Guest wowpow Posted August 22, 2007 Posted August 22, 2007 Pride Festival is rapidly approaching and there is a big line-up of events for this year's festival, and more are in the works as we write! Funds raised by Pride will be donated to Fasiroong (Rainbow Sky), Thailand's only officially recognised gay support group; and SWING, a charity helping sex workers and others with sexual health support. Both these organisations recently lost some international funding, so Pride hopes to bridge the gap. Dragoncastle updates its Pride pages regularly so keeping checking here for the latest Pride news. We are both Media Partners and Committee Menbers of Pride Festival 2007. Here is the list of events to be held around Bangkok published so far: saturday 3 november Long Yang Club sponsored Pride Bowling Competition, Registration 500 baht 1pm. SF Strike Bowl, Top Floor, MBK (Mahboonkrong), Rama 1 Road. Annual team event (some in costume), Fun afternoon with prizes. True Love Pride Party, 8pm onwards. True Love, Rachadapisek Road, Soi 8. Dance into Pride at this great new venue! Entertainment too... Soi 4 Pride Night Kick Off Party, 6pm onwards Silom Road, Soi 4. Fun & games, including Mr Pride contest, sponsored by Soi 4 bars. Another great Soi 4 night sunday 4 november Hamiltons sponsored Pride Karaoke Contest, 8pm. Hamilton's, Silom Road, Soi 2/1. Sing for Pride! Prizes and lots of fun! Soi 4 sponsored Pride Tea Party & Health Fair, 2pm onwards Silom Road, Soi 4. Afternoon of relaxation, with lots of sexual health advice. A mini "Pride in the Park"... monday 5 november Coyote sponsored Pride Magharita Dinner, 8pm. Coyote Restaurant, Covent Road (next to Starbucks). Eat for Pride! Great Mexican and Fusion food! tuesday 6 november Thaipaz sponsored Pride Dinner, 8pm Thaipaz Restaurant, Soi Sala Daeng, (3 minutes from BTS Sala Daeng) wednesday 7 november Loy Nava sponsored Pride River Dinner Cruise, 8pm. 1200 baht. Leaving from @Richards 7pm (small transport fee), Silom Soi 2/1. Or 8pm at Si Phrya Pier. Cruise for Pride! Dinner, wine, traditional Thai entertainment, on board a coverted tradition rice barge, and time to join other Pride parties afterwards. Transport from @Richards to the pier will be available at a very small extra charge, including return after the cruise at about 10pm. Limited to 44 people so book now!! True Love sponsored Sexy Swim Suit Competition, 9pm. (to be confirmed) True Love, Rachadapisek Road, Soi 8. Strut your stuff for Pride! Cafe 4 sponsored Cafe 4 Pride Party, 8pm onwards Cafe 4, Silom Road, Soi 4. Dick's Cafe sponsored Pride White Nights Party, 8pm onwards Dick's Cafe, Duangtawee Plaza (Soi Praduchai), Suriwong Road Dick's annual fun party for Pride thursday 8 november Balcony sponsored Pride Isaan Night Party, 8pm. The Balcony, Silom Road, Soi 4. Experience northeastern Thailand gay life, food, music, and general fun! friday 9 november 2007 Telephone sponsored Pride Night Party, 8pm onwards Telephone Pub, Silom Road, Soi 4. Fun night at Bangkok's oldest gay bar in supoort of Pride 89/2 sponsored Pride Party, 8pm (to be confirmed) Ramkhamheang Road, Soi 89/2 Support Pride with these great local gay bars. Wyndham sponsored Pride Dinner, 8pm onwards Wyndham's Restaurant, Somerset Lake Point, 41 Sukhumvit 16. saturday 10 november Grand Pride Bash 8pm-2am G.O.D., Silom Road, Soi 2/1. Food, drink, entertainment and dance. Sponsored by Heineken, Dragoncastle.net, Thailandscene.com, @Richards, Coyote, gaykinnara.com, Hamiltons, Fasiroong, Bug & Bee, Variety Magazine. Soi 4 Sponsored Pride Night Party, 8pm onwards Silom Road, Soi 4. Soi 4 gay bars get together to celebrate Pride. sunday 11 november Bed Supper Club sponsored Pride Dinner, 8pm (to be confirmed) Bed Supper Club, Sukhumvit Road, 26 Soi 11, Wattana. Eat & Enjoy for Pride at this prestigious club. Pre & Post Parade Parties, 2pm, 6pm Silom Road, Soi 4. Wind up Pride amongst the gay bars in Soi 4! More events are in the works too! Keep an eye on us! Don't forget to book your hotel well ahead as Bangkok hotels fill up very quickly before Pride Festival. Around Thailand Scene Now that the low season and its rains are well set in, many gay venues around the country are tightening their belts, especially in the resorts of Pattaya and Phuket, where visitors numbers drop right off until late October. In Bangkok, the bars are holding lots of fun events in an effort to keep you guys in the spirit of fun during the wet season. The bars around Silom also use these events to raise funds for Wat Phra Bat Num (the AIDS Temple) in Lopburi Province. Telephone Pub recently donated more than 130,000 baht collected during fund raisers. 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