April 8th the "Meat and Greet" party begins at Merlin's Bar 201 state street Binghamton, just a short walk from the host hotel. From 7 to 10 Bear Chris will be hosting the first ever BOB Bear-eoke! Mingle with all of the contestants of the Mr.New York State Bear and Cub Competition in the first round of their judging. After Bear-eoke the DJ will be spinning all of your favorite tracks until 3am! Drink specials: $1 Rolling rocks and $1.50 Miller Light Drafts from 7-10 and $6 Rolling Rock pitchers all night long! $3 cover at the door, admission includes a complimentary bar chip! 18+
April 9th at 2pm join the bears at the River Walk pool for Bear Soup! The second part of the Mr. New York State Bear and Cub Competition will take place here with a Bear swim wear show sponsored by Man Handlers. Man Handlers specializes in hand made mens swim wear and wrestling singlets. Check out http://www.manhandlers.ca/Manhandlers/Home.html for product details!
BOB takes the party back to Merlin's for a night of drinks, dancing and Bears! The party begins at 8pm with the Mr. New York State Bear and Cub Contest! Be there early so you can route on your favorite bear or cub as they compete in their best Bar wear and Gear wear. If you want a front row seat for the competition make sure to get yourself a VIP package at mrnewyorkstatebearandcub.com; packages include event t-shirts, sponsor gift bags and bar tabs. Bears of Binghamton is also proud to announce that The Boys of Bearlesque from New York City will be performing for your entertainment throughout the evening. The Boys of Bearlesque feature Mr. International Bear 2010 JD Leggett! As always, bring your cash for the BOB Go-Go bears or join the fun, jump up on one of the boxes and dance the night away! Drink Specials: $1 Rolling rocks and $1.50 Miller Light Drafts from 7-10 and $6 Rolling Rock pitchers all night. $1 BOB jell-o shots while supplies last. $5 cover at the door. 50/50 raffles to benefit the Southern Tier AIDS program. Lots of incredible door prizes from our sponsors.
A big shout out to the sponsors. Grrrwear.com and Man Handlers will be at all Friday and Saturday events with their wears to sell. If you haven't checked out these fantastic vendors now is your chance so please support the men who make these events possible. Don't forget to check out our other sponsors as well including Bear Albany, Bearwww, Bearunderground, Scruff, Camp Oneida, The Leather Man NYC, Rocks Albany, The Bachelor Forum Rochester, Merlin's Binghamton and of course Bears of Binghamton.
Sunday morning before you head back to your den, drop by the brand new River Bistro in the lobby of the River Walk Hotel lobby for a special Meet the new Mr New York State Bear and Cub brunch at 11 am. The newly designed River Bistro has just the necessities for any bear to recover from a long weekend of partying.