Fire Island is LIT this summer thanks to gay club king Daniel Nardicio and the newly revived Ice Palace in Cherry Grove.
Nardicio’s Dworld brand is responsible for FI’s infamous underwear parties, co-creating NYC’s Club Cumming with Alan Cumming, and last summer opening the new gay coffeehouse/ bar/ performance space, Red Eye and its downstairs sister dance club, Cockpit.
Once asked why he is enthralled by the island of fire, Nardicio said,
Because around every corner is intrigue. It’s magic! There’s sex! …
oh my god, the gay history, the first tea dance at the Ice Palace…
you cannot beat Cherry Grove for community.”
Check out some of the upcoming events at the newly updated Ice Palace…
This Saturday, June 3, it’s The Return of Junior Vasquez, a legend in his own time, he co-founded the legendary Sound Factory, spun gold at Tunnel, Area, Palladium, and most recently is at Earth (at Exit).
Thursday, June 29th it’s Joey Arias: Let’s Make Love Tour with longtime collaborator Eliot Douglass on piano (Cirque du Soleil’s Zumanity, The Supremes, Steve Tyrell) and Brandon Seabrook on guitar. You can get tickets here.
Tuesday, June 6, it’s QUEEN FOR A DAY, a weekly “quick drag” pageant- $200 cash prize! with your host Jackie Cox from Season 12 of RuPaul’s Drag Race. Music by Scissor Sisters‘ Ana Matronic. No cover charge.
Unitard – Mike Albo, David Ilku & Nora Burns — NYC’s naughtiest, nastiest, no-holds-barred comic trio are coming Monday, August 3rd just in time to give our crappy culture the tasteless tongue-lashing it needs and deserves. Get tickets here.
Go here for a full list of the Summer of ’23 Ice Palace events.
