Saturday: 29 gay things to do in Atlanta today

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imageReady, set, weekend! Go all Saturday on yourself and race to check out a slew of options for putting gay in your day on the long and winding calendar of LGBT activities and events.

Day trippers. Piedmont Park Arts Festival, all weekend (Read our preview), “Drench” Pool Party @ W Downtown, noon, Local poet Collin Kelley reads from “Slow To Burn” @ Bound To Be Read Books, 3 p.m., and Southern Softpaw League Signup & Cookout @ Heretic, 4 p.m.

Second that. The runaway hit finds its sequel (top photo) with the “Finding Me: Truth” Director & Cast @ Outwrite, 5 p.m., followed by the “Finding Me: Truth” Premiere Screening & Discussion @ Plaza Theatre, 7 p.m.

image The early show. Mary Edith Pitts Birthday Benefit featuring “RuPaul’s Drag Race 2’s” Pandora Boxx (middle photo) benefits Jerusalem House @ Jungle, 7 p.m., (Read our preview), and the Annual Armorettes Audition Show, Round 1 @ Heretic, 8 p.m.

New Marietta gay bar. “Upscale and sexy,” Jimiz Grand Opening with Miss Sophia and some Real Housewives of Atlanta @ Jimiz Lounge, 6:30 p.m.

image You love the nightlife. You gotta boogie. 3 Legged Cowboy Night@ The Heretic, 8 p.m., Bitch Please! Party @ Mary’s, 10 p.m., DJ Mickey Friedmann (bottom photo) @ Jungle, 10 p.m., My Sisters Room 15th Anniversary Party @ My Sisters Room, 10 p.m., and the nightlife kit and kaboodle on Saturday’s complete 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.

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