Saturday 2 February, Dorothy's Sister, 265 Ponsonby Rd
Resident
MC and drag artist VERA is to host a unique night of Fabulosity, Glitz
and Glamour. Formal dress, dining and cabaret at Dorothy’s Sister in
Ponsonby Dress to impress. Come and enjoy Cocktails from 6pm, followed
by dining at 7pm.
Bookings Essential. Tickets available from Dorothy’s Sister (ph: 09 376 2433) or by emailing wayne.wains@clear.net.nz or phone cell 021 962 147
Limited Tickets $55.00 per head
Tuesday 5 February, 7.00 pm at Family, 270 K’rd
A
hot night for your swimwear and the opportunity to partake in a "buff
your bum" speedo competition and win a $1000 prize pool. The
competition will consist of two parades beachwear and speedos.
Gold Coin Donation at the door.
Wednesday 6 February, 9.00pm at Family, 270 K’rd
Who
says "It’s simply the best!" from 9pm till 1am? Come and Join Cindy of
Samoa and the Crew for a fabulous outrageous night of Queeree Karaoke
on Waitangi Day. Celebrate New Zealand’s National Day with the Best New
Zealand Karaoke talent.
Free Entry
Thursdays 7 & 21 February, Bar 4:20, 373 K’rd
A
fortnightly event featuring some of the most promising DJs and live
acts from New Zealand and abroad. The event acknowledges that music is
more than just Kylie and Madonna. By drumming out the emergent
indie-electro sounds the event draws in a mixed fashionable underground
crowd. This combined with the aesthetic of 4:20 bar marks the ushering
in of a new experience for Auckland and gay clubbing. SOHOMO!!!
$5 at the door
Fridays 8,15,22 February the Classic, 321 Queen St
The
Craziest Game Show you have ever seen! Come along and win prizes
galore! Be in to win a handbag full of prizes such as tickets for the
Pink Flight of Fabulosity to the Sydney Gay & Lesbian Mardi Gras!
All this with a cast of hundreds and thousands and some very special
guests! A not to be missed entertainment extravaganza for the whole
family.
$20 Entry or $15 Concessions
8 February-1 March, Herald Theatre
The
Cape Road Trip – Coming of Age Recipe: 1 x Faggot, 1 x Jock, 1 x
Dealer, 1 x Poet. Mix vigorously. Drive north for 3 days in a shitty
second hand Japanese car. Expect interesting results on arrival!
Tickets from Ticketek – www.ticketek.co.nz
Saturday 9 February, 8.00pm, Bacio, 309 K’rd
A
night of great music, amazing DJ’s and heaps of fun, in a safe smoke,
drug and alcohol free environement. Age restriction (13 – 20yo), no
passouts
$10 Tickets from Rainbow Youth, 281 K’rd – www.rainbowyouth.org.nz
Saturday 9 February, Urge Bar, 490 K’rd
URGE
Bar is proud to bring Sydney’s Seymour Butz back to Auckland for
another hot and horny night as part of the Hero Festival 2008. The sexy
steamy sounds will strip away the sequins, the cologne, the glow sticks
and the wailing diva’s to offer up a new homosexual musical agenda, For
more info visit: www.urgebar.co.nz
$10 Entry
Sunday 10 February, Coyle Park
A
fun, colourful, rainbow-family day at the park featuring performers,
dancing, food stalls, bars and special events throughout the day.
FREE
Sunday 10 February, 7.00pm till Midnight, Kiss Bar, 309 K’rd
Join
your favourite Fluffy and Ultra DJ’s for a fun evening of dancing and
socialising that starts and finishes nice and early. Come in early to
experience 309’s extremely tasty and complementary mixed tempura, sushi
and chicken nibbles. www.myspace.com/fluffy_nz
Free Entry
Tuesday 12 February, 7.30, The Rialto
Not
a film you would want to take your mother to see. The premiere of the
film Lady Chatterley’s Lover at the Rialto Cinemas in Newmarket. This
event is a fundraiser for OUTLine New Zealand and is sponsored by
Rialto Cinemas
Tickets are $20 and are available from the OUTLine Office 303-3584 and from volunteers.
13th-16th Feb (8pm) 17th (6pm), 19th-23rd (8pm) TAPAC Motions Rd, Western Springs,
"Resident
Alien" is an entertaining, award winning one-man play by Tim Fountain.
Crisp (played by John Watson) shares details of his stylish life as an
overt, effeminate, homosexual man through the (almost) entire 1900s in
London and New York.
For a delightful 90 minutes he shares his at times outrageous philosophy and acerbic wit.
$30/$25 booking fee from ticketmaster
Wednesday 13 February, 7.00pm - 7.30pm, Takapuna Tenpin Bowling Centre Fred Thomas Drive
Join
us for another fantastic Hero Bowling held at the Takapuna Tenpin
– Fred Thomas Drive, Wednesday 13 February. Winner to donate profits to
HIV related charity. www.agbo.org.nz
$25 at door
Wednesday 13 Feb, 7pm, Dorothy's Sister, 265 Ponsonby Rd
Come
enjoy a Movie dinner night with ‘Casablanca" which remains Hollywood’s
finest moment. A film that succeeds on such a vast scale not because of
anything experimental or deliberately earthshaking in its design, but
for the way it cohered to and reaffirmed the movie-making conventions
of its day.
14th – 16th (8pm),17th (4pm), 19th – 22rd (8pm) Westpoint Performing Arts Centre MOTAT 2, Motions Rd, Western Springs
Set
in London housing estate with a backdrop of Mama Cass songs, Jamie
lives with his solo mum Sandra, he falls in love with sporty neighbour
Ste who’s looking for a way out from is abusive father. This colourful
and humorous play will lift you up and give you hope that love does
exist and can come to everyone,if you want it to. Beautiful Thing is
for those who have ever been in love.
$28 Adults, $22 Concessions/Students
Friday 15 @ Marco, 8pm, 47 New North Road
Take
a kinky cruise through the exotic east. Dance with the passion of a
Bollywood babe, take tea and flirt in the Herkiss Delight hareem bar
and then book yourself into the Up-Si-Daisy Love Hotel... art,
performance, video, music, DJs and bars.
FREE ENTRY TO THOSE ATTENDING CREATIVE WORKSHOPS...
Workshops in set building, costume-making, Bollywood Dancing and Belly
Dancing. Come to a workshop on 3 February at MARCO Trust and get into
the event FREE! For more details regarding workshops visit www.marco.org.nz
$10 - $5 unwaged
16 & 17 February, 10am-6pm
This
much enjoyed event provides a great opportunity to see a diverse range
of Auckland gardens and to meet the garden owners. www.heroicgardens.org.nz
Saturday 16 February, please check www.wannaflirt.co.nz for venue details
School
girl? Military? French Maid? The choice is yours. Let your imagination
run wild and come dressed in your favourite uniform! There will be
prizes for the Best Dressed. And don’t forget to check out the
Flirt space a the Big Gay Out
$10 Entry, www.wannaflirt.co.nz
Sunday 17 February, 4pm, The Falls – Henderson
Lesbians
and their friends celebrate Waitakere’s queer community with a soirée,
featuring, gorgeous food, fantastic music and entertainment, set
amongst the greenery of the Falls Hotel. This sophisticated event will
see proud Westies coming together with their friends to celebrate a
visible queer community.
$10 - $30 Entry (on a sliding scale) at the door
Monday 18 February, 6pm, Opera Factory, 7 Eden St, Newmarket
The
Hero Debate provides unrivalled access to sometimes frank and other
times quirky views on life and politics in New Zealand. Moot:
THAT love will draw an elephant through a key-hole. Cash bar from 6 pm,
entertainment and debate start at 7 pm. www.herodebate.org.nz or call 360 2872 for information
Tickets: $25 theatre seats,$50 cabaret seats (including food and your first glass of wine)
Sunday 17 Feb, 4pm, Unit 6, Charlotte Museum Level 2, 58 Surrey Cres, Grey Lynn
The
show to open the Charlotte Museum in its new premises. There will be
stories to listen to, to read and to look at on the opening day and
during the week lesbians can tell us their coming out stories
Thursday 21 Feb, 5.30pm Charlotte Museum
Friday 22 February, 5.30pm Charlotte Museum
A
selection of old Lesbian Tunes will be played at the museum. Finger
food, clitails and wine will be available. People can take the floor to
reminisce.
12-24 Feb Satellite Gallery, St Benedicts Street (at 136a Newton Road)
Tuesday 19 February, 5.30pm Satellite Gallery, St Benedicts Street (at 136a Newton Road)
"Pussy
Got Your Tongue" speaks of purring for pleasure rather than pursing
one’s lips in silence. We explore the multiplicity of lesbian visual
experience by saying we are lesbian artists who are not afraid to get
stuck – tongue in groove, tongue in groove, tongue in groove, and so
the turntable turns! Mary Fall on coins a phrase "the cunning lingua of
desire" We tongue twist this phrase from the language of desire to the
imaging of desire
Thursday 21 February, 7pm, The Civic,
This
is your chance to sing-a-long to the most successful movie musical of
all time. This is one of the funniest nights you will ever have.
Sing-a-long-a’s have dressed up as anything and everything represented
in the classic film – the possibilities are as endless as the sunlight
on a perfect alpine day. More info at singalonga.net
Tickets from Ticketek
Friday 22 February, 5.30pm – 10.30pm West End Tennis Club 2 Fife St, Cox’s Bay
Welcome
to an evening of social tennis in a round-robin format with changing
partners. This fun event caters for all levels of abilities and is a
fundraiser for OUTLine New Zealand.There are good prizes, plus a cash
bar, BBQ and desserts.Phone OUTLine to register 303-3584, Email
registrations to admin@gayline.co.nz. Money collected on the
night.
$25 Entry
Friday 22 February, 9pm till late, Kiss, 309 K’rd
In
support of the HERO Party, ULTRA will be combined with Fluffy on Friday
22 February to bring you ULTRA Fluffy! This special one-off HERO event
features full-colour laser lighting, combined with the latest chunky
underground house sounds from international DJ Paul Heron.
FREE Entry
Saturday 23 February, from 6am, 309 K’rd
One of the most festive nights of the year featuring
multiple dance spaces, international DJs, stunning lasers & massive shows. More info at http://www.heroparty.co.nz/
Ticket can be pre-purchased from 309, Fluffy or Ultra
Sunday 24 February, from 6am, 309 K’rd
If
you’re looking to regain your strength after the Hero Party, then join
us at Café 309 (also known as Kiss Bar) for a Champagne / Bloody Mary
or fruit juice recovery breakfast. Chill-out in relaxed comfort while
chatting away to al the new friends you made at the HERO Party
Ticket can be pre-purchased from 309, Fluffy or Ultra
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