BYGays Best Capital Pride Weekend Bets 2018

Hey, Ponies! HAPPY PRIDE! It’s here! You waited 11 months for June to come back and finally, once again, the capital is draped in our colors. There is so much happening this week, our queer hearts are bursting open. Take a look, ponies and have the most wonderful Pride 2018.

See you Friday at Echostage for Earth, Wind, Glitter & Fire!

All sorts of great stuff:

• RADIORADIORADIO: Listen to BYT radio! Hosted by Brandon Wetherbee, it streams every Thursday at noon. Listen live. Subscribe on iTunes. Sometimes we do toasts.

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• JUNE 8 (THIS FRIDAY!): Our annual Capital Pride weekend kick off: Earth, Wind, GLITTER & Fire – with DJ Kitty Glitter, Alex Lo, Naomi Smalls and MORE. Get tickets here. Check out our preview here.

• OCTOBER 25-28! Get ready for the 2018 edition of Bentzen Ball Comedy Festival – curated by Tig Notaro, produced by us, enjoyed by all of you. Phoebe Robinson! Cameron Esposito & Rhea Butcher! Amanda Seales! Michelle Buteau! Queer Eye’s Jonathan Van Ness! Get your Lincoln Pass here (only a handful of these left!). Tig tickets go on sale Thursday at 10AM!

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• Homosuperior play Slash Run.
• DC Brau & Washington Blade #PridePils Launch Yappy Hour at the Town Patio.
• Also on the Patio: The Big, Queer Jewish Pride Happy Hour.
• ¡Miércoles Gigante! con Alex DB is at Trade.
• Market Crash PRIDE is at the Big Board.
• The Ivy Project Presents – A Pride Rooftop Party! at UPROAR.
• Meet the Film Maker: Brock Yurich is at Hill Center.
• A Conversation with Call Me By Your Name author André Aciman is at The Library of Congress.

• Soundbites: Capital Pride’s Heroes Gala with the Gay Men’s Chorus is at 880P.
• Watch Ru Paul’s Drag Race at TRADE.
• Stick around at TRADE for Extended FAM Night.
• 12th DC LATINX PRIDE Official Dance Party: Belleza Latinx is at Town.
• Sleaze: Pride is at Wonderland.
• Flashy Presents the Pride Celebration Thursday Kickoff Party at Flash.
• REMIX nights: Get Up, Stand Up is at the National Portrait Gallery.
• Pride is at The Line.
• DC Gurly Show Presents- Gurlies Got Pride! is at Bier Baron.
• Head to REMIX Night at the Portrait Gallery.
• Head to Fare Well all month long for the Golden Girl Cocktail — proceeds will benefit the onePULSE Foundation.
• Love, Becky: One-on-One with Author Becky Albertalli is at the Library of Congress.
• Taylor Gourmet & Washington Blade Drag Bingo Night is at the 14th street Taylor Gourmet.
• Queer Enough Exhibit Opening and Reception is at A&D.
• Tritonal is at Soundcheckdc.
• Capital Pride Heroes Gala

• Our annual Capital Pride weekend kick off is at Echostage: Earth, Wind, GLITTER & Fire!!!!!!
• Honey Soundsystem is at U Street Music Hall.
• Bear Happy Hour is at Town.
• Join the Ladies of Town for Pride.
• That’s So Gay Comedy is at Black Cat.
• Latino Gay Pride is at DC9.
• Salvation Cha Cha Pride is at Living Room DC,
• Bear Happy Hour is also at Rock and Roll Hotel.
• Mykki Blanco heads up the first of three Pride concerts at Rock and Roll Hotel.
• TRADE hosts Pride Friday.
• Head to the WiTT Pride Happy Hour.
• Upstairs at RNR check out the Booty Rex Pride Party.
• Pride Run 5K is at the Congressional Cemetery.
• Wicked Pride is at Freddie’s Beach Bar.
• Pride Parade Wine Tasting is at Cork and Fork.
• Galaxy is at Ten Tiger’s Parlour.

• Capital Pride Brunch is at HRC.
• Brunch with Babes: A Pre-Pride Parade Brunch is at City Tap Dupont.
• WATCH THE PRIDE PRADE!
• Black Pride Pull Party—Penthouse Pool Club at the Yards
• Watch the parade at Fathom Comics.
• TNX Pride: Local Motion is at a TBD location.
• Pretty Boi Drag Presents #PrettyBoiPride: Brunch Edition is at Bier Baron.
• Join Wigs and Waffles with Whitman-Walker.
• Pride in the Sky is at the Dupont Circle Hotel.
• Head to the Blade‘s Pride Parade Viewing Party.
• Mixtape Pride Party is at 9:30 Club.
• Head to Pride + Shine at Urbana.
• Deep Sugar DC is at U Street Music Hall.
• FUSE: Capital Pride Main Women’s Event is at Biergarten Haus.
• BenDeLaCreme is at the last Pride at Town.
• Out/Spoken is at Black Cat.
• Capital Trans Pride Pool Party is at VIDA (U Street).
• DC Black Pride Pool Party is at Penthouse Pool Club.
• Switch Opening Night is at Capital Fringe.
• Pride (Uncovered) is at DC9.
• Distrkt C SIN – The Perry Twins & Deanne is at The Eagle.
• The Knocks DJ Flash.
• Cupkkake is sold-out at Rock and Roll Hotel.
• Le1F is at Songbyrd.
• DC PRIDE 2018 is at TASTE.
• Head to Pride on the Pier at the Wharf.
• Check out TRADE Pride Saturday.
• Though it is technically Sunday Morning: ACTION! Afterhours NINA FLOWERS & CINDEL is at Flash.

• It is Capital Pride Festival and Concert Day!
• NOT The White House Pride Party is at Republic Restoratives.
• Millennial Pink is at Dew Drop Inn.
• Shamir plays Rock and Roll Hotel.
• Heather Mae, Crys Matthews and Olivia Mancini are at the Black Cat.
• Glam Box & Church present Sunday Best at TRADE.
• DC Pride Hangover Pool Party Brunch is at DNV Rooftop.
• The Banana Hammock Release Party is Cotton & Reed Distillery.

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