Roll up your shorts, hit the gym one last time, and get started on those tans! On May 20^th – 23^rd everyone will be getting Hot & Dry with the Bad Boys Club of Montreal…

Hot & Dry is a weekend circuit party that is put on by the BBCM Foundation. Taking place in the onset of summer at various popular venues across Montreal’s Gay Village makes this weekend one of BBCM’s hottest events. Gays from around the world will gather to mingle, dance, and canoodle. Oh, did I mention that every single dollar of the proceeds go to community charities that support HIV/AIDS? This is what makes the events and parties hosted by BBCM different than other rave parties such as Bal en Blanc. Proceeds from  BBCM’s Hot & Dry, Bal des Boys, Black & Blue, etc. all go towards community charities!

It almost seems too good to be true. I can give back and support a great cause, dance, maybe meet a boy or four, all in one weekend!? That’s what getting Hot & Dry is all about. Hot & Dry Weekend is divided into three stages. The first stage is the Welcome / Launch Cocktail at Cabaret Mado. This is a fundraiser where people can make any size of donation they feel comfortable. BBCM isn’t a size queen (but really, the bigger the better). There will also be a small presentation about the total value of products and services they provided the community last year. Saturday is where the party really starts: The Official Hot&Dry event at Complexe Sky! Cover is $5 which is measly considering renowned DJ Marc Anthony is spinning. In my opinion, they could have asked for more, it’s for charity! Even after Hot&Dry at Sky the party is still not even close to over. When the club closes everyone walks down the street to After Hot&Dry, the official after party at Circus Afterhours. Cristian Provonost, Monitor, and Murk will all be spinning here. Tickets are $20 and available pre-sale at any BBCM outlet.

Stumbling out of Circus and right into Restaurant Le Planète for the official Brunch on Sunday starting at 10:30 a.m. Cover is $14 dollars at the door. If sleeping really isn’t your thing, (please at least nap for an hour) then the Official T-Dance is starting at Sky Pub, and is a voluntary contribution to attend. Are you tired yet? Never! The secondary event is Fresh! Starting at 10Pm at Parking Nightclub with DJ David Morales, and going into After Fresh at Circus where Andy Moor, and Stoneface & Terminal are spinning. If you aren’t exhausted by then, I have no idea what planet you’re from. Round out the weekend of debauchery will be the Closing Party at Parking Nightclub on Monday night. OK, now you can sleep for 16 hours straight cuddled up with all the guys you met over this marathon party weekend.

Get the Weekend Pass for $55 at any BBCM Ticket Outlet. The official hotel of Hot&Dry is the Delta Centre-Ville, use the discount code PBBL. I’m already saving up on extra hours of sleep so I’ll see you all there!

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Guest blogger: James Alexander Dunphy

DETAILS

Hot&Dry Weekend [May 20th - 23rd, 2011]  - www.bbcm.org

Tickets: BBCM Outlets

- http://blackandblue.wantickets.com/

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The Delta Centre Ville

777 University, Montreal H3C 2Z7

1-888-890-3200 | www.deltacentreville.com/bbcm

code: PBBL

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Since you have already, no doubt, planned the optimal trick-or-treating route for Halloween (based on a formula that predicts a path with the largest concentration of residences with a high candy-to-healthystupidapples ratio), why don’t I just skip ahead to telling you where the best Halloween parties in Montreal are this year…

Children have long been given top billing when it comes Halloween and, as such, have no problem with it falling on a Sunday evening. But we are adults and we have work to go to (or at least get out of) on Monday morning! No longer will these pint-sized terrors in totally obvious costumes rule the night! Because of this, I’ve got 3 nights of Halloween party possibilities to peruse…

Friday, October 29^th

Velvet 54: Montreal’s most buzzed-about/best looking nightspot has a Studio 54-themed night with two floors on the go and a ton of DJs. This will sell-out, no doubt, so act fast.

Maskerade Ball:  Makes sense that the costumed rave-up at the Pepsi Forum is on Friday- the lineup of Carl Cox, Fedde Le Grand and Joachim Garraud guarantees that it’s not ending early.

Halloween Tributes at L’Escogriffe: A ghoulish tribute to Swedish punk icons Refused featuring Montreal’s Specials at L’Escogriffe. L’Esco likes this howliday so much that the next night they return with a Hallowed tribute to The Cramps.

Saturday, October 30th

Haunted Howl-o-Ween Hop: Blue Sunshine is a cinema club that hosts weekly horror film courses. They seem, therefore, like the perfect people to team up with local promoters Teenbeat Takeover for a “Haunted Howl-o-Ween Hop”. The fun starts with an evening curated by Pittsburgh garage legends The Cynics and a screening of Bad Ronald at Blue Sunshine. It then screams over to the Divan Orange when The Cynics, Le Chelsea Beat, The Broken Jugs and all sorts of evil goes bump late into the night.

Halloween at Casa: Mark “Steamed Dumplings” Slutsky and CFCF team up for what might be the best scary music in town. There will be a costume contest- given the crowd, the “think piece” costume will go over well here.

Murder on the Dance floor Halloween: Right across the road at Sala Rossa is Halloween with The Goods’ Scott C and special guest Zattar. Every night The Goods put on is guaranteed dancefloor gold. Ideal costume: someone who likes dancing.

Neon’s Voyeur Halloween : The I Love Neon Halloween parties are usually as over-the-top displays of gory hedonism as the city has. At Cabaret JPR this year, this all-ages event features NY/Paris techno duo Motor as well as locals Jordan Dare and Mayday.

Kill Halloween : This event is billing itself as “Canada’s Biggest Halloween Party” and features circus performers and fire and blood and Erol Alkan, La Riots and like 20 other dudes.

Sunday, October 31st

uRockaoke’s Halloween Thriller: uRockaoke is karaoke backed by a live band made of up some of Montreal’s best musicians. I check their song list for this show at the Belmont: yes, they do have “Monster Mash”.

Diamonds Rings: Though Il Motore has a Halloween party the night before, this Diamonds Rings album release party should totally be on your Halloween calendar. Not only is the album great, but he wears colorful face paint all year, so this seems like a clear winner. Bonus: openers PS I Love You are about to get scarily huge.

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