One of the biggest circuit parties in the North American gay community, this annual October festival attracts tens of thousands to a variety of events held around the city. Currently, the legendary Bad Boy Club of Montréal (BBCM) is putting the final touches on Black & Blue 2007, the award-winning week-long party, fundraiser, and cultural celebration, that annually transforms Montréal into party capital of the world from October 3rd - 9th. At least 20,000 are expected to show up at the Olympic Stadium for 14 hours of dancing.

The theme for this year’s BBCM main event on October 7th is “Power Trip”. For the occasion, the interior of Montréal’s massive Olympic Stadium will be dressed up like a giant fantasy power station, with high tech decorations and lighting effects, along with electrifying costumes and performances, charging two megadance floors throughout the night.

One of the most unifying factors of Black and Blue is the music, and BBCM has commissioned some of the world’s best-loved DJs to pump up the festival, including DJ Stéfane Lippé and international icons Mark Anthony and Mistress Barbara from Montréal, Peter Rauhofer and Manny Lehman from New York, D-formation from Spain, Gabriel Dresden from San Francisco, Michael Kaiser from Paris, and Craig Mitchell from Boston. And for the first time ever, the main event on October 7 will feature two completely separate spaces, one spinning non-stop house, the other featuring more alternative and progressive dance music

In addition to providing world class entertainment, the BBCM Foundation has already raised more than 1.25 million dollars for Montréal’s AIDS and LGBT support organizations since its establishment in 1991. Altogether, the BBCM has provided financial support to more than 30 organizations, including the region’s two largest AIDS support resources, AIDS Community Care Montreal (ACCM) and AIDS Direct Help Foundation of Montreal (FADSM).

For more info visit the Bad Boy Club website - www.bbcm.org.