Signature Theatre presents Hedwig and the Angry Inch Date: April 15 – June 22 Time: Various Location: Signature Theatre Paradise Blue Date: May 1 – June 8 Time: Various Location: Studio Theatre Head Over Heels Date: May 1 – June 1 Time: Various Location: Source Theatre FALSETTOS Date: May 10 – June 15 Time: Various Location: The Andrew Keegan Theatre Company Twelfth Night Date: May 13 – June 22 Time: Various Location: Folger Shakespeare Library Pride month 2025: El drag es político Date: May 15 – June 30 Time: Various Location: Cultural Office of the Embassy of Spain in Washington, DC LGBTJews in the Federal City Date: May 16 – January 4 Time: Various Location: Lillian and Albert Small Capital Jewish Museum Weaving Resistance Sari Art Workshops and Performances Date: May 16 – June 8 Time: Various Location: Various Gay for #DCTheatre Date: May 16 – June 7 Time: Various Location: Arena Stage Senior Class – A New Musical Date: May 16 – June 22 Time: Various Location: Olney Theatre Center We Are Gathered at Arena Stage Date: May 16 – June 15 Time: Various Location: Arena Stage Colors of Pride Date: May 17 – June 8 Time: Various Location: Wunder Garten/Proust Partners LLC* Self-Guided LGBTQ+ History Tour at Congressional Cemetery Date: May 17 – June 18 Time: Various Location: The Association for the Preservation of Historic Congressional Cemetery History and Culture Tours Date: May 17 – June 8 Time: Various Location: Farragut Square DC Pride History Tour Date: May 17 – June 14 Time: Various Location: The Fireplace Bar Drag Brunch with Mama Shirley Naytch Date: May 17 – June 8 Time: Various Location: City Tap House Penn Quarter WorldPride Guided Tours Date: May 17 – June 8 Time: Various Location: AIDS Memorial Quilt Display at the WorldPride Welcome and Visual Arts Center Date: May 17 – June 8 Time: Various Location: WorldPride Welcome and Visual Arts Center Queer Icons & Trailblazers: An Art Tour for WorldPride DC 2025 Date: May 17 – June 13 Time: Various Location: Smithsonian American Art Museum haus of bambi: A Radical PRIDE Date: May 17 – June 28 Time: Various Location: The Line DC Pickets, Protests, and Parades: The History of Gay Pride in Washington Date: May 17 – July 7 Time: Various Location: Freedom Plaza Love Takes Center Stage Date: May 22 – June 15 Time: Various Location: Various Theatres AIDS Memorial Quilt Display by GMCW Date: May 22 – June 8 Time: Various Location: St. Thomas' Parish MIGHTY MIGHTY: The Barbershop Project Date: May 22 – July 27 Time: Various Location: Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library (DC Public Library) OUR PRIDE Shorts & Arts Fest Date: May 22 – June 29 Time: Various Location: eoFlix Hannelie Coetzee | Eco Queer Creature Series Date: May 23 – June 24 Time: Various Location: Morton Fine Art Queer Black Broadway Walking Tour Date: May 25 – June 7 Time: Various Location: Frankenstein Date: May 27 – June 29 Time: Various Location: The Shakespeare Theatre AIDS Memorial Quilts and Tenango Pride Flag at the Mexican Cultural Institute Date: May 28 – June 7 Time: Various Location: MEXICAN CULTURAL INSTITUTE DC Andy Warhol in Iran Date: May 29 – June 29 Time: Various Location: Atlas Performing Arts Center - Sprenger Theater CIRCUS OF THE SELF: A Show About Queer Joy, Juggling & Identity Date: May 29 – June 6 Time: Various Location: Spooky Action Theater Gender Play or what you Will | Theater Alliance WorldPride Arts Hub Date: May 29 – June 1 Time: Various Location: Theater Alliance Spotlights Special: Pride Tour at Washington National Cathedral Date: May 30 – June 1 Time: Various Location: Washington National Cathedral World Pride Welcome Party Benefiting Capital Cup: Day 1 Date: May 30–31 Time: Various Location: Berhta World Pride 2025 the Garden of Swann: A Queer Fashion Show Date: May 30 Time: 5:00 pm Location: Welcome Center LIBERATION WKND Date: May 30 – June 1 Time: Various Location: Black Cat Stonewall Official World Pride Welcome Party Date: May 30 Time: 6:00 pm Location: Kraken Kourts and Skates, LLC Arlington Pride @World Pride Weekend Date: May 30–31 Time: Various Location: The Hyatt Regency of Crystal City at Reagan National Airport LIYT Nights & Drag Duels Date: May 30 Time: 6:30 pm Location: Veterans Plaza Pride Rising Date: May 30 Time: 7:00 pm Location: Our Stories, Our Truth: LGBTQ+ Veterans’ Stories of Joy and Resistance Date: May 30 Time: 7:00 pm Location: Spark Social WoCo Fest 2025: Uplift Date: May 30–31 Time: Various Location: The Mansion and Gazebo Lawn at Strathmore Improv Pride: A Weekend of Comedy from Washington Improv Theater Date: May 30 – June 1 Time: Various Location: Studio Theatre Glitter Ball Drag Show! Date: May 30 Time: 9:00 pm Location: Shaw's Tavern ASL Open Mic Date: May 30 Time: 9:00 pm Location: Busboy & Poet Youth Pride Day Date: May 31 Time: 10:00 am Location: Woolly Mammoth Theater Company CONFERENCE: Find Your Story…Writing with Pride! Date: May 31 Time: 10:00 am Location: Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library (DC Public Library) Women’s Yoga Flow Date: May 31 Time: 10:00 am Location: World Pride Veteran Field Day Date: May 31 Time: 11:00 am Location: Alethia Tanner Park. Indigenous Drag Story Hour with Lady Shug! Date: May 31 Time: 11:00 am Location: Welcome Center World Pride: LGBTQ+ Walking Tour in Dupont Circle (May 31st) Date: May 31 Time: 11:00 am Location: DC Preservation League Pride Family Festival Date: May 31 Time: 11:30 am Location: Smithsonian American Art Museum Homme Brunch Date: May 31 Time: 12:00 pm Location: Shaw's Tavern API Pride Drag Brunch Date: May 31 Time: 12:00 pm Location: Purple Patch AIDS Memorial Quilt Date: May 31 – June 1 Time: Various Location: Shevchenko Park PRISM @ Anthem Row/ World Pride Exchange Date: May 31 – June 10 Time: Various Location: Anthem Row La Comunidad Rooftop Garden Party with DJ XPlosive and the Sâfica Social Club Date: May 31 Time: 2:00 pm Location: Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library (DC Public Library) Youth: Pride Skate and Create Date: May 31 Time: 3:00 pm Location: Kraken Kourts WorldPride Discussion: Asian American Representation in Film and Media Date: May 31 Time: 3:00 pm Location: Smithsonian National Museum of Asian Art Drag Story Hour with Professor Longlegs Date: May 31 Time: 3:00 pm Location: Welcome Center World Pride Welcome Party Benefiting Capital Cup: Day 2 Date: May 31 – June 1 Time: Various Location: Berhta “Alligators, Mermen, and Latine Queer Bookworms, Oh My!” Date: May 31 Time: 4:00 pm Location: Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library (DC Public Library) Snow Wife at The Atlantis Date: May 31 Time: 7:30 pm Location: The Atlantis LatinX Pride Tribute Party with DJs Milko & Pedro Night Date: May 31 – June 1 Time: Various Location: BUNKER Drag Story Hour with Ricky Rose Date: June 1 Time: 11:00 am Location: Welcome Center Reston PRIDE: RISE UP! 2025 Date: June 1 Time: 11:00 am Location: Lake Anne Plaza 5th Annual Pride Family Day Date: June 1 Time: 11:00 am Location: Glen Echo Park Pride Brunch Date: June 1 Time: 11:30 am Location: Four Seasons Hotel DC LGBTQ Art Exhibition Date: June 1–30 Time: Various Location: City Ridge Black, Wet, and Wild Queer Affair Date: June 1 Time: 1:00 pm Location: The Ven Embassy Row Author’s Showcase: Knucklehead Afternoon – An Author Talk with Tony Keith Jr. Date: June 1 Time: 1:30 pm Location: Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library (DC Public Library) 20th Anniversary Screening of “Saving Face” and Director Talk Date: June 1 Time: 2:00 pm Location: Smithsonian National Museum of Asian Art “Ladies First” Rooftop Garden Concert hosted by Loni Love Date: June 1 Time: 2:00 pm Location: Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library (DC Public Library) Drag Story Hour with Ricky Rose Date: June 1 Time: 2:00 pm Location: Welcome Center A Conversation with Juno Dawson Date: June 1 Time: 2:00 pm Location: Microsoft Teams Hot Dog Sunday with DJ Matt Bailer Date: June 1–2 Time: Various Location: Crush Dance Bar “For Eon” Interactive Performance with Miriam Julianna Date: June 1 Time: 3:00 pm Location: Sunday Choral Evensong with Acolyte Valediction Date: June 1 Time: 4:00 pm Location: Washington National Cathedral An Afternoon with Jericho Brown Date: June 1 Time: 4:00 pm Location: Washington National Cathedral DMV World Pride Mass Choir Date: June 1 Time: 6:00 pm Location: Covenant Baptist United Church of Christ The Pride Plays Date: June 2–8 Time: Various Location: Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company Propaganda & Transphobia: How Trans People Became the Political Pawn Date: June 2 Time: 3:00 pm Location: WorldPride Welcome and Visual Arts Center LGBTQ+ Guided Tour: June 2 Date: June 2 Time: 4:00 pm Location: The Association for the Preservation of Historic Congressional Cemetery Interfaith Community History Tour Date: June 2 Time: 5:00 pm Location: Freedom Plaza 1455 Pennsylvania Ave NW Celebrate World Pride with Lost Generation! Date: June 2 Time: 6:00 pm Location: Lost Generation Brewing Company, LLC Queer Romance Writers Panel Date: June 2 Time: 6:00 pm Location: WorldPride Welcome and Visual Arts Center Documentary Screening and Talkback Brother Outsider: The Life of Bayard Rustin Date: June 2 Time: 7:00 pm Location: Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library (DC Public Library) Super Gay Poems by Stephanie Burt Date: June 2 Time: 7:00 pm Location: Lost City Bookstore Book Launch – The Light Looks Like Me: Words on Love from Queer Youth Date: June 3 Time: 6:00 pm Location: Musicians of the International Pride Orchestra Chamber Concerts Date: June 3 Time: 6:00 pm Location: WorldPride Welcome and Visual Arts Center Pride In Engineering Social Date: June 3 Time: 6:00 pm Location: Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) ANNIE’S LEGACY: An Evening with Georgia Katinas and Erik Piepenburg Date: June 3 Time: 6:30 pm Location: Annie's Paramount Steak House Pride Interfaith Service Date: June 3 Time: 7:00 pm Location: All Souls Unitarian Church Salon & Spa WorldPride Party Date: June 4 Time: 10:00 am Location: VIDA Fitness The Aesop Queer Library Date: June 4–8 Time: Various Location: Aesop Georgetown VIRTUAL TALK — Queen of Codes with Dr. Jackie Uí Chionna Date: June 4 Time: 12:00 pm Location: International Spy Museum LGBTQ+ RIGHTS, RIGHT NOW! EQUAL JUSTICE UNDER THE LAW Date: June 4 Time: 3:00 pm Location: JW Marriott Drag Story Hour with Lemon X. Fluiditea Date: June 4 Time: 4:00 pm Location: Shakespeare Theatre Company: Harman Hall Throwback Pride Block Party Date: June 4 Time: 4:00 pm Location: 1700 block of 20th Street NW Queer Joy Art Party Date: June 4 Time: 4:30 pm Location: Arlington Public Library - Central Library Auditorium Celebrating WorldPride 2025: Nordics for Equality Date: June 4 Time: 5:00 pm Location: Royal Norwegian Embassy DC Hoos X QVA Mixer: WorldPride Date: June 4 Time: 6:00 pm Location: Crush Bar API Pride Community Welcome Reception Date: June 4 Time: 6:00 pm Location: National Union Building Rome Underground: Rome World Pride 2000 – In Pride We Trust Date: June 4 Time: 6:00 pm Location: Dupont Underground One Night Only: Honoring Earline Budd Date: June 4 Time: 6:00 pm Location: World Pride Welcome Center QUEER SAPPHIC ELEMENTS Date: June 4–8 Time: Various Location: Various Locations Pride Playtime: WorldPride at metrobar Date: June 4 Time: 6:30 pm Location: metrobar Atlantic Stampede Dance Celebration Date: June 4–6 Time: Various Location: North Hall at Eastern Market THE EINSTEIN OF SEX: Dr. Magnus Hirschfeld, Visionary of Weimar Berlin Date: June 4 Time: 7:00 pm Location: Politics and Prose Being Queer in Times of Trouble Date: June 4 Time: 7:00 pm Location: Goethe-Institut Washington Author Showcase: Michael Roberson’s “BALLROOM” in conversation with jarrett hill Date: June 4 Time: 7:00 pm Location: Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library (DC Public Library) IGLA+ Presents The Water Polo Ball Date: June 4 Time: 8:00 pm Location: 9:30 Club Drag Bingo with Lena Lett & Tula Date: June 4 Time: 8:00 pm Location: Crush Dance Bar Connecting Land, River, and Sky Birding Tours Date: June 5 Time: 9:00 am Location: Yards Park Marina Gay Men’s Chorus of Washington, DC Pop-Up Concert Date: June 5 Time: 12:15 pm Location: Smithsonian American Art Museum Expression as Empowerment: 2SLGBTQI+ Rights in the Public Arena Date: June 5 Time: 1:30 pm Location: Organization of American States Beyond the Bubble: Deaf Queer Dating, Stigma, and Social Norms Panel Date: June 5 Time: 5:00 pm Location: Gallery Space A Concert Reading of Finn | Theater Alliance WorldPride Arts Hub Date: June 5–6 Time: Various Location: Theater Alliance Night OUT at the Washington Nationals Date: June 5 Time: 5:30 pm Location: Washington Nationals Proud to Teach Date: June 5 Time: 6:00 pm Location: Crush Bar QTAPI WorldPride Social Date: June 5–6 Time: Various Location: Uproar Sibling Rivalry Live with Bob The Drag Queen and Monét X Change Date: June 5 Time: 6:30 pm Location: Lincoln Theatre Grace Jones & Janelle Monáe Date: June 5 Time: 6:30 pm Location: The Anthem Author Showcase: Justin Torres in conversation with Lupita Aquino Date: June 5 Time: 7:00 pm Location: Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library (DC Public Library) GLAMfest: WorldPride at metrobar Date: June 5 Time: 7:00 pm Location: metrobar STRUT WORLD PRIDE Date: June 5–6 Time: Various Location: Dacha Navy Yard Pride Celebration Concert with the International Pride Orchestra Date: June 5 Time: 7:30 pm Location: The Mansion and Gazebo Lawn at Strathmore Drag Is Not a Crime w/ Nymphia Wind + Gottmik + Landon Cider + Ts Madison Date: June 5 Time: 8:00 pm Location: Howard Theater ‘If You Knew My Story’, The Road to Pride – A Cabaret Concert Date: June 5 Time: 8:00 pm Location: Shaw's Tavern Lisa Friday in Concert: Celebrating Pride Date: June 5 Time: 8:00 pm Location: The Andrew Keegan Theatre Company Squeeze: World Pride Drag Variety Show Date: June 5 Time: 9:30 pm Location: Crush Dance Bar House Down Boots: World Pride Boots Date: June 5–6 Time: Various Location: Flash El Mozo: Yes to All with DJs Leo Blanco and Onyx + More TBA Date: June 5–6 Time: Various Location: AI Warehouse Desi Drag Show Date: June 5–6 Time: Various Location: Sinners and Saints PowerPop Girls: Charli x Chappell x Charli Dance Party w/ DJ Aquaria Date: June 5 Time: 11:00 pm Location: Howard Theater Empoderando Líderes: Latine LGBTQ+ Excellence ANNUAL PRIDE+ NORTHEAST REGIONAL C Date: June 6–7 Time: Various Location: Pepco Edision Gallery Pride on the Pier Boat Parade Date: June 6 Time: 3:00 pm Location: District Wharf Pride Happy Hour Date: June 6 Time: 4:00 pm Location: The Hotel at the University of Maryland World Pride: LGBTQ+ Walking Tour in Dupont Circle (June 6th) Date: June 6 Time: 4:00 pm Location: DC Preservation League GRIZZLY Bear Happy Hour Date: June 6 Time: 4:00 pm Location: Crush Dance Bar Korean Queer & Trans WorldPride Workshop Date: June 6 Time: 5:00 pm Location: Tests of Courage: An Evening with German soccer player Thomas Hiztlsperger Date: June 6 Time: 5:00 pm Location: Goethe-Institut Washington DC A Matter of Pride Juried Exhibition Date: June 6–29 Time: Various Location: Washington Studio School Book Talk with Author Enfys J. Book: “Queer Rites” Date: June 6 Time: 6:00 pm Location: People's Book World Pride Shabbat Service and Dinner Date: June 6 Time: 6:00 pm Location: Adas Israel Congregation Typewriters & Cocktails Date: June 6 Time: 6:00 pm Location: City Ridge We Are Them: A WorldPride Drag Race Party Date: June 6 Time: 7:00 pm Location: The Anthem Be Here Queer! Tango Milonga Date: June 6 Time: 7:00 pm Location: Montgomery College Takoma Park, Cultural Arts Center First Floor Lounge Queer Carnivale: WorldPride at metrobar Date: June 6–7 Time: Various Location: metrobar LA GOLONDRINA a play by Guillem Clua Date: June 6 Time: 7:30 pm Location: MEXICAN CULTURAL INSTITUTE DC Cabaret Performance “Unmasked: Freedom in Full Color” Date: June 6–7 Time: Various Location: Dupont Underground Live Music by Floppy Disk! Date: June 6 Time: 8:00 pm Location: Shaw's Tavern LUSH: The DC Lesbian Nightclub Experience Date: June 6–7 Time: Various Location: 618 DC Circuit Party: YOUniverse Date: June 6–7 Time: Various Location: Howard Theater MIXTAPE Pride Party Date: June 6–7 Time: Various Location: 9:30 Club UNCUT XXL Date: June 6–7 Time: Various Location: KINETIC Presents JUDY by Sasha Colby and Leland Date: June 6–7 Time: Various Location: The Atlantis GlamCocks Presents Neon Jungle Date: June 6–7 Time: Various Location: Culture QTAPI WorldPride Nightlife Party Date: June 6–7 Time: Various Location: Koi Lounge Out N Bad: WOTLESS DC | Queer Caribbean World Pride Bashment Date: June 6–7 Time: Various Location: Eighteenth Street Lounge (Floor 1) International Vogue League – Pride Ball 2025 Date: June 6–7 Time: Various Location: Hook Hall Eid al-Adha for All: An Inclusive Celebration for Queer Muslims & Allies Date: June 7 Time: 9:30 am Location: Foundry UMC World Pride Family Fun Festival Date: June 7 Time: 10:00 am Location: Friends of Stead Park Flag In The Map Exhibit Date: June 7–8 Time: Various Location: Capital Pride Street Festival High Tea with Pussy Noir Date: June 7 Time: 12:00 pm Location: Monko Your Pride Parade Rest Stop Date: June 7 Time: 12:30 pm Location: New York Avenue Presbyterian Church Sapphic Tea Party: WorldPride at metrobar Date: June 7 Time: 2:00 pm Location: metrobar Post-Parade Parties Date: June 7–8 Time: Various Location: Ultrabar Book Release Signing Date: June 7 Time: 5:00 pm Location: ASL Queer as F*bulous Social Date: June 7 Time: 5:00 pm Location: Kiki Perfume Genius Date: June 7 Time: 6:00 pm Location: 9:30 Club A Night of Queer and Trans Books Date: June 7 Time: 6:30 pm Location: Little District Books Ultimate Pre-Game Date: June 7–8 Time: Various Location: Ultrabar Prince Birthday Celebration: WorldPride at metrobar Date: June 7–8 Time: Various Location: metrobar WorldPride Night at DC United Date: June 7 Time: 7:30 pm Location: Audi Field Electric Wonderland Date: June 7–8 Time: Various Location: Penn Social Betty Who Date: June 7–8 Time: Various Location: 9:30 Club LUV.202’s Diva Doctrine Date: June 7–8 Time: Various Location: 618 DC Maurice Date: June 7–8 Time: Various Location: Republiq Hall DJ Drew G & Sidekick Date: June 7–8 Time: Various Location: Crush Dance Bar Flashy Afterhours Date: June 8 Time: 4:00 am Location: Flash Rainbow Pride D.C. Walking Tour Date: June 8 Time: 10:00 am Location: Washington Walks Silver Spring United Methodist Church Pride Service Date: June 8 Time: 10:00 am Location: Silver Spring United Methodist Church Immanuel Church-on-the-Hill, Alexandria Pride Service Date: June 8 Time: 10:30 am Location: Immanuel Church-on-the-Hill, Alexandria Drag Through the Decades – Celebrating 50 Years of Pride in Washington DC Date: June 8 Time: 11:00 am Location: Mr Henry’s Restaurant World Pride Drag Brunch XXL w/ Alyssa Edwards + Utica + Mercedes Iman Diamond Date: June 8 Time: 12:00 pm Location: Hotel Monaco TRÈS CHIC World Pride Tea Dance Date: June 8 Time: 1:00 pm Location: Hook Hall Paws on the Patio: WorldPride at metrobar Date: June 8 Time: 1:00 pm Location: metrobar Flower Factory Date: June 8 Time: 2:00 pm Location: Zebbie's Garden & Mayflower Club DC Join QTAPI for King Kamehameha Lei Draping Ceremony Date: June 8 Time: 2:00 pm Location: US Capitol Building, Statuary Hall Disco Day Party: WorldPride @ metrobar Date: June 8 Time: 3:00 pm Location: metrobar Sweden at World Pride: Stockholm Underground Date: June 8 Time: 7:00 pm Location: Dupont Underground RuPaul’s Drag Race Season 17 Extravaganza Date: June 8–9 Time: Various Location: 9:30 Club Flashy Date: June 8–9 Time: Various Location: Flash LaLeche! with DJs Phil Romano, Danny Verde, and Jerac Date: June 8–9 Time: Various Location: KARMA Freakquency Presents: Festa Black Date: June 8–9 Time: Various Location: Howard Theatre Book Panel with Becky Albertalli: “Amelia, If Only” Date: June 9 Time: 6:00 pm Location: People's Book Spain and Korea at EuroAsia Shorts 2025 Date: June 9–13 Time: Various Location: Cultural Office of the Embassy of Spain in Washington, DC Hispanic Heritage Foundation PRIDE Charla Date: June 11 Time: 5:30 pm Location: 1001 Pennsylvania Ave NW - Capitol Hall (4th Floor, North) Take 5: Jazz at SAAM with DC’s Different Drummers Date: June 12 Time: 5:00 pm Location: Smithsonian American Art Museum Office of Attorney General Pride Mixer Date: June 12 Time: 5:00 pm Location: Office of Attorney General Rooftop Paris x Madrid Underground Date: June 12 Time: 6:30 pm Location: Dupont Underground Paris x Madrid Underground – DJ Sets Date: June 12 Time: 7:00 pm Location: Alliance Francaise de Washington Queer Art Salon Opening Reception Date: June 13 Time: 5:00 pm Location: DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities QTAPI at DC Dragon Boat Festival Date: June 14 Time: 8:30 am Location: Thompsons Boat Center The Berlin Diaries- Preview Date: June 17 Time: 7:30 pm Location: Theater J First Responders Happy Hour Date: June 18 Time: 5:00 pm Location: Number Nine Gays and Graves: A Big Gay Festival Date: June 21 Time: 11:00 am Location: The Association for the Preservation of Historic Congressional Cemetery Take Me Home: A Journey through DC’s Queer Places and Sounds of the 80s and 90s Date: June 21 Time: 3:00 pm Location: TBD Pride in the Plaza Date: June 29 Time: 12:00 pm Location: Veterans Plaza