Three days of LA Pride activities will began on Friday, June 9 with the opening of the LA Pride in the Park festival, featuring exhibits, food and concerts headlined by Megan Thee Stallion and Mariah Carey. Below are the key events in Los Angeles through Monday.
LA Pride in the Park festival:
Friday and Saturday at Los Angeles State Historic Park, just north of Chinatown between the Arroyo Seco (110) Parkway and the Los Angeles River.
Megan Thee Stallion will be the headliner Friday night, with other performers throughout the day and evening including Fletcher, Dorian Electra, Symone, Gigi Goode, The Scarlet Opera and G-Flip.
Carey will headline on Saturday, capping a day that will include performances from King Princess, Violet Chachki, Gottmik, Sasha Colby, Jenevieve, Vincint, Mad Tsai and Minke.
In addition to music, the festival will include dozens of local vendors and LGBTQ+ exhibitors, bars, merchandise sales, food, an Erotic City for “the leather community” and an area for “the sober community.”
General and VIP single-day ($69) and weekend tickets are available at lapride.org, priced from $69 to $549.
The LA Pride Parade:
The weekend festivities culminate on Sunday, when the free LA Pride Parade makes its way through Hollywood, stepping off at 11 a.m. at Sunset Boulevard and Highland Avenue, then moving north on Highland, east on Hollywood Boulevard and south on Cahuenga to Sunset.
Comedian Margaret Cho will serve as the “Icon Grand Marshal” of the parade, honoring her years of anti-racism, anti-bullying advocacy and her support of LGBTQ+ rights, according to the Christopher Street West Association, which produces the LA Pride celebration.
The late actor Leslie Jordan, who died at age 67 in October when he suffered a heart attack while driving in Hollywood, will serve as the “Legacy Grand Marshal,” a new designation that will “posthumously celebrate those who have made an everlasting impact on the hearts and lives of our community,” according to Christopher Street West.
A group of Jordan’s relatives and friends will ride in the parade in a custom vehicle.
The ACLU of Southern California was chosen as the “Community Grand Marshal” to recognize its 100th anniversary “of fighting for LGBTQ+ civil fights.” Organizers of LA Pride noted that the ACLU helped Christopher Street West sue the city in 1970 so it could obtain a parade permit for the first Pride Parade. Singer-actress Janelle Monáe will be among those joining the ACLU contingent in the parade.
The LA Pride Village:
At noon on Sunday following the parade, festivities will unfold along Hollywood Boulevard between Vine and Gower streets. The “village” event will include 90 vendors, two stages of live entertainment, food, drinks and more.
The LA Pride Village will be open until 8 p.m. Sunday.
Source: Orange County Register
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