June is Pride Month, and with it comes plenty of fun and exciting events! Keep reading to uncover a few you will definitely want to pencil into your calendar!

Pride Month at the Garden - Lewis Ginter Botanical Gardens

Celebrating and honoring the LGBTQ+ community through Pride Month, events include:

- Pride Illumination Night - June 1, 2023

- Flowers After 5 & Fidos After 5 - June 8, 2023

Big gay weekend at Richmond Makers Market

June 3, 2023

In RVA, we celebrate PRIDE all summer. Get things started with their bi-annual BIG GAY WEEKEND at the first monthly makers market South of the James! Meet 50+ local makers at an indoor and outdoor art market and craft show for Richmond's newest, greatest, and most extraordinary creators—two days to celebrate the best LGBTQIA+ makers in RVA.

PRIDE MONTH DRAG BRUNCH + DRAG FLEA MARKET

June 4, 2023

Sunday Scaries are such a drag.. shake 'em off with Drag Brunch at Starr Hill! Michelle Livigne and Wette Midler will host a brilliant performance that will put the SUN in SUNDAY FUNDAY 🌞 $1 per pint of The Love sold all month benefits VA Pride 🏳️‍🌈. For their special Pride Month Drag Brunch, they’re hosting a special flea market post-brunch featuring local vendors in the drag community – come check out jewelry, wigs, costumes, and more!

DIne OUt for pride

June 5th - 11th, 2023

Join these Richmond restaurants in celebrating National Pride Month with VA Pride and OutRVA's Dine Out For Pride event from June 5-11, 2023. With each signature cocktail sold, $1 will be donated in equal parts to VA Pride and the OutRVA project of the Richmond Region Tourism Foundation.

Hardywood DRAG BINGO

June 8, 2023

They’re excited to host a fabulous evening with Michelle Livigne, Jasmen ClitO’patra, and Adriana P. Fuentes for Drag Bingo! Expect a few rounds of Bingo and a drag show! Come hungry with 20% off select pizzas for all of those participating and snag prizes if you’re a Bingo winner. The perfect Thursday night activity rain or shine. Drag Bingo will be every month at their Richmond location. Hardywood Pizza Kitchen is open 2-9 pm.

LGBTQIA+ PROM

June 17th, 2023

An epic night to celebrate. Who will be King, Queen, or Sovereign? Purchase tickets HERE.

2023 Official Pride Bar Crawl

June 17, 2023

Celebrate Richmond Pride on June 17th with a colorful bar crawl through the city's top LGBTQ+-friendly bars and nightclubs!

Includes:

Frozay RVA
Aces Bar
Stadium Bar
Margarita's Bar
Daily Menu Bar
Therapy Nightclub
And More!

RUPAUL’S DRAG RACE WERQ THE WORLD TOUR 2023

June 19, 2023

Perception is not reality… in RuPaul’s Drag Race Werq The World Tour 2023. Asia O’Hara, Bosco, DeJa Skye, Jujubee, Lady Camden, Laganja, Vanessa Vanjie, and select finalists from Season 15 are unknowingly trapped in the Netwerq.

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