Parsing through all the ways celebrate the biggest weekend of Pride Month can be overwhelming, so allow us to help: Below, we've compiled all the last-minute dance parties, drag shows, parades, and other great options that won't cost more than $10, including major players like the Seattle Pride Parade, a drag show with Jinkx Monsoon, and PrideFest Capitol Hill. For even more options, check out our critics' picks for the top 46 Pride events and our complete Pride calendar. Plus, check out our list of 83 cheap & easy (additional) things to do this weekend.
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- A Glitteris Pride Pre-Funk
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 this funk-themed release party and groove to tunes from excellent local DJ Stas THEE Boss.
(Capitol Hill, free) GEEK
- Pride No-Pants Pinball!
Dress in your most innovative pantless outfit and play pinball at this Lambert House fundraiser hosted by DonnaTella Howe.
(Capitol Hill, free) MUSIC & DANCE PARTIES
- Mamma Mia! Pride Edition
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.
(Capitol Hill, $5) - MBar's Third Annual Rooftop Pride Party
Grab drinks and wiggle around in the sunshine at this Absolut Vodka and Alternative Pride-presented party on the MBar rooftop overlooking downtown and the waterfront, complete with an ice luge, Jello-O shots, and non-stop beats by DJ Riz and DJ Slaven Slaven.
(South Lake Union, $10) - Pride Cabaret & Sing-Along!
Miranda Rensch and Katie Kelley will perform select jazzy, big-band-style standards and show tunes at this Pride cabaret, allowing plenty of opportunities for audience sing-alongs.
(Capitol Hill, free) - PRIDE NEON Nights! Black Light Underwear Party
Dress as scantily clad as you wish—so long as you're sporting some neon—for this Pride party complete with drink specials, sexy dudes who will allow you to paint their bodies, and free parking.
(West Seattle, free) - Pride Night! Claire Michelle, Jayomi, and Flesh Produce
Melancholy indie-rocker Claire Michelle will bust out some riff-y ballads after electro-pop and chiptunes from Jayomi and Flesh Produce at this Pride show.
(Ballard, $8) - Pride with DJ Billy the Kid
Dance Pride weekend away with DJ Billy the Kid.
(Capitol Hill, free) - Proud of Me Party
Slap on a temporary tattoo and dance the night away with DJ Josh Quest.
(First Hill, free) PARADES & FESTIVALS
- Trans Pride Seattle 2019
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 at Seattle Central College.
(Capitol Hill, free) PERFORMANCE
- Butt Stuff
Local queens and booty enthusiasts Strawberry Shartcake and Woody Schticks will team up with DJ Sugar for a night of comedy, gender-bending drag, go-go dancers, and danceable tunes.
(Capitol Hill, $10) SEX
- Trans Pride Kick-Off: Cocktails and Cupcakes
Kick off Trans Pride with complimentary cocktails and treats, plus 10% off shopping.
(Capitol Hill, free)FRIDAY-SATURDAY
FESTIVALS
- Introvert Pride Festival
Celebrate Pride without sacrificing your affinity for silent reading and chill hangs.
(Ballard, free)FRIDAY-SUNDAY
DRAG SHOWS
- Pride Celebration
Local queen Tipsy Rose Lee will perform while you sip margaritas all weekend long.
(Downtown, free) MUSIC & DANCE PARTIES
- Seattle Eagle Pride 2019
Shake and shimmy to all weekend long to various DJ sets at the Eagle, with Vancouver gogos Colin and Anaur of Pure Noise on the bar serving up some booty inspo on Saturday. There will be a clothes check, so go as ham as you want.
(Capitol Hill, $8/$10) - Union Pride
The relatively new gay bar and cocktail lounge Union will throw a Pride celebration and street party during PrideFest Capitol Hill.
(Capitol Hill, free) PERFORMANCE
- Day Drag: A PRIDE at Kremwerk Patio Party Series!
The club is partying outdoors nice and early so you can dance with DJs and drag queens before heading out to other, later shindigs. The lineup will include DJ Saturn.9 and Angela Visalia on Thursday, DJ MMMelt and Londyn Bradshaw on Friday, and DJ Toya B and Baby Guuurl on Saturday. Drink $5 spiked slushies, $4 shots, and $2 Rainier cans.
(Downtown, free/$5) VISUAL ART
- Kook Teflon: Church of the Poison Mind
Seattle is about to lose a team of kooky artistic leaders: Kook Teflon, a High Priestess who has produced over 100 live shows during her time in Seattle; and Jackie Hell, a drag queen so strange and wonderful she's hard to describe, like if Dina Martina were haunted by a fun demon. The duo is moving to New Orleans at the end of June, but Kook will be creating a final installation at Virago Gallery. Kook's last hurrah should be a spectacle. Expect a ceremony. CHASE BURNS
(West Seattle, free)
Closing SundaySATURDAY
FOOD & DRINK
- Day Drink in the Garden
Quaff cocktails in the garden and boogie to tunes from DJ Josh Quest.
(First Hill, free) - Elysian's Pride Beer Garden
Elysian will throw their annual Pride party in their outdoor beer garden, where DJs RIz, LGSP, Trinitron and Ramiro will be spinning all day, a photo booth and temporary tattoo station will be up and running, and RuPaul's Drag Race season five winner Jinkx Monsoon will be performing (sorry for burying the lead) along with DonnaTella Howe, Dutchess Drew Nightshade, Gaysha Starr, and Amora Dior Black.
(Capitol Hill, $10) - Nacho Borracho Pride Party
Luxuriate in a giant beer garden with frosty drink specials from Nacho Borracho's ever-churning boozy slushie machines while taking in tunes from DJs Tim, Rainbow Tay, and Larry's Lounge.
(Capitol Hill) - Trans Pride Tea Social
Sip tea and make new friends at this quieter alternative to the Pride Parade.
(Wallingford, free) DRAG SHOWS
- BIG PRIDE
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.
(Capitol Hill, free) MUSIC & DANCE PARTIES
- Annual Hopvine Pride Karaoke
Sing your queerest favorites at the Hopvine's free Pride karaoke night.
(Capitol Hill, free) - Beach Bum Pride Edition with Ursula Major
Starting Pride weekend, Spooky queen Ursula Major will host a recurring beach-themed dance party perfect for unwinding after a long day of swimming and burning your buns. DJ Skiddle will spin.
(Capitol Hill, free) - Color Me Proud
Dance to hip-hop and R&B to raise money for this summer's Pacific Northwest Black Pride.
(Pioneer Square, $10) - Eskandala - Latin Night
DJ Luis will spin Latin beats at this Pride version of Eskandala Latin Night, complete with go-go boys and a performance from drag star Atasha Manila.
(Belltown) - PRAY TELL
DJs Papi Bry Boom and Onesies will bring you "bops, slaps, cutz, jamz, and joints" at this Pride dance party and runway show.
(Capitol Hill, $5-$10) - Pride Edition of "Shore-Leave!"
Get sweaty on the dance floor with go-go boys and live DJs.
(White Center, free) - Psy Ops Presents Queer Ops: A Seattle LGBTQ Pride Celebration
This all-queer lineup features a special "tag team" set from underground dance music artists Jen Woolfe and DJ Lara, plus Ask Aury and Psy Ops DJs Miss Scribbles, Rainbow Rat, and Ione.
(Pioneer Square, $10) - Thank U, Next
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.
(Capitol Hill, $5) - Train Car Pride Party: Riz and Rob = Won Love!
Celebrate Pride by dancing the night away to house music inside an old train car.
(Sodo, free) PARADES & FESTIVALS
- Capitol Hill Pride March and Rally
The day before the Seattle Pride Parade, rally and march with your Capitol Hill neighbors to honor the 50th anniversary of the Stonewall riots.
(Capitol Hill, free) - PrideFest Capitol Hill
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 drag shows, family and queer youth activities, and karaoke, and so much more.
(Capitol Hill, free) - 2019 Seattle Dyke March
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.
(Capitol Hill, free) PERFORMANCE
- ArtHaus 5.0 All-Stars
The weirdo drag battles at Art Haus produce the kind of shockingly brilliant, deeply strange, and delightfully incomprehensible performances that I imagine when old timers talk about the off-the-wall art people used to make before the first wave of tech money started "ruining" everything. Go and have fun at something for once in your life. RICH SMITH
(Downtown, $7-$10) - KINGS: A Drag King Show Matinee
Kremwerk's usual drag king show hosted by Samuel L JackYouSon and Salvador Saber will take an extra afternoon slot (in addition to its regular evening show) over Pride weekend.
(Downtown, $7/$10) - Pandemonium // Pony Pride 2019
You're going to end up at Pony at some point during Pride weekend, so it might as well be in the excellent company of queens Amoania, Britt Brutality, and Hot Pink Shade, plus DJs Livwutang and Saturn. 9.
(Capitol Hill, $10) - Pride Party
Have some midday Pride fun in a "flamingo-and-glitter-infused playground that will make Pee Wee's Playhouse look like your grandpa's unfinished basement," with frozen drinks, DJs, and performances by Fishnet, Ru Tang Clan, and others.
(Capitol Hill, free) - Pride Showtune Sing-A-Long
Belt out show tunes from Broadway musicals, TV shows, and more with local queens Isabella Extynn and Tipsy Rose Lee. There might even be a lip sync competition, so prepare your numbers just in case.
(Capitol Hill, free) - Pride-lesque
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.
(Downtown, free) SEX
- Queer Witch Sex Tips! Dyke March Kick-Off Party with Free Tarot Readings
Before you head to the Seattle Dyke March, learn sex tips and herbal aphrodisiac recipes from Fern Wynn.
(Capitol Hill, free) SPORTS & RECREATION
- Prom Dress Rugby
Queer rugby teams the Quake, Hens, and Saracens will sport their finest thrift store-acquired prom wear at this annual Pride match. Spectators can buy things like glitter bombs, slow dances with team members, and opportunities to (consensually, duh) apply sunscreen to the player of their choice.
(Capitol Hill, free)SUNDAY
DRAG SHOWS
- Creepless in Seattle
Talented youth drag queens Lemon Girl, Carmen Dioxide, and Opium will put on a '90s horror-themed performance.
(Seattle Center, free) FOOD & DRINK
- Pop-Up Pride Party at Black Bottle
In honor of Pride, take advantage of $3 refreshments like fried chicken, shishitos, fried olives with romesco, sangria, and Rainier tallboys. All proceeds will benefit Lambert House. There will also be free buttery lemon thyme popcorn while supplies last, so get there early.
(Downtown, free) - Rise Up Belltown Pride Party!
Sip drink specials at this Pride Parade pre-funk.
(Belltown, free) MUSIC & DANCE PARTIES
- BabexHouse at Kremwerk Pride
Join BabexHouse Collective, a group of POC/LGBTQ+ Seattle-based artists and DJs, for a dance party as part of Kremwerk's Pride Week. Your DJs for the night include Reverend Dollars, Dos Leches, N SO, Rlynow, and JennGreen.
(Downtown, $5) - Gay Latin Pride Party
Wrap up Pride with DJ Luis at this Latin dance party.
(Capitol Hill, $10) - Gender Is A Spectrum — Pizza Is A Flat Circle
Bring a USB drive filled with your favorite tunes to this trans-non-binary-queer pizza dance party led by Andy Iwancio, who will teach you how to deejay in between slices.
(University District, free) - Pride Benefit Concert with Helen Ray, Jennifer Hopper, & Justin Davis
Local singer-songwriter Helen Ray will perform alongside Jen Hopper and Justin Davis to benefit the Bailey-Boushay House and the GSBA Giblett Family Foundation Scholarship Fund to close out Pride Month.
(Sodo, $10) - Queers Are Just Better: A Pride Fundraiser
Celebrate the diverse spectrum of LGBTQ+ identities at this night of queer performances, live DJs, and bingo.
(Capitol Hill, free) - Re-Bar & Kremwerk Present Seattle Pride Sunday Tea Dance
DJ duo Sappho and thEO will man the decks at this Pride close-out dance party.
(Downtown, free) - Sunday Funday Pride Party with DJ Flow 206
Dance away the last day of Pride weekend while still getting adequate shut-eye for the following Monday at this early-evening dance party with DJ Flow 206.
(Capitol Hill, free) - Vera Project & QTYMP Present: Pride Dance!
This all-ages space-themed Pride dance party—featuring DJs from Vera and the Queer and Trans Youth Music Project—will raise money for Camp Emerald.
(Seattle Center, $5-$10) - World's Tiniest Tea Dance - Pride Edition
Behold, a special Pride edition of the "longest-running Tea Dance in Seattle." DJs Freddy King of Pants and Sling Dion will be playing your favorite disco anthems and dancey deep cuts while ethereal diva Ade hosts and go-go boys dance about.
(Capitol Hill, $5) PARADES & FESTIVALS
- PrideFest Seattle Center
Think of this event as the pot of gold at the end of the Seattle Pride Parade 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, free) - Seattle Pride Parade
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, free) PERFORMANCE
- Spec Script: Transparent
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.
(University District, $7)
