As Pride Month arrives in June, Washington, D.C., will also play host to WorldPride, an international celebration held in a different city worldwide every two years. From concerts to exhibitions, marches to street parties and other festivities, there are many ways for George Washington University community members to celebrate LGBTQIA+ life and history in the city and the world this month. A full list of WorldPride events is here. Below, a partial selection.
Ongoing through June 4 Capital Cup Sports Festival
Various locations
Ongoing through June 8 AIDS Memorial Quilt Display
Free
WorldPride Welcome and Visual Arts Center
737 7th St. NW
Ongoing through June 26 Celebrating Pride in D.C.: Photography by Leigh Mosley and Nancy Shia
Free
Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library, Floor 1
901 G St. NW
May 30 and 31 WorldPride Welcome Party benefiting Capital Cup
BERHTA
Single-day passes from $34, two-day passes from $57
1301 W St. NE
May 31 at 11:30 a.m. Pride Family Festival
Free, registration requested
Smithsonian American Art Museum, Kogod Courtyard
G and 8th streets NW
May 31 at 5:30 p.m. WorldPride Welcome Ceremony ft. Shakira
From $160
Nationals Park
1500 South Capitol St. SE
June 1 at 4 p.m. D.C. Latinx LGBTQ History Tour
Free, registration required
Adams Morgan Plaza
1800 Columbia Rd. NW
June 2 at 3 p.m. Propaganda & Transphobia: How Trans People Became the Political Pawn with Schuyler Bailar
Free
WorldPride Welcome and Visual Arts Center
737 7th St. NW
June 2 at 7 p.m. Documentary Screening and Talkback: “Brother Outsider: The Life of Bayard Rustin”
Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library
901 G St. NW
June 3 at 7:30 p.m. Gay Men’s Chorus of Washington: World Pride International Choral Festival
Free, registration required
Atlas Performing Arts Center
1333 H St. NE
June 4 at 4 p.m. Throwback Pride Block Party
Free
Dupont Circle
1700 20th St. NW
June 4 at 4:30 p.m. Queer Joy Art Party
Arlington Public Library, Central Library Auditorium
1015 North Quincy St., Arlington, Va.
June 4 at 7 p.m. Being Queer in Times of Trouble with Historian Samuel Huenke
Free, registration requested
Goethe-Institut
1733 R St. NW
June 5 at 9 a.m. World Pride: Connecting Land, River, and Sky Birding Tour with D.C. Bird Alliance
Free, registration required
The Yards Park
355 Water St. SE
June 5 at 5 p.m. Phillips after 5: Party with Pride
$20, free for members
The Phillips Collection
1600 21st St. NW
June 5 at 6 p.m. Live at the Library: Thomas Mallon on the Early Days of the HIV/AIDS Crisis
Free, registration required
Library of Congress, Thomas Jefferson Building
10 1st St. SE
June 5 at 7 p.m. GLAMfest at metrobar ft. Michael Medrano
Free
metrobar
640 Rhode Island Ave. NE
June 5 at 8 p.m. Grace Jones and Janelle Monae
From $170
The Anthem
901 Wharf St. SW
June 6 at 5:30 p.m. GW WorldPride Alumni Reception
$15
HIVE Rooftop Bar
2224 F St. NW
June 6 at 9 p.m. Full Bloom: WorldPride Official Friday Night Event
From $94
1235 W St. NE
June 6 and 7 WorldPride Music Festival: Global Dance Party ft. Jennifer Lopez, Troye Sivan, Kim Petras, Sofi Tukker, RuPaul and many more
Single-day passes from $139, two-day passes from $169
Festival Grounds at RFK Campus
2500 Independence Ave. SE
June 7 at 2 p.m. WorldPride Parade: Freedom to be Visible
Free
Various locations
June 7 at noon WorldPride Street Festival and Opening Concert ft. Cynthia Erivo
Free
Pennsylvania Ave. NW between 9th and 3rd streets
June 7 at 10 p.m. Unraveled WorldPride Official Women’s Party
From $63
The Park at 14th
920 14th St. NW
June 8 at 9:30 a.m. International Rally and March on Washington for Freedom
Free, registration requested
Lincoln Memorial
2 Lincoln Memorial Circle NW
June 8 at noon WorldPride Street Festival and Closing Concert ft. Doechii
Free
Pennsylvania Ave. NW between 9th and 3rd streets
June 8 at 9 p.m. RuPaul’s Drag Race Season 17 Extravaganza
From $69
9:30 Club
815 V St. NW
June 12 at 5 p.m. Take 5: Jazz at SAAM with D.C.’s Different Drummers
Free
Smithsonian American Art Museum
G and 8th streets NW
June 21 at 11 a.m. Gays and Graves: A Big Gay Festival
Free, registration requested
Congressional Cemetery
1801 E St. SE
June 23 at 6 p.m. Profs & Pints D.C.: Horror as Queer
$15
Penn Social
801 E St. NW
June 29 at noon Montgomery County Pride in the Plaza
Free, registration requested
Silver Spring Veterans Plaza
1 Veterans Pl., Silver Spring, Md.