PrideFest photo extravaganza from Babes Around Denver

Check out all the awesome PrideFest parade, festival, and party pics Babes Around Denver has up on their Flickr.

Congrats to First Friday - Best Club Night in Denver

Congratulations to First Friday and Babes Around Denver for winning the "Readers Choice" Award for Best Club Night in the most recent Best Of issue of Westword.

Vote for Babes Around Denver for Best of Denver

Babes Around Denver won a 2008 Westword Best of Denver award for First Friday. This meant a great deal to them and they appreciate your support. The 2009 Best of Denver Poll is in progress and they would love to get your vote this year.

Place your votes at the link here.

Here are the categories:

Ques # 55 - Best Club Night - First Friday by Babes Around Denver at Tracks
Ques #128 - Open - Best Women's Party - First Friday at Tracks.

Feel free to vote for other categories too (it's better if you do and carries more weight - you must give your name so there's no "ballot stuffing").

Babes Around Denver's First Friday is the LARGEST monthly women's party in the US. Pretty awesome!

Unity Dance '08: It's a party, not politics

The Denver GLBT community will be hosting a massive welcome party for the 2008 Democratic Convention on Saturday, Aug. 23 at Tracks/EXDO Events Center. Unity Dance 08 will connect the men's and women's community along with local and national GLBT organizations for a single, unprecedented DNC host city party.

Babes Around Denver (BAD) and Tracks/EXDO have collaborated with the Human Rights Campaign, Stonewall Democrats, NGLTF, The Center, Outfront Magazine, Boulder Pride, ATL Foundation, Hip Chicks Out, Cafe Vivid, Colorado AIDS Project, Project Angel Heart, Matthew Shepherd Foundation and others to bring you this event.

Unity Dance 08 will be a party—not a political event—so, no speeches or partisanship, just fun! Doors will open early and close late with music and entertainment by legendary DJ's Manny Lehman and Lydia Prim along with resident First Friday DJ Trina J. All GLBT and straight allies are welcome - and don't miss the VIP (open to all) opening welcome reception from 7pm-9pm, with a great buffet for only $10 more!

Top 5 Reasons to Attend Unity Dance '08

5. Kickoff convention week with a party NOT a political event!

4. Tracks/EXDO is Denver's largest GLBT club with 22,000 Sq ft of space, 120,000 watts of sound, 3 dance floors, incredible lights and more!

3. Dance all night with celebrated DJ's Manny Lehman, Lydia Prim and Resident First Friday DJ Trina J spinning something for everyone!

2. Mingle with GLBT friends, supporters, delegates, media and visitors in a festive and patriotic themed space with highlights including a massive balloon drop at midnight and historical photos of the 1908 Denver Convention.

1. Be part of history. Unity Dance '08 is believed to be the largest GLBT gathering on record in any host city of a DNC event. Not to be missed.

Join the Colorado GLBT community for a massive welcome party in celebration of the 2008 Democratic National Convention on Saturday, August 23rd at Tracks/EXDO Events Center. The party, aptly named "Unity Dance '08," is an occasion to bring together the local and national GLBT community and supporters for an evening of music and fun. EVERYONE is invited and welcome! Organizers, Babes Around Denver and Tracks/EXDO Events Center wanted to provide a welcoming social environment for all GLBT and straight allies, including delegates, media, Metro Denver residents and visitors.

BAD and Tracks to host Unity Dance '08 during DNC

Babes Around Denver (BAD) and Tracks Nightclub/EXDO Event Center will host a massive welcome party in celebration of the 2008 Democratic National Convention on Saturday, August 23. The event will be held at Tracks/EXDO Event Center, Metro Denver’s only major gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender (GLBT) events center. The party, aptly named “Unity Dance ’08,” is an occasion to bring together the GLBT community and supporters for an evening of music and fun.

“Unity Dance ’08 is believed to be the largest GLBT gathering on record in any host city of a DNC event,” said Dede Frain, founder of BAD and one of the party’s organizers. “It’s an opportunity to provide a welcoming social environment for all GLBT and straight allies, including delegates, media, Metro Denver residents and visitors.”

A catered welcome reception will be held from 7-9 p.m with Denver’s own DJ Trina J playing retro favorites lightly in the background. Starting at 9 p.m., celebrated DJs Manny Lehman and Lydia Prim will step up the party and spin the best dance music all evening while DJ Trina J plays retro/Top 40’s in Heaven Lounge.

Sponsors of “Unity Dance ‘08” include the Human Rights Campaign (HRC), Stonewall Democrats, National Gay and Lesbian Task Force, The GLBT Center of Metro Denver, Out Front Colorado Newspaper, Boulder Pride, All Terrain Lesbians Foundation, Hip Chicks Out, Cafe Vivid, Colorado Aids Project, Equal Rights Colorado, Boulder Pride, Project Angel Heart and the Matthew Shepherd Foundation.

A portion of the event proceeds will benefit the HRC Foundation’s research, educational and outreach efforts. The Human Rights Campaign is the country’s largest GLBT civil rights organization.

The Tracks/EXDO Events Center is located at 3500 Walnut St., Denver, Colo., 80205. Doors open at 7 p.m. Admission is $10 before 9 p.m. (includes catered reception), $15 from 9-11 p.m. and $25 after 11 p.m.