Thursday July 6th
Celebrating 30 Years! Steamworks Lights Out Party
Lights Out Party, 1st & 3rd Thursday of the month 12 hours of darkness starting at 4pm with DJ Dick. Enjoy things that go bump in the dark. 3246 N. Halsted Open 24 Hours, 7 Days a week.

Friday, July 7th
Cocktail - After the Games, come to Cocktail and play. Spank Go Go Boys with DJ Freddie Bain. 7 Days of Gay Games, Go Go Boys, Drag Queens, Fabulous Cocktails. Open Daily at 12 Noon.

Sunday July 9th
Paolo Pincente Presents SSS The Sunday Summer Series at Crobar
with DJ Demarco: The Hottest Groove Master DJ Out of NYC, with resident DJ Rodney Becker, Visuals by Jeffrey Jackson 1543 N. Kingsbury Chicago (312) 266-1900

Monday, July 10th
Green Dolphin Street, Music 101, and Effen Vodka Presents Boom Boom Room Monday Nights. Tonight, featuring a very special guest DJs Lawnchair Generals (Amenti, Lowdown, Aroma - Seattle) Main room resident DJs Michael Serafini, Diz, and Mark Grant, with Green Room residents Just Joey, and Uncle Milty.

Friday, July 14th
D/E Entertainment/TabernacleChicago Presents Festiv: A Gay Games Opener. Featuring Grammy Award Winner Frankie Knuckles, with special appearances by Barbara Tucker and The Lady Bunny. Hosted by Frederick and Dennis with lights by Neil Kull, sound by Sound Investment. All happens at the House of Blues. Tickets available at www.hob.com

The Rails Entertainment Group & The Chicago Black Gay Men's Caucus Presents Night of The Gladiators. All happens at The Prop House 1675 N. Elston Ave. Official Affiliated Event Sponsors of The Chicago Gay Games.

Saturday July 15th thru Saturday July 22nd
Gay Games VII Opening Ceremony at Soldier Field 15 July 2006 - 8:00pm Great Tickets Start at $50.00 Erasure's Andy Bell, Margaret Cho, Frankie Knuckles, Jody Watley, Megan Mullally, Heather Small, Kate Clinton, and More... Closing Ceremony - Wrigley Field 22 July 2006 - 3:00pm - Great Tickets Start at $50! Cyndi Lauper, Ari Gold, Kristine W, ANT, Sharon McNight, Levi Kreis, Jason & deMarco, and More. Visit www.gaygameschicago.org for more information about the weeks events.

Saturday July 15th
Ascent Saturday - Hunters Nightclub & Warner Bros. Records invite you to celebrate the release of Music From The Motion Picture The Devil Wears Prada with DJ Laura B. 1932 E. Higgins Road - Elk Grove Village

Atlantis & Masterbeat in Association with Scott Silverman Present - The official opening party of the Chicago Gay Games DJ Brett Henrichsen at the legendary Aragon Ballroom 1106 W. Lawrence - Chicago Tickets Available at Circuiticket.com

Play Saturday's at Circuit Nightclub: Tonight, DJ Tracy Young spins up a storm. Free admission until midnight, $5 after, party from 9PM-5AM www.circuitclub.com

Man's Country - Nude stripper boyz, live on stage. Every Friday and Saturday.

Sunday July 16th
Paolo Pincente Presents SSS The Sunday Summer Series at Crobar
With DJ Victor Calderone Let the Games Begin. Resident DJ Rodney Becker, Visuals by Jeffrey Jackson. 1543 N. Kingsbury Chicago (312) 266-1900

Wednesday, July 19th
Jackhammer welcomes Gay Games VII. Tonight, real boys kiss real boys, underwear dance party with DJ Oskar.

Thursday, July 20th
Berlin Nightclub - Thrive with DJ Heather Doble spinning vocal house, underground, and tech-house. DJ's starts at 11PM nightly

Saturday, July 22nd & Sunday, July 23rd
Boi Magazine is a proud sponsor of Move! The Chicago International House Music Festival. Featuring 12 incredible DJ's, 4 phenomenal performers, 2 hosts, 2 stages, 2 days, and 20 hours under the beautiful skies of Chicago. All happens at the Charter One Pavilion on Northerly Island at 1300 S. Lynn White Drive in Chicago. For tickets: www.ticketmaster.com

Saturday July 22
Atlantis & Masterbeat in Association with Scott Silverman Present - The official Closing Party of the Chicago Gay Games DJ Manny Lehman at the legendary Aragon Ballroom 1106 W. Lawrence.