I especially appreciate the organization's emphasis on consent, wheelchair accessibility, gender-inclusivity, supporting local artists through its Critical Fierceness grant program and creating more queer-friendly spaces outside of Boystown. I've never been, but organizers bill Off Chances as the more 'cruisy and conversational sister' to Chances, with good people, drinks and music. Founded in 2005, this party now takes place on the third Saturday of the month at Subterranean, while its counterpart Off Chances takes place on the second Tuesday of the month at Danny's. If only I were the dancing type, Chances is one of the first queer dance parties I would hit up more often.
Slo 'Mo host events all over the city check their website for more details. Joe Erbentraut, Burly organizer and resident DJ There's good reason this party is a repeat winner of pretty much every award for queer Chicago parties that exists. On the third Thursdays of every month the Logan Square bar is packed to the gills with friendly, happy queers bopping along to the sexiest of slow jams, new and old.
But it is in its element at its original home, the Whistler. Founded in 2011 by promoter Kristen Kaza and DJ Tess, Slo 'Mo has taken a number of different forms over the years-with satellite parties in Hyde Park, on a boat on Lake Michigan, in the South Loop and the Near West Side.
