{"id":1583,"date":"2020-02-04T02:24:17","date_gmt":"2020-02-04T02:24:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thestandardps.com\/?p=1583"},"modified":"2020-02-04T02:24:19","modified_gmt":"2020-02-04T02:24:19","slug":"international-bear-convergence-2020","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thestandardps.com\/?p=1583","title":{"rendered":"International Bear Convergence 2020"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Giving a Big Bear Hug to Palm Springs<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Bears are\ncoming out of hibernation and are heading to the International Bear Convergence\n(IBC), the premier winter event for Bears & admirers in Palm Springs,\nCalifornia. The event will take place on February 20-24, 2020. This desert\noasis opens its arms and welcomes thousands of frisky, furry bears, their\nfriends & their fans to Palm Springs<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The four-day\nevent will come to life with DJs, live entertainment and thousands of bears\nfrom around the globe. The last six years have been hugely successful and expect\nmore of the same in 2020 with record-breaking attendance.  \u201cThis year, being our 7th<\/sup>, we\nwill be pulling all the stops so expect us to mix it up quite a bit\u201d \u201cIn\naddition, we will again receive a Proclamation from the City of Palm Springs\npresented to us on Thursday February 20\nat 1:30 pm in front of Hotel ZOSO\u201d<\/strong> adds co-producers Nino Eilets &\nGeorge Frank. \u201cWe appreciate the recognition from the city for what IBC\ncontributes to Palm Springs\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

During the\nday kick back and enjoy themed pool parties sponsored by Hunters, Chill Bar\n& Townie Bagels, with music provided by world renown DJ\u2019s at the fabulous Hotel\nZOSO pool. With multiple bars, cabanas, outdoor-lounge areas and our amazing\nsun deck area overlooking the action at the pool, you\u2019re destined to have a\nfantastic day. After the sun goes down, evenings will heat up with three\nhigh-energy dance parties sponsored by Russell Harris Event Group, Moxie Palm\nSprings, The Standard Magazine & WRUFF.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Friday night\nwe present the LSD Cabaret (Laugh, Sing, Dance). Entertainment by the Queens of\nRuPaul\u2019s Drag Race plus Direct from Provincetown Bear Week, Bearlesque, you\u2019ve\nnever seen anything like it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This year we\nwill once again feature the very popular, Populart; presented by Modern Bear, a\npop-up art show highlighting well known artists including a great reception\nSaturday afternoon featuring Bear Story Hour.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Saturday’s Main\nDance Event, Furrocious presented by Russell Harris Event Group, will feature a\nlive performance by the amazing Original Party Girl, superstar Ultra Nat\u00e9. Party\nafter hours until 3am, late night happy hour and if you are feeling adventurous\ntake a stroll through THE MAZE. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sunday get\nready for a different kind of brunch. Big Queen Bingo Bear Brunch. Great food,\ngreat fun and all for a great cause. 100% of the proceeds from Bingo will go to\nSanctuary Palm Springs. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sunday night,\nthe Closing Party, will be a party to remember presented by WRUFF. Get ready\nfor an evening you definitely don\u2019t want to miss! Something a bit different\nfrom your usual leather or gear closing night parties. If you had fun on\nSaturday night, have a revisit to THE MAZE<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Official IBC\nafternoon events held at BlackBook, Chill (Friday Meat & Greet), Hunters\n(Thursday Early Bear Party), Toucans (Sunday Toucans Tiki Tea with IBC Retro\nDisco). Plus several surprises through out the weekend. So don\u2019t wait; the host\nhotel is sold out and currently has a waiting list. Visit our website for\ndetails on our second host hotel. Attendance was over 3000 last year and is\nexpected to grow exponentially in 2020. IBC will again take over Palm\nSprings!  Passes are still\navailable on line and if you miss the deadline you may still purchase passes at\nthe hotel. You can also buy tickets for individual events the day or evening of\nthe event at the door. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Go to www.ibc-ps.com for more\ninformation.  <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Forget\nshoveling snow, get out of the cold and plan on hanging with the guys in Palm\nSprings, CA in February for IBC 2020! \nYou know you want to! <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Potions of\nthe proceeds from this event will go to Sanctuary Palm Springs & AIDS Life\nCycle<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Giving a Big Bear Hug to Palm Springs Bears are coming out of hibernation and are heading to the International Bear Convergence (IBC), the premier winter event for Bears & admirers in Palm Springs, California. The event will take place on February 20-24, 2020. This desert oasis opens its arms and welcomes thousands of frisky, furry bears, their friends & their fans to Palm Springs The four-day event will come to life with DJs, live entertainment and thousands of bears from around the globe. The last six years have been hugely successful and expect more of the same in 2020 with record-breaking attendance.  \u201cThis year, being our 7th, we will be pulling all the stops so expect us to mix it up quite a bit\u201d \u201cIn addition, we will again receive a Proclamation from the City of Palm Springs presented to us on Thursday February 20 at 1:30 pm in front of Hotel ZOSO\u201d adds co-producers Nino Eilets & George Frank. \u201cWe appreciate the recognition from the city for what IBC contributes to Palm Springs\u201d. During the day kick back and enjoy themed pool parties sponsored by Hunters, Chill Bar & Townie Bagels, with music provided by world renown DJ\u2019s […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1584,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[2222,2221,1971,280,1638,2223,8,2220,1640,56],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thestandardps.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1583"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thestandardps.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thestandardps.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thestandardps.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thestandardps.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1583"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.thestandardps.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1583\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1585,"href":"https:\/\/www.thestandardps.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1583\/revisions\/1585"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thestandardps.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1584"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thestandardps.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1583"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thestandardps.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1583"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thestandardps.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1583"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}