Is Johnny Chisholm making a Gay Days comeback… or isn he?
Despite a year plagued by bankruptcy and lawsuits, it appears that promoter Johnny Chisholm is attempting a comeback on the Gay Days Weekend circuit party scene. Chisholm and his company, Chisholm LLC, gained notoriety as producers of “One Mighty Weekend,” which included the huge theme-park events that have monopolized the Gay Days Weekend nighttime party scene the past several years. But last April, less than two months before scheduled event dates, Chisholm announced that he had moved Friday night’s Beach Ball to the Buena Vista Palace, and Saturday night’s One Mighty Party to the Gaylord Palms convention hotel on International Drive. Then, just three days before One Mighty Party, the venue was switched again, also to the Buena Vista Palace. After the switch, some ticket holders complained to Watermark that they were unable to secure refunds. Chisholm blamed the economy, pricing and parking issues, but based on correspondence made public on a circuit web site, many speculated that th