The first day of June marks the start of Pride Month in North Carolina and across the country. Pride is a time when LGBTQ+ rights are recognized and celebrated.
Check out what events are happening near you!
Raleigh
June 1: Pride House Music Night, Neptunes
June 2: Drag Show, Boxcar
June 4: Pride Yoga + Drag Show, Junction West
June 7: Adult Drag Story Hour, City of Raleigh Museum
June 7: Talent show, Legends Nightclub
June 7-23: “Southern Baptist Sissies,” North Raleigh Arts and Creative Theater
June 7-23: “Kinky Boots,” Raleigh Little Theater
June 8: Run4Love 5k by Runologie, Dix Park
June 8: Love, Rainbow and Unicorn Edition, Geek and Grub Night Market @ Fred Fletcher Park
June 8: Pride Market & Drag Show, Urban Pothos Plant Shop
June 8: Latinx Pride Parties, 440 Niteclub
June 9: Trolley Pride Ride, Raleigh Parks
June 15: Pride Celebration with Lez Have Fun, Compass Rose Brewery
June 16: Drag Brunch, Crape Myrtle Festival
June 22: OUT! Raleigh Pride, Fayetteville Street
June 22: Triangle Pride Band Pride Concert, Fletcher Opera Theater
June 23: Alphabet Soup Pride, Downtown Cary Park
June 26: Pride Standup Comedy Night, Watts & Ward
June 29: Never Late to Drag Brunch Pride Edition, Tin Roof
Month Long:
LGBT Movies at Alamo Drafthouse and The Rialto theater
Pride Events at FLEX Nightclub, Ruby Deluxe, Libations 317 and The Green Monkey
Events sponsored by the LGBT Center of Raleigh & Raleigh Pride
Charlotte
June 1: Pride Month Kickoff Class, MADabolic
June 8: Pride Silent Disco, Hi-Wire Brewing Charlotte; Icons of Pride, The Fillmore
June 14: Cirque du Biere: Aerial Pride Party, Hi-Wire Brewing Charlotte
June 15: Pride Drag Brunch, Catawba Farms
June 16: Rock Hill’s Ultimate Drag Brunch Pride Edition, The Mertcantile
June 20: Unapologetically Still Here, Tabbris
June 22: Equality Pride Crawl, All American Pub; Pride in the Park, Camp Green Park; Just Twirl PRIDE Month Party, Blackbox Theater
June 23: PRIDE Month Drag Brunch, Ink N Ivy; Pride Sampler Embroidery Workshop, Fonta Flora Brewery; Buff Faye Rock Hill Pride Drag Brunch, The Kounter
June 29: Charlotte Pride Bar Crawl, Resident Culture - South End
Coast
June 1: Ride into Pride, Recess
June 2: Hi-Wire Pride Fest, Hi-Wire Brewing Wilmington
June 4: Drag Bingo, Hi-Wire Brewing Wilmington
June 5: Breaking the Binary: Adult Transgender Support Group, The LGBTQ Center of the Cape Fear Coast
June 5: Wilmington Pride Youth Group, The LGBTQ Center of the Cape Fear Coast
June 8: New Bern Pride Prom, Riverfront Convention Center of Craven County
June 9: Dock Street’s Pride Party
June 16: Tara Nicole’s Pride Drag Brunch, The Eagle’s Dare
June 22: Pride Silent Disco, Hi-Wire Brewing Wilmington
June 22-30: Pleasure Island Pride, Carolina Beach
June 26: LGBTQ+ Trivia Night with New Hanover County LGBTQ+ Dems, Bottega Art & Wine
June 29: Beachside Pride, Emerald Isle
June 30: Drag the River Drag Brunch, The Warehouse
Mountains
June 1: Nerd Pride Fest, The Nerd Dungeon & Elder Dragon Coffee Shop
June 2: It’s Trivia with DIVINE!, Shakey’s
June 3: “Moonlight’ screening, Grail Moviehouse
June 6: Drag Karaoke, Archetype Brewing
June 7: Drag Queen Bar Crawl, Downtown Asheville
June 8: Pride 5K: Race for Queer Health, Carrier Park
June 9: Pride Drag Show, New Belgium Brewing Company; Cheers Queers — Zero Cost Acupuncture, Acupuncture Impact
June 13: Pride Story Hour, Park Memorial Library
June 14: Sapphic Songbook Karaoke & Costume Contest, LaZoom Room
June 15: Pride Paddle, Craven Street Bridge Access
June 16: LGBTQIA+ Health Equity Fair, New Belgium Brewing Company
June 23: Generation Plus Stonewall Potluck, Walton Street Picnic Shelter
June 23: Boone Pride March and Festival, Watauga County Agricultural Conference Center
June 29: Stonewall Gala, AB Tech Convention Center