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Our round-up of Pride events in our communities: Santa Fe, Las Vegas, Denver, Dallas-Fort Worth, and Houston.
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Photo by Reyes Mendez
In a time where everything feels so scary and uncertain for the queer community, it can help to look forward to moments of joy during pride. Here are some of our own moments!
Join us and the Human Rights Alliance of Santa Fe (HRA) for Pride on June 28th. We’ll be partying on the Plaza from 9AM to 5PM as well as marching in the parade starting at 10AM.
If you’re still not partied out after Pride, HRA will once again be hosting Pride After Dark at Meow Wolf Santa Fe on the 28th. This year, the featured guest is Grammy-winning DJ/producer Tracy Young.
Another year, another queer prom at Meow Wolf Santa Fe! This year, we held it on June 6th. As always, it was a beautiful night where guests could relive or reclaim the magic of prom on their own terms! We hope everyone who attended enjoyed dancing the night away in Fancytown.
If you’re a Santa Fean who needs more queer parties in their life, HRA will be holding Disco Inferno at Boxcar on June 21st and Somewhere in the Rainbow Party at the Mystic on June 26th. Not the dancing type? You can head to Queer Movie Night with Soft Butch Blues at Jean Cocteau on June 27th where they will be showing Bound.
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Catch us at the festival on June 28th and 29th as well as marching in the parade on June 29th! This year’s festival will include performances by American rapper Chika, influencer/climate activist/drag queen Pattie Gonia, and RuPaul’s Drag Race queens Vanjie and Detox. It will also feature the Gayborhood, a marketplace dedicated to supporting local LGBTQ+ small businesses, entrepreneurs, craft-makers, and artisans.
Adultiverse/Flower Power Kiki Ball
Earlier this month on June 14th, we brought back fan favorites The House of Flora for our Flower Power Kiki Ball, held as a double feature with Pirates and Princesses Pride Adultiverse. The House of Flora is the premier Kiki house of the state of Colorado, collaborating with both local and large-scale companies, and building safe spaces for BIPOC queer trans individuals since 2018.
Other Hotspots
Some other places to celebrate include X Fest at X Bar, a host of events at Tracks, and Queer Fest on June 27th and 28th.
We still have a few months until we’re joining Las Vegas Pride on Coming Out Weekend on October 10th for the parade and October 12th for the festival. But you can still find activities in June! You can attend a Queer Homecoming Varsity Dance at the Phoenix on June 21st or a Pride Pool Party at Alexandria Pool on June 28th. Looking for something to do with the whole family? Rainbow Library has Pride Family Storytime select Thursdays in June, including June 26th.
Here at Omega Mart, your favorite way to pander is back! With an increased backstock this year, we have plenty of Rainbow Wash for your capitalistic needs. Spray away any criticism with just one spritz! (In all seriousness, we’re launching this plush on June 20th with proceeds benefitting Pride Tree, which provides year-round programming for LGBTQIA+ youth in Las Vegas, and Transgender Law Center, the nation’s largest transgender civil rights group.)
There will also be Y’all Means All stickers and pins (designed by Meow Wolf graphic artist Erin McCourt) sold year-round at our Texas locations with all proceeds donated to ACLU Texas!
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If you love learning more about our artists, this is the event for you! Our pride-themed Artist Talk on June 25th includes Lettie Gomez/Cosmic Siren (collaborating artist), Will Heron (artist liaison for MW Grapevine), and Ricky Ayala (hourly shrimp and artist for MW Grapevine) with Regional PR Manager Connor Gray as moderator. It will be in person at Meow Wolf Grapevine as well as streamed live to Meow Wolf Houston.
Dallas Pride was on June 14th and 15th, and we had a blast celebrating with y’all! Missed out? Don’t worry, there are still some activities to participate in! Drag Bingo
Meow Wolf Grapevine has drag bingo every Wednesday in June, with the final being June 24th. Come stamp some cards and laugh with our queens!
Our Grapevine location has multiple pride-themed Adultiverse events this year, with the next one on June 19th. Listen to beats by Beatmode DJs and be sure to stop by the table for community partner Finn’s Place, a community center in Fort Worth for trans and gender-diverse people.
An all-ages event with the School of Rock House band and special guest DJ Jess Baroness on June 27th. Enjoy dancing and celebrating the night away!
Meow Wolf Grapevine will be collecting gently used teen & adult clothing to Out of the Closet Thrift Store, which donates 96 cents of every dollar made to AIDS Healthcare Foundation’s HIV prevention and treatment services!
Guests can also stop at the Rainbow Reading Lounge throughout the month of June. Located in Meow Wolf Grapevine’s lobby, the Rainbow Reading Lounge is a place to stop and read youth titles featuring LGBTQIA+ characters and themes.
You could head to Fort Worth’s Trinity Pride on June 28th or party at Sue Ellen’s (Texas’ oldest lesbian bar!), Round Up Saloon, or JR's Bar and Grill.
On June 28th, we will be marching in the parade and then celebrating at the festival! Headlining will be American singer Asiahn.
Join us on June 26th for a drag show by Queen Persephone as well as performances by Sauvignon Blanca and Sozolanski with DJ Brandon Airlines.
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Other Hotspots
Looking for more to do? You could head to Pearl Houston, a lesbian bar featured in the Lesbian Bar Project (which talked about some of the few remaining lesbian bars in the country.), or to JR’s in Houston.
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