Daddy O

🚨 PLAYLAND: A Queer Affair Pride Edition 🚨 Our next Playland will be a real celebration of queer creativity on several fronts, starting with The Sissies of Mercy as our special guest DJs! Anyone who knows resident DJ Brian Halligan knows he's been singing their praises for a while now, and that this has been a long time dream to have them at ManRay & he's thrilled to be on opening duties for them. The duo have Massachusetts roots, having gone to Massachusetts College of Art and Design before their move to Brooklyn where they DJ regularly at landmark parties and venues like Gabriela, House of Yes and Good Room among others. Flier by our own super talented @mxdemeanor using an image of the notorious, iconic Boston drag performer Sylvia Sidney with the kind permission of reknowned photographer Jason Byron Gavann, who will also be featured in a show of his photographs in the Pup Lounge from his portfolio "Mr. sister queer, queer warriors, pussy pirates and drag kings" and whose incredible body of work documenting early Boston's queer nightlife has been recently rediscovered and celebrated by gallerists and curators nationwide. We will have the one and only @divann.i on the pole, and a cast of gogo dancers from our own community of hotties throughout the night 🔥 With Steve, Haley, Lindsey, on the upstairs bars, Cub Rye slinging drinks in the Pup Lounge. 🍸 This will surely be the Pride event of the season, and we will not be selling advance tickets, so get there early! Friday June 12th, 9p-2a $12 before 10pm, $15 after for 21+ $14 & $17 for 19-20 House rules: NO Ableism NO Ageism NO bigotry NO bodyshaming NO homophobia NO misogyny NO racism NO sexism NO transphobia NO xenophobia NO cell phones on the dance floor

Florals? For spring? Groundbreaking. Daddy O: May Flowers invites you to come in your most flagrantly flowery frippery to our next underwear party on May 28th with extra special guest DJ Brent Covington, who needs no introduction to those who have attended his parties Fuzz and Boyfriends but who has impeccable taste for those who do. With Daddy Steve and Cub Rye on the bar, and returning fave @m_a_c_92 on the gogo box. Flier by @kitschmeboy 🌼🌺🪷🏵️🌹🎍

ALL VINYL @DADDYOPARTY WITH GUEST DJ @ACIDTRADWIFE @MANRAYCLUB THIS THURSDAY

Friday May 8th only at ManRay! The amount of support you've given Playland over these last 4 months has been overwhelming and I can only say thank you for continuing to support local DJ residencies both here and elsewhere, nightlife is in a very precarious position these days but the energy on those Fridays has been nothing short of healing for our hearts. I again have to thank Cheryl and ManRay for providing a space like no other in the city to do this. You know the story by now, Steve, Haley and Lindsey on the upstairs bars, Joel in the Pup Lounge, gogo dancers, pole dancers, and if you were at the last one, another shout out to @ladaune_lehause for her incredible pop up performance of kd lang's Theme From The Valley of The Dolls. You never know who will come out to play at Playland 💓💓💓 @mx.demeanor continues to inspire with flier images taken from another place and time where people exhibited a bravery that truly led the way. Image: Allen Frame, “Kevin in polka-dotted dress,” Cambridge 1974 House rules: NO Ableism NO Ageism NO bigotry NO bodyshaming NO homophobia NO misogyny NO racism NO sexism NO transphobia NO xenophobia NO cell phones on the dance floor

Next Daddy O: April Showers on Thursday April 23rd with special guest DJ Frank Paper, who is no stranger to the underground community, having played some of the best parties and raves of recent years (@reset_boston @keeponboston and of course their own residency at @vyoo_official ) & who specializes in all vinyl sets, and has coaxed resident DJ @dj_brianhalligan into playing some vinyl for the first time in decades, it's going to be a sonic soaked adventure! $12 for 21+ $15 for 19-20 free clothes check (tips appreciated) Daddy Steve and Cub Rye on the bar flier by @kitschmeboy

next Daddy O is March Dadness on Thursday March 26th with special guest DJ @bbbrazennn (@liquid.underground ) and resident DJ @dj_brianhalligan so get ready for some jock jams and sweaty fans! $12 for 21+ $15 for 19-20 free clothes check (tips appreciated) Daddy Steve and Cub Rye on the bar flier by @kitschmeboy

The folks at Thotyssey were kind enough to interview me about my experiences in Queer nightlife and I think I acquitted myself pretty well. Also appreciate them linking a bunch of shout outs to other Boston queer parties, tried to get as many in as I could! 💗 Link in bio

Once again @mx.demean0r comes through with an evocative 1974 image by photographer Spencer Grant of an unknown performer at an unnamed Combat Zone venue in Boston for next month's Playland. Our 3rd edition you can expect more high energy house, disco, pop, electro, a touch of new wave, and whatever else floats our boat, plus a special surprise related to this month's image. Resident DJ Brian Halligan keeps everyone moving from doors to last call. Steve, Haley, & Lindsey on the upstairs bars, and Joel is back in the Pup Lounge this month! 🐶 House rules: NO Ableism NO Ageism NO bigotry NO bodyshaming NO homophobia NO misogyny NO racism NO sexism NO transphobia NO xenophobia NO cell phones on the dance floor

Power, love, vigor, beauty, anger, passion, desire. What does red mean to you? Next Daddy O: Red Party is happening at ManRay on February 26th with guest DJ @dystecha and resident DJ Brian Halligan $12 for 21+ $15 for 19-20 free clothes check (tips appreciated) Daddy Steve and Cub Rye on the bar flier by @kitschmeboy

Next Daddy O at @cmoneverybodybk is February 28th with returning guest DJ, @entertheboudoir resident @bricklayer.dj (who also designed this month's flier)! With resident DJ Brian Halligan & Daddy Steve on the gogo box, $10 advance tickets, $15 at the door.

If you weren't there for the first one, you get to experience PLAYLAND Friday February 13th, only at ManRay, and if you were there, you already know what made it so special 💖 🪩 This sick flier by @mx.demean0r embraces 80s zine design techniques of physically collaging, printing, scanning, and re-editing components to give that level of grunge which no amount of digital editing can. Original photo: Roswell Angier, "Coty Lee, Mousetrap Cabaret," 1975, taken in Boston's infamous Combat Zone.

Daddy Glo: A Neon Underwear Party happens Thursday January 22nd with special guest DJ @djcatchison (Midnight Society) @cub_rye & @missunitedface on the bar @m_a_c_92 on the gogo box flier by @kitschmeboy . #manray #manraynightclub #manraycambridge #theartofnightlife #centralsquarecambridge cambridgema