


Six Flags Great Adventure is world renown for its award-winning roller coasters. "Last year saw an influx of gay newlyweds and gay families with their children," he adds. Fairgrounds is truly a coming together of all the area's LGBT communities, uniting with pride." "We welcome gay communities from Washington DC, Boston, Pittsburg and the entire tri-state area to join the fun. Organizers estimate ten thousand gay men and women (and their friends and families) will attend Fairgrounds X. "It was wildly successful from the start", explains co-founder Gage Kristofer. Six Flags' Fairgrounds launched ten years ago at Six Flags Great Adventure. Since the Safari attraction is a 90-minute tour, and closes at 5pm, producers recommend arriving to the park early.Īlso open for the first time at Fairgrounds will be the Sky Way, a ride that transports guests from Lakefront to Frontier Adventures while offering a bird's-eye-view of the park in a personal cable car. Guests will splash through ponds, climb hills, cross bridges and venture over rugged terrain - and it's all included with Fairgrounds X admission!" "The all-new Safari Off Road Adventure will take guests on an intense, up-close animal experience unlike anything they have ever encountered. "In celebration of ten years of Fairgrounds, we are going wild," says co-founder Mark Nelson, the events planner and producer who helped found the annual LGBT celebration. A portion of the net proceeds will benefit the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force Action Fund, The Gay Lesbian Center of NY and The Imperial Court of NY.

In addition, for the first time in its ten year history, Fairgrounds guests will have access to Great Adventure's Wild Safari! DJ Hector Fonseca, DJ Eddie Baez, DJ Steve Sidewalk, Meg Live (Bad Boy Records, MTV - Puff Daddy's "Making His Band), Bex (Billboard Top 10 Dance Charts), Cheer New York, and - will provide the musical entertainment. At 8pm, the park will be closed to the public and remain open exclusively to Fairgrounds X ticket holders.

This year, to accommodate the growing number of LGBT families, the hours have been extended and even kiddie rides will be open! The new hours are 10:30am till midnight. Fairgrounds is the largest private LGBT event in the United States. New York, NY: Out in Events announced this week that Fairgrounds X, better known as 'Gay and Lesbian Day at Six Flags', will take place Saturday, September 7 at Six Flags Great Adventure in Jackson, NJ. Out in Events Announces Gays Gone Wild! at Fairgrounds X, Gay and Lesbian Day At Six Flags Great Adventure.
