Gay Days Disney / Orlando 2017

May 30 – June 4 is the annual Gay Days Disney in Orlando. Party goers will have a great time. People not going will have a Great Time at home as the local clubs fight for your attention.  Let the LGBNT Summer Official Start!!!!

http://www.onemagicalweekend.com/

https://www.gaydays.com/

TAMPA PRIDE & The RAYS

TAMPA PRIDE & Rowdies PRIDE NIGHT

https://oss.ticketmaster.com/aps/tbrowdies/EN/promotion/home

NEW at Hamburger Mary’s Pub House

Mamma (Carol Steen)  has joined the Hamburger Mary’s Family!!!! YAAAA She will be at the Centro Ybor Pub House Wed-Sunday from 3pm on. Stop by this week and show her some  LOVE. Become her facebook friend today   https://www.facebook.com/carol.steen

Sun Swimsuits & Suds

Join the Ybor City Chamber of Commerce in celebrating the Sun, Swim & Suds Pub Crawl. This summer pub crawl will take place on July 15th, through the bars and restaurants of Ybor City. Hundreds of local Tamponians gather together in Ybor to celebrate the historic district and test out the local food & beverage. To keep our guests happy in this Florida sun, we are adding a water aspect to the party with ‘splash zones’ at each patio location. These splash zones will have water balloons, super soakers, & some wet & wild games to cool guests down.

Included in the ticket price, each bar will have a different 5oz beverage for guests to taste and a small giveaway to take home. The first 150 sign-ups will receive a T-shirt with sponsors logos & participating bars. All attendees are invited to join us at our after party at Crowbar. Sponsors will have the option of setting up a promo table at this venue. With multiple bars participating last year, we are looking forward to a growing event!

With the help of Creative Loafing, we will be blasting out newspaper ads all over the Tampa, Clearwater & St. Pete area. Since Ybor City is public transportation friendly, we will have attendees from all over the Hillsborough, Pasco, & Brandon area. Just like Aficionado Taste of Ybor, we are hoping for a sold out event! The low cost of the ticket and high return on investment prompts our guests to attend events in Ybor City. Our event page on facebook has already received over 500+ clicks and it is growing daily.

Sun, Swimsuits & Suds Sponsorship Opportunities

contact Deb Hargreaves at DHargreaves@ybor.org for any questions or sponsorship

Finding Neverland

This weekend at the Straz Center is Finding Neverland. We both gave it 4 out of 5 thumbs up. There were a lot of young people there but it really was more for big kids.

Femms and Follies

Get your tickets early. They sell out fast!

https://www.facebook.com/katie.james.burlesque

Memorial Day Divas

Obituary

Robert Shelly

One of the nicest people you ever meet. Robert was an active member of the Tampa Bay Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence. He was known as “Sister Tootie Truly Humble”.

Visit his facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/tootietruly.humble

Life in Prison is Not Enough

14 years ago, Schweickert & Steven Lorenzo drugged & killed two Tampa Men they planned to use as sex slaves. This rocked the LGBT community. Schweickert was sentenced  to life in prison this week. Lorenzo still has not been charged. Read the story here.

http://www.tampabay.com/news/courts/criminal/man-sentenced-to-life-for-killing-tampa-men-he-used-as-sex-slaves/2280970

LOVE WINS in Taiwan

This week Taiwan became the first Asian country to legalize same-sex marriage. We can all remember our struggles less being a communist conservative country blockade. We congratulate the Taiwan Council of Grand Justices and all the efforts of individuals always working forward to Human Rights changes.

National reform comes in small steps

Ride the Streetcar THIS Weekend

Memorial Day weekend is finally here and TECO wants to help you celebrate!

Fourth Friday – May 26, 4 – 11 p.m. 
Fourth Friday is a celebration of Tampa’s rich arts and culture scene offering patrons the ability to enjoy free or reduced admissions and special programming at participating venues.The Streetcar will now be free to all Fourth Friday participants wearing the complimentary wristbands distributed by participating arts and cultural venues. The seamless connection and hop-on, hop-off capability provided by the Streetcar will allow Fourth Friday participants to enjoy both Downtown and Ybor City. Start Memorial Day weekend off right by hopping on the Streetcar and head to Fourth Friday!

Extended Hours on Sunday, May 28, 7 p.m. – midnight
With all the fun going on this weekend, the TECO Line Streetcar is extending its operating hours on Sunday, May 28 to accommodate your needs. All standard fares will remain intact until 12 Midnight. Ticket vending machines are conveniently located at all station stops.

City Side Prom Night

THIS SUNDAY

Memorial Day Fun

New at Hamburger Mary’s in Brandon

Ybor City Saturday Market

As most other markets prepare to close for the season, the Ybor City Saturday Market is one of the few markets that is open year-round. The Saturday Market will operate from 9 a.m. – 1 p.m. during the Summer Season.

We are located in Centennial Park (corner of 8th Ave & 19th St.)

with 50+ entrepreneurs each week displaying their talent and locally produced products unique to our diverse community. Products include gourmet foods & sauces, fresh baked breads, prepared foods, herbs & plants, honey, fine cigars, fresh produce, authors, pet treats, unique gifts, photography, artwork, jewelry, woodworking, bath & body products, candles and so much more!

The Ybor City Saturday Market is a great place to sell your creations and make friends for life! The acceptable products consist of fruits and vegetables, plants, herbs and cut flowers, prepared foods, gourmet foods/baked goods, arts and crafts, businesses, unique and quality collectibles, and some import items.

Lynn Kroesen

Director, Ybor City Saturday Market

email: info@ybormarket.com phone:   813.241.2442

ybormarket.com

Obituary

This week our loved Miss Amber passed away. Thank you to the hundreds of people for all the kind words on facebook. For 11 of her 13 years she was the official greeter at our store MC Film. All we would say was “Who wants to go to work?” and she was the first one in the car.  Her smile & love will be missed by many.

MCC Tampa 13th Annual Drag Benefit

The retirement of local icon Tiffany Middlesex had the prestigious drag performer return for a special engagement night for MCC Tampa’s 13th Annual Drag Night Benefit. This years charity beneficiary is partially going out to the Orlando Pulse Night Club Victims Fund and Prayer Vigil coming Monday, June 12th at the Pulse Night Club.

The theme for the night was ‘Circus’ with tents, circus rainbow bantry, fortune and palm readers, food stands and assorted jewelry & Pride item vendors tented shops. Rev Jacob Hero is the senior pastor at the MCC Tampa’s church.

Performing to a great packed crowd was started out by the infamous retired Tampa Bay Drag legend, Tiffany Middlesex. A standing ovation brought tears to the performer who has helped in almost all the drag charity events at the church.

Comedy Queen Melanie Minyon performed and was the emcee for the first half while the tall Stephanie Shippae emcee ‘d and performed in the second half of the charity show.

    Miss Esme Russell said,” I was in this church room with my Mom when I was 9-10 years old. It was a Mormon Church then. My Mom went from Episcopal, Catholic, Jewish, Methodist, Baptist and 5 other religious faiths when I was growing up!”

The volunteering charity Drag performers from all over the Tampa Bay area included Power Infinity, Lexx De La Mer and a half dozen others.

    www.mcctampa.com