Upcoming Events

Boo-zy bloody bash

Hosted by BV Productions 

Date: Saturday, October 3, 2026
Time: 10:00pm
Location:  The Black Oak Tavern
Address:  14 Water St, Oneonta, NY 13820

Details: A drag show with a spooktacular cast at the Black Oak Tavern! 

There will be a lil runway to show off your scariest or sexiest costumes, per your host’s Hotbox: Binghamton's New Drag Show tradition.

Come kick off your Halloween season with us! Celebrate BOObs and BOOz

Queer Joy Open Call for Art Submissions

Hosted by CANO Community Arts Network of Oneonta 

Submission Deadline: Monday, October 5, 2026

Details:

Queer Joy Exhibition Guidelines

Visual artists and writers are invited to submit work for Queer Joy, an upcoming exhibit presented by the Community Arts Network of Oneonta (CANO) that explores celebrating love, identity and community as well as confronting the barriers and hardships that make queer joy elusive. 

Exhibit Dates: November 13 - December 4, 2026

Submission Deadline: Monday, October 5, 2026

Notification Date: By Friday, October 16, 2026

Artwork Drop Off: Tuesday, November 3, 11a-2p and Friday, November 13, 4-7p

Opening Reception: Friday, November 13, 5-7p

Artwork Pick-Up: Tuesday, December 8, 11a-2p and Thursday, December 10, 4-6p

Location: Wilber Mansion, 11 Ford Avenue, Oneonta NY 13820

We welcome works that explore the full spectrum of queer life, including but not limited to: love, community, celebrations, and bold self-expression as well as naming what hurts and what it takes to survive. Submissions may reference lived experience or broaden the lens through symbolism, abstraction, and experimental form.

Please see the CANO webiste for further information!

Pride Bingo 

Hosted by Otsego Pride Alliance

Date: Thursday, October 8, 2026
Time: 6:00pm - 8:00pm
Location: Wise Guys Sammy's

Address:  261 Main Street, Oneonta NY 

Details:

$10 entry fee for one book

$5 additional books

Each book is 10 games with three bingo cards per game, that's 30 chances to win!

Help us raise money for Otsego Pride Alliance, hang out with community and win some fun prizes and a 50/50 Raffle!

Date: Thursday, October 8 , 2026

Books on Sale: 5:30pm

Games: 6:00pm-8:00pm

Location: 261 Main Street- Wise Guys Sammy's

The Wise Guys kitchen closes at 8:00pm- be sure to come early for dinner- it's delicious! 

A Night with Natalie Presents: Hispanic Heritage Month Drag Show  

Hosted by Natalie Taylor

Date: Friday, October 16, 2026
Time: 10:00pm
Location:  The Black Oak Tavern
Address:  14 Water St, Oneonta, NY 13820

Details: We are celebrating Hispanic Heritage Month, with some of fiercest Latin royalty throughout NY 💃🏽

We will see you on Friday; October 16, 2026 at 10 pm, at the Black Oak Tavern celebrating our Latin queer joy 🖤

We have a cast from all across New York! We have your lovely host, Miss Gay Empire State 2026, Natalie Taylor, Miss Chenango County Pride 2026, Jahyra Joelle, from Albany NY Ricky Haggerty Knight- Addams, from Beacon/Newburgh NY Bambi, from NYC Frida Cox!

Come dance and twirl with us 🇲🇽😍

ROCKY HORROR VAMPIRE BALL 

Hosted by The Lythik Noir Collective, Foothills Performing Arts & Civic Center, and The Mopar Cams

Date: Saturday, October 24, 2026
Time, Vampire Ball: 7:00pm-10:00pm
Time, Rocky Horror:  10:00pm-12:00am
Location: Foothills Performing Arts & Civic Center
Address:  24 Market St, Oneonta, NY 13820

Details: "We are bringing two of our favorite Spooky Season events together into ONE night of blood-sucking, campy chaos and outrageous, indulgent debauchery for the first ever ROCKY HORROR VAMPIRE BALL! 

The 2nd Annual Lythik Noir Vampire Ball kicks off at 7pm with food, flash tats, drinks and dancing with DJ Geoff Doyle! Then at 10pm, Rocky Horror Picture Show hits the screen and The Mopar Cams take the stage with a full cast of guest vocalists and musicians! Watch the cult classic film AND revel in and writhe along to LIVE renditions of the entire Rocky Horror soundtrack!"

This event is 18+ / Cash bar for 21+