The dance party and live performances start at 10 p.m. on Friday, June 18 and Sunday, June 20, and are also offered other dates in June and July.ĭNA Lounge is triumphantly celebrating making it through the pandemic and lifting up LGBTQ+ and Black artists in its first in-real-life Bootie mashup party since the Mayor’s shelter-in-place order shut venues down in March 2020. Performances start at the Doolan-Larson Building at the intersection of Haight and Ashbury Streets at 11 a.m. Actor Tina D’Elia will perform in two characters and lead attendees through the Haight into Buena Vista Park and end at the former site of the Haight Theater, which has its own notorious history. Recent productions focused on North Beach and South of Market, but the events available this weekend will spotlight the lesser-known queer history of the hippie counterculture that emerged in the neighborhood.
If you RSVP and arrive to the Chase Center early, you may receive a Pride T-shirt courtesy of the Golden State Warriors.ĮyeZen Presents is offering another version of its OUT of Site performance-based queer history tour, this year focusing on the Haight-Ashbury district. The ride, which will start at 10:30 a.m., will head through the center of the Dogpatch and the Bayview, to Gilman Playground where the Bayview’s Juneteenth celebration will be held. Riders - on bikes, motorcycles, and scooters - are invited to start convening at the Chase Center at 9:30 a.m. The Bayview Opera House will host its first outdoor live event since March 2020 on June 19, in celebration of Juneteenth, followed on Sunday, June 20 by the second annual District 10 Pride Ride. Image: Tenderloin Merchants Association/ Facebook The event is being hosted by the Tenderloin Merchants Association with support from the San Francisco Community Health Center and other neighborhood organizations and businesses. Proceeds and donations to the festival will benefit organizations that provide services and mutual aid to LGBTQIA+ and unhoused people in San Francisco. to make space for drag shows, live music, food booths, and vendors selling art, clothing, and other local wares.
The street will be closed to vehicle traffic from noon to 6 p.m. The Tenderloin’s first Pride Festival is happening on Saturday, June 19, on Larkin Street between Eddy and O’Farrell. with opportunities for rollerskating, food and art vendors, and musical performances by Kippy Marks, Micahtron, and more. (near McAllister), and continues until 9 p.m. This year’s celebration kicks off at 3 p.m. Johnson Black Trans Lives Matter Rally AAACC hosted last June in its open-air gallery. Starting tomorrow, Friday, June 18, SF Pride is partnering with the African American Art & Culture Complex (AAACC) to host an event that will highlight the connections between the fights for racial justice and LGBTQ+ equality. Pride is being celebrated through the month of June in San Francisco, but this weekend offers a wide variety of events - virtual and in-person - including several that honor Juneteenth.