FRIDAY 26

Patricia Field Boat Party

Wot better place to show your pride than on a boat with Sex and the City stylist Patricia Field and The House of Field kids! DJs Michael Magnan and Matheos turn out the tunes. Plus, hair show from Miss Tobell and the gorge Hello Beautiful stylists.

Queen of Hearts, Pier 40, West Houston at West Side Highway, NYC, 212-966-4066, 8pm, $35, www.patriciafield.com

Jackie Beat: Without Me You’re Nothing

The ego has landed! Big and ballsy drag icon Jackie Beat is bullying her way into New York just in time for Gay Pride, and the forecast calls for blustery tunes and windy monologues. Look forward to a spectacular night of self-involved “entertainment!”

The Gramercy Theater, 127 East 23rd St bet Park Ave South and Lexington Ave, NYC, 212-777-6800, Friday and Saturday, 7:30pm, $20-$25, www.ovationtix.com

Blowoff

Bob Mould of Hüsker Dü fame, and legendary house music producer Richard Morel are teaming up once again in NYC for a night of fags, felching and a meaty signature mix of indie rock, electro and house (from Phoenix to Treasure Fingers to Mark Knight to Stonebridge).

Highline Ballroom, 431 W 16th St bet Ninth and Tenth Aves, NYC, 212-414-5994, 11pm, $20, www.blowoff.us

SATURDAY 27

The F Word with Leighton Meester

The best new Saturday nite party in town just got A List! Star of CW show Gossip Girl, Leighton Meester will be hosting and previewing tracks from debut album at the all-star Gay Pride kick-off. Performances by Amanda Lepore (singing new hit single Cotton Candy) and Peppermint…plus DJs Sherock, Cazwell, Kindbud, Formika and Paisley Dalton. Get there early for the open Svedka Vodka bar, hosted by Buck Angel…stay late for the “Fierce Look” contest and win $100!!! Call the F Word Hotline @ 212 613 6255 for password that gets u in free before midnite.

Santos Party House, 96 Lafayette St (2 blks below Canal St), NYC, 212-613-6255, 10pm, $20.

Love Ball

It’s West Side Story vs Paris is Burning! The annual Love Ball, presented by The Saint-at-Large, may well mark a defining moment in the larger gay world. For the first time, the mutually alien worlds of ballroom voguing and hot-boy Circuit parties will combine into what the organizers hope is a seamless whole, including voguers from the House of Xtravaganza, House of Ninja, House of Acid and commentator Jack Mizrahi. Plus, DJs Chris Cox, Alyson Calagna and Vjuan Allure. And if that’s not enough, the infamous balcony will be full with heavy petting where Chelsea and chicas collide.

Nokia Theater Times Square, 1515 Broadway at 44th St, NYC, 212-930-1950, 10pm, $70, www.saintatlarge.com