“Lip Schtick”  Comedy LMFAO 2011  by Babes Around Denver – One Night Only – Friday September 23rd

Featuring:

• Dana Goldberg:  Raised by a wild pack of Jews, otherwise known as her mother and siblings, Dana Goldberg is a force of nature on stage. Recently starring in her comedy special “One Night Stand Up; Episode 4″ on the LOGO Network, Dana is taking the national scene by storm.
• Sandra Valls: Fasten your seatbelts! Sandra Valls is a brash, high energy, latina, comic and then some. Voted one of Curve Magazine’s Top 10 funniest lesbian comics she sure packs a punch with her frank, in-your-face comedy performing all over the country as one of the world’s only out Latina comics!
• Pam VanNostern:Pam has earned many accolades in her 4 short years in the Denver comedy scene. She is now a feature act at the Denver Improv, where she has also been an in house MC for the last year. She has opened for such notable acts as: Loni Love (Chelsea Lately), Michael McDonald (MADtv), and the one and only Suzanne Westenhoeffer.

Friday September 23rd at Tracks(EXDO Events Center -1399 35th St- Denver))

• One Show – 8PM
• Doors open at 6:30 for pre party
• Ticket price includes admission to Tracks for after party in Heaven Lounge

Advance Tickets On Sale Now (through Sept 20th). BUY NOW

Limited VIP Reserved Seats (includes cabaret table/chairs and cocktail service) $27 (Last show sold out)

General Admission Seating – $16

Day of Show General Admission – $20

By Holly Hatch
July 27, 2011 | 9:09 am

The first Friday of every month, Dede Frain gets a little nervous. Like waiting for a date on prom night, she paces in anticipation.

“Sometimes I stand at First Friday and think, ‘Is anybody going to come tonight?’”

Frain, owner and founder of Babes Around Denver’s First Friday lesbian night, is still apprehensive before her monumental party begins. Yet for more than eight years, First Friday draws in a massive crowd of women. They flood through the doors of Tracks, in anticipation of the hottest monthly women’s dance party in the nation.

At a glance, it looks like a club scene on an episode of The L-Word. Women with short hair, long hair, faux-hawks and shaved heads are noticed on women of all ages, sizes, ethnicities and sub-culture styles. There are dykes wearing makeup and femmies sporting military dog-tags, and they are pouring through the entrance of Tracks from 6 p.m. until last call, without fail every single month.

They are dancing and grinding, sipping cape-cods or shooting whiskey, and getting down like never before. They are dressed in short skirts, tight hipster jeans, cutoffs and Dickies. From tattoos and piercings to sultry and sexy to happily partnered business owners. These are Denver lesbians; the BAD girls at Frain’s First Friday monthly lesbian party. There are more women in this club every first Friday of the month than most lesbians even knew existed in Denver. Frain’s party is colossal next to any club scene on The L-Word.

“I am still very humbled and surprised by the whole thing,” Frain said of the event that she started in 2003. Attracting women from all walks of life, BAD’s First Friday party is just what Denver was missing. Celebrating its 100th party next month, BAD is the largest monthly women’s event in the country, with an average attendance each month of 2,000 and ages varying from 21 to 75-years-old. It seems that the BAD girls are here to stay. And “ladies night” has taken on a whole new meaning.

Lesbian bars in Denver have never had great success. Frain realized that women in the LGBT community needed something different. “Women don’t go out as much as men,” she said. “They nest more, they connect, that’s why I’ve been so adamant from the beginning about not doing it weekly, and I think that’s what makes it successful.” And a success it has become. First Friday has lesbians, young and old returning each month, searching for new and familiar faces in the crossfire of the strobe lights in this constantly evolving female celebration.

With three different dance floors, women can boot-scoot and yee-haw to country-western in the early part of the evening, and shake it to everything from Top-40 Hits and remixes to ’80s favorites and disco grooves into the wee hours of the morning.

Just as Denver is diverse, so are its lesbians. And Frain will be the first to admit that women seek diversity in their music. So Frain and her resident DJ’s -Trina J, Shannon and Markie – give the women everything they’ve got as they spin the best music in every genre. “We really switch it up throughout the night so that we’re able to cater to the demographics,” Frain said.

Denver is a hot-spot melting pot collecting residents from all over the world. This once-a-month party has become a novelty, and women keep coming back to party and celebrate their sexuality.

Although BAD’s First Friday event is a party by women, for women, Frain welcomes all LGBT members and their allies. The T-girls (transgender women) remain some of the biggest supporters of the event.

Frain said that she is flattered that even gay men in the community come out for First Friday, telling her “I love seeing the lesbians, its my girls night!”

Age doesn’t matter when you’re a lesbian in Denver. Frain said that even her elderly mother has attended First Friday. And then, there’s the woman who has been attending the event since the beginning. At 76-years-old Pat Berrington has remained a staple of the event. Berrington admitted that she’s only missed a couple First Friday’s. Her age certainly doesn’t stop her, “I love to dance,” she said.

“Everybody’s happy there. It’s great to be around people that are pleasant. I’m the oldest one there probably, but I’m in great shape.”

What began as a happy-hour get-together attracting hundreds of women, Frain moved her crew of women to The Lounge, and when even The Church could no longer sustain such a gathering,Tracks/EXDO became the First Friday hot-spot. Frain is continually surprised at the scope of what her First Friday nights have become.

It seems that every woman who has attended a First Friday has a fond, or memorable experience to share. Heidi Lantry revels at dancing the night away with hot 21-year-olds, while Sarah Heid remembers a First Friday holiday bash in which she spent the night happily making out with her girlfriend. Alicia Decker admitted to a crazy night where her crew took over one of the dancing cages, using it as their very own personal dance floor. “I think we (even) lifted up a few skirts and shirts to keep it interesting.” And then there’s Sarah Davis, who has fond memories of the old bathrooms at Tracks. “There was three inches of water and piss on the floor, and drag queens in every stall. After I left, I took the morning-after-pill and got a tetanus shot. All in all, it was a great night!”

Although BAD provides a night for the lesbian community to get rowdy and dance the night away, giving back to the community has remained Frain’s priority. Establishing relationships with charity partners and nonprofits is something Frain continues to uphold. With quarterly donations to nonprofits like the National Center for Lesbian Rights, the ATL Foundation (provides financial assistance to lesbians with health issues) and even political organizations like One Colorado, Frain feels her charitable donations make the success of her party the most rewarding part. “I wish I could do more,” she said. Since forming Babes Around Denver, Frain has donated to more than 18 different charities.

And with other lesbian organizations in the city, like Silke Reuthlinger’s Hip Chicks Out, Frain and BAD have committed to a women’s collaboration in the community. “We work together,” Frain said. “We don’t host events on each other’s nights; we support and co-promote for each other. We’ve never been divisive. We’ve really tried to connect the community rather than dividing them.” Perhaps that is what makes our little-big city’s LGBT community stand apart and continue to become successful and inclusive.

After each successful First Friday, Frain smiles. The mobs of women have come and gone. Fun was the name of the night, because, as Frain said, “Everyone is a lesbian on First Friday.”

100 Nights of Hotness!! Thanks to all of you for making this possible

• Celebrate the 100th First Friday – in our 9th year and still the largest monthly women’s party in the US
• More than 121,000 guest visits since 2003.
• Featured cover story in Outfront Colorado.
• Theme is simple – HOT!
• Complementary Air Brush Body Painting – wear a tank top
• Red Carpet entrance from 9;30-11:30 – see and be seen.
• Beats by DJ’s Trina J, Shannon and Markie – they have rocked First Friday and we couldn’t do it without them
• Dancing by The Wicked Little Girls
• Special performance by Denver’s own Ginger Sexton
• Huge dance floor – three rooms and newly remodeled patio with bar and grill
• Cover only $5 (6-9PM) and $7 (9-Close)
• Tracks/EXDO (3500 Walnut, Denver CO 80206)

THANK YOU…Dede Frain – Original BAD Girl!

Like Hot Girls in Uniform? So do we!

May First Friday – May 6th at Tracks/EXDO Nightclub

• Getting ready for Pride season? Get in the mood and party with 1500 women at the largest monthly women’s  party in the USA!
• Special VIP guests – the 2015 Outgames site selection committee will be at First Friday. Let’s show them a good time and win the bid to bring the games to Denver
• Performance by Tranzcend Gender Illusionists  in Heaven Lounge at 10:30
• Music by DJ’s Trina J, Shannon and Markie
• Three rooms and huge dance floor – music for everyone including country, retro, Top 40, House and some Latin dance tunes  to celebrate Cinco de Mayo
• Dancing by The Wicked Little Girls – HOT
• 1500  lesbians from 21 to 75  in one place – seeing is believing
• Doors open at 6PM – Cover ONLY $5 from 6-9PM and $7 from 9PM – close Ages 21+

Join us for April First Friday – don’t be a fool and miss this one on Friday April 1st – Spring Break Party with more than 1500 women at Tracks/EXDO – Denver’s largest LGBT club.

Music by DJ’s Trina, Shannon and Markie

NEW LED light wall in Tracks – one of a kind in the US, this will change your dance experience

Dancing by The Wicked Little Girls – wearing beach wear for Spring Break

Huge dance floor and two steppin in EXDO from 6-10 with DJ Shannon followed by DJ Markie at 10

DJ Trina starts retro at 8 in Tracks and takes up the beats at 10

Heaven Lounge Video Chill from 8-close

Tracks – Grab n Go Beer Tub for $2 starting at 8

First Friday #96 and STILL growing.

Cover $5 from 6-9PM and $7 from 9PM – Close

April First Friday at Tracks/EXDO is  right around the corner. Still the largest monthly girl party in the US with more than 1,500 women from 21-75 EVERY month. Winner 2009 Westword Best of Denver “Best Club Night – Reacer’s Choice.

Not to be missed!!

• EXDO (Big Room) open all night – more space
• Doors Open @ 6
• Drink Specials from 6-10PM
• Dancing by The Wicked Lilttle Girls
• Music by DJ’s Trina, Markie and Shannon – everything from country//motown/80′s/dance remixes/hip-hop/Top 40
• VIP Party Reservations – details.
• “Play and Stay” First Friday Weekend Package
• Cover $5 (6-9) $7 (9 – Close – YOU must be at the cashier by 9 )…Denver’s best entertainment value

Babes Around Denver has teamed up with Club Skirts to host a Dinah Party at the February First Friday  at Tracks. We will be doing give aways including some Dinah Tshirts and tickets to some of the big Dinah parties. This year’s Dinah event is the 20th Anniversary Celebration and headliners include Ke$ha, Salt n Pepa and Lolene. This WILL be the best Dinah ever – if you have not been there – GO! More than 50,000 women go to Palm Springs every year to experience this lesbian rite of passage. Hotels are going fast so book now.

Last year, tmore than 2000 women attended the  February First Friday so don’t miss this annual party. Our DJs’ Trina, Shannon and Markie will be spinning everything from CW to 80′s to Top 40 and Hip Hop. Doors open at 6. First Friday is still the largest monthly women’s party in the US – watch for info on our” Lucky 7″ Anniversary Party in March.

Happy New Year from Babes Around Denver!

First Friday is THIS week due to the New Year Holiday. DJ Trina J spins in the BIG room all night with music for everyone. She will get the party goin with early CW then rewind to 70′s, 80′s and 90′s. As the night goes on, we will step it up with Top 40 dance, Hip-Hop and more. Huge dance floor all night. First Friday attendance was more than 20,000 during 2009 and it’s still the largest monthly women’s dance party in the US.

Stay tuned for updates on our 7th Anniversary Party in March.

First Friday this week at Tracks. DJ’s Trina J, Shannon and Markie are ready to get the party going. Doors open at 6 with dancing on the big floor. The summer parties are over but First Friday will be HOT all winter. 3 rooms and best sound and lights in Denver. DJ Trina J and Babes Around Denver will be on the Sweet Cruise with 40 Denver women next week. Stay tuned for updates from the ship.