A PrideFest scene from 2022 as Pride returned to its rightful space after years of pandemic cancellations and delays

75 F and mostly sunny. Sounds like it is time for PrideFest. The annual free Pride festival on Broadway and in Cal Anderson returns Saturday as a centerpiece to LGBTQIA+ celebrations across Capitol Hill this weekend. Also check out our news on the important changes for the annual Dyke March. The PrideFest 2023 schedule is below along with the rest of the highlights from the weekend around the Hill. Happy Pride.

2023 CAPITOL HILL PRIDE

• FRIDAY JUNE 23RD: TRANS PRIDE SEATTLE — Trans Pride Seattle got back on its feet in 2022 — but not in time to be part of celebrations in June. This year, the celebration of transgender freedom continues its new tradition of gathering in Volunteer Park with a Friday night rally and party.
  Volunteer Park Amphitheater — 6 to 9:30 PM — transprideseattle.org
• SATURDAY JUNE 24: PRIDEFEST CAPITOL HILL — The free Broadway street festival continues to grow with a mix of stages, booths, and beer and food gardens from neighborhood businesses. Last year’s edition was hot — make sure to stop by a cooling station and stay hydrated! Broadway and the AIDS Memorial Pathway Plaza — noon to 8 PM — seattlepridefest.org
  • PNW BLACK PRIDE: Skarlet Dior Black will host a special stage at PrideFest featuring “Black showcase on Pride weekend, full of performances from some of the PNW’s best drag stars, singers, musicians, and poets.” 7 PM at Broadway and Republican
• SATURDAY JUNE 24: SEATTLE DYKE MARCH — The annual march is following Trans Pride’s format and moving its rally into Volunteer Park in 2023 with speeches and performances before a march through the nearby streets. Volunteer Park Amphitheater — 5 to 8 PM — seattledykemarch.com 
• PARTIES — CHS reported here on the bigger than ever plans for the Queer/Pride Festival from the Queer/Bar family of businesses. Other longtime Pride weekend parties in the neighborhood include the annual Cuff Complex Pride Fest and The Wildrose Pride Weekend along with the Union party on the backside of Pike/Pine.
• LATER THIS SUMMER: There will be even more Pride on Broadway later this year when LGBTQ-affirming affordable senior housing project Pride Place will open. Its neighbor? Neighbours!

2023 PRIDEFEST CAPITOL HILL SCHEDULE

PrideFest Capitol Hill is back! Three stages, 2 beverage gardens, over a hundred vendors—including your favorite Broadway businesses—and free fun for all ages!

The street festival runs for five blocks from Roy in the north to John/Olive in the South, just across from the light rail station. We also have family, youth, and all ages activities happening on Barbara Bailey Way and the AIDS Memorial Pathway Plaza and fun extending into Cal Anderson Park and Bobby Morris Playfield.

EVENT SCHEDULE

MAIN STAGE AT HARRISON & BROADWAY

12:00PM Bacon Strip
1:00PM Future Drag Legends with Issa
1:55PM Poprox Dance
2:00PM LüChi
2:40PM Little Miss Hot Mess
2:50PM Angel Bonilla/Pride ASIA teaser
3:05PM AZN GLO (Kylie Mooncakes)
4:05PM BeautyBoiz Drag
5:05PM House of Moschino
5:35PM Miss Texas 1988
6:05PM Chablis/Lashes
7:05PM Ex-Florist
7:35PM Crescent Lounge Karaoke All-Stars

RAINBOW STAGE AT REPUBLICAN & BROADWAY

12:00PM DJ Toya B
1:00PM Coast Slaylish
2:00PM Latine Showcase
3:00PM #BlackHotSunday “Up & Coming”
4:00PM Rain Country Dance Association
4:35PM Pride ASIA
5:30PM Danza Monarcas
6:00PM Tinashea Monet Presents Trans Power Hour
7:00PM PNW Black Pride

FAMILY / QUEER YOUTH PRIDE / ALL AGES STAGE
AT BARBARA BAILEY WAY & BROADWAY

1:00PM-2:00PM Drag Queen Storytime with Aleksa Manila and Little Miss Hot Mess
2:00PM-3:00PM Doggy Drag Contest
3:00PM-5:00PM Queer Youth Pride, produced by Seattle’s LGBTQ+ Center
5:00PM-7:00PM Dance Party with C89.5

 

Learn more at seattlepridefest.org/schedule.

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