Fire Island Black Out, more popularly known as FIBO, is the annual celebration and summer season finale for the LGBT community of color. Popularity has grown from 50 attendees in 2003, to nearly 2,000 last year.

The seven-hour Saturday Night FIBO Bump and Dip dance party ends just a few hours before the Sunday, August 10 FIBO Brunch, where remaining revelers can nourish their bodies before putting the cap on a wonderful weekend. In 2008, a percentage of proceeds from FIBO will benefit the Ali Forney Center, a New York-based 501(c)(3) not-for-profit organization, which houses LGBT adolescents and provides these young persons with the skills necessary to help them transition into adulthood. Fire Island Black Out holds the distinction of being the only beach party for the LGBT community of color on Fire Island, and we are one of the largest events in the Northeast.

With the help of our sponsors, Cherry Grove business partners, and private donors, Fire Island Black Out creates the ultimate party atmosphere where persons of all genders, sexual identities, and ethnicities can come together for that all-important "end-of-summer hurrah", while generating money for an organization taking the lead in raising the next generation of LGBT leaders.

Please visit fireislandblackout.com for more information and FIBO Bump and Dip dance party DJ line-up.

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Program

Friday, August 8, 2008
6 p.m. - 8 p.m. FIBO Kick-off After-work social (Location TBD)

Saturday, August 9, 2008
9 a.m. - 7 p.m. FIBO "Day at the Beach"
7 p.m. - 2 a.m. FIBO Bump and Dip dance party
(Confirmed talent to date: DJ Storm, DJ Malcolm Jackson)

Sunday, August 10, 2008
11 a.m. - 1 p.m. FIBO Brunch
(Offered by participating Cherry Grove establishments)