Weekend Party Picks: August 1 - 3

No rest for the wicked — Pride month is over, Shame month begins — go out there and make some questionable decisions.

Friday night vibes are small-venue and cute-community vibes. Saturday night vibes offer strippers, emo-rock, and a gay-cruising-toilet party. Delectable.

• Friday 1.

• Saturday 2.

Friday 1.

Exude: Becoming. EP Release Party

ACUD MACHT NEU

Come out and support some favorite local queer and trans artists — Enana and mx.pinky’s are celebrating the release of their EP Becoming. with a special concert event. Experience the duo’s hybrid live/DJ performance, then dance till dawn. This Friday, they're joined by Alada and Bad Puppy to keep the groove a'going. Small venue, sweet folks, and trust me—Exude always puts on the most wholesome wee parties, centering trans and NB cuties.

RAMA

Privatklub

Gay. NYC. House. Clubnight. RAMA promises to bring Berlin a taste of that New York 90s/00s sound in all its glory — with a few modern twists, of course. The venue is small, but this lineup is fire. Jana Falcon has yet to let me down. This one is still pending a Party Dyke perusal — but my keen senses detect a vibe-and-a-half.

Saturday 2.

SPLASHGASM

Festsaal Kreuzberg

Magic Dyke is back to ease your sapphic yearnings.

Come early, hang in the sun: drink some drinks, eat some food, flirt some flirts, peruse the queer market, and enjoy the warm-up show. Then comes the grand show — the spectacle of the Summer. I'm hot. I'm bothered. I'm ready for a sea of rabid fan-dykes to trample me as they grapple for a front-row view of sapphic strippers making butches swoon like Victorian ladies. Then the Coyote Ugly Party runs until dawn — two floors: stomp and shake. And of course, the Pillow Palace will be open once again for your hedonistic business.

Rockstar Girlfriends

Badehaus

This one's for the dykes craving some rock — a lil Linkin Park, a pinch of Paramore, a gram of Greenday, a jot of Joan Jett... I'll stop. Dress in your finest 2011 pop-punk/emo/Avril Lavigne attire — the eye-lined, band-teed, belt-studded staples of teenage angst and headbang like your neck won't hurt for 4 days.

casadephunk

Zur Klappe

In the cosy former-cruising-toilet of Zur Klappe, casa is bringing all the housey heat a night could need. For an intimate night of groovy, bassy, soulful music from some of our sweetes local queer and POC artists—here's the place to dance and connect.