Fort Lauderdale

BEAR CODES PRESENTS SPLASH!
Saturday, April 30, from 2 to 8 p.m. in Fort Lauderdale at the Royal Palms Resort, 2901 Terramar Street. Monthly pool parties for bears, cubs, chubs, chasers and friends. Join them at the new Royal Palms Resort and Spa for the Official Opening Party of Splash with live deejays and more. The Royal Palms Boutique Hotel offers luxurious rooms, a full bar, a café serving great food and a full service spa and gym. And yes … a clothing-optional heated pool, so come in your swimsuits or your birthday suit… the choice is yours. As appreciation for your continued support of Bear Codes, they are extending to those that RSVP for the opening party event only, no cover charge (normal cover is $7). You must RSVP on Facebook to receive the free entry and you can only RSVP yourself. There will be an RSVP list at the door. Help spread the word and invite your friends on the invite link on the event page and give them a chance to RSVP and get the newest hottest pool party grand opening for free. Splash will be held monthly.

IGLTA’s ANNUAL GLOBAL CONFERENCE
Unleash your hidden talents at IGLTA’s Annual Global Convention. Professionals from around the world will unite in Fort Lauderdale May 10-15, 2011, to network, educate, brainstorm and take LGBT tourism to unprecedented levels. Educational programming, Unleashed 2.0, will serve as the cornerstone of future business development. Sessions will cater to all experience levels in social media, internet marketing and new travel technology trends to help you reach customers in a more efficient way. Mark your calendars now! This will be the must-attend event of 2011. Don’t let your competitors leave you behind.

STONEWALL STREET FESTIVAL AND PARADE
Sunday, Jun 19, 2011, in Wilton Manors from 3 to 8 p.m. Continues the Wilton Manors Stonewall tradition and adds some surprises & new highlights. The festival stretches from 5 Points to NE 20th Street on Wilton Drive with multiple stages filled with exciting entertainment, exhibits from sponsors, merchants, and area non-profits, demonstrations, games, street performers and an exciting assortment of gourmet food trucks and beverage stations. The twilight parade features floats from near and far. For more info check out www.stonewallwiltonmanors.com.

Miami

LADY GAGA MONSTER BALL APRIL 2011
Wednesday, Apr 13, from 8 to 11 p.m. at the American Airlines Arena in Miami. The Scissor Sisters and Semi Precious Weapons have been selected as the opening acts for the third North American leg of Lady Gaga’s Monster Ball tour.

MISS RICHFIELD 1981 IS HEADING TO MIAMI
Miss Richfield 1981 is coming to Miami for the very first time to officially kickoff Miami Beach Pride with a performance at the Colony Theater on April 15 at 8 p.m.  A portion of the tickets and proceeds from a raffle will benefit Miami Beach Pride and GLAAD. In her new show, “30 Years on the Throne!,” Miss R. looks back at her storybook life celebrating three decades of beauty sovereignty as reigning queen of Richfield, Minnesota, “where butter is a spice and gravy is a beverage.”
Miss Richfield has appeared on “The Tonight Show with Jay Leno”, “Today” on NBC, “Cake Boss” on TLC and “Weekends with Samantha Brown” on Travel Channel.  Her live performances have received critical acclaim and The New York Post recently honored “Miss Richfield 1981” as the must-see act in Provincetown”. Tickets are $25/$35 and are available at the Colony Theater Box Office or www.missrichfield.com.  Miss Richfield 1981 will host an after-party at Mova Lounge following the show.

MIAMI BEACH PRIDE
On Saturday, April 16, Miami Beach will be more fabulous than ever! Miami Beach City Mayor Matti Bower, your friends, family and allies celebrate the 3rd annual Miami Beach Gay Pride parade and festival. It’s a celebration of the extraordinary strength, beauty and contributions of South Florida’s LGBT community, and an exciting all-day event that featured a parade, a festival with exciting celebrity presentations and musical performances, and an expo with LGBT-friendly vendors and businesses, refreshments and food, and a family-friendly “playzone”. Miami Beach Gay Pride is an extraordinary celebration that brings out the best in us all. Last year’s pride event brought out over 35,000 people from all walks of life and cities from across Florida — and across the world — making Miami Beach Gay Pride the city’s largest one-day event. This year will be even better!

Bay Area

RENEGADES SPLASH?POOL?PARTY
After a long morning of softball, come by to cool off with food, beer and Bob’s famous cupcakes, raffles and lots of prizes. Sunday, Apr. 3, from 12 noon to 3 p.m. at Gay St Pete House, 4505 Fifth Avenue North in St. Petersburg.

LADY?GAGA?IN?TAMPA
Lady Gaga and special guests, Scissor Sisters, will be coming to the St. Pete Times Forum on Saturday, April 16th,from 7 to 11 p.m. Lady Gaga has captivated audiences around the globe with her stunning international smash, “The Monster Ball” tour, presented by Virgin Mobile. In 2010, the tour took her throughout Europe and North American, where she received rave reviews everywhere she stopped. With the majority of North American dates already sold out, Lady Gaga has announced she will be extending her North American 2011 tour, now including a stop at Tampa’s St. Pete Times Forum.

WET LUBE WRESTLING
Tampa Bay RULEs, Sunday Apr 17, 1 to 5 p.m., Chelsea Nightclub, 1502 N. Florida Ave. in Tampa. This month’s event is sponsored by WET. So cum get piggy, wear your rubber, jock or hottest leather, but get ready to get some WET wrestlin’ on. Bar opens to the general public from 3 p.m. on. Building leathermen/ fetishmen brotherhood and gathering just for fun without egos and attitudes. Get together to socialize, have a cigar or two, experience a demo, bootblacking services and maybe learn about the brotherhood of community bonding. It’s a good ole fashioned leather/fetish tea dance with a new twist… the twist is what you bring and who you are. Always open to suggestions and ideas to promote, build and excite OUR community! This is just the beginning… the future is so bright, let’s start burning those candles! tbrulesz@gmail.com

DIVERSITY SLAM SPRING FLING
Friday, Apr 22, 9 p.m. to 12 midnight,
L Train, 900 Central Ave., Saint Petersburg. Open mic night spoken word, acoustic jams.

INTERPOL
Thursday, Apr 28, from 6 to 10 p.m. at The Ritz Ybor, 1507 East 7th Avenue in Tampa. $24 advance tickets, all ages.

GAY BOWLING
First Thursday of each month from 10 p.m. to 2 a.m. at Dunedin Bowling Lanes, 405 Patricia Avenue in Dunedin. For more information, call (727) 736-1282.

Central Florida

SCISSOR  SISTERS
Scissor Sisters at Hard Rock Live, Thurs., Apr. 7, 7 to 10 p.m., 6050 Universal Blvd. in Orlando.

RICKY MARTIN LIVE
Friday Apr. 8, 2011, in Orlando from 6 to 9 p.m, Amway Center, 400 W Church St.

THE MONSTER BALL
Lady Gaga at the Amway Center, Friday Apr. 15,, 7 to 11:30 p.m., 400 W Church St in Orlando.

ORLANDO WHITE PARTY
Saturday Apr. 16, 201,1 from 8:30 p.m. to
2 a.m. at Parliament House, 410 N Orange Blossom Trail in downtown Orlando. Time to start planning for one of Orlando’s biggest parties of the year. Featuring Juju Bee, Alexis Mateo, Shangela and Yara Sofia. D.J. Brianna Lee spinning the hits for “Elevate”. White attire encouraged. Rooms are going fast. Book now at www.parliamenthouse.com.

babes in bonnets fundraiser at parliament house
Monday, Apr 18, 7 to 9:30 p.m., Parliament House, 410 N Orange Blossom Trail in downtown Orlando. This is a citywide event benefiting the Orlando Youth Alliance (OYA), a local charity that provides free of charge, peer-to-peer support groups, education and a positive environment for Orlando’s LGBT youth. Hosted by: Darcel Stevens & Michael Wanzie.

MISS HEART OF ORLANDO PAGEANT
This is a preliminary to Miss Heart of Florida. Monday, Apr. 18,  from 9 p.m. to 12 midnight at Mr. Sister’s, 5310 East Colonial Dr. in Orlando.

NINA VS. RAJA
RuPaul’s Drag Race girls at the Parliament House (410 N Orange Blossom Trail, Orlando), Saturday May 7, 2011, in Orlando from 10 a.m. to 2 a.m. 1st runner up of season one, Nina Flowers and  top 5 (as it stands right now), Raja of season three will be joining the award winning Footlight Players: Darcel Stevens, V, Armani, Sassy Devine and the Men of the Footlight Theater. Three rooms of music –  featuring D.J. Brianna Lee of Gayinternetradiolive.com in the disco, Pop 40 mix in the video bar and hip-hop/pop in the piano bar.