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Daily Email - Thursday - 4/17/2025

April 17, 2025

It’s 4:20 somewhere! Get ready to get Very High at Never Have I Ever with the ultimate day-to-night 4/20 experience from the creators of Very That, celebrating music, culture and community. Enter to win a pair of tickets + $50 bar tab!*

JUST ANNOUNCED

  • Catch award-winning journalist Nico Lang at DePaul University discussing their new book, American Teenager, which paints a picture of growing up trans today.

  • ICYMI: French electronic band Yelle announced their 20th anniversary tour and is stopping by Concord Music Hall on 10/8. Win tickets to be part of the action and dance to hits from across their catalogue.

  • Wrightwood 659’s The First Homosexuals: The Birth of a New Identity opens 5/2, showcasing over 300 art works by more than 125 artists.

  • Paris who? Manhattan nightlife icon Amanda Lepore takes PUMP. for one champagne-soaked and botox-filled night at Never Have I Ever – we’re giving away tickets! Category: pretty in pink.

  • Celebrate in style at The Promontory’s Pride In The Sky on 6/29! With super hot DJs, this rooftop turn up is bound to be the highlight of your Pride season.

BEST 4/20 SHOWS & EVENTS IN CHICAGO

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While 4/20 might not officially be a gay holiday, the Pride flag does famously feature the color green, and that’s enough for us. With over five years since statewide legalization of recreational marijuana, Chicago’s weed scene is bigger and better than ever! Celebrate the freedom to love and smoke up at this weekend’s best joint joints:

SUEÑOS MUSIC FESTIVAL PRESENTS:

WIN A TRIP TO SUEÑOS MUSIC FESTIVAL!

Your chance to score VIP access, luxury lodging, and travel perks to Chicago's ultimate fiesta Latina - Sueños Music Festival, May 24-25! Dance under the stars with icons Don Omar and Shakira, plus catch red-hot sets from Peso Pluma, Jhayco, Arcangel, Tito Double P, and more heat!*

THIS WEEKEND

🍑 HUMP! Film Festival: Part One

Friday and Saturday at Music Box Theatre (9:30PM)

Dan Savage’s HUMP! Film Festival brings 23 new artsy, horny, heartwarming shorts to the Music Box. It’s sex, but weird—and emotional. Enter today for your chance to win a pair of tickets for Friday and laugh-cry through sexy, funny and serious short films!*

🌈 Queer All Year: The Gerber/Hart Spring Soiree

Tonight at Sidetrack (7PM)

Pride is all year long at Gerber/Hart Library & Archives! Celebrate at their Spring Soiree tonight, with Emmy Award winner Matthew Rodrigues and drag by Coco Sho-Nell.

🍍 TRQPiTECA

Tomorrow at Smoke & Mirrors (10PM)

Tropical techno vibes only at TRQPiTECA, the long-running underground collab from DJs La Spacer and CQQCHIFRUiT. Sip something sweet and get on the dance floor!

💥 Dim Sum & Drag: Pokémon Brunch

Saturday at Furama (12PM)

Hey gaymers! Catch ‘em all with Drag Race star Rock M Sakura this weekend at Dim Sum & Drag: Pokémon Brunch, featuring a delicious dim sum buffet and fabulous drag!

🎤 Alice Longyu Gao

Wednesday, 4/30 at Sleeping Village (8PM)

A lot of you lesbians (are f*cking crazy). Hyperpop musician, DJ and performance artist Alice Longyu Gao brings their The Debut Trilogy Tour to Sleeping Village for one night!

LOCALS ONLY

  • From HyperRAVE to HyperREAL, Ether Assembly and Evoke Gallery have a double-stacked weekend that’s all about community care, culture, and club kids. Kick your weekend off with their mutual aid fundraiser rave and then check out the opening of their multimedia surrealist art show – with a special tribute to JoJo Baby!

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