Here we are at another weekend! Did you survive the short week? I BARELY DID, but that’s probably more to do with the fact that I agreed to look after what amounted to a small zoo while a bunch of my friends were out of town for LDW. (I do not want to see another living thing, not even myself in the mirror, for at least five days.) The good news is that there’s LOTS happening the next few days, and you’ll be ESPECIALLY pumped if you’re a drag fan // DragCon kicks off on Friday, and there’ll be plenty of other supplementary programming (including Bushwig 2019 and the Drag Race Season 11 Tour) that should keep you on your heels! (I love all of this, but I will unfortunately be glued to the television whilst the US Open wraps up!) Before we talk about all of that, here’s what you might’ve missed on BYT this week if you were too busy wishing ScarJo would just sit down sometimes!

• We’ve announced some more dope Bentzen Ball talent, so if you needed any more convincing to come hang out with us (and me!) in DC next month, this is it! 100% more Roxane Gay and Los Espookys action!
• “It’s like, ‘Somebody literally took a shit in front of me on the subway.’ Like, whatever the thing is, it’s so much.” I had a chat to Emma Frank about her new record, life in NYC and more! (She’s playing the Knitting Factory tomorrow!)
• Here are all the reasons we’re hype on September INCLUDING but not limited to new records from Chastity Belt, M83 and Bat for Lashes, Antoni Porowski’s cookbook, the bizarre-sounding Transparent musical finale sans Jeffrey Tambor, etc.!
• Here are our feelings on Love, Antosha, Brittany Runs A Marathon and Don’t Let Go!
• And here are our contributing photog Michael Gebhardt’s snaps of last Friday’s Flying Lotus in 3D show at Brooklyn Mirage!

Thursday September 5

• For starters, DRAGCON KICKS OFF THIS WEEKEND! Head to a pre-game, aka a new round of The Robyn Party from Adventures BK at Brooklyn Bowl! Tickets are $15.
• Hungry? Archestratus is hosting Le Dîner de Dali with Allison Kave and Lindsay Mound tonight, and it sounds PRETTY AMAZING! It’ll be a “gustatory and visual dining experience inspired by Dali’s Surrealist approach to food and pleasure” ft. recipes from Les Dîners de Gala, and tickets are $50 each.
• In terms of comedy, we’ve got a new round of Janeane Garofalo Has Guests at Littlefield ft. David Cross, Martin Urbano, Shalewa Sharpe and more! Tickets are just $10.
• If you’re interested in a combination of comedy and weird medical diagnoses, probably hit up Caveat for Doctors Without Boundaries ft. real live doctors ‘n comedians! Tickets are $10-$12 each.
• Speaking of learning things, you can also head to Brooklyn Brainery for a course called Myth and Mystery in Harry Potter! Tickets are $10.

• More into movies? Nitehawk Prospect Park is hosting a screening of 2001: A Space Odyssey! Tickets are $13 each.
• Or swing by Metrograph for a late-night (11:30pm) screening of Fantastic Planet!
• (I’d also tell you to head to IFC Center for a screening of Polyester ft. Q+A w/ John Waters, but both screenings are SOLD OUT womp womp!)
• Just wanna d-d-d-d-dance? Head to House of Yes for this week’s Dirty Thursday, which is dedicated to all things DRAG! As usual, free!
• Or for a show-show, head to Baby’s All Right to catch Dehd, Deeper, Patio and Media Jeweler! Tickets are $12.
• Meanwhile, we’ve got Hot Chip at Brooklyn Steel for $50…
• …plus Phantogram and Verite will be setting up shop at Kings theatre for $35+!

Friday September 6

• For starters, DragCon officially begins today at Javits Center! Tickets start at $40, and kids ten and under get in free!
• You know what else starts today? ARTECHOUSE NYC OFFICIALLY OPENS AND IT LOOKS INCREDIBLE! Tickets are $24.
• There’s also the RuPaul’s Drag Race Season 11 Tour at PlayStation Theater! Tickets are $42-$52 each.
• Moving into tunes territory, we’ve got SG Lewis at Brooklyn Steel for $25+…
• …plus Emma Frank has an album release show at the Knitting Factory! Tickets to that one are $15 a pop.
• PLUS Elsewhere will host an $18-$20 Goth Babe show in addition to a Ladies of LCD Soundsystem party that’ll run you $10-$25!
• Or if you’re more into Liturgy, Deli Girls, Child Abuse, Sadaf and TBHQ, head to Market Hotel for a $13-$15 show!
• For Maren Morris vibes, be prepared to cough up $50+ to catch her at Radio City Music Hall!

• Or if you just wanna scope a show for free, head to the Noguchi Museum for a $0 Balún set!
• If you couldn’t get enough Burning Man vibes, then head on over to House of Yes for day one of a TWO part #PlayaExtension. Tickets to Before the Dust Settles are $20-$60 each.
• If you’re more into movies, then I’d recommend getting to Syndicated, where today kicks off the beginning of a run of Nightingale screenings! The film is supposed to be pretty bonkers (it comes from the director of The Babadook), and tickets are just $7.

Saturday September 7

• Kicking things off on a DragCon note, it’s Bushwig 2019 starting at 1pm today! Tickets are $40 for the day or $60 for the weekend!
• Heading into MOVIE TOWN, we’ve got an 11am screening of Spirited Away happening at Metrograph!
• For comedy vibes, head to Union Hall for TWO shows – 1. Picture This ft. Dee Nasty, Tom Thakkar, Rosebud Baker and more ($8), and 2. Sandwich ft. Gastor Almonte, Jess Salomon, Sydnee Washington, Nore Davis and more ($8-$10)!
• At Caveat, meanwhile, we’ve got a rad set from a genderqueer ex-nun!  Kelli Dunham’s Not The Gym Teacher will run you $10-$12 a ticket.
• (Plus stick around for Astronaut Training, which is a exploration crash course meets 90’s Nickelodeon game show! Tickets are $10-$12 each.)
• If it’s comedy you’re after, then head on over to the Bell House for a $20 evening with Neil Hamburger!
• (And if you’re into dance parties, you should ALSO stick around for the latest edition of Party Like It’s 1999, which is free as always!)
• If you’re more into queer dance parties, then get to C’mon Everybody for a new round of Yes Homo: A Daytime Party! Free!

• Or if you’re STILL hung up on Burning Man, then get back to House of Yes for day two of Before the Dust Settles! Tickets will still run you $20-$60 each.
• Meanwhile, Discwoman will celebrate FIVE WHOLE YEARS with a party over at Bossa Nova Civic Club!
• You should also be sure to swing by The Lot Radio’s Annual BBQ from noon to 2am! Free!
• For more straightforward tuneage, my top pick is a Mitski and Lucy Dacus gig in Central Park! Tickets are $40-$55 each.
• There are also sold out gigs from 1. Fletcher at Music Hall of Williamsburg, 2. Weyes Blood at Webster Hall and 3. BANKS at Brooklyn Steel, so maybe look into resale options! (And try getting on the waiting list for Yaeji’s presentation of Elancia!)
• I guess we also have to mention that Morrissey and Interpol will be at Forest Hills Stadium for $39.50-$109.50?

Sunday September 8

• Starting with tunes, we’ve got ROUND TWO of Mitski and Lucy Dacus at Central Park! Tickets are $40-$55 each.
• Feelin’ adventurous? You can also head out to Governors Island for Pioneer Works’ Second Sundays! Free w/ RSVP.
• If queer dance parties are your jam, get back over to C’mon Everybody today for a new round of Hanky Code: Sunday Disco Tea Dance! Free!
• In terms of LOLs, you can head on over to Union Hall for My Hometown’s fourth anniversary, which is also a fundraiser for Make the Road NY! Lineup features Ilana Michelle Rubin, Lana Schwartz, Ana Fabrega, Bridgette Rizkalla, Natalie Walker and Dylan Marron, and tickets are $8-$10 each!

• You should ALSO head to Littlefield for Comedians You Should Know ft. Sam Jay, Jo Firestone, Sean Patton, Aparna Nancherla, Saurin Choksi and Mike Lebovitz! Tickets are $8-$10 a pop.
• Just wanna learn something new? (It IS back to school season, after all…) Then head to Catland for a Tarot 101 course! Tickets are $20-$75 each.
• Or if movies are more your vibe, head to Metrograph for a late-night screening of Alphaville to end the weekend on a decidedly Godard note!
• (Unless you wanna be outdoors eating elotes, in which case probably head to Habana Outpost for a free screening of The Fifth Element!)