Thursdays 8pm-3am at Heretic, 2069 Cheshire Bridge Rd. Country dance nights. Free Line Dance Lessons 8-9pm + Open Dance 9pm-3am. Never a cover! Beginners welcome.
April 30 - May 2, 2021, 8pm EDT. A pornographic elegy with redeeming social value and a hymn to the queer men of San Francisco in twenty phone calls, many of them dirty. Over the course of 20 phone sex conversations, two men living in San Francisco in the 1980s, connect in explosive and emotional ways as a newly discovered virus ravishes their community.
May 1 + 8, 2021, 12-4pm. Only 4 people are allowed on the porch at a time. Please sanitize your hands with provided sanitizer as you enter the porch. Featuring new titles/staff picks but ask for any books to be pulled from store shelves for you to browse!
May 1, 2021, 2pm Imagine Broadway. May 1-9, 8pm The Threepenny Opera. May 2-8, 8pm The Threepenny Carmen. May 8, 2pm Concert for Unity. Stream Opera Anywhere Spotlight Media. Experience The Atlanta Opera from the comfort of your home (or cabin), on the go, or wherever you choose to enjoy. The original 2020-21 season moves to 2021-22.
May 3-5, 2021 from noon EDT. Stripped to the bare essentials w/ spotlight, microphone and just enough clothing to keep it PG-13, your favorite performers tease, tantalize, and leave nothing to the imagination. Pop to rock / showtunes to jazz sexy song series; Lady Gaga, Dua Lippa, Dusty Springfield and more! Get comfy as you like in your own home for flirty fun in this revealing cabaret!
May 7, 2021, 10pm-3am DILF w/ DJ James Anthony. May 8, Shane Marcus Birthday Bash. May 13, 8pm Country Night. May 15, 8-10pm Armorettes + DJ Paulo Fragosa. May 21, Fired up w/ DJ Adrien Dalera. May 22, 3-8pm WüF Military Tea Dance w/ Dan de Leon. May 29, 10pm Chunk w/ Cakes (TOR) + Dicap (NYC). Every WED 7pm Warp Zone (Pub). Feb 12-29, 2022, Ft Lauderdale Bearracuda/Heretic Cruise.
May 15, 2021, 8-10pm. Show with Autumn Skyy, Ally Yankadic, Nurse Holly, Baby D GaLore, Taylore Alexander, Linuxx Lovee, Plenty Moore. Special guests: Celeste Holmes and Ryeleigh St James!. Also with broadcast on Facebook Live. Your Longest Running Camp Drag Show in Atlanta GA and beyond - and all for charity!
May 22, 2021, 10am online. Queer-themed books and books by queer authors. We aim to have diverse thought-provoking discussions about queer identity, history, and topical issues. All are welcome to join! This zoom meeting requires a reservation.
June 10-14, 2021 - annual parties typically include FRI 9pm Kickoff at Heretic + 3am Xion at Future. SAT 2pm Peach Tea + 9pm Main Event at Future + GSP + 3am XION After at Future. SUN 7pm Closing Party at District + 12am Xion at Future.
July 30, 2021, 7:30pm, online. Charis welcomes Eddie Glaude Jr. in conversation with Susana Morris for a celebration of one of the great books on James Baldwin and a powerful reckoning with America’s ongoing failure to confront the lies it tells itself about race.
August 6-8, 2021 (TBC) at Eagle Atlanta. Annual SE LeatherSir, Leatherboy, Community Bootblack and SE Mr. Rubber contests. Vendors, cigar party, spanking & paddling, rope bondage demos, BBQ/Beer Bust, Puppy Mosh, entertainment, auctions, SEBB Pig Dance Saturday, and more. See current and past titleholders for Mr. Southeast Rubber and Mr. Hotlanta Rubber on their website.
August 21-22, 2021 SAT+SUN weekend at Piedmont Park. Outdoor Midtown event presented by the Atlanta Foundation for Public Spaces; all ages, races, customs and interests, featuring up to 250 painters, photographers, sculptors, leather/ metalwork, glass blowers, jewelers, and crafters; artist demonstrations, live acoustic music, foods and beverages, and an Emerging Artists Pavilion.
September 10-12, 2021. Big weekend of events, entertainment and showcase all of what Atlanta has to offer. Bears, cubs, otters, chubs, chasers and friends from around the globe. More details TBA at: Atlantabearpride.com
September 11, 2021, 6pm-3am. Main event for Atlanta Bear Pride Saturday w/ special guest TONY MORAN, all night a the Heretic. An Underwear/ Singlets and Jocks Night - party for bears, cubs & friends. See BearPride.
September 23 - October 3, 2021 (TBC), 11-day annual LGBT film series of screenings - past year presented online by Warner Media - normally at the Landmark Midtown Art Cinema. Celebrating LGBT Pride at the Movies since 1987. See their FB for updated screening details and special year-round events.
Fall 2021. Dates TBA. Cultures collide as an American naval officer, stationed in Nagasaki, takes a Japanese wife. A delicate bride, Cio-Cio-San, fifteen years old and in love, dreams of her new life with the handsome young officer. Settling into his home overlooking Nagasaki Harbor, renouncing her culture and family to become a proper American wife, she waits for his ship to return.
October 7-13, 2021 (TBC). Events in 2019 included: TUE Warm Up Party. SAT Block Party, Trans March, Dockside Tea Dance, Dyke March, Bi/Pan March, Cabaret. SUN Queer Your Gender Dance Party, Main Event, Burlesque Show, Pride Parade/ Tea Dance in the Park; Queer Variety Show; Starlight Cabaret; and Closing Party. No in-person 2020 Pride Festival events, but virtual events instead.
October 9, 2021, 2-7pm. Atlanta Pride Tea Dance on the outdoor patio, featuring DJs Tony Moran and Seth Breezy. Social distancing and marks to be required.
Early April, 2022, annual 3 day weekend - most events at Atlanta Eagle. Past year: FRI 10pm Meet+Greet. SAT 1:15pm Judges/Contestants meet/ interviews + 5pm BBQ/Beer Bust. 8pm Contest + 10pm Victory Party. SUN 11:30am Leather Brunch at Roxx Tavern. See updates for 2021 at:
July 1-4, 2022. Bear Run + Charity Event. Lazy days of sun & fun - pool parties, bar/events/socials, food, Mr. Atlanta Bear and Atlanta Cub Contests at The Atlanta Eagle, side trips, vendors. New dates: Atlanta Bear Fest is back in September 2022 - escape from everyday ordinary to Bears & Balls.