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BLACK & BLUE 2013

Demons have mercy! If you’re still recovering from last weekend, know that Halloween is not over: Dominic Fournier, the iconic bearded boy-tender of Katacombes is letting all the gay ghouls, lesbian lycanthropes, queer demons and trans-pires take over the famed Station C Nightlight Apollon for Oct 31, will all proceeds going to AIDS Community Care Montréal.

In Montréal, the real tradition of Thanksgiving weekend is the annual mega-party of Black & Blue. For the weekend of Oct 3 to 8, the Black & Blue Festival will take over the Village, and beyond, with a hearty programme of new and inherited genetic party material.

Glitterbomb is the newest edition to the interconnected family of homosexualist parties happening in spaces all over the city. Curator Ali El-Darsa is introducing a “nicer” aesthetic for his dance-and-video events, continuing this Friday, September 21, at the tucked-away Underworld loft.

After her seethingly hot set at the Pervers/cité DROPCUNT closing party, DJ Tamika kicks off a new night (Cousins) at the Royal Phoenix tonight. Just blocks away, 2QTPOC friends will be performing and spinning at The Plant – Saturday, we’re back at the RP for Audio Porn with Frantastik and Montag!

“Everybody is the show” at Tyler Clarke and Saladin Khireche’s GayBash events. After years of salivating over their party photos, we learn how it all started, and what keeps them going. (Original photos by Daniel Payette)

You wouldn’t normally expect a man who’s getting the kind of buzz and attention DJ Alberto is enjoying to be a sweet, smiling teddy-bear. Not that he’s a bear in that sense, but as the man behind the Macho nights at Katacombes, Alberto Pérez is unexpectedly boyish and bubbly. He’s also easy on the eyes, and the ears!

Divers/Cité, having long dropped “Pride” from its tagline, enters into its second decade of providing Montréalers and her dear friends from across the globe, a weeklong celebration of “all together, different”. This year’s installment comes packed with the punches along with a bold move on the part of the planning organization to move the festival site to the Old Port.

In addition to one of the biggest new queer musicians in the world (Mykki Blanco) and Ottawa’s queer as funk band The PepTides, we get treated to a picnic for ACCM’s 25th anniversary and a fabulous performance night for 2Boys.tv – Mec Plus Ultra returns with Toronto’s goth-dance stars Parallels and Ghettofag’s second edition round out the hottest month of the year!

Whether you’re in Ottawa or heading there for a boozy weekend, Sanita Fejzic’s guide to Canada Gay gives you some tips as to where you might find all those gay MP’s and their lovely asssistants after the Parliament Hill shindig…