Freedom to Dance

Crowd of people listing to a performer on stage. — Ted Eytan for Capital Pride

Nightlife + Entertainment

WorldPride 2025 will feature vibrant parties, live performances, and cultural events, with top DJs, drag shows, and plenty of LGBTQ+ friendly bars and night clubs.

DC’s incredible powerhouse producers and local promoters are teaming up to bring you the most unforgettable marquee nightlife events of WorldPride DC 2025!

Get ready to celebrate, connect, and dance as we showcase the vibrant energy of our city’s queer nightlife scene. Now, more than ever, we recognize the serious work ahead—but joy is resistance, and coming together as a community to uplift, embrace, and express our Pride is just as vital.

Stay tuned for all the electrifying details!

A vibrant promotional poster for the Official WorldPride Massive Night Events in Washington, DC, on June 6-7, 2025. The background features a colorful, stylized illustration of the U.S. Capitol and Washington Monument, illuminated with rainbow lights, set against a night sky with stars and beams of light.

Celebration

Freedom to Dance

Nightlife + Entertainment

The Capital House Music Festival

World Pride Welcome Party Benefiting Capital Cup: Day 1

Snow Wife at The Atlantis

LatinX Pride Tribute Party with DJs Daiky Gamboa & Pedro Night

DC Hoos X QVA Mixer: WorldPride

QUEER SAPPHIC ELEMENTS

Atlantic Stampede Country Dance Celebration

IGLA+ Presents The Water Polo Ball

Night OUT at the Washington Nationals

Sibling Rivalry Live with Bob The Drag Queen and Monét X Change

Grace Jones & Janelle Monáe

Drag Is Not a Crime w/ Nymphia Wind + Gottmik + Landon Cider + Ts Madison

House Down Boots: World Pride Boots

El Mozo: Yes to All with DJs Leo Blanco and Onyx + More TBA

PowerPop Girls: Charli x Chappell x Charli Dance Party w/ DJ Aquaria

Music Festival: Global Dance Party

Pride Happy Hour

We Are Them: A WorldPride Drag Race Party

Full Bloom: Friday Main Event

JUDY by Sasha Colby and Leland

UNCUT XXL

MIXTAPE Pride Party

Circuit Party: YOUniverse

Woven Together

Perfume Genius

Fabric of Freedom: Main Event

Unraveled

Betty Who

Flashy Afterhours

Drag Through the Decades – Celebrating 50 Years of Pride in Washington DC

World Pride Drag Brunch XXL w/ Alyssa Edwards + Utica + Mercedes Iman Diamond

TRÈS CHIC World Pride Tea Dance

Flower Factory

RuPaul’s Drag Race Season 17 Top 5

LaLeche! with DJs Phil Romano, Danny Verde, and Jerac

Flashy