Real Change Pride Picks: From Drag Brunches To Latenight Drinks, Your June Plans
Although June 23-25 is Pride weekend, the Pride Center is full of fun events celebrating Seattle's LGBTQIA+ community throughout the month. Or help this community to enjoy and dance until 6 pm
Anyway, something to be proud of. Thus, we had to include the "Not in June" section of this calendar. While there's definitely a corporate pride parade on June 25, we've tried to highlight a selection of events that are much smaller, weirder, and less white. There's no way a person could get all this by working for hire or otherwise, but that wasn't the point. Find something that really resonates here, bring some friends and get involved in your community. And if you're not part of the LGBTQIA+ community, remember that sometimes making allies is a piece of cake on the road. Happy Pride Month everyone!
go out
Pride is outdoors, so it's only fitting that most Pride events take place outdoors. Whether you're doing it in the park, at a parade, or in a parking lot covered in sweaty bears and loud techno, the best way to celebrate with your community is outside. Grab your shorts, get your heart up and get out there.
Pride in the Park: June 3
Organized by the same people who organize the parade of company leaders, this festival aims to kick off the festivities of the month. There are vendors, shows, drinks and dancing; The theme is the love of the galaxy.
White Center Pride Party: June 3
In recent years, the White Center has become the center of LGBTQIA+ culture and now has its own pride festival. Tearing up at the lumber yard bar. (Update: We were stupid and didn't realize that the lumber mill had finally opened across the street. Hooray!)
Trans Pride Seattle: June 23rd
This year's Gender Justice League Pride event is leading up to a big fun festival at Volunteer Park, as they need to hire police officers to lead the parade. Wow, but it's still a big party!
Indigiqueer Festival: June 23
It's a celebration of "the beauty and power of Indigikere/Two Spirit People against the stunning backdrop of the Salish Sea of food, music, dancing, dancing and more." Not building anything on Pier 62 was probably the best urban planning decision the city ever made!
Capitol Hill Pride: June 24
Oh, the big one. Pridefest will shut down Broadway from Roy Street to John Street/Olive Way, turning the busiest thoroughfare on Capitol Hill into one big bacchanalia. Seattle's most chaotic Pride celebration. The next day (June 25) they performed another edition at the Seattle Center.
Seattle Levee Swamp: June 24
In the year The Levi's in Seattle tradition that began in 1994 is still going strong. This year they'll be celebrating Pride weekend as usual, with a 5-7pm parade at the Volunteer Park Amphitheater before the parade.
An artistic event
Society is nothing without creativity. Name the medium, it has achieved queer professionals. This year, we've got everything from sing-alongs to movies and operas. Let me check my records. Are pits and dragons crawling? It is common if we ever hear 20!
Eastern Rainbow: Every month
Head east sometime in June for a month-long art fair for LGBTQIA+ artists at the Centro Cultural Mexicano in Redmond.
More Than Friends: A Strange Love Through the Ages Triptych: Through June 4
Lowbrow Opera Collective brings art to our stage with three one-act operas that celebrate Emily Dickinson's unrequited love for Achilles.
Disney Pride Concert Boys Chorus Seattle: June 9th and 10th
The Seattle Boys' Choir performed Disney songs and scenes, as well as "solo performances and personal stories that explore themes of love and acceptance." cool
Black Trance Comedy Show: June 10
Often the things we hear about black trans people are disturbing as if they are always in danger. The event had a unique approach: "A much-needed night of laughter, community and protest as we raise money for Black Freedom!"
smartfilms: Rainbow Reels: until June
The Bainbridge Island Museum of Art presents a series of films during Pride Month that explore how LGBTQIA+ representation has evolved and changed since the 1980s.
Two Souls: Non-Binary Gender in Indigenous Communities: June 16
Same place, different theme. This panel at the Bainbridge Island Museum of Art focuses on two people who have a unique third gender/gender identity in Aboriginal culture.
Dungeon and Drag Queens: June 16
"The Queens Play DND Live!" @dndqseattle Instagram promises. Need I say more?
Family entertainment
Pride is only for kids and anyone who tells you otherwise is a stranger. You probably don't need to take the kids to that sweaty parking lot, but a lot happens before bedtime in Seattle this year. There are also beautiful social events in North Seattle, fashion classes at the Museum of History and Art (MOHAI) and ice skating at the Kraken Community Iceplex.
First Thursday: Family Fun: June 1
MOHAI is always free on the first Thursday of every month for Pride Month, but the museum has added several special programs, including Lady Chablis fashion classes, surprise screenings at the Three Dollar Bill Cinema, and a photo booth.
Finwood Pride Rainbow Hop: June 3
Wonder Finney Ridge on the Rainbow Hop Route from 10:30am to 1:30pm, with dance parties and lots of fun LGBTQIA+ activities.
Pride on Capitol Hill: June 3
As the name suggests, this is a cleanup event for the LGBTQIA+ community, which is being organized by the people behind PrideFest. "Prepare your heels for Pride Month" with your crushes later!
Pride Parade: June 11
Obviously, hockey has a lot of followers. who knows? This event is hosted by the Seattle Pride Hockey Association, an organization that promotes inclusion in hockey, so let them know! By the way, there's a Pride All-Star Game, followed by free skating and a community mixer. It looks great.
Night in Seattle: June 22
The Tide hosts an annual Pride-themed game against the Indiana Fever.
Nightlife
Pride weekend (and other weekends in June) is usually one big all-day party. After all, who doesn't love a jello drink in the middle of Broadway at 2 am? But we all know madness comes at night. Find them anywhere, especially on this happy night.
Lesbian Night Camp: Every Mon
The lesbian-owned Camp Restaurant in Madison Valley hosts weekly themed parties on Mondays from 9 a.m. to midnight. They always joke on Instagram that Monday is unofficial lesbian night. As for Pride Month, it's official.
Hyper Party: Queer Hippop, June 3rd
What is a hiphop? We had to google it, but it's exactly what it sounds like: "an over-the-top, unique, self-referential mechanism for pop music," as Wikipedia describes it. Artists represented include SOPHIE, Charli XCX and even Grimes. The event at the Cherry Creamworks complex featured not one but three local hyperpop DJs and custom drag acts (including the incredibly talented Hochi Papa).
Carnival Men: June 17
Julius on Broadway presents "Sensual Men's Revue and Cabaret" from 9 a.m. to 10:30 p.m. If you don't mind hosting a few bachelor parties (eaters can pre-order dumplings), their supply is always buzzing.
Creamwork Pride Week: June 22-26
Okay, we know we mentioned the events that are part of Creamworks' extensive collection, but we also have to mention the actual Creamworks Pride Weekend festivities. Their time is listed from June 22 at 9:00 a.m. to June 26 at 02:00 a.m., indicating five days of non-stop partying. With four different rooms, five bars, multiple stages and a long list of DJs and artists, getting creamed shouldn't be a problem.
Wildrose Pride: June 23-25
A Seattle lesbian bar is throwing its usual big party. Open all weekend and full of DJs and artists. Dyke March will be hosting a special 'Les Mingle' speed dating event on Saturday 23rd June at 6.30pm.
Queer/Pride Festival: June 23-25
We love off-roading, don't we? The fine folks behind Queer Bar will be shutting down their little corner of 11th Street between Pike Street and Pine Street for Pride Bash weekend. A part of the Real Change editorial team is said to be coming together.
Somos Pride Reception: June 23
Called "The Ultimate Latino Party," the benefit event for Latino LGBTQIA+ organization Somos Seattle will include an after-party featuring cast members from "RuPaul's Drag Race" at 10 p.m.
mimosa time
This reporter and his friend were quietly enjoying a glass of wine on the back porch of St. John's, only two onlookers. A fashionable young man came back, surveyed the place and apologized, saying "it will be a lot of noise". He revealed that he and a dozen of his friends attended a drag brush that tells you everything you need to know about drag brushes. No need to apologize, King!
Runway Pride Pulls: June 25
Bring a lunch, but make it outside! Taqueria Cantina on the Seattle Harbor Steps will host the show, which will be held on the main square with the largest steps in the city. Lady Chablis, who is very popular at the MOHAI show, hosts this episode.
Pride Brunch: June 25
If you like the whole lineup, this is the brunch for you. The W Hotel wanted to participate, so Anita Spritzer organized a cozy luncheon on the parade route.
Rainy House Pride: June 24th and 25th
While not specifically advertised as drag brunch, the first day is brunch and bingo, and the entire festival is a two-day series of daytime events with lots of drinking and lots of drag performers. It meets the criteria.
Not in June
Yes, June is Pride month, but there's no rule against being Pride for the rest of the year. This year there were several Pride events that crossed over into June, including the very important and very cool B(l)ack Pride celebration.
Seattle Latino Pride: July 15th
Seattle's Latino community celebrates pride with a free festival at El Centro de la Raja.
Black Adoption: August 12
Taking B(l)ak Pride was born out of the historic 2020 Black Lives Matter protest and created a place of pride for BIPOC LGBTQIA+ people in Seattle. She hasn't said where it will be this year, but follow her on Instagram (@takeblackpride).
More details on the topic from May 31 to June 6, 2023.
