photos courtesy of event planners

Rich King & Gustavo's SummerSnaxx, Baña Belvedere, & Joe Fiore's HOWL ........................................................................................................................................................................................

Some of our favorite New York City party givers will be working their magic in the Cherry Grove, next month, and presenting what are bound to be memorable events.

On July 3, DJs Rich King and Gustavo, of SNAXX fame and more in the city, will bring the seaside version of their signature party, SummerSnaxx, to the Ice Palace once more, and they've described it as "Hotter than the 4th of July." Doors to this dance party will open at 10 p.m. and admission is $10.

From July 9 to 11, look forward to an encore, from last September, of the Baña Pool Party's divinely decadent bacchanal at Belvedere Guesthouse for Men, "The Last Days of Pompeii 2," a benefit for the Cherry Grove Chamber of Commerce, thanks to Dave Hickey, PJ and friends. The centerpiece of the weekend will be the spectacular "Vesuvias Erumpo" party on July 10 from 9 p.m. to 2 a.m., with Don PV and the pNp Dancers and the men and boys of rentboy.com. General admission tickets are $60; VIP tickets, which include the Saturday after party, from 2 to 4 a.m., are $150, and a weekend pass, including three bonus poolside parties, is $250, which will be included with room rentals at Belvedere. For tickets, go to www.thebanapoolparty.com. Music will be by DJs Billy Beyond and Lina. Visuals are by Larry Shea and Stephen Kent and the MC for the Saturday night party is Robi Martin.

Joe Fiore, producer of Dance:208 at the LGBT Community Center in Manhattan and of many other gay and bear events, gives his first party here, HOWL, at the Ice Palace on July 24, billed as "a furry and wild Fire Island dance party for men," and we're warned, "Full moons bring out the best creatures." Music is by DJs Blaine Soileau, of WoofClub Los Angeles; SWEAT, San Francisco; the Leather Ball in Toronto; and Lazy Bear in Northern California; and Mark Louque, of TheCraveClub.com and FAGBASH in Provincetown. Tickets are $15 at the door, $10 in advance, until July 23 at midnight, via PayPal by emailing howlparty@gmail.com.

So get ready for Snaxx, for reveling in bacchanalia at Baña Belvedere, and for HOWLing at the full moon, which should prove to be highlights of the long, hot summer of 2010.