Your holiday hangover is waning, so there’s only one thing to do: Get back up on that horse with local LGBT events that say, it’s back to You Time without seasonal distractions in a year full of possibilities.

Friday,  Jan. 8

Ripcord Rewind (top photo). Bears, Cubs, Daddy, Chaser, Twink, Leather, Levis and Masculine Men. Do it up to the mix-tape music of the 1980s @ Ripcord, 9 p.m.

Flex Friday. The hot guys and drag queens that you love in the show bar you love even more @ F Bar, 8 p.m. Get there early for Belevedere Happy Hour, 5 p.m.

Bright Lights Friday Nights. DJ beats and shower boys get you all wet to kick off your weekend @ Meteor, 9 p.m.

Stripper Circus. The weekly theme night hits hard with hot men, performers and surprises @ South Beach, 9 p.m.

Viernes Noche Latina offers up two-steppin’ and line-dancin’ in the legendary Esquire Ballroom @ Neon Boots, 9 p.m.

Latin Ladies Night with DJ Kittie. Get with Houston’s lesbian crowd (and their guy friends) up in the Heights @ Pearl Bar, 10 p.m.

Fantasy Friday. Tanya Hyde leads the drag cast @ TC’s Showbar, 11 p.m.

Boys and Men. You know you love it @ JR’s and Mining Company’s Cockfight.

Dance Your Booty Off and get moving on the floor @ Blur, 10 p.m.

Beats, beers and boys puts the party in your pocket and the gay in your Friday @ Bayou City Bar & Grill, all day.

No Eagle except Sundays right now. Hadn't you heard?

Saturday, Jan. 9

Madonnathon (middle photo). All Her Madgesty, all night. Get up, get out and get down with the people who always bring you a dancey Saturday night, this week with Madonna concert giveaways and more @ South Beach, 9 p.m.

Carnival Saturday. The Shower Boys leave a wet spot on your weekend with a circus theme and DJ beats to move your feets @ Meteor, 9 p.m.

F Xperience with DJ Tad Dvorak. And drag. And go-go boys. Join the crowd @ F Bar, 9 p.m. 

Country Dance. Before there was Gilley’s, there was the Esquire Ballroom. Now the legendary space is where your gay boots meet the beat @ Neon Boots, 9 p.m.

Shake Up Saturday. This party bar brings karaoke and more to the scene. You never know what you’re gonna get @ Crocker Bar, 9 p.m.

Levi-Leather Beats. The music and the guys are pumping @ Ripcord, 9 p.m.

Sound Factory Saturday. One, two, you know what to do @ Guava Lamp, 9 p.m.

Ladies & Gents. The lesbians know what’s up for all the gay women and their male friends @ Pearl Bar, 10 p.m.

Party time. Excellent. Slip into something that will warm your gay heart @ Bayou City Bar & Grill, all day.

DJ beats get you moving on the dance floor @ Blur, 10 p.m.

Drag divas never really end when it’s cheap drinks and Showgurlz @ TC’s Showbar, 11 p.m.

Scruffy Saturday. Cruise on over with DJ beats and hot male dancers @ Mining Company, 9 p.m.

Fruit loop. No weekend is complete without a stop in for a few laps around the loop and a drink or five while eyeing the go-go boys @ JR’s, all day.

Sunday, Jan. 10

Montrose Softball Recruitment Day (bottom photo). Those gay jocks know how to pitch and catch, and they want to show you. Bring your glove to join the venerable LGBT sports league prepping for spring with registration and skills clinics @ Houston Sportsplex, 9 a.m. – 2 p.m.

Dangerous Disco. Thumping beats and high spirits for now on Sundays only @ Eagle Houston’s temporary location, 709 Franklin, 6 p.m. – 2 a.m. Yes, temporary, after the fire and all.

Retox Sunday knows what you need, and you’re going to get it, 6 p.m. And you know later if it’s Sunday, it’s F Latin Divas, 10 p.m.

Sunday Showtunes puts a rough-and-ready, leather-Levis spin on your usual gay musical fascination @ Ripcord, 3 p.m.

Legends does fierce, fabulous fun with Dina Jacobs, Billie Jean, Tasha Kohl, Lawanda Jackson, and Tisch DeWilliams @ Meteor, 9 p.m.

Sunday Lounge. Kick back and do the Sunday do: As little as possible and look good doing it @ Guava Lamp, 10 p.m. Lounge doors for day drinking at 4 p.m.