Bay of Pigs: The Fallout · Halloween Weekend 2026

Bay of Pigs:The Fallout

Fri Oct 30 – Sun Nov 1 · HavAnnA Cafe · Chokoloskee Island, FL

1956: the causeway opens and station wagons roll down to the Glades. It's the golden age of Florida travel, with the Cold War humming in the background. There's a Nike missile site out in the Everglades, radar watching from Marco Island, and the Lavender Scare up in Washington. This Halloween we're asking one question: what if the fallout actually happened?

--days to fallout

The lineup

Fri · Oct 30 · 5 PM

Drag Bingo

Hosted by Mya Valentine, with Sizzy Griddles. Bingo, beats, booze, babes. 18+.

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Sat · Oct 31 · 8 PM – midnight

Saturday Night Party

Presented by Parkway Motel & Marina

Halloween night. The Best Dolly look-alike contest and sets by DJ Alex Ferbeyre. Costumes expected.

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Sun · Nov 1 · 11 AM – 3 PM

Atomic Tiki Luau T-Dance

A retro dance party: tiki, tunes, day drinks and dancing with DJ Alex Ferbeyre. The soft landing.

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The fine print

Where

HavAnnA Cafe
191 Smallwood Drive, Chokoloskee Island, FL 34138. End of Highway 29, past Everglades City.

Age

18+ all three nights. Bring ID.

Reservations

Tables go fast on Halloween night. Call (239) 695-2214.

The cause

A fundraiser for the Everglades Society for Historic Preservation. Your night out keeps the island's history standing.

Food & drink

Full Cuban & Cracker menu, Havanna Heat hot sauce, cold drinks and day drinks Sunday.

Parking & boats

Parking on site. Coming by water? Overnight dockage at Parkway Marina next door.

Fallout couture

Atomic-age glam: fins, pearls, pompadours, cat-eyes.

1950s Florida tourist: Hawaiian shirts, cameras, sun hats, station-wagon chic.

Fallout couture: duck-and-cover, hazmat, civil defense, the glow.

Zombie nuclear horror: the fallout happened. You survived. Mostly.

Saturday only: your best Dolly. Wigs, rhinestones, the whole 9 to 5.

Why "the Fallout"

Chokoloskee got its causeway in 1956. The same decade the Nike missiles went into the Everglades, the radar went up on Marco Island, and Washington purged thousands of gay men and women from government work in what became known as the Lavender Scare.

Bay of Pigs: The Fallout plays all of it as a Halloween weekend: the tourists arrive, the sirens go off, and the party keeps going in the glow. Gays in the Glades is the Boys of Chokoloskee's event series, and this is its flagship weekend.