Pride Picnics past (Images: CHS)

How about a $1 picnic complete with a rainbow-y collection of fun things to do and music in Volunteer Park? How about music in the park with Pony Time, Glitterbang, and Pig Snout? The 2015 Pride Picnic is Saturday:

The Seattle Pride Picnic is a chance for family and friends to come together in one of Seattle’s iconic parks and celebrate our amazing community.All the fun begins at 11:00 AM on Saturday, June 13 at Volunteer Park in Seattle’s Capitol Hill neighborhood. $1 PICNIC MEAL — Including hot dogs, delicious side dishes, refreshments and dessert (All proceeds to benefit YouthCare) — FREE LIVE ENTERTAINMENT ALL DAY
Box Car Derby Races by Rat City Roller Girls
Bouncy Houses
Picnic games
Photo booths
And SO much more!

June’s edition of Thursday’s Capitol Hill Art Walk will also be super gay. Here are details on the first annual Queer Art Walk slated to be part of the fun:

 Our first ever! As part of the Capitol Hill Art Walk, we’re working with artists and venues to create an art-walk-within-an-art-walk, featuring some of the most popular queer artists in town! We’ll be announcing those artists here and distributing a queer art walk-specific map for the night. PrideFest is all about arts & culture! We’re very excited for this first-year event.

MAP OF PRIDEFEST’S QUEER ART WALK (printer friendly):
http://www.seattlepridefest.org/queerartwalk/queerartwalk-2015-map.pdf

11 VENUES:
The Factory – John Criscitello (formerly # Gallery) (event:https://www.facebook.com/events/1607633989450979/)
Joe Bar – Paul D. McKee and Therese Buchmiller
https://www.facebook.com/events/484538278394458/
Ingersoll & Gay City Art and Poetry – 517 E Pike Street
https://www.facebook.com/events/1402730863383949/
Art Primo – #keithharinglives Street Artist Tribute
https://www.facebook.com/events/1445064395807589/
Calypte Gallery – Jeffry Mitchell (event link: https://www.facebook.com/events/853533494728273/)
Steve Jensen – Male Nudes (photographs & drawings)
Cupcake Royale – Queer Photo Group Show
https://www.facebook.com/events/379651982241338/
Cairo – Sofya Belinskaya, Andrew Lamb Schultz, and Shawn Parks – “Object(s) of Affection”
Sole Repair – Allan Carandang – “Love My Bare Naked”
Poco – Michelle Salazar – “Uncovered”
95 Slide – Frank Correa (projections), Taylor Barker (body painting, live), hosted by James Majesty (event link: https://www.facebook.com/events/442347325943555/)

More upcoming 2015 Capitol Hill Pride events here.

Thursday’s busy night also brings the opening celebration for Liz Dunn’s 11th Ave Chophouse Row project:

To celebrate the official opening of the Chophouse Row project, developer Dunn & Hobbes, along with the project’s tenants and neighbors, is throwing a neighborhood party on the evening of Thursday, June 11. The party will take place in the alley and courtyard at 1424 11th Avenue on Capitol Hill.

Festivities will include an outdoor beer garden and live stage with performances by local bands Breaks & Swells and Lushy, as well as sounds from Seattle DJ Wesley Holmes. Food and drink will be provided by ground floor tenants Chop Shop Cafe & Bar, Kurt Farm Shop, Amandine, and Bar Ferd’nand, as well as neighbors Osteria La Spiga, Cupcake Royale, and Café Pettirosso. The party will take place from 5pm to 10 pm, and will coincide with the Capitol Hill Art Walk.

For more things to do on and around Capitol Hill — or to let us know about your event — check out the CHS Calendar.

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