chaste description or all-star lineup of performers like Billy Porter, Dragonette, and Big Freedia fool you. Subscribe to our newsletter for a refreshing cocktail (or mocktail) of LGBTQ+ entertainment and pop culture, served up with a side of eye-candy.I wonder how many people wander into market days thinking it's like a farmers marketMarket Days is not your mom’s farmer’s market meetup.
(Sorry, plant gays!)It’s one of the LGBTQ+ community’s most rowdy, raunchy, and uninhibited party weekends of the year, and we’ve got the Gay Twitter™️ receipts to prove it.I opened Grindr at Market Days and my phone melted my fingerprints offShout out to all the mom’s with the baby’s strapped to their chest at market days. I know that’s right mamaMarket Days was fun.
pic.twitter.com/zjp4poVthlMarket Days in Chicago. pic.twitter.com/O5JWJkl4NZMarket days in Chicago going great ?? https://t.co/QZPzae6fnZJust overheard someone say “cheers to sluts” happy market daysSo, what is the deal with Market Days?The Midwest festival kicked off in 1982 and attracts over 300,000 attendees yearly.
While a free event, a $20 suggested donation benefits performers, festival workers, and local LGBTQ+ charities and non-profits like the Chicago Pride Crosswalks.And OK, while the gays tend to go off, most of the lasciviousness is reserved for after-hours parties at the city’s trademark gay clubs and bars.Furthermore, Market Days tends to attract some big-name queer celebs and allies. This year’s social-media sightings included Jonathan Bennett, Drag Race‘s Denali, and… Kamala Harris?!Met the incredibly handsome and genuinely friendly Jonathan Bennett at Market Days! ???? pic.twitter.com/J7Mkyt4U5Mmarket days shmooood pic.twitter.com/gAprLSXgrXGreetings from Market Days in Chicago! ????
And yes, I am DEFINITELY with Kamala Harris now and come November! @dudes4harris #VOTE ???? @KamalaHarris @Tim_Walz pic.twitter.com/of7viBBoJCKamala and Hillary had a great time at Market Days!
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