Afterparty
Fri | Aug 14 | 11:00 pm Lick - 455 Abbott Street
Craving more? Live Porn-Is-Art installations. DJs She, Anjali and Betti Forde.
$5 with any Aug 14 ticket stub or Festival Pass
$8 general admission

Strachey Afterparty
Sat | Aug 15 | 11:00 pm Pulse - 1138 Davie Street
Private dick party... detective that is. Join us at Pulse nightclub after our detective double feature. Cast and crew in attendance. DJ Dickey Doo and Mystery Guest.
Free admission with either Strachey ticket stub or Festival Pass
$8 general admission

For My Wife Post-Film Salon
Sun | Aug 16 | 9:00 pm Honey Lounge - 455 Abbott Street
Fired up and inspired? Continue the conversation about queer activism over a cold beverage.
Free admission

Ferron Post-Film Listening Lounge
Sun | Aug 16 | 11:00 pm Honey Lounge - 455 Abbott Street
Listen to your folk favourites from yesterday and today, including many queer and local musicians. Ferron in attendance.
Free admission and refreshments

The Coast Is Queer Afterparty
Mon | Aug 17 | 9:00 pm Honey Lounge - 455 Abbott Street
Chat and chew with The Coast Is Queer filmmakers then dance to DJ artflick, a.k.a. Gwen Haworth, Festival Artist-in-Residence.
Free admission and refreshments

CENTREPIECE GALA PARTY
Tue | Aug 18 | 9:30 pm The Century House - 432 Richards Street
Experience the afterglow of John Greyson’s operatic masterpiece Fig Trees. DJ Mickey Moniker is “Figaro Figaro.”
Free admission and refreshments with any Aug 18 ticket stub or Festival Pass

Indigequeer Film & Reception
Thu | Aug 20 | 9:30 pm Vancity Theatre Atrium - 1181 Seymour Street
Enjoy a wine and cheese reception with experimental music by Iffer.
Must have Indigequeer film ticket or Festival Pass to attend
Hot Mix At The Hotel
Thu | Aug 20 | 11:00 pm Honey/Lotus/Lick - 455 Abbott Street
Bathhouse party? Been there, done that. Make way for sexy nurses and zombie orgies. This year’s Hot Mix is a fetish thriller. No dress code, just bring your sexy self. Chill in Honey, shake your booty at Lick or venture downstairs to Lotus for something darker and hotter... three rooms, six DJs, dozens of local performers and you. DJs Pandemonium, Betti Forde, Brady Marks, Dickey Doo, Mickey Moniker and She
$5 advance tickets or with any Aug 20 ticket stub or Festival Pass
$8 general admission at the door

Queer History Project Film & Reception
Fri | Aug 20 | 9:30 pm Vancity Theatre Atrium - 1181 Seymour Street
Come Portside. To celebrate the premiere of The Portside we’re turning the Vancity Theatre Atrium into a 70s bar. Dress the era. Share a pint or slow dance with cast and crew. Climb in a Chevy Malibu for some backseat romance. DJ Buzy B spins soul and classic rock.
Must have The Portside ticket or Festival Pass to attend

CLOSING GALA SLOW DANCE PARTY
Sun | Aug 23 | 9:00 pm
"We're over and over," DJ Buzy B is "Crimson," Maxwell Maxwell is "Clover," Little Woo and Asa Mori are Living Screen. Close the Festival by dancing cheek to cheek. Graciously hosted by Symone.
Free admission and refreshments






