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It’s almost time for BVD-oween! 🎃 Just 3 days until Practical Magic GayBINGO! on the 24th 🪄 Don’t miss out! Grab tickets via our link 🔗 in bio
 If you’re joining us this weekend, we encourage you to bring new coats for @preventionpointphiladelphia who have a goal to gather 150 new winter coats for kids in our community to be donated on October 30th! A member of their team will be there to collect, but if you aren’t able to bring one, you can donate to their campaign (linked in bio)

We’ll also be joined by @hrcgreaterphila! HRC will be present to talk about their work and the importance of electing pro-equality candidates into office 🏳️‍🌈 see you there!

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From our friends at the Bearded Ladies' Cabaret!

Check in at the Bearded Ladies’ Hairport, Philadelphia’s newest and queerest transit(ion) center. Home to Priority Hoarding: A Retrospectacle, this immersive experience packed with 16 years worth of cabaret baggage is an “architectural, technological, and archival dreamworld” that's yours to explore. Board a Flight of Fancy with Receding Airlines. Where to? You decide!

Thurs-Fri: 4-9PM | Last timed entry at 8:15PM
Sat: 11AM - 3PM | Last timed entry at 2:15 PM
at The Hairport | 444 N Third St, Philadelphia PA 19123

Book a flight: https://www.tickettailor.com/events/beardedladiescabaret/2325063

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We’re still reminiscing about Black-Tie GayBINGO! 💃the most fabulous night of the year! Attendees donned their finest attire and gathered in the Loews Philadelphia Hotel for a night of glitz, glamour, and GayBINGO!

We couldn’t be more thankful for our community, who came together and showed us more love than we could have imagined, helping raise critical funds for our life-sustaining services. To our attendees, sponsors, staff, and volunteers - THANK YOU! ❤️

View our full photo album from Black-Tie on the GayBINGO! Facebook page (link 🔗 in bio)

Our season is just getting started - there’s still plenty of chances for you to play BINGO! with the BVDs! Our next game is this weekend at Practical Magic GayBINGO! We hope you’ll join us (also linked in bio!)

📸 Photos by @meansnean

#drag #gaybingo #phillydrag #bingo

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🌈The Bearded Ladies Hairport is OPEN!
Come fly with us! Walk ups welcome✨

✈️ Hairport Hours: 4-9PM
Last boarding call at 8:15PM

It takes travelers approximately 75-90 minutes to experience the entire Hairport.

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We’re so incredibly grateful to everyone who helped make Black-Tie GayBINGO! possible this past weekend! You helped us raise $60,000 and counting, and helped make this one of the most impactful events of the year! 💖

Thank you to our attendees, sponsors, donors, volunteers, and staff and anyone who had a hand in the event. Not only is it a shining example of what happens when community comes together, it’s a powerful reminder of what we can accomplish when we show up for one another.

Every dollar raised helps Action Wellness continue providing vital, life-sustaining services to our clients living with and at high risk of acquiring HIV.

Missed out on the fun? Don’t worry - our season is just getting started! You can join us in just two weeks for Practical Magic GayBINGO! on October 24th! We’ll see you there 🪄

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Philly, consider this your sign to book a flight to the HAIRPORT!! ✈️

I had SUCH a ridiculously fun time exploring PRIORITY HOARDING: A RETROSPECTACLE. Touch the art. Dig through 16 years of costumes and props. Pack your own baggage. Scan treasures to unlock stories. Become part of the exhibit yourself!!!

10/10 recommend for a date night, friend outing, or anyone looking to spend an hour experiencing absolute joy.

✈️ PRIORITY HOARDING: A RETROSPECTACLE
📍 The Hairport, 444 N. 3rd Street
📅 Through December 20
🕓 Thurs + Fri: 4–9 PM | Sat + Sun: 11 AM–3 PM
🎟️ Pay What You Decide: $16–$35 advance / $0–$35 at the door

Tickets: https://www.tickettailor.com/events/beardedladiescabaret/2325063

#PhillyThingstoDo #PhillyTheatre #phillyqueer

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😉 We promise none of this is a metaphor.

➡️ Get the Priority Hoarding House Tour from our Stewardexes!
Wed-Friday: 4-9PM | Last entry at 8:15PM
Sat-Sunday: 11AM - 3PM | Last entry at 2:15PM

at The Hairport | 444 N 3rd St, Philly PA 19123
🎟️ linked, walk ups welcome!

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💖 Why will YOU join The Hairline? No matter your answer, The Hairport is the place for YOU! Thank you for flying with us.

✈ Priority Hoarding: A Retrospectacle
On view starting September 10th
at The Hairport | 444 N 3rd Street, Philly PA 19123

Tickets & more info at link in bio!

📹 by Michael Long

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🩷 Whether you’re a frequent Bearded flyer or with us for the first time, there’s something for everyone at Priority Hoarding: A Retrospectacle!

Wander through our sprawling multi-room installation fashioned into our idea of a queer, metaphorical (H)Airport. Dig into Bearded baggage, both literal and metaphorical, accumulated over 16 years of making art and other forms of creative chaos. Interact with items to reveal a hodgepodge of hidden histories, highlights, hook ups, and (un)holy messes associated with trying to keep a tiny cabaret-company-that-could airborne and flying.

Made for anyone who has ever lost a bag, gotten stuck, or missed a (metaphoric) flight, this trans(formational) installation asks: how do you know it’s time to move on when you don’t know where you’re going?

📆 Priority Hoarding: A Retrospectacle on view Sept 10th-Dec 20th
📍The Hairport, 444 N 3rd St, Philadelphia PA 19123

⏰ Installation Hours:
Wednesday-Friday 4-9PM | Last entry at 8:15PM
Saturday & Sunday 11AM-3PM| Last entry at 2:15PM

Part of the 2026 Philadelphia @fringearts Festival & Collective Futures
Priority Hoarding has been supported by @pewcenterarts

📸 by Michael Long

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💗✈ Attention Passing-gers: Welcome to the Bearded Ladies Receding Airline! Your Stewardex will be with you momentarily. We’re building this plane WHILE flying it and (of course) it’s all held together with cardboard, tape, and a sprinkling of glitter!

🛫 Priority Hoarding on view starting Sept 10th
Installation Hours:
Wednesday-Friday 4-9PM | Last entry at 8:15PM
Saturday & Sunday 11AM-3PM| Last entry at 2:15PM

🗺️ Live events at The Hairport | Saturdays at 8PM

📸 by JT Newman

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Happy International Drag Day from the BVDs! 🎉 

Drag has always been a force for self-expression, advocacy, and connection, inspiring all of us to live out loud and embrace our most authentic selves 🏳️‍🌈❤️

Today, we are celebrating the creativity, unstoppable courage, and pure joy that drag brings to GayBINGO! 🎤✨

To our vibrant community: we are so incredibly grateful for YOU! Thank you for continuously championing love, inclusion, and pride at GayBINGO! right alongside us. Keep shining, keep smiling, and let’s keep making a difference for those we serve!

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🧳NOW HOARDING: The whole Bearded Flight Crew! Do you recognize any of these beloved characters? From an Iceskating Penguin to a Sentient Corncob to a Revolutionary Baguette, the gang’s all here!

✈ Priority Hoarding: A Retrospectacle opens this September!

📸 by Michael Long

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