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Kick your Pride Parade weekend off early (Wednesday night can be the weekend if you just try hard enough) at this free fête, which includes drag performances, DJ sets, live music, and more.ĭETAILS: June 26 at 9 p.m. 6 FABITATĬhicago drag icon Lucy Stoole hosts this biweekly LGBTQ+ party, which has solidified itself as one of the city’s most reliable alt-queer events. (Drag is serious business at Jeffery’s - after all, it’s the home bar of The Vixen, of Drag Race fame.) Queen Ebonii Ebonii hosts.ĭETAILS: June 23 from 3 to 10 p.m.
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5 SilkySoul Pre-Pride PartyĬhicago’s only black-owned gay bar is getting in on the Pride fun, with a special pre-Pride edition of its monthly soul party. SilkySoul starts mid-afternoon with free food and drink specials, and a drag show at 7 p.m. And who says print media isn’t hip?ĭetails: June 23 from 1 to 9 p.m. Plus, Marz brews and eats from local vendors will be available for purchase. Hourly entertainment includes Drag Queen Story Hour, a house dance music lesson, a queer emcee showcase, a Janet Jackson live tribute, and much more. pridefest 4 Reader Pride Block PartyĬhicago’s beloved alt-weekly is throwing its first-ever Pride bash this weekend. Oh, and bring your pup along - there’s a pet parade! Proceeds go to the Northalsted Business Alliance.ĭetails: June 22 and 23 from 11 a.m.
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It’s two blocks of food and drink vendors, arts and crafts tents, four stages with live music, and drag shows. That’s pretty much what we’ve got with PrideFest. Pitch: a classic Chicago summer street festival, but - wait for it - make it gay. If boozy dance parties aren’t your thing, check out this hilarious celebration of Chicago’s gay history - in all its horny, campy, permanently half-naked glory.ĭETAILS: Lakeview. The musical tells the tale of wide-eyed Al searching for love in the skeevy Boystown bathhouse, aptly around the corner from the theater itself. The Annoyance brings this show back June after June, and for good reason. Each show this weekend has a different combination of performers - check out each lineup here.ĭetails: June 21 and 22 at 8 p.m. (Even queerer than usual, which is saying something for YBR.) Stories at YBR range from devastating to romantic to downright gross, but they’ll always make you laugh, too. The quarterly storytelling showcase is back for June, and this time around the stories are queer-centric.