Pride Weekend is finally here, and, although there are events that require lots of money or ticket purchases far in advance, many of them are cheap and easy for all to participate in—like playing Cards Against Humanity with drag queen DonnaTella, attending the Uncle Ike’s Pride Block Party, or watching the 42nd annual Seattle Pride Parade. After you’re done looking at all of your $10-and-under options below, if you’re left wanting more, check out our complete queer calendar, or our list of 53 last-minute (non-Pride-related) things to do this weekend.
ALL WEEKEND
1. Fly With Pride Party
Enjoy Pride signature drink specials and prize drawings for free airline tickets from Alaska Airlines all weekend long at Sun Liquor. (Capitol Hill, free)
2. Pony Pride MMXVI
Pony Pride MMXVI is here and will wreck everybody’s body, heart, and brain. Friday is Pride or Die, hosted by Jackie Hell with DJ Kkost and DJ Sling Dion — free until 9pm. On Saturday, DJ Daddio Dario is spinning all night, starting at 4pm. Starting at 9pm that same evening, Luv Ladder happens, with performances by Adé, Mixed Feelings, and Dee Jay Jack — free until 8pm. On Sunday, enjoy the world’s tiniest Tea Dance, hosted by Cookie Couture with DJ El Toro and DJ King of Pants — goes all night, free before 5pm. (Capitol Hill, free/$5)
3. Pride Weekend at Rachel’s Ginger Beer
Celebrate Pride all weekend long with the good people of RGB (they have fried chicken and booze, so they’re family), as they break out live sets from DJs Status Apparatus, Meaty Okra, Reverend Dollars, Evalish, and Mixed Feelings on Friday and Saturday, with iconically gay movies projected large and in charge on the walls, with specials on food and drink every day. (Capitol Hill, free)
4. Purr Pride 2016
Purr is unleashing their five day super-set of Pride events this year, and, good news, it’s a doozy. June 22nd is their Pride Kick-Off Party (no cover), with Andrew Scott and Raja, the Season Three winner of RuPaul’s Drag Race. June 23rd stars Trixie Mattel, a Drag Race favorite, with Fraya Love (also no cover). June 24th throws out a massive dance party soundtracked by DJ BlackLow ($5 at the door). June 25th is the all-day block party (12pm-2am) featuring The Perry Twins DJ duo, with DJs Skiddle and Freddy King of Pants ($25 cover). Power up after the parade on June 26th with the Pride Party, featuring resident Purr VJ Art Ruiz (no cover). (Capitol Hill, $0-$25)
FRIDAY
5. Bearracuda Seattle
Bearracuda Seattle hits up the Chop for one night only, Pride Night that is. Doors at 9pm, $10 all night, with babely gogo dancers on the stage, DJs Matt Consola, Matt Stands, and MVery at the helm, and a clothes optional vibe all around. (Capitol Hill, $10)
6. Cakearaoke for Pride!
Celebrate Pride with everybody’s favorite sweet tooth sideshow, Cakearaoke! Pick your tunes, bring a fork, get into it. (Capitol Hill, $5)
7. Cucci’s Critter Barn: PRIDE Edition
The infamous Miss Cucci Binaca hosts her legendary Critter Barn with a special Pride Edition in the Timbre Room, just up the stairs from Kremwerk. In her words: “Yes, there will be drinks. Yes, there will be games. Yes, there will be jokes. Yes, there will be creatures. Yes, there will be some muggles here. Yes, you will be tipping (I’m not paying them much).” (Downtown, $8)
8. Darqness vs. Soul-Fi: The Darqside of Pride
Darqness and Soul-Fi join forces for the best of alt pride, black pride, and queer pride under one roof. Soul-Fi regulars SassyBlack and Toya B will perform, along with the whole Darqness crew (Howin 100, Nome Goldie, and Reverend Dollars), as well as special guest, NYC vogue killer, Skyshaker. (Downtown, $10)
9. Dickslap PRIDE
Get ready for a Pride party full of dickdickdickdick (and beard rubs and techno). Dickslap is getting into the Pride game with a “Fetish Night,” facilitated by Jay Douglas and Jens Irish, some gogo cuties on the bar, and barber daddy Brock trimming chins all night. (Capitol Hill, $5)
10. DonnaTella Against Humanity: Pride Return
Join local drag queen DonnaTella at Gamma Ray for a raucous night of Cards Against Humanity and bar trivia just in time for Pride. Prizes for best team name, and overall winner, so play to win. (Capitol Hill, free)
11. JIVE: Pride Edition with DJs Almond Brown and Trinitron
JIVE breaks out its most rainbowed hip hop and funk dance vibes for this Pride Edition, with guest DJs Almond Brown and Trinitron, and resident talent Joey Webb and Shortfuze. (Ballard, $10)
12. La Realeza Latinx Night
La Realeza brings the Latinx vibes to the Timbre Room for Pride, with sets from DJs Marco, Mr. Flakes, and Pax, who’ll be breaking out the dancehall, reggaeton, and cumbia sounds for an evening of serenity and dance. (Downtown, $6)
13. Trans* Pride Seattle
This year marks the fourth annual Trans Pride March and Rally. The march gets going at 5pm, and mosies down to Capitol Hill around 6pm, followed by a celebration in Cal Anderson Park from 7pm-10pm featuring esteemed speakers Kris Hayashi, Gabriel Foster, and more. (Capitol Hill, free)
SATURDAY
14. 18th Annual Rainbow Health Fair
The Rainbow Health Fair offers free health services (including massage, HIV/Hep C testing, cholesterol/glucose testing, healthcare enrollment, and mammograms) for trans, lesbian, bi, and queer women, as well as trans people of all genders. (Capitol Hill, free)
15. BadWill Market: Pride Edition
The Pride edition of BadWill Market (a 21+ monthly pop up) offers day drinking, food, shopping, and music; they’ll also have a donation booth for Voices Rising, and participating vendors will donate proceeds to LGBTQ nonprofits. (Capitol Hill, free entry, through Sunday)
16. Bait Shop Pride Party
A 21+ pride party on the patio with drink specials and snacks! (Capitol Hill, free)
17. Capitol Hill Pride Festival March & Rally
After the “Never Forget” 1969 Stonewall civic march at 10am, the free, all-day Capitol Hill Pride Festival will include live entertainment including a Michael Jackson tribute show, a Doggie Drag Costume Contest, Rainbow Light Art Walk, and more. (Capitol Hill, free)
18. Cosplay Pride Party
Join the Raygun community for a night of cosplaying with the best geeks in town, with snacks, drinks, a raffle, contests, and prizes. Gender bend your way with Gamma Ray. (Capitol Hill, free)
19. DoNormaal, Nightspace, Aeon Fux
Experience the full-on POC queer pride takeover of Indian Summer for sensory-wash live sets from Do Normaal, Night Skye, and Aeon Fux. (Capitol Hill, $5-$10)
20. Family Pride and Queer Youth Pride
Family Pride, from 1pm-4pm, includes kid-friendly entertainment like “Drag Queen Storytime” and bounce houses to spread the all-inclusive PFLAG-esque love around. Queer Youth Pride follows from 4pm-7pm with interactive educational activities and queer youth performers doing live sets of spoken word — all are encouraged to join in and share their stories. (Capitol Hill, free)
21. HELLA BENT
Alright, sweet freaks: it’s time to dance. Find your way to the dark side of the rainbow at Mercury’s HELLA BENT, a chance to party with DJs Hana Solo and Nightray, who will be spinning all your favorite dark alternative tunes. A portion of the event’s proceeds will go to Seattle’s Lambert House LGBTQ Youth Services. Like always, free for members before 10pm, and $5 after. (Capitol Hill, free/$5)
22. HouseQuake
Celebrate Pride with Seattle Quake Rugby at HouseQuake! Seattle Pride Edition, a night of house music, dancing, and a celebration of diversity with featured DJs Barbeau, David Sylvester, and Mr. Linden. (Downtown, $10)
23. Into the Streets Pride Party
Join the Nacho Borracho staff as they take it to the streets this Pride, with DJ sets from Larry Rose, Timmy Taco, and Rainbow Tay, performances by the Markos sisters (Cherry and Minerva), and an outdoor party garden with booze, babes, and jams. (Capitol Hill, free)
24. Kiss Off: PRIDE
Kiss Off, a queer women’s club night, hosts this evening celebrating the advent of Pride Weekend. You’re encouraged to dress your most queerio and embrace the strange at Kremwerk, where there will be performances from Princess Superstar, Reverend Dollars, Toya B, and many more. Good news: if you go to KINGS first, that ticket gets you into Kiss Off for free. (Downtown, $7)
25. Lambert House Pride Drop-In
Dinner and a movie (plus games!) for people ages 11-22 at queer-friendly Lambert House, organized as part of Seattle Pride. (Capitol Hill, free)
26. Night Crush: HELLA QUEER
Night Crush amps it up for HELLA QUEER, their independent scrapper of a Pride party that thankfully has nothing to do with shilling vodka or street-side political clashes, and exists simply as a safe space for queers of all kinds to get wild over Pride. The Lady B will grace the stage with her “TransFabulous, Femtastic, Draglesquing, Sass-Mouthing Negro” presence, while guest DJs KingDee and Ill Camino with resident DJ Riff-Raff bring the sweat, and the 12-person gogo crew keeps the energy going. (Downtown, $10)
27. Seattle Dyke March and Rally
There will be a rally from 5-7pm at the Seattle Central Community College Plaza followed by the march proper, celebrating the Seattle queer womxn community, which steps off at 7pm to go around Capitol Hill and back to the Plaza. (Capitol Hill, free)
SUNDAY
28. 42nd Annual Seattle Pride Parade
There’s a rich queer vein flowing through the city, and this weekend it takes the form of thousands of shouting, cheering, chanting revelers. This year’s theme looks to the future, asking what shape Pride might take as we continue to fight for justice and equality. The beer gardens open at 9:30 a.m., which is maybe a little early for a drink—but it’s never the wrong time to meet your friends, dress to impress, and hold hands in a great big mob of queer unity. MATT BAUME (Downtown, free)
29. 2016 KEXP Pride Party
Party with the radio crowd right on the parade route all day Sunday with BBQ from the 5 Point, beer garden, cash bar, and of course, soundtrack by KEXP DJs. (Belltown, free)
30. Lungs and Limbs: Benefit for Orlando
Listen to alt pop band Lungs and Limbs starting at 5 pm, and raise money for the Pulse Victim Fund GoFundMe campaign; $1 from every beer sold will go towards the fund. (Hillman City, free)
31. Pride Day Karaoke
The inimitable tiki-oke joint Hula Hula will be throwing open its doors at noon on the 26th for a double round of Pride-honoring karaoke, first at 12pm-4pm, and again at 9pm-2am, with drink specials like $5 Sailor Jerry shots and Sailor Mules all day. (Seattle Center, free)
32. PrideFest 2016
PrideFest is the largest free Pride festival in North America, now in its tenth year. Featuring performances from local and international touring acts, this year’s fest also has family-friendly activities as well as identity-specific marches and parties for many tastes (not all of them, but a lot of them). (Seattle Center, free)
33. Pride Party at Amber
Celebrate Pride at Amber, the self-proclaimed #1 nightclub in Seattle, with a live set from DJ Adrian Rowe, performances by Ladi Vixxen and Lola DuVoe, and hosted by Indika Haze and Roxy Renee Ross. (Belltown, free)
34. Sunday Patio Party Series
Experience the new Timbre Room (adjacent to Kremwerk) at their new summer-exclusive Sunday afternoon dance party series with $1 beer specials, and sets by some of Seattle’s favorites, like De La Creme, Lady Miss Kier, and TUF. (Downtown, free)
35. Uncle Ike’s Pride Block Party with Mariah Balenciaga
Enjoy a meet and greet with Mariah Balenciaga of RuPaul’s Drag Race, amidst a whole parking lot of music, food trucks, prize giveaways, and weed specials at Uncle Ike’s. (Central District, free)
