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Grabby Weekend Events
The Grabby Weekend occurs each Memorial Day in Chicago, Illinois. This weekend, the gayest weekend of the year, features the Grabbys, International Mister Leather (IML)
, and Bear Pride. With a triple threat like that, Chicago is the place to be the last weekend of May!
All Grabby Weekend events are open to fans and the general public. Events at venues serving alchohol are open to fans 21 years of age and older (proof-of-age required by Chicago law). State or Federal IDs are accepted at most places. Some places will not accept other forms of picture ID like University IDs, etc.
All events are free to the public except events with the icon in the Grabby Weekend Event Scedule Event Schedule. Ticketed events have a limited number of tickets for purchase.
Yes...er....No...um...Yes! The Grabbys believe in giving back to the gay community. That's why we partnered with the Test Positive Aware Network (TPAN) to raise money for HIV testing and education. Many Grabby Weekend events will have raffles that benefit our host charity TPAN (Test Positive Aware Network). Buying raffle tickets is a great way to support this charity and win the chance for fabulous prizes! Look for the icon in the Event Schedule to see the events at which you can win these fabulous prizes.
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Thursday, May 22th
Grabby Welcome Party 
7pm - 9pm at Spin
800 W. Belmont (Boystown)
| In a new tradition, the studio that wins Best Video will host the Grabby Welcome party for the following year. This year, that honor goes to Hot House Entertainment for their 2007 video "Justice." Join us at Spin to meet Hot House's hottest stars including CJ Knight,Ty LeBouf, Alex Collack, Ross Hurston, and 2007 Grabby winner for Best Versatile Performer, Francesco D'Macho. There will be special Hot House Entertainment raffles to beneift TPAN. Must be 21 years old with valid photo ID to enter. |

Party flyer 
HotHouse.com  |
Skin Trade with Chi Chi 
10pm - 2am at Charlies
3726 N. Broadway (Boystown)
| World famous Directrixxx and DJ Chi Chi LaRue will be pimping the beats from 10pm - 2am along with 20 porn stars courtesy of Fabscout Entertainment. If this party is anything like her LA parties, plan on calling in sick for work on friday! $5 donation to TPAN. Must be 21 years old with valid photo ID to enter. |

Party flyer 
ChiChiLaRue.com 
FabScout.com  |
Friday, May 23rd
NakedSword's Tim & Roma Show 
6pm - 9pm at Hydrate
3458 N. Halsted (Boystown)
| Sister Roma (host of the Tim and Roma Show) will bring her version of naughty fun to Chicago! Special guest appearances by Jesse Santana, Aaron James, Tory Mason, Gage Weston, Kristopher Weston, Vinnie D'Angelo, Cort Donovan, Blake Riley, Chi Chi Larue, Jason Ridge, Nick Capra, Andrew Rosen, The Men of Raging Stallion and the Men of Hot House Entertainment. This party will be filmed for NakedSword.com. Must be 21 years or older with valid photo ID to enter. |

Party flyer 
Naked Sword  |
Raging Stallion at the Shoe 
9pm - 1am at The Lucky Horseshoe
3169 N. Halsted (Boystown)
| The men of Raging Stallion Studios are going to get down and dirty, and might even Grunt for ya! Special guest appearances by Antonio Biaggi, Damien Crosse, Jake Deckard, Luke Haas, Logan McCree, Jay Black, RJ Danvers, Ricky Sinz, Steve Cruz, Scott Tanner, Tober Brandt, and Damian Rios. Raffles to benefit TPAN will be held all night. Must be 21 years or older with valid photo ID to enter. |

Party flyer 
Raging Stallion  |
Saturday, May 24th
Grabby Awards Show  
7:30pm at The Park West Theater
322 West Armitage (Lincoln Park)
| Celebrate the 17th annual Grabby Awards (10th year for the LIVE award show). The schwag bag alone is worth more than what tickets cost (don't worry, you won't have to report it on your taxes!) Doors open at 6:00PM and the Tim and Roma show will be broadcasting live from the Red Carpet. Must be 21 years or older with valid photo ID and a ticket to enter. |

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Military Ball  
11pm - 5am at Circuit Nightclub
3641 N. Halsted (Boystown)
| Rentboy.com once again is sponsoring the Military Ball at Circuit. You don't have to have a military fetish to dance your ass off until the sun rises. Ticket are $10 in advance or $20 at the door. A portion of all Military Ball ticket sales will be donated to TPAN. |

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Rentboy.com  |
Sunday May 25th
Grabby Recovery Brunch 
1pm - 6pm at The North End
3733 N. Halsted (Boystown)
| Comedian and Filth2Go columnist Billy Masters and porn star Cort Donovan emcee the only party in town where you can "have your cock and eat it too." Special guest appearances by Blake Riley, Steve Cruz, Jake Deckard, Trevor Knight, Aaron James, Ty Hudson, Nick Capra...plus who knows who else might show up! There is no cover, but there will be raffles to benefit TPAN. Must be 21 years or older with valid photo ID to enter. |

Party flyer
Filth2Go.com |
IML After Party 
8pm - 4 am at The House of Blues
329 N. Dearborn (River North/Downtown)
| After the IML contest come celebrate the new Mr. International Leather at the official IML Victory Party, sponsored by Leatherpost.com and TitanMen.com. Party and shake it with over 3,500 leather men to the sweaty beats of DJ Tony Moran. This is the biggest and filthiest party of the weekend, so don't miss it! Must be 21 years or older with valid photo ID to enter. |

Buy tickets 
Leatherpost.com 
TitanMen.com  |
Grabby Award Show Tickets
The Grabby Awards Show is Saturday, May
24th (Memorial Day Weekend) 2008 at the Park
West Theater*. Doors open at 6:00 pm and the show starts at 7:30 pm. Tickets prices for the Grabby Award Show are:
Platinum section - Sold Out
Gold section - Sold Out
Silver section - Sold Out
Bronze section- $20 (non-reserved seating)
Your admission ticket gets you into the Award Show.
In addition, all attendees receive
a complimentary gift bag with fabulous prizes from Grabby sponsors.
*Because the Park West serves alcohol, you must be
21 years of age or older and everyone MUST have a STATE or FEDERALLY
issued PHOTO ID when they enter the venue. School
and Work IDs will not be honored. There will be NO EXCEPTIONS
to this rule. Anyone not having a STATE or FEDERALLY issued PHOTO
ID will be turned away.
Ticket orders received before May 14th will be
mailed to your credit card billing address. For security reasons, we cannot mail tickets to addresses other than the credit card billing address.
Tickets purchased after May 14th will
be held at the will-call window of the Park West Theater. Only the
credit card holder will be allowed to pick up will-call tickets
and must present both the credit card used to purchase the tickets
and a valid Photo ID to pick up tickets ordered online.
Military Ball Tickets
You can buy tickets online at http://www.wantickets.com/EventDetail.aspx?e_id=40763 
Pre-sales ticketing ends: 11:00 PM PST - 5/22/2008
IML After Party with DJ Tony Moran
You can buy tickets online from the House of Blues at:
http://www.hob.com/tickets/eventdetail.asp?eventid=52269 
Orbitz Deals
Are you traveling to Chicago for the Grabby Weekend (or for IML)? We've partnered with Orbitz to provide you exclusive hotel or flight + hotel discounts. Visit the Orbitz Gay & Lesbian Chicago travel center
- Save $100 on a 5-night hotel stay or a flight + hotel vacation package
- Save $50 on a 3-night hotel stay or a flight + hotel vacation package
SPECIAL IML and GRABBY Weekend Rate
The Comfort Inn & Suites Downtown Chicago
(15 E. Ohio St, Chicago, IL 60611) has a special $155 + tax per night rate for IML and Grabby Weekend visitors from May 22-27, 2008. This rate is for a Single Queen room with a 2-night minimum stay required (based on availability at time of confirmation).
To book this rate, call the hotel direct at 312-894-0900 and mention the $155 IML/Grabby Weekend group rate.
Hotel Info
- 130 Guest Rooms and suites
- Intimate boutique setting
- Free deluxe continental breakfast
- Free desktop high-speed internet access and Wi-Fi lobby
- Self parking with in & out privileges for $25 /day
- Short cab ride to IML headquarters, Park West (Grabby Awards), or Boysown (gay Chicago neighborhood)
Located 2 blocks north of the Gentry on State bar in the trendy River North neighborhood near Ohio and State Streets. Short walk to Navy Pier, Michigan Avenue, Water Tower, John Handcock building, and CTA Red Line.
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