Krebs Endless Party
It's the last Saturday of the month so it's time for: ONE NIGHT ONLY KIPP JOINS THE ENDLESS PARTY!!! That's right, it's a special collaboration of KIPP ELBAUM, KREBS & SIMONE! We've put together a special ENDLESS PARTY with old & new friends who are gonna ROCK DA JOINT! And it STARTS EARLY! So get down to the world famous PARKSIDE LOUNGE and keep cool with the hot sounds! Meet up with friends, have a few drinks and enjoy the best music around. Get dressed up, put on your dancing shoes and come down to the world famous PARKSIDE LOUNGE where we are Keeping The LES Music Scene Alive! Dig The Scene Baby!
Here's the line up:
7:00- DENSITY BLACK CAT (NYC Rock & Roll) https://www.facebook.com/densityblackcat
8:00- VINTO VAN GO (Chicago Psychedelic Garage Rock) https://www.facebook.com/vintovango.2024
9:00- PSYCH-O-POSITIVE (Primitive Psychedelic Hi-Energy Cave-Punk) https://www.facebook.com/psychopositiveband
10:00- GoJuMo (Featuring members of ALICE DONUT & CINEMA CINEMA) https://www.instagram.com/gojumoband/
11:00- STEVE KREBS & THE MAYNARD G'S (Garage/Punk) https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100063737284764
https://stevekrebsthemaynardgs.bandcamp.com/...
DOORS 6:30 FIRST BAND 7:00
As Always NO COVER!!
CLAYWOMAN and CHRISTEENE: A Night Inside
CLAYWOMAN & CHRISTEENE Live at The Parkside Lounge
July 27 2025
Doors at 7pm / Show at 7:30pm
Early Bird $20 / Advance $25 / Door $30
A most spectacular astral occasion will take place on SUNDAY JULY 27th at 7:00pm when CLAYWOMAN and CHRISTEENE reunite for A NIGHT INSIDE...an intimate evening of shared thoughts and artistic expressions. Like two oracles from opposite ends of the galaxy, they bring you their crusty pearls of wisdom and dusty volumes of experience along with their most very special guests, ERIN MARKEY and JOSEPH KECKLER!
Join them along with their stern sidekick, JUDITH, all at THE PARKSIDE LOUNGE, as they explore new and uncharted realms together!
Please purchase tickets in advance to assure passage to this monumental affair.
Seating is very limited!
*artwork by Brett Lindell
GIRL + PUNK QUEER READING hosted by Max Steele Share
Max Steele Presents GIRL + PUNK QUEER READING Live at The Parkside Lounge
July 29 2025
Doors at 7:30pm / Show at 8pm
Tickets $3
GIRL + is a new reading / music night featuring punk rock and prose from artists and writers across disciplines in NYC. Hosted by Max Steele, Ryanaustin Dennis, Linda Simpson, Whitney Mallett, and Erin Markey.
Music by DJ PLD
K.I.S.S.E.S. #2: Second Base
DJ Ale, DJ David, and DJ Chris Presents K.I.S.S.E.S. #2: Second Base Live at The Parkside Lounge
SATURDAY AUGUST 2nd 2025
Doors at 9:30pm
Advance $5 / Door $10
DJ Ale, DJ David, and DJ Chris invite you to... K.I.S.S.E.S. #2: Second Base
DANCE, TOUCH, SATISFY the URGE
open bar 9:30-10:30****
https://www.instagram.com/alejjjandrrro/ https://www.instagram.com/homosnaxual/ https://www.instagram.com/hendecagon_/
Wet Spot presents Protest Fest: Migrant Solidarity
Wet Spot Presents Protest Fest: Migrant Solidarity Live at The Parkside Lounge
August 3 2025
Doors at 7:30pm / Show at 8pm
Advance $12 / Door $15
Performances by: Chico Raro Band, Fulano, Plastic Baby Jesus, Selena Surreal, Gemini Moon and Omen.
Hosted by Eevie Echoes
Raffle to raise funds for NYC Migrant Solidarity.
Music with Penny Arcade, Chris Rael (Church of Betty) John S. Hall (King Missile) Christian X. Hunter and Carl Watson
Music with Penny Arcade, Chris Rael (Church of Betty) John S. Hall (King Missile) Christian X. Hunter and Carl Watson Live at The Parkside Lounge
Aug 5 2025
Doors at 6:30pm / Show at 7pm
Early Bird $9 / Advance $10 / Door $12
A Night of Music with L.E.S. Performance Artists Penny Arcade, John S Hall (King Missile), Chris Rael (Church of Betty) , Christian X. Hunter (Little Red Book) and Carl Watson. Live solo performances from five of the East Village's most celebrated performers. Together on the same bill for the first time!
Claire Nichols: A Celebration of Life
Claire Nichols: A Celebration of Life Live at The Parkside Lounge
August 7 2025
Doors at 7pm/ Show at 7:30pm
Early Bird $10 / Advance $12 / Door $15
Claire Nichols live for the very last time, featuring friends Gatorkitty and Angus Wayne. Claire Nichols is a bitch! But at least she’s embarrassed about it. (listen to “the dog song,” it’s good.) With a catalog that dates back to 2021, the Denver-born artist and songwriter serves a sucker punch of pop prowess on a platter of biting lyrics. Nichols finds a through line in the disparate using her distinctive poetic candor and glitchy electronic soundscapes.
Rx Sneakers + Finding Thomas
Rx Sneakers and Finding Thomas Live at The Parkside Lounge
Aug 8 2025
Doors at 7pm / Show at 7:30pm
Early Bird $12 / Advance $15 / Door $18
Rx Sneakers returns to NYC! Debuting new songs. Playing with friends Finding Thomas.
TICKETS
LOOSE New York
From Rob Aquino, Banoffee and Bebe: Los Angele's party for the It girls goes East. New York is finally Loose
TICKETS on sale soon
Peekaboo Pointe presents: Tales from the $trip
Peekaboo Pointe Presents Tales From the $trip Live or LIVESTREAMED at The Parkside Lounge
TUESDAY August 12th 2025
Doors at 7pm / Show at 7:30pm
True stories told by $trippers! The wildest storytelling event in NYC! Come hear four current and former adult entertainment professionals tell their favorite moments from inside the club. www.ilovepeekaboopointe.com
21+
The Elevator Operators, Prof. Fuzz 63, Secret Monkey Weekend, and Blank Account
The Elevator Operators, Prof. Fuzz 63, Secret Monkey Weekend, and Blank Account Live at The Parkside Lounge
August 15 2025
Doors at 7:30pm / Show at 8pm
Early Bird $10 / Advance $11 / Door $12
Elevator Operators (NYC garage/jangle pop) + The Prof.Fuzz 63 (TX lo-fi fuzz) + Secret Monkey Weekend (NC power pop) + Blank Account (NYC post-punk) Doors at 7:30. Music at 8. Be nice. Tip your bartenders.
The New Colossus Festival: Niño Disco, First President Of Japan, Celestine Manno & NO JUVENTUD
The New Colossus Festival Summer Parties Presents Niño Disco, First President Of Japan, Celestine Manno & NO JUVENTUD Live at The Parkside Lounge
Aug 21 2025
Doors at 6:45pm / Show at 7pm
Advance $12 / Door $15
7pm NO JUVENTUD https://www.instagram.com/nojuventud/ https://open.spotify.com/artist/7qkKSmb1IsO482mRwNlnrp?si=easAIaxPTLC6iVgcI4PVaQ&nd=1&dlsi=80a11518881b4e79
745pm Celestine Manno https://www.instagram.com/celestine.mp3/ https://open.spotify.com/artist/4K8SqDkxbYz8zirn8y8m3M?si=A6xsUeL8TfiEVKUbMS8bFQ&nd=1&dlsi=7531b349deab438f 830pm first president of japan https://www.instagram.com/firstpresidentofjapan/ https://open.spotify.com/artist/0ng0EkNyFxhlN7BaNBrknG?si=RiH-qFzCRnix_VQn84MNKg&nd=1&dlsi=3e635be8af8b4e07
930pm Niño Disco https://www.instagram.com/ninodiscox/ https://open.spotify.com/artist/3YS5xK1GmZvSkHjJeePi6z?si=3Uh8IagCSmeLX7gI9zkUvg&nd=1&dlsi=de64684cff9641d6
Wet Spot presents: Cassondra Marie
Wet Spot Presents Cassondra Marie Live at The Parkside Lounge
August 28 2025
Doors at 7pm / Show at 7:30pm
Advance $12 / Door $15
Wet Spot is very excited to announce another night of queer music and to welcome Cassondra Marie to the stage after a six year hiatus! Their unique blend of punk/folk music combines bluesy lyrics and a raw, domineering energy. They have regularly performed at Rockwood Music Hall, Pianos, Knitting Factory, The Way Station, Pete’s Candy Store, and Sidewalk Cafe.
We will also be treated to opening sets from Emi + Ray and Sophie Blue.
21+
The New Colossus Festival's Summer Shows
The New Colossus Festival's Third Summer Show Live at The Parkside Lounge
September 18 2025
Doors at 6:45pm / Show at 7pm
Advance $12 / Door $15
The New Colossus Festival's Third Summer Show at Parkside Lounge featuring an incredible linup: Consumables, Tea Eater, Slut Magic & Ranch Ranch
7pm Ranch Ranch
8pm Slut Magic
9pm Tea Eater
10pm Consumables
The Glimmer Stars with Palmyra Delran & the Doppel Gang and the Cynz
Bootleg Dan Presents The Glimmer Stars with Palmyra Delran & the Doppel Gang and the Cynz Live at The Parkside Lounge
Sept 20 2025
Doors at 7pm / Show at 7:30pm
Advance $15 / Door $20
The G-Stars hit New York City on September 20th. They are going to be supporting the one and only, Palmyra Delran and the Doppel Gang and The Cynz.
A night of nuwave and indie rock with The Wavos and Bugs & Crumbs
The Wavos and Bugs & Crumbs Presents A night of nuwave and indie rock Live at The Parkside Lounge
Oct 4 2025
Doors at 6:15pm / Show at 6:15
Early Bird $10 / Advance $12 / Door $15
A night of nuwave and indie rock! The Wavos, an east-coast touring 3-piece band with stadium-sized sound, will rock a 100% live set of dance-oriented '80s-influenced covers and originals. Bugs & Crumbs are a foursome of veteran NYC players who will get you dancing to their all-original rock & blues tunes
TICKETS
Stupidity with the Cynz, Palmyra Delran, and The Doppel Gang
Bootleg Dan Presents Stupidity Live at The Parkside Lounge
Nov 1 2025
Doors at 7pm / Show at 7:30pm
Advance $15 / Door $20
Stupidity (Stockholm, Sweden) on US Tour! Performing with the Cynz, Palmyra Delran, and The Doppel Gang
TICKETS
SLOTH 11: Pride & Prejudice
The Sloth Presents Pride & Prejudice Live at The Parkside Lounge
July 25 2025
Doors at 6pm / Show at 7pm
Tickets $12
Doors open at 6:00 and stories begin around 7:00pm. Sharers and listeners are all welcome! No story is required to come and enjoy the scene. To sustain our work, there is a $12 entry fee, but we will turn no one away for a lack of funds.
On the fence about telling a story? We're here to help you develop it for primetime! Reach out to one of our gracious and beautiful hosts to brainstorm and refine. We'd love to get a glimpse of your inner worlds.
Hosted by Tiernan Bertrand-Essington & Rian Bodner
What’s the story theme?
What does it mean to embrace your queerness in a world that so often judges you for it? How have you navigated the tension between your pride and the prejudice you overcome? Whether it’s a story of defying expectations, challenging stereotypes, or reclaiming power, we want to hear how you’ve shaped your queer path. Come share your truth, laugh at the absurdities, and explore the compleity of love, identity, and belonging in a world that is always trying to label you.
What are SLOTH events?
The SLOTH is our queer gathering for friends to share stories inspired by our selected themes. Come to listen or come to tell. We welcome authentic and true(ish) tales, comedy, poetry, music, and any creative form you can put into a compelling 5-minute share. Follow us @sloth.nyc
MICTASTIC! Open Mic & Showcase
We're back with the high vibrations and all the energies and all the fans and all the prizes July 24th! COME THROUGH!
Special double slot performance from the OG (& one of my favorites) @meechyorg
Reserve your slot now (we don't do door signups but we do keep a waitlist)
All art forms welcomed!
Apocalypse Cabaret: Songs for the End of the World
A lonely karaoke jockey is the sole survivor at the end of the world, and decides to go out singing. A darkly hilarious, high-octane spectacle, where Nietzsche meets the Spice Girls, and the world ends in song. Fresh off a two year run in Spiegelworld's THE HOOK, performer Scout Durwood is on her way to the Edinburgh Fringe with this all new show directed by Drama League Award winner, Ellie Heyman.
no cover!
PALMYRA DELRAN AND THE DOPPEL GANG, THE CHELSEA CURVE, PIN UPS, and DJ SHERMAN
Bootleg Dan and ElbaumTannerRocknRoll Scene Presents PALMYRA DELRAN AND THE DOPPEL GANG, THE CHELSEA CURVE, PIN UPS, and DJ SHERMAN Live at The Parkside Lounge
July 19, 2025
Doors at 7pm
Advance $15 / Door $20
MOD/GARAGE/FUN at PARKSIDE LOUNGE!
Please note this is an EARLY evening of garage/mod/rock! Doors at 7:00 ... at 10:30 we are done and dusted, kippers and custard!
9:30 PALMYRA DELRAN AND THE DOPPEL GANG!
The Queen of supah dupah TRASHPOPROCK!
https://www.facebook.com/PalmyraDelranMusic
8:30 THE CHELSEA CURVE!
Bracing retro mod pop in your FACE!
https://www.facebook.com/thechelseacurve/
7:30 PIN UPS!
Mods! Rockers! Mockers!!!
https://www.facebook.com/PinUpsNYC
7:00 DJ SHERMAN!
Spinning the best of Northern soul, ska, punk, new wave!
https://www.facebook.com/ben.sherman.820066
Alexis Molnar Presents Hot Knife: A Fiona Apple Songbook Cabaret Live at The Parkside Lounge
Alexis Molnar Presents Hot Knife: A Fiona Apple Songbook Cabaret Live at The Parkside Lounge
July 17 2025
Doors at 7:30pm / Show at8pm
Early Bird $20 / Advance $23 / Door $25
Back by popular demand, HOT KNIFE returns with a vengeance and with a birthday! Join and celebrate Alexis' 30th set to your favorite Fiona Apple tunes - sure to be an evening of pathos and sensuality. All Fiona favorites and deep cuts included. Come be a criminal! ;)
Wet Spot at Parkside
Wet Spot Presents Live at The Parkside Lounge
July 17 2025
Doors at 7pm / Show at 7:30pm
Advance $12 / Door $15
Queer live music with performances by:
SR Larson
Blankette
Nikolitsa & The Comrades
Peekaboo Pointe presents: Tales from the $trip
Peekaboo Pointe Presents Tales From the $trip Live or LIVESTREAMED at The Parkside Lounge
TUESDAY July 15 2025
Doors at 7pm / Show at 7:30pm
True stories told by $trippers! The wildest storytelling event in NYC! Come hear four current and former adult entertainment professionals tell their favorite moments from inside the club. www.ilovepeekaboopointe.com
21+
Semi Hollow, Verona, Neptune & the Sailor, and Stony Kill
Semi Hollow, Verona, Neptune & the Sailor, and Stony Kill Live at The Parkside Lounge
July 14 2025
Doors at 7pm / Show at 7:30pm
Early Bird $10 / Advance $12 / Door $15
Awesome night of music featuring: Semi Hollow, Verona, Neptune and the Sailor, and Stony Kill
The Bad Flowers with The Avenue Bees and Joe Sztabnik Band
The Bad Flowers with The Avenue Bees and Joe Sztabnik Band Live at The Parkside Lounge
July 12 2025
Doors at 7:30pm / Show at 8pm
Actual Glam and Punk Rock with Dylan Nirvana and Billy Ficca from Television in The Bad Flowers
Featuring Joe Sztabnik Band featuring Joe Sztabnik of The Dragons a
nd The Avenue Bees featuring Buddy Bowzer of The New York Dolls
BACKROOM BACCHANAL by MELCHOR
Backroom Bacchanal
Welcome to DEBAUCHERY @ A SENSIBLE HOUR! The name says it all—expect the unexpected. We're turning up the heat early at Parkside Lounge for a night where things get wild… responsibly.
Doors open at 6pm, but the real journey begins at 7pm and rolls through 10pm. This isn’t your average party—it’s a slow-burning ascent into pure groove ecstasy. Expect world dance rhythms that build and build until resistance is futile. You will dance.
Guiding your night is Melchor Cardenas, your sonic shaman (not a DJ!) curating an unfiltered playlist 42 years in the making. Think of it as a musical odyssey through time, culture, and sweat.
No rules. No gimmicks. Just a carefully crafted vibe and unadulterated music.
Let loose. Get weird. But do it @ a sensible hour.
Event in association with THE HOUSE OF GOOD HEAD
TICKETS
Ronnie Wheeler presents Nikolitsa And The Comrades, False Starts, Hostile Class & The Ruminators
Ronnie Wheeler presents Nikolitsa And The Comrades, False Starts, Hostile Class & The Ruminators Live at Parkside Lounge
July 5 2025
Doors at 7:30pm / Show at 8pm
Early Bird $10 / Advance $14 / Door $20
The Ruminators open the show Patti Rothberg & Jill naughty acoustic 8pm. Nikolitsa And The Comrades 90’s esc post grunge from California 9pm. False Starts NYC Punk 10pm. Hostile Class, brand new NYC Punk 11pm with Courtney, Brendan, Keith, Ronnie & Jimmy from a few NYC bands. Also special guest DJ Super Morgan spinning between bands & after party
https://www.facebook.com/share/1DqvWqwecb/?mibextid=wwXIfr
https://www.instagram.com/ruminatorswithpattirothberg?igsh=MWx4aGJ3dGFmY2lvaQ==
https://www.facebook.com/NikolitsaandTheComrades?mibextid=wwXIfr&mibextid=wwXIfr
https://www.instagram.com/nikolitsa_and_the_comrades?igsh=ZHkyNnlwbXF0eTcz
HOT FOR YOU
Hot For You is a backroom disco for the family. On Sunday, June 29, we close out Pride weekend with a special guest playing an all night set. Advance tickets are available here. Ticket holders will be prioritized when the venue reaches capacity. Our favorite time of day is night.
Christeene and Claywoman: A Night Inside PRIDE EDITION Share
CLAYWOMAN and CHRISTEENE PresentsA NIGHT INSIDE: PRIDE EDITION! Live at The Parkside Lounge
June 29 2025
Doors at 6:30pm / Show at 7pm
Early Bird $20 / Advance $25 / Door $30
A most spectacular astral occasion will take place on SUNDAY JUNE 29th at 6:30pm when CLAYWOMAN and CHRISTEENE reunite for A NIGHT INSIDE: PRIDE EDITION!...an intimate evening of shared thoughts and artistic expressions. Like two oracles from opposite ends of the galaxy, they bring you their crusty pearls of wisdom and dusty volumes of experience along with their most very special guest, the one and only GARNET WILLIAMS!! + Michael R. Jackson!
Join them along with their stern sidekick, JUDITH, all at THE PARKSIDE LOUNGE, as they explore new and uncharted realms together!
Please purchase tickets in advance to assure passage to this monumental affair.
Seating is very limited!
*artwork by Brett Lindell
Deep LES
Queer Aperitivo Presents DEEP LES Live at The Parkside Lounge
June 28 2025
Doors at 8pm / Show at 9pm
Early Bird $15 / Advance $20 / Door $20
The 3rd Annual DEEP LES post-Dyke March party is back! Co-hosted by Queer Aperitivo and featuring performances by Thirst!
Full lineup tba
Wet Spot Presents: Michael Rider's Album Release Show
Wet Spot Presents Michael Rider's Album Release Show Live at The Parkside Lounge
June 28 2025
Doors at 6pm / Show at 6:30pm
Advance $12 / Door $15
Join us in celebrating the release of Michael Rider’s new album “Beauty” (out June 27th on Grimalkin Records.) with Special Guest Medusa.
Beauty, the fifth studio album by singer-songwriter Michael Rider (they/them), untangles the web of an abusive relationship during a time of great isolation under Covid-19. The artist writes about feelings of turbulent love, losing trust in oneself, and trying to be a good partner to the wrong person.
The album is a collaboration between co-producer M the Myth (they/them) and Rider. The title, Beauty, is partially inspired by their western astrological signs both being ruled by the goddess of love and beauty, Venus. It was produced entirely over Zoom, much like the time period evoked in the work, with Rider in New York City and M in Fresno, California. This project marks their second studio album to be released with Grimalkin Records, a collective of like-minded creatives championing the work of marginalized voices, including queer, disabled, BIPOC, and neurodiverse. Rider currently serves as a board member for the organization.
Rider moved to New York City from Richmond, VA in 2013 to attend the School of Visual Arts. Having been a student of both Richmond painter Mary Scurlock (Center for the Arts) and singer/songwriter, Charlotte Martin (Something Like A Music School) Rider’s training is a reflection of their unique visions. They broke their teeth playing open mics at The SideWalk Cafe (Regina Spektor, Moldy Peaches, and Kimya Dawson), playing shows along the east coast, and releasing four studio albums since 2011. Their latest album, Cycle, was Wavy Award nominated in 2022 for Best Album. michaelwrider.com
To make music like Medusa’s, you need three things: thick beats, visceral melodies, and an axe to grind. A storyteller at heart, the self-proclaimed “revenge-pop” musician aims to transform tales of queer joy, desperation, and agony into gratifying music “by any means necessary.” And they make good on the promise; their signature production style - described by Soundriv as “a breakthrough collection of LGBTQ hymns,” and by Bucketlist as “the most inventive [expletive] music we’ve heard in a long time” - feature unconventional samples like wolf howls and cheerleading chants as often as distorted basslines. By stacking intricate layers of sound design over aggressive beats, Medusa builds formidable symphonies that feel larger than life. The result is a unique blend of synth pop, hip-hop, EDM, and post-hardcore with a cinematic edge. medusa-adsume.com
SILICONE
SILICONE
Go to the drag march or the trans day of action and then keep marching to The Parkside Lounge
Get your makeup re-freshed in Dusty’s Glam Booth, tip the beautiful dancers from Girl Party, be wowed by the musical talents of Dexter the Angel and Lena Horné and dance your little heart out on the dance floor with Nath ANN CARRERA and EXPERTfundude in the front and Sp3cialk and elly dj in the back.
Exclusive merch DROP from Basketdolls .
TICKETS: $10 / $15 / $20 / $25
The New Colossus Festival's Summer Shows at Parkside Lounge
The New Colossus Festival's Summer Shows Live at The Parkside Lounge
June 26 2025
Doors at 6:45 / Show at 7pm
Advance $12 / Door $15
645pm Doors
7pm Outer Shapes https://www.instagram.com/outershapes/
745pm Homescreen https://www.instagram.com/homescreenband/
830pm Loveseat Pete https://www.instagram.com/loveseatpete/
930pm Big Blind https://www.instagram.com/bgblnd/
TRIVIA TRAVESTY WITH SILKY SHOEMAKER AND REBECCA HAVEMAYER
Gather Round NYC! Gather Round!
Make ye way for TRIVIA TRAVESTY at The Parkside Lounge!
Join your eager hosts REBECCA HAVEMEYER & SILKY SHOEMAKER as they ride you into trivial oblivion and beyond in these maddening times!
SUNDAY JUNE 22nd
DOORS 7:30 SHOW 8
Grab a ticket!
Bring ya friends!
Find a table!
Form a team!
Compete to win extremely "memorable" prizes!! Dress for success! Live performances! Live Sasquatch! Live Living!
All trivia questions are carefully hand-crafted by your stunning hosts, and will touch on topics ranging from high class entertainment, low brow brilliance, and anything and everything tha local news channels wouldn't dare shake a leg at!!
LIMITED SEATING!
SECURE YOUR WARM BUNS IN ONE TODAY!
Readings at Parkside: Tramps Like Us ~Joe Westmoreland
READINGS AT PARKSIDE:
TRAMPS LIKE US — CELEBRATING THE REISSUE OF THIS TREASURED CULT CLASSIC
WITH ALEX AUDER, JOHANNA FATEMAN & JOE WESTMORELAND
Sunday, June 22nd, 4pm
Abused by his father and stifled by closeted life as a teenager in Kansas City, Joe, the wide-eyed narrator of Tramps Like Us, graduates from high school in 1974 and hits the road hitchhiking. But it isn’t until he reunites with Ali, his hometown’s other queer outcast, that Joe finds a partner in crime. When the two of them finally wash up in New Orleans, they discover a hedonistic paradise of sex, drugs, and music, a world that only expands when they move to San Francisco in 1979.
Told with openhearted frankness, Joe Westmoreland’s Tramps Like Us is an exuberantly soulful adventure of self-discovery and belonging, set across a consequential American decade. In New Orleans and San Francisco, and on the roads in between, Joe and Ali find communities of misfits to call their own. The days and nights blur, a blend of LSD and heroin, new wave and disco, orgies and friends, and the thrilling spontaneity of youth—all of which is threatened the moment Joe, Ali, and seemingly everyone around them are diagnosed with HIV. But miraculously, the stories survive. As Eileen Myles writes, “I love this book most of all because it is so mortal.”
Back in print with MCD after two decades and with an introduction by Myles and an afterword by the author, Tramps Like Us is an ode to a nearly lost generation, an autofictional chronicle of America between gay liberation and the AIDS crisis, and an evergreen testament to the force of friendship.
Mohawk Dave's Big 40 Birthday
ElbaumTanner RocknRollScene Presents Mohawk Dave's Big 40 Burthday Live at The Parkside Lounge
June 21 2025
Doors at 7pm / Show at 7:30pm
Advance $10 / Door $15
7:00 Density Blackcat
7:45 Stigmatics (Boston)
8:30 Call You Out
9:15 Tim Heap and The Buybacks
10:00 Moonbagel Bodega (Mohawk Dave’s Birthday Bash)
10:45 Bedpan Fight
11:30 Jones Crusher
TICKETS
Dollyamory: Aphrodisia
Dollyamory Presents Aphrodisia Live at The Parkside Lounge
June 20 2025
Doors at 9:30pm / Show at 10pm
Early Bird $10 / Advance $12 / Door $15
Happy Pride, chasers ;) Have you heard the siren call of gay sex? For our one year anniversary, we’re throwing it back to the girlies who invented it, the Greeks, and hosting a ~*bacchanal*~. Come through in your cuntiest toga to witness the Girth of Venus. We’ll be giving sapphic yearning and Dollympian games all night long. Sets by Déjà Sol, Miye, and Futch Cassidy. Party favors for purchase by Blush. Pre-sale online through Parkside Lounge's site. $15 suggested at the door. No one turned away for lack of funds; DM us if you need guest list to attend. Dollyamory is a trans femme collective throwing silly & sexy parties for the girls and our friends. All are welcome. Respect each other and respect the space. Come twirl, stay feral.
@dollyamorous @whobroughtblush @miye.wav @dejasolthedj @futchercassidy
Ménage à Trois II: Fairy Tales
Open Book, Sloth, and Wet Spot Present:
Ménage à Trois II: Fairy Tales
Live at The Parkside Lounge
June 20 2025
Doors at 7pm / Show at 7:30pm
Advance $15 / Door $20
Once upon a time, three queer collectives gathered to tell stories, cast spells, and throw a damn good party. Menage à Trois returns for its second year with Fairy Tales—an enchanted evening of dance, music, comedy, and queer storytelling. Featuring nine dazzling performers from across our communities, it’s a night where frogs turn into queens, villains get redemption arcs, and happy endings come in many forms.
Threesome still means three groups, not an orgy. But you never know what kind of magic the night will bring.