Have a Gay Midsummer: r/Dayton Meetup
On Saturday, June 20th we're taking over Troll Pub for Have A Gay Midsummer – an r/Dayton Pride month meetup and a fundraiser for Have A Gay Day.
It falls on the summer solstice, so we're stepping into a midsummer night's dream: flower crowns, a fairy court, and a room full of Dayton's weirdos. Lovers, dreamers, allies, and everyone in between. The forest is open.
What to expect:
A Fairy Court costume contest. Prizes from Troll Pub for best individual and best team costume, crowned at 3pm. Got a flower crown? Wear it. Titania regalia? Even better. Full on Bottom the Weaver donkey-head cosplay? You're already our favorite person in the room.
Three themed mocktails, made by the Troll Pub bar (all non-alcoholic, all spikeable if you want them boozy):
🍓 Trolled – strawberry and passion fruit shaken with lemonade, sugar rim. (+ spike with rum)
💜 Love-in-Idleness – lemon, orange, and pineapple with grenadine and ginger ale, named for the love potion in the play. (+ spike with vodka)
🌅 Solstice Sunrise – grenadine, orange juice, and soda, garnished with cherry and orange. (+spike with tequila)
🍑 Puck's Peach Tea Shot - vodka, peach schnapps, blue curacao, sour mix
Half priced appetizers – and a special Enchanted Forest Picnic sampler platter just for the evening.
Plus the full Troll Pub bar and food menu.
Cornhole inside and out on the patio, and more activities TBD.
A pantry drive for Have A Gay Day. Bring a non-perishable item (canned soup, pasta, rice, oatmeal) or a personal care item (shampoo, toilet paper, laundry detergent), and drop it off when you arrive, or scan the QR code at your table to give. Have A Gay Day runs a food pantry for the community – this is the part that makes the day matter.
A few things to know:
Add your phone number when you RSVP if you want optional text updates for this event and early notifications to future ones.
Parking: on-site lot + side streets.
Have your Luma RSVP QR code from the confirmation email ready on your phone at the door. It makes check-in take about two seconds. Can't find it? No big deal, it just speeds things up.
Troll Pub is handicap accessible, though heads up that there are stairs down to the main dining area.
We'll have our photographer Jacinto shooting photos and video throughout the night. A lot of people tell us they're nervous to show up not knowing what to expect, so we want to show future attendees what these meetups actually look like. So expect to appear in crowd shots. Want a specific shot with friends or a solo? Just find him and ask.
See you there ✨
PS: In the meantime, you can chat with everyone else coming and coordinate as it gets nearer in the r/Dayton Discord – our online hangout for locals.
2,200+ locals, running daily. Book clubs, D&D campaigns, hiking crews, trivia teams, bad art nights, last-minute coffee meetups. People vibing in voice channels while they work. All our meetups get planned in there going forward.
When you join, say hey in #introduce-yourself – drop your name, neighborhood, and what you're into. Then hit up the chat for this event under #planned-meetups.