This year, Pride Month turns 50 in Chicago. With time, come traditions, like attending the annual parade. But if you’re looking for a few off-the-beaten-path Pride Month activities, look no more. Here are six alternatives that will help you show LGBTQ pride.
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‘About Face: Stonewall, Revolt and New Queer Art’
Presented in the new Wrightwood 659 exhibit space, which was designed by famed architect Tadao Ando, “About Face” honors the 50th anniversary of the Stonewall riots. This exhibit showcases the diversity of queerness through 450 works, varying from painting to sculpture to photography and more, by an international curation of artists. Tickets are available online only. May 22 to July 20, 659 W. Wrightwood Ave.
If you want to take your little one out to enjoy the Pride festivities, but the parade is out of the question, then meet drag queen Muffy Fishbasket at different libraries and parades throughout the city for story time. Muffy also produces Junior Drag Brunches each month, a child-friendly drag show for parents with small children or underage drag enthusiasts. Various times and places. https://tinyurl.com/y4hb64s3
In honor of the 50th anniversary, Dreambrite Presents is putting on the first-ever Pride in the Park, a music festival the Saturday before the Pride parade, with Iggy Azalea and Steve Aoki slated as the headliners. Contestants of RuPaul’s Drag Race will also be slaying the stage, tasty food will be available, and a fireworks show will close the night. $50 for general admission. 1-10 p.m. June 29, Butler Field at Grant Park
This one’s for the girls. This four-day festival, originally created to facilitate more women’s events during Pride month, kicks off with an LGBTQ family day and then two days of an outdoor music festival, featuring local, emerging and established artists — all of whom are women. In its 16th year, the event brings in over 6,000 attendees to the Andersonville neighborhood. General admission $35.
Second City’s Salute To Pride 2019
Hosted by Chicago drag queen Lucy Stoole, Second City’s Salute to Pride is a brand new variety show performed entirely by an all-LGBTQIA+ cast. Expect sketch comedy, songs, drag and pretty much anything else you can imagine that fits into Pride Month. All sales and donations will go to the Center on Halsted, so you can party with a purpose. Every Tuesday and Wednesday in June. 8 p.m., 230 W. North Ave.
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