A portion of the proceeds will go to Pride Houston.
This event (which kicks off the new Houston is the New Black event series) will be full of Houston-based art, music, and fashion, along with food and drink specials. 11:59 pm.Įl Big Bad is hosting a curated program called Pride is the New Black.
Landmark River Oaks will host a midnight-movie screening of To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar, that other drag-queen road trip movie from the '90s, starring Wesley Snipes, John Leguizamo, and the late Patrick Swayze as a trio of dames en route to a beauty pageant. Each day is a different theme: Friday is Psychedelic Starry Night, Saturday will have Poppy Prism and Date Night, and Sunday will be Family Day Unicorn, where folks and their kids can paint unicorns. Pinot's Palette will salute Pride by having a weekend when people can come in and paint.
Eureka Heights Brewing Company will donate beer, and a portion of the $5 cover charge will benefit a local nonprofit that serves the city's LGBTQ+ community. Insomnia Gallery will have a Pride Art Show, celebrating and showcasing local LGBTQ+ artists.
Known as Eagle's Pride Street Festival, this three-day fest has food trucks, games, a performance by Darius Vallier during the downtown parade, and a series of DJs providing the tunes for the official, Pride Houston closing party on Sunday. 7 pm.Įagle Houston has an annual festival of its own every time Pride comes around. Here is a rundown of Pride-related happenings that will be popping off in the next three days.ĭiscovery Green will once again have Rainbow on the Green, a free, city-wide LGBT celebration featuring performances from RuPaul's Drag Race alum Chad Michaels, The Voice duo OneUp, and some of Houston’s best drag performers, including Roxanne Collins, Linda Crawford, and others. And while Pride Houston will have plenty of official parties and events going on this Saturday and Sunday, there are several places that will also have very Pride-ful events. June is Pride Month, which means the folks at Pride Houston will, as always, salute its local, LGBTQ+ brethren with the Houston Pride Festival and Parade on Saturday (aka Pride Day).