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For many years, West Hollywood has been house to one of the vital vibrant, politically highly effective and culturally wealthy LGBTQ communities on this planet.
Yearly, hundreds collect at their annual Pleasure celebrations.
This yr, town led the way in which in Pleasure Month, which is June, on Wednesday with the second annual José Sarria Drag Pageant, a tribute to the San Francisco political activist and drag performer who was the primary overtly homosexual individual to run for public workplace. in the US Since then, the neighbor of WeHo, town of Los Angeles, declared that the satisfaction flag could be raised exterior LA Metropolis Corridor. for the primary time.
Now, WeHo Pleasure Weekend 2024 is right here.
This weekend's iconic festivities shall be full of free music, festivals, drag exhibits, avenue gala’s, a parade and extra all in celebration of queer pleasure and the protection of LGBTQ civil rights.
Issues kicked off with the OutLoud music pageant Friday evening in West Hollywood Park, a live performance that was free with advance registration and featured Kesha because the headliner together with Adam Lambert and RuPaul's Drag Race star Monét Alternate. amongst others.
As WeHo's celebrations roll into the weekend, the Saturday and Sunday schedule is packed.
This interactive map exhibits precisely the place and when WeHo Pleasure occasions passed off. And data on free buses and trains for the occasion – in addition to a full listing of highway closures – might be discovered right here.
Saturday June 1:
- WeHo Pleasure Road honest – 12 pm to eight pm alongside Santa Monica Boulevard, between Hancock Avenue and La Peer Drive
Civil rights teams, distributors and artists will host cubicles at this avenue honest alongside town's most important drag. It’s billed as a free, family-friendly occasion that can even embody dwell performances on a neighborhood stage.
- OutLoud Music Competition at WeHo Pleasure – 1 pm till previous 10:30 pm in West Hollywood Park, positioned at 647 N. San Vicente Boulevard
With Janelle Monáe headlining, this live performance additionally options Yaeji, Sophie Ellis-Bextor, Noah Cyrus, Keke Palmer, Pegasus and Jack Faulkner, amongst others. There shall be a most important stage and the OutLoud SummerTramp Stage. Tickets and extra details about the all-day pageant might be discovered right here. And right here is the complete schedule of performances from Saturday to Sunday.
- Ladies's Freedom Day – 12 pm to six pm on the Celebration Stage, positioned at Santa Monica Boulevard and La Peer Drive
Offered by the L-Mission Los Angeles, a traditionally lesbian advocacy group, this full day of occasions will welcome rising artists, musicians, comedians, activists and poets from a various group inside the LGBTQ neighborhood. It’s the third yr of the occasion.
- Dyke March – 5 pm on the Celebration Stage, positioned at Santa Monica Boulevard and La Peer Drive
This motorcycle-led march alongside Santa Monica Boulevard will start with a biker staging at 5:00 p.m. earlier than a gap efficiency at 5:30 p.m. by Medusa, an alt-pop/hip-pop producer and singer- non-binary hop. The rally will start at 6:00 p.m. and the official Dyke march will start at 6:30 p.m., with individuals lining up on the celebration stage to stroll collectively by means of Santa Monica.
The occasion can even characteristic dwell performances by artists equivalent to Gattison, Theia and the KingQueen Band, and poetry by Yazmin Monet Watkins, Suri Chan and West Hollywood poet Laurette Jen Cheng, amongst others.
Sunday, June 2:
- WeHo Pleasure Road Truthful – 12 pm to eight pm alongside Santa Monica Boulevard, between Hancock Avenue and La Peer Drive
For a second day, artists and distributors will line town's most important avenue to supply attendees the whole lot from handmade gadgets to details about figuring out your rights as a member of the LGBTQ neighborhood.
- OutLoud Music Competition at WeHo Pleasure – 1 pm till previous 9:45 pm in West Hollywood Park, positioned at 647 N. San Vicente Boulevard
Kylie Minogue headlines the long-lasting WeHo Pleasure live performance, with Diplo + Associates opening for the Aussie pop star. The present that brings town's music pageant to a detailed over the weekend will characteristic Large Freedia, Ashnikko, Trixie Mattel, Kiesza, Mike Taylor and Crystal Waters amongst greater than a dozen others. Tickets and extra data might be discovered right here and the complete line-up is detailed right here.
- WeHo Pleasure Parade – 12:30 pm alongside Santa Monica Boulevard, between Crescent Heights Boulevard and San Vicente Boulevard
An iconic celebration of the LGBTQ neighborhood, the WeHo Pleasure Parade is as colourful and full of life because it will get. The colours of satisfaction shall be on full show in an occasion full of music, floats, dancing and marches representing a variety of neighborhood teams. This yr's WeHo Pleasure Parade Lifetime Ally icon is Cyndi Lauper.
Pleasure celebrations proceed all through the month of June, so the weekend of Could thirty first by means of June 2nd is only the start. Info on upcoming occasions – such because the WeHo Pleasure Arts Competition from June 14 to June 16 – might be discovered right here.
