The long weekend arrives with a long and winding road of LGBT events. Follow it to say so long to summer and kick off Labor Day Weekend with community, arts, entertainment, nightlife and more.
• All day and all night. Some 23 Black Gay Pride Friday Events (top photo) – opening ceremonies, programming, performers, plays, poets, prolific parties and more – include authors Fiona Zedde & Mike Warren @ Outwrite, 7 p.m., and Laurinda D. Brown’s play “Sometimes It Snows In Atlanta” @ Rialto, 7:30 p.m.
• Legendary lesbian. In The Round with Janis Ian (middle photo) & Friends @ Eddie’s Attic, 8 p.m.
• Serve and volley. The gay Atlanta Team Tennis Association opens its annual Peach International Tennis Tournament @ DeKalb Tennis Center, all weekend.
• Gender bender. Drag Race 2 competition continues @ My Sisters’ Room, 10 p.m., Kitty LeClaw’s Meow Mix @ Blake’s, 11 p.m., and Extravaganza @ Burkhart’s, 11:30 p.m.
• Booty shakers. Labor Day Weekend Country Dance @ Jungle, 8 p.m., Boys Room @ Mary’s, 9 p.m., Primal Urges with DJ Lydia Prim @ Heretic (bottom photo), 10 p.m., WTF Friday Night @ Mixx, 10 p.m., and much more to kick off your holiday weekend on tonight’s full bar calendar.
There are even more things to do on today’s Gay Agenda. View the full list on Project Q Atlanta’s interactive community calendar. You can also submit your own events.