We're coming up on the end of June, which means the biggest Pride events are just beginning. To help you sort through all of your options (there are a lot), we've rounded up our critics' picks for the top dance parties, drag shows, and festivals for the weekend, from Kremwerk Complex Pride Week Past Event Like List to PrideFest Capitol Hill Past Event Like List . See them all below, and check out even more options on our complete Pride calendar.

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COMMUNITY EVENTS, PARADES & FESTIVALS

FRIDAY

Trans Pride Seattle Past Event Like List
For the seventh year, the Gender Justice League will host a full day of activities celebrating trans, non-binary, and gender diverse identities on Capitol Hill with live music, speeches, and comedy in Cal Anderson Park following UW Q's Trans Pride Parade Past Event Like List at Seattle Central College. Also, check out a cocktail-filled kickoff Past Event Like List at Babeland and a laid-back community tea Past Event Like List at Friday Afternoon the day after the main event.
Capitol Hill

SATURDAY

Capitol Hill Pride March and Rally Past Event Like List
The day before the Seattle Pride Parade Past Event Like List , rally and march with your Capitol Hill neighbors to honor the 50th anniversary of the Stonewall riots.
Seattle Central College

PrideFest Capitol Hill Past Event Like List
The sixth year of PrideFest Capitol Hill and the 50th anniversary of Stonewall will collide on this merry occasion. Spend all day skipping across the freshly painted rainbow crosswalks in the company of fellow LGBTQ+ Seattleites and allies, stopping along the way for human and canine Past Event Like List drag shows, family activities Past Event Like List , karaoke, and so much more.
Cal Anderson Park & North Broadway

Seattle Dyke March Past Event Like List
For the 25th year, this Pride event will celebrate all identities, with a special focus on queer womxn. Start by rallying in Capitol Hill with speakers and performers before being led in a march by the Seattle Dykes on Bikes.
Seattle Central College

SUNDAY

PrideFest Seattle Center Past Event Like List
Think of this event as the pot of gold at the end of the Seattle Pride Parade Past Event Like List rainbow—one filled with all-ages entertainment from noon to night. This year's event coincides with the 50th anniversary of Stonewall, with "history moments" sandwiched between artist showcases, live music, and performances by everyone from Jinkx Monsoon to Chi Chi LaRue.
Seattle Center

Seattle Pride Parade Past Event Like List
After a month's worth of Pride events, queers and allies of all stripes join the epic procession that is the Seattle Pride Parade, which goes from Fourth Avenue all the way to PrideFest at Seattle Center. It's a cream-of-the-crop people-watching opportunity, not to mention the best place to wave your rainbow flags in the breeze. 
Downtown

MULTI-DAY CLUB & NIGHTLIFE FESTIVALS

WEDNESDAY-SUNDAY

Kremwerk Complex Pride Week Past Event Like List
The Kremwerk Complex has spent the last five years establishing itself as a well-respected touchstone within our city's drag, performance, dance music, and DJ scenes, so naturally, their Pride weekend events pull from all their strengths. If you’re on the hunt for the best drag and runway looks in town, kick off the weekend with Thriftease Past Event Like List , Day Drag Past Event Like List , and Soft Shock Past Event Like List on Thursday; Cucci’s Critter Barn Past Event Like List , Rapture Past Event Like List , and MUGZ Past Event Like List on Friday; Arthaus 5.0 All-Stars Past Event Like List and Revival: Lights Ou Past Event Like List t on Saturday; and Gothic Barbie Drag Haus Past Event Like List on Sunday. If you're a real night owl, stay late on Thursday for Midnight Snack Past Event Like List , an indulgent drag revue, and on Saturday for KINGS: A Drag King Show Past Event Like List , Pride Saturday with Bézier, Princess Superstar, Larry Tee, Paradox Rei Past Event Like List  and S L I P: Pride After Hours Past Event Like List , a slinky party with our city's best drag and DJ talents that will keep you up through the morning. If the urge to shimmy is guiding your itinerary, then strip down to your panties for HEAT’s Pride Underwear Party Past Event Like List on Friday, spin out to Bézier’s genre-defying set on Saturday, enjoy the talents of local DJ collective BabexHouse Past Event Like List on Sunday, or wind down at the concluding all-day tea dance Past Event Like List co-presented by Re-Bar.

Neighbours Pride Week Past Event Like List
The usual weekend activities at Neighbours have been interrupted by Pride, this time with five back-to-back days of high-energy club music, dancing, drag, gamer connections, and more. Things will get started on Wednesday with a Gay Gamers drag and dance party Past Event Like List , followed by a special edition of VIBES Past Event Like List on Thursday. Come back for a dance party with DJ Billy the Kid Past Event Like List  on Friday and a special edition of Inferno Past Event Like List on Saturday. Finally, wrap things up on Sunday with an early-evening dance party Past Event Like List with DJ Flow 206 or a late-night Latin Pride party Past Event Like List with DJ Luis.

Seattle Alternative Pride Festival Past Event Like List
True to the diverse spectrum of sexuality and identity, Pride runs in several currents. NARK magazine's event series bills itself as being "for EVERYONE, EVERYBODY and EVERY BODY." Kick things off Wednesday with a market Past Event Like List  at Grim's filled with possible party looks for your weekend. At Thursday's Laser Show Past Event Like List  at Pacific Science Center, dance to curated sets by DJ Gag Reflex and s O F T P E A K s, and spend Friday sampling rooftop happy hour Past Event Like List drinks at MBar, making out with strangers Past Event Like List at Queer/Bar, or partying at the Pigs Fly Fetish Night Past Event Like List  at Grim's. Recover Saturday with a special double-boat Pride cruise Past Event Like List , and/or the 28-hour Pride Is For Everyone Past Event Like List dance party at Grim's, and finish up on Sunday at the Backdoor Past Event Like List  with South East, Gluttony, Matt Troy, and many more. Some money from the parties will benefit Gay City and its health projects.

FRIDAY-SUNDAY

Pony Pride Past Event Like List
Beloved gay haunt Pony will stick to their talents this Pride, with night after night of eclectic DJ sets and sweaty go-gos galore. They'll kick off on Thursday with Robust Past Event Like List , a night of high-energy Italodisco hits spun by DJs Saturn.9 and Caravaggio's Lover. Friday night will feature Butt Stuff Past Event Like List , a sexy-messy concoction of comedy, drag, and party music with Strawberry Shartcake, Woody Shticks, and DJ Sugar. Let Beach Bum Past Event Like List take you from afternoon into evening on Saturday, with Ursula Major's spooky drag and DJ Skiddle's sun-soaked soundtrack. The weekend's star event will be Pandemonium Past Event Like List on Saturday, a freaky-deaky drag and dance night featuring local talents like Amoania, Britt Brutality, and Hot Pink Shade, and DJs Saturn.9 and Livwutang on the decks. Bask in a Pride weekend cool-down on Sunday with the World's Tiniest Tea Dance, a long-running afternoon-into-evening celebration with campy classics slung by DJs King of Pants and Sling Dion, Adé on the mic, and James Darling on the pole.

Queer Bar's Queer/Pride Festival Past Event Like List
Queer Bar’s three-day Pride party features go-go performers, DJs, a celebrity guest (Carson Kressley, one of the original Queer Eye guys, currently a RuPaul's Drag Race judge), drag and performance artists (including Drag Race finalists), and live music by some very special guests. LGBTQ icon and New Orleans–brewed “Queen of Bounce” Big Freedia headlines the festivities with big, booming hip-hop that finds her shouting over rapid-fire beats and engaging in nasty, call-and-response lyrics, all of it whirring to a loud, make-ya-ass-shake climax (see: “Booty-Whop”), or segueing directly into her next banger. Grammy-winning breathy-sweet R&B songbird and Dancing with the Stars alum Mýa is also on the bill. You know her from (1) the 2008 “Lady Marmalade” redux (with Pink, Christina Aguilera, and Lil' Kim); (2) “Case of the Ex (Whatcha Gonna Do),” a 2000-era jam about a creeper ex-girlfriend; and (3) “Best of Me, Part 2,” that sexy grooving hip-hop joint with Jay Z circa 2000 (it was a good year for Mýa). Seattle pop maker Left at London, ethereal rapper DoNormaal, and surrealist drag band the Loungettes also perform. A portion of the ticket proceeds go to nonprofit group OutRight Action International, which fights for the safety, dignity, freedom and equality of LGBTQ people around the world. LEILANI POLK

Wildrose PRIDE with GayEXP Past Event Like List
Lesbian holdout the Wildrose will revamp their annual 15,000 sq. ft. block party for Pride with live music, all-day and all-night DJ sets, gogo dancers, multiple bars, and food from Pettirosso. If you want to bro down, they’ll have an eight-team beer pong table. If you’re more of the boogie type, enjoy the services of DJ Riz all day Sunday and sets by ManDate, MirrorGloss, and Chanarah on Saturday.

SATURDAY-SUNDAY

Cuff Pride Block Party Past Event Like List
Brush shoulders with talents from American Idol and The Voice at this two-day Pride celebration filled with DJs and live performances hosted by local queen Vicky Vox. Saturday's lineup is Steve Grand, Tony Moran, and David Hernandez, with Ada Vox Thelma Houston, Thea Austin, and Oneup rolling in on Sunday.

LIVE MUSIC & DANCE PARTIES

THURSDAY

Pride Kick Off with Moon Palace, MANiCA, Seaside Tryst Past Event Like List
In honor of Pride Week, Seattle indie-rockers MANiCA and Seaside Tryst will donate proceeds from this gig to the Lavender Rights Project, which provides social services to trans and queer low-income people. You can also buy goods from Queer Love Mart & Kiki Robinson at a pop-up market.
Chop Suey 

FRIDAY

Mamma Mia! Pride Edition Past Event Like List
Shimmy and shake to the biggest, sparkliest hits of the '70s, with a special feature of tracks from the ABBA discography, thanks to DJ Disco Vinnie.
Neumos

SLAY "Pride Edition" Past Event Like List
SLAY, Seattle’s LGBTQ+ and POC hip-hop dance party, will ramp up for Pride and donate proceeds to Planned Parenthood and local LGBTQ-focused charities. DJs Ronin Roc and Automaton will be on the decks, a photo booth will be up and running for all your memory-capturing needs, and drink specials will be flowing. 
Crocodile

Stayin' Alive at the Roller Disco! Past Event Like List
Take your disco outfit to the next level by adding a pair of roller skates and going around the rink (or grooving at the bar) to funky beats from DJs Ajax, Doc the Lion, Jame$ervin, Jesse Leer, Koister, Lady Auds, Pezzner, Zac Levine, and Live Sax by Spencer Edgers.
Southgate Roller Rink 

SATURDAY

Day Crush to Night Crush Past Event Like List
Night Crush is a monthly dance party for queers that centers on people of color to maintain a safe space for QTPOC, people of varying abilities, and all bodies. This popular night will be doubled in duration for Pride, taking its attendees through a day of gogo crews and DJs—including Stas Thee Boss and Kween Kay$h—into a night of queer magic with Casual Aztec, Delish Da Goddess, and more.
Re-bar

Thank U, Next Past Event Like List
Whip your high pony around to tracks that graced our Top 40 pop charts this year, with hits by all your favorite "Dangerous Women" in music.
Neumos

Train Car Pride Party: Riz and Rob = Won Love! Past Event Like List
Celebrate Pride by dancing the night away to house music inside an old train car.
Orient Express

SUNDAY

Flammable Pride Edition! Past Event Like List
Flammable, the "longest-running house music night on the West Coast" will get an extra dose of Pride energy courtesy of Derek Pavone, Spaceotter, Brian Lyons, and Mich Eugene.

DRAG SHOWS & PERFORMANCES

THURSDAY

Gender Is a Joke Past Event Like List
Queer comedians will inspire you to raise your voice in laughter and cheers while you raise money for the Gender Alliance of the South Sound. Hear jokes from delightful locals like Andy Iwancio, El Sanchez, Nancy Jean Naly, Chocolate the Entertainer, and others.
Annex Theatre

Stand Up for Pride Past Event Like List
Get irreverent with prolific, delightful local comedians Bobby Higley and Woody Shticks, who'll host a night of queer laughs with stand-up comics Caitlin Weierhauser, Sabrina Jalees, Patti Harrison, and Matteo Lane. Some proceeds will benefit Seattle PrideFest. On Higley, Dave Segal writes: "Growing up in a Mormon family in Utah and Idaho, thin white androgyne Bobby Higley must have stuck out like '70s-era David Bowie at a hardcore-punk gig. She has turned the pain of being bullied in school and misunderstood at home into one of the raunchiest and funniest acts on Seattle's comedy stages."
SIFF Cinema Egyptian

Tush! Pride! Past Event Like List
According to Chase Burns, the regular drag night TUSH! is proof that "the best drag in town doesn't just happen on Capitol Hill anymore." Join host Betty Wetter and DJ Arson Nicki for what no doubt will be an extra-rowdy Pride edition, starring Angel Baby Kill! Kill! Kill!, Beau Degas, Miss Texas 1988, and special guests Strawberry Shartcake and Stasia Coup.
Clock-Out Lounge

FRIDAY

BeautyBoiz Queer AF Past Event Like List
Live large with a gaggle of queer talent and see aerial, burlesque, and drag performances by the likes of Thadayus, Kimber Shade, LüChi, Karmen Korbel, Beau Degas, Angela Visalia, Cody James, Faggedy Randy, Gunner Field, and Brandon Lentz.
Fred Wildlife Refuge

FRIDAY-SATURDAY

Gender Tender: Melted Riot Past Event Like List
For a conceptual take on Pride, Fox Whitney, the 2018 Velocity Dance Center Artist in Residence, has created a reverie based on "drag artist and cabaret singer Stormé DeLarverie throwing the first punch at the Stonewall Riots." MELTED RIOT evokes the queer community's reactions to oppression and support through durational performance, visuals, and dance.
Velocity Dance Center

Mae West's The Drag: A Homosexual Comedy in Three Acts Past Event Like List
When The Drag first opened in 1927, a reviewer for Variety apparently called it "an inexpressibly brutal and vulgar attempt to capitalize on a dirty matter for profit." After only 10 performances, the play was shut down for "indecency." So, in honor of indecency, in honor of the vulgar, and in honor of capitalizing on dirty matters, we must all go see this historical revival about a gay man named Rolly Kingsbury coming out in much more homo-hostile times (in America, at least), and then marvel at how far we've come, and how far we've yet to go. RICH SMITH
Gay City

They/Them: The Festival Past Event Like List
Drag king and former Intiman Emerging Artist Sam I'Am presents They/Them: The Musical, a solo show. Sam I'Am plays an expecting mother imagining the ways the life of their child would change depending on gender. Though their character explores the slipperiness of gender, the music will be "kinda more traditional," according to Annex. Each night of the festival will kick off with a little cabaret featuring stand-up comedy, burlesque, and musical performances from trans, nonbinary, and gender nonconforming performance artists. RICH SMITH
Annex Theatre

FRIDAY-SUNDAY

Love Out Loud Past Event Like List
The hotel will play host to Pride activities all weekend long, starting with a drag show with diva titaness Mama Tits on Friday, followed by a feather-clad burlesque show with Waxie Moon, J Von Stratton, Moscato Extatique, Ruby Mimosa, and Faggedy Randy on Saturday, and ending with a mimosa-filled brunch (Mama Tits will return for this one) to cure your hangover on Sunday.
W Seattle

SATURDAY

BIG PRIDE Past Event Like List
Get yourself to Linda's for a boozy brunch with DJ Mobilhomo, who will be spinning "vinyl queer weirdness" to soundtrack your egg-eating and cocktail-sipping. Then, after a little nap, come back in the evening for "the best free drag show on Capitol Hill" starring Shar Cooterie and Puke Nukeum, with special guests Stacey Starstruck, Londyn Bradshaw, Kaleena Markos, Klaudya Markos, Siren, Karmen Korbel, and Old Witch. 
Linda's Tavern

Daikon//Dyke Con Past Event Like List
Watch queers like Moon Palace, Lola Meraz, Lesbian Death Bed, Stres, Randy Ford (so graceful, so worth seeing!), and Kiki Larson pay tribute to dyke icons, with a "queer ass dance party with DJ Onesies" following at Vermillion. 
Studio Current

Lipstick Libations: A Dark Violet Production Past Event Like List
Adra Boo will "femmce" a "glam, queer, dirty, grindy" burlesque show with much-admired dancers like Nox Falls, Violet Tendencies, Briq House, Mia Maravilla, Seraphina Fiero, Carson St. Clair, and Sapphire Savant.
Palace Theatre & Art Bar

Pride-lesque Past Event Like List
Terrific burlesque/boylesque stars Waxie Moon, Jamie Von Stratton, Moscato Extatique, Ruby Mimosa, and Faggedy Randy will shake it to the beats in this sexy-sounding Pride celebration. 
W Seattle

Scrambled Drags: West End Brunch Past Event Like List
Savor a special brunch menu (not included in ticket price, but you do get a free mimosa or orange juice) and enjoy performances by beloved queens Amora Dior Black, Betty Wetter, Fraya Love, Londyn Bradshaw, and Old Witch. 
Skylark Cafe & Club

SUNDAY

Spec Script: Transparent Past Event Like List
This Portland podcast is based on a delightfully silly concept: A comic who has never seen a popular TV show like Game of Thrones or Black Mirror writes a "spec script" for an episode, which is then read by other comedians. For this special edition, Lexi Haack has written her version of Transparent, to be performed exclusively by trans actors Max Delsohn, Corina Lucas, Vee Chattie, Nancy Jean Naly, D Martin Austin, and Juliet Mylan. Andy Iwancio and Chris Khatami will host.
Blue Moon Tavern

FOOD & DRINK EVENTS

WEDNESDAY–SUNDAY

Pride at Hotel Sorrento Past Event Like List
Kicking off with a drag show starring Tipsy Rose Lee Past Event Like List , the historic Hotel Sorrento will host five days of activities for Pride. Thursday brings a chance to flirt with fellow LGBTQ+ singles Past Event Like List over rainbow punch, Friday brings a temporary tattoo station and a dance party with DJ Josh Quest Past Event Like List , Saturday brings a day-drinking garden party Past Event Like List , and Sunday brings a jazz brunch Past Event Like List .

THURSDAY

After Hours: aQUEERium Past Event Like List
Are you a queer adult who loves marine life and cocktails? Head to the Seattle Aquarium after hours for some educational fun.

FRIDAY–SATURDAY

Elysian Pride Past Event Like List
As the official beer sponsors of Pride, Elysian brewers concocted a special fruit-forward ale by adding blackberry and raspberry purees to the fermenter—and naturally, it's glittery, too. Try it for yourself at Friday's funk-themed "pre-funk" and groove to tunes from excellent local DJ Stas THEE Boss. During the main event on Saturday, hang out in the beer garden Past Event Like List all day to partake in temporary tattoos, a photo booth, and even more music from DJ Riz, DJ LGSP, DJ Trinitron and DJ Ramiro. A drag show headlined by RuPaul's Drag Race season five winner Jinkx Monsoon will cap things off.

SATURDAY
FOOD & DRINK

Capitol Cider Pride Drag Brunch Past Event Like List
Start your morning off right with Visage "Legs" LaRue and Smokey Brown, who will put on a fun and feisty show while you tuck into a gluten-free, boozy brunch menu.

SUNDAY

Frolik Seattle Pride Parade Brunch Past Event Like List
Take in a good view of the Seattle Pride Parade Past Event Like List while you boogie down at this rooftop silent disco with DJ Wes Wunder.

VISUAL ART SHOWS

THURSDAY

Boozy Snow Cones and Naked Art Past Event Like List
Through the LooQing Glass is a group show about queer bodies, featuring work by Matthew-Mary Caruchet, Mischa Ally, Mahogany LaPiranha, Bird Lindsay, Dev McCauley, OctoEyes, James Prost, Grego Rachko, Darby Rages, Panic Volkushka, and Timothy White Eagle. As you discover sculptures, collages, "odalisques," and more, sip spiked snow cones with suggestive names like "Timothée Chalamet's Summer Sweat," "Banana Hammock Split," "Unicorn Dandruff," and "Cisgender Tears."
The Factory

WEDNESDAY-SATURDAY

Kevin Kauer: Nark Past Event Like List
For many queers new to the Queen City, Nark Magazine’s photographs of Seattle queer parties are the first images that stand out to them about this city’s scene. They’re slick, gay, rowdy, hot—some would say intimidatingly so. But under the leadership of Kevin Kauer (with photography from Roman Robinson), Nark has captured much of the Seattle underground like no one else has. They are perfect archives of blissed out Seattle club kid moments. This show will dig deep into Nark’s archives, while also displaying club-inspired installations and new photography. CHASE BURNS
Vermillion

WEDNESDAY-SUNDAY

Look How Far We've Come: A Queer Art Show 902 Feet in the Air Past Event Like List
Look How Far We've Come: A Queer Art Show 902 Feet in the Air is literally that—a bunch of queer art really high off the ground. Curated by Factory director Timothy Rysdyke, the show is featured right off the elevators at the 360-degree Sky View Observatory in the Columbia Center, Seattle's tallest skyscraper. And while I'm usually not super thrilled at the idea of grouping work solely by marginalized identity, this show works in its straightforwardness and the talent of all involved. Sequoia Day O'Connell's use of sickly greens and blues and bright neon pinks and oranges is an unexpected color combination that really works. After a night performing as Femme Daddy, Jessica Marie Mercy presses her made-up face into a baby wipe, creating these distinct portraits of drag, gender, and labor. Julian Peña's Black John Doe has a beautiful cool palette. Its perspective is like looking at a body through a pane of dewy glass, a slowly uploaded picture of a friend, someone who you know, but can't quite place, an idea, a projection, etc. JASMYNE KEIMIG
Sky View Observatory

Stay Gay: A Big Gay Art Show Past Event Like List
Local artist/curator Jazz Mom has chosen some excellent Seattle-area queer artists to feature, such as rock musician/animator/sculptor Clyde Petersen, neon queen Nikita Ares, embroidery portraitist Michael Volz, and many others.
Cloud Gallery

FILM SCREENINGS

THURSDAY

Gay Camp Classics Past Event Like List
What better time to revisit campy gay short films from the '60s, presented by Scarecrow and Something Weird, than during Pride Week? What Really Happened to Baby Jane ("a spirited reimagining of the Crawford/Davis classic"), Always on Sunday (a boring bar turns abruptly fabulous), and Spy on the Fly (in which Agent 0069’s goes after Fonda Peters) were made by the Gay Girls Riding Club. DJ Risk Management will open the event with some tunes.
Substation

WEDNESDAY-FRIDAY

Before Stonewall: The Making of a Gay and Lesbian Community Past Event Like List
In the wee hours of June 28, 1969, NYC police raided a Greenwich Village gay bar called Stonewall Inn, which led to three nights of rioting and ultimately initiated the modern gay and lesbian liberation movement. Originally released in 1984, Before Stonewall: The Making of a Gay and Lesbian Community offered a decade-by-decade history of homosexuality in America leading up to the charged moment with archival footage and interviews with pioneering cultural figures and activists who experienced the closeted history firsthand, many of whom have since passed—Audre Lorde, Allen Ginsberg, Richard Bruce Nugent, and Barbara Gittings among them. While it may seem like ancient history, LGBTQ Americans are still fighting for equality, whether it’s in the bathroom or a wedding cake shop, which makes the theatrical rerelease of a newly restored edition of the doc (which is screening at NWFF in conjunction with Seattle Pride) feel more relevant than ever. LEILANI POLK
Northwest Film Forum

READINGS & TALKS

THURSDAY

Walt Odets: Out of the Shadows Past Event Like List
Love won, right? Not exactly, argues clinical psychologist Walt Odets in his new book, Out of the Shadows, which the New York Times describes as "part polemic, part memoir, and part road map for gay people hoping to live fully." Odets watched his friends and patients die during the AIDS crisis, and now he watches survivors of the plague continue to suffer from the lingering psychological effects of intense stigmatization in the face of claims that we're living in a "post-homophobic society." Focusing on gay men specifically, Odet finds increasing isolation and generational friction, as well as a constant struggle with a society that continues to pathologize them. Though the Times thinks Odet's solutions to these problems are a bit pat and dated, the memoir sections read with "aching" beauty and poignancy.RICH SMITH
Town Hall