Golden Valley Pride Festival 2025
2025-06-07 12:00 - 18:00 (America/Chicago) | Brookview Park, 300 Brookview Pkwy N, Golden Valley, MN, 55426, United States
Mark your calendars, Golden Valley Pride Festival is back for 2025! Join us at Brookview Park, Saturday, June 7th as we celebrate with two stages of music and entertainment, a beer/cider/wine garden, kid’s activities, artisans of all types and numerous organizations and community business booths!
Love is in the COMMUNITY! Come celebrate yours at the 2025 Golden Valley Pride Festival!

Puzzling and Beats
2025-06-07 12:30 - 17:00 | Queermunity, 3036 Hennepin Ave, Minneapolis, MN, 55408, United States
🧩🎶 Come hang with us for a chill time putting together puzzles, vibing to good music, and connecting with new 🆕 and old 🧑‍🤝‍🧑 friends! ✨🛋️💬 Everyone’s invited!
To stay in the loop on upcoming events, follow our two groups:
👉 Elevate Twin Cities (E3)👉 Minnesota Lesbians, Sapphics, and Queers of Color 🏳️‍🌈💖
Here is our linktree: https://linktr.ee/elevatetwincitites

Youth Pride presented by the Minnesota School Outreach Coalition (MNSOC)
2025-06-07 13:00 - 18:00 | Como Midway Picnic Pavilion Park, 1199 Midway Pkwy, St Pau, MN, 55103, United States
Youth Pride is a free event for LGBTQIA+ youth ages 13-22. This is an event for young people to feel celebrated and strengthen connections to their community. Youth Pride has a little bit of everything; resources from local organizations serving queer youth, activities and games, performances by amazing entertainers, food from local businesses, photo-booths, and more!

TaikoGROOVE
2025-06-07 19:00 - 21:00 | Cedar Cultural Center, 416 Cedar Avenue, Minneapolis, MN, 55454, United States
TaikoArts Midwest produces the first ever taiko dance party concert, TaikoGROOVE! Rhythms drop at 7PM, Saturday June 7, at the Cedar Cultural Center. All Ages.
Surprise Japanese guest artists come all the way from TOKYO to join local troupe Enso Daiko onstage, delivering the debut of a wild, primal groove, plus many audience favorites! Guest DJ ETHYNN gets this party started!
For millenia, people have gathered in the taiko thunderbeat for joyful resilience and restoration. Join us for this epic Twin Cities party event: just what we need in these times.
Executive Director Jennifer Weir says, “People are really struggling now. I want to drum and dance wildly, and to be rooted in community. I need this – the feeling of healing, rhythms, and community connection that happens with taiko drumming.”
TaikoArts Midwest is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization dedicated to producing, promoting, and presenting artistic excellent in taiko arts, using taiko to build and strengthen the community. http://www.taikoartsmidwest.org.
This activity was funded by the Marbrook Foundation, Japan Foundation, and by voters of Minnesota through a Minnesota State Arts Board Operating Support grant, thanks to a legislative appropriation from the arts and cultural heritage fund.
For more information, contact Jennifer Weir, Executive Director at TaikoArts Midwest: jweir@taikoartsmidwest.org

Mae West and the Trial of Sex
2025-06-07 19:30 - 21:30, 2025-06-09 19:30 - 21:30, 2025-06-12 19:30 - 21:30, 2025-06-13 19:30 - 21:30, 2025-06-15 14:00 - 16:00, 2025-06-18 19:30 - 21:30, 2025-06-19 19:30 - 21:30 | The Crane Theater, 2303 Kennedy St NE, Minneapolis, MN, 55413, United States
Walking Shadow Theatre Company presents

Mae West and the Trial of Sex

by John Heimbuch
directed by Allison Vincent

at Crane Theater
May 31- June 22, 2025
Extra! Extra! Provocative Playwright Mae West Runs Afoul of Broadway Censors, Her Popular Play SEX Raided for Obscenity. Tammany Hall claims it was necessary to prevent West’s new homosexual drama, THE DRAG, from corrupting the youth of New York. The sultry starlet faces time in the slammer if she doesn’t amend her immoral ways and stop SEX at once!
Mae West and the Trial of Sex draws from court documents, newspapers, and West’s own plays to explore the overt sexuality and curious queerness of her rise to fame. Playwright John Heimbuch uses Mae West’s legal battle over censorship to show how queer representation became criminalized on stage and screen, cutting LGBTQIA+ people off from their past.
Before she was an icon of the silver screen, Mae West was a Broadway actress and playwright (under the name Jane Mast). In early 1927, while performing in her long-running melodrama, Sex, about a Montreal sex worker, West was developing a new play about Greenwich Village queer culture called The Drag. This play had a sympathetic view of homosexuality, and included a large-scale drag ball onstage, which worried the New York press and police. West became the target of a media campaign to clean up Broadway, culminating in a police raid of Sex. The resulting obscenity trial resulted in the closing of Sex and The Drag, ten days in jail for Mae West, and a new censorship law that prevented queer characters from appearing in the American theatre for the next 40 years.
Ticket Prices:
Tickets are pick-your-price: $30 – $70.
Ticket sales only cover a portion of what it actually costs to present our plays.
For ticket sales to completely cover our production expenses, a ticket would cost $50.
You choose your price! If you are able to pay the true cost of $50, we ask you to do so. Or, pay as little as $30, or choose a more generous amount and help support our accessible ticket program. A limited number of $15 Economic Accessibility tickets are available starting one month before the performance date, for anyone who needs to pay less, no questions asked. Limit 2 per order. Student tickets are FREE. Limit 2 per order. Available starting one month before the performance date.
All seating is general admission, though we’re happy to make accommodations or handle special seating requests.
Accessibility:
Crane Theater is wheelchair accessible.
ASL interpreted on Saturday, June 14 at 7:30pm by Nella Titus (NIC) and Maria Dively (NIC)
Audio Described on Sunday, June 15 at 2:00pm by Elana Centor.
Content Advisory:
This show is recommended for ages 16+ and includes adult language and dated references to homosexuality.
Health and Safety:
We do not currently require proof of Covid vaccination or masking. Covid policy is subject to change based on regional conditions and/or guidance. Please do not attend the show if you have tested positive for Covid-19 or if you are actively experiencing Covid-like symptoms.
Location and Parking:
Crane Theater is located at 2303 Kennedy St NE, Minneapolis, MN 55413. Parking and the entrance to the theater are located at the back of the building. Look for the yellow door. There is also ample free street parking available in the evenings.

Gender Affirming Clothing Swap
2025-06-08 13:00 - 15:00 | Hopkins Public Library, 22 11th Ave N, Hopkins, MN, 55343, United States
Drop by the Hopkins Public Library and find new-to-you clothing to express or explore your gender identity! In need of a wardrobe refresh? Bring clothes that no longer suit you and pick up some new things to try.
Please only bring items that are gently used and freshly laundered. Due to limited space during our clothing swap, we ask that you limit the items you bring to one bag.

PRIDE GAME at the Minnesota Strike Home Game
2025-06-08 13:00 - 16:00 | Sea Foam Stadium (Concordia University), 281 Hamline Ave N, Saint Paul, MN, 55104, United States
Join the Minnesota Strike, your local professional ultimate frisbee team, as we celebrate our LGBTQIA+ community during our final home game of the season! Game starts at 1:00pm on Sunday, June 8th at Sea Foam Stadium (Concordia University). Halftime performances, Thai Thai Food Truck, and more fun for the whole family. Tickets can be purchased ahead of time online or at the door. Also join us for post-game celebrations and drink specials at The Black Hart of Saint Paul. We can’t wait to see you there!

Telling Queer History Sunset Celebration
2025-06-08 14:00 - 17:00 | Queermunity, 3036 Hennepin Ave, Minneapolis, MN, 55408, United States
What: Interact with our exhibit, We Live On: Stories of Radical Connection, at its final location in Minneapolis. Celebrate the stories shared, community connections made, and the people that helped make Telling Queer History possible for 12 years. We will premiere the documentary film about TQH, there will be two storytellers, a ritual of gratitude & release led by the Ladies of the Lake, post-event snacks, and other activities.
Why: Telling Queer History has been hosting gatherings that connect 2SLGBTQIA+ people across generations and identities to foster healing, compassion, and empathy for 12 years. Our organization is coming to a close at the end of June 2025. Before we go, we want to gather with our amazing community, share what we have learned and built together, and dream up the possibilities of our collective future.
Who/When: This is a substance-free event and all ages are welcome. The sunset program will take place from 2-3:45 pm on June 8th, followed by activities from 3:45-5. The exhibit will be open for viewing from 8 am-8 pm daily, June 8th through June 23rd.
Costume/Optional Dress Code: Sunset – bust out the vibrant colors, sparkles, or dusky muted tones. Embody the time of day when the sun sinks to the horizon.
Accessibility: Queermunity is on the second floor, accessed by an elevator or full flight of stairs. There is an ADA door paddle & ramp at entry. Please let us know if you need childcare or transportation support!

KN95 or N95 masks required (and provided)
Air purifiers and far UVC lights will be operating throughout
There will be 2 ASL interpreters
There will be chairs of many sizes and styles
Sound absorption system in use
Parenting, prayer, and sensory rooms available
ADA accessible gender-neutral restrooms.

For more information on parking, transit, and the exhibit, visit https://www.tellingqueerhistory.com/gatherings. There is no fee for this event, but donations are welcome, as are gifts of cash and flowers for staff.

Timber Framing for FLINTA
2025-06-09 - 2025-06-14 | Avon Hills Folk School, 31335 Kalla Lake Rd, Avon, MN, 56310, United States
The Avon Hills Folk School is excited to announce two Timber Framing for FLINTA courses for 2025! The purpose of this class is to provide a supportive learning environment for those identifying as FLINTA to work with their hands, using traditional and modern tools to learn the craft of timber frame building. The acronym FLINTA translates to Female, Lesbian, Intersex, Nonbinary, Transgender, and Agender. This class is offered in partnership with Against the Grain and instructors Jenna Pollard and Helen Prüfer.
Timber framing is the craft of joining wooden timbers together without the use of nails or metal fasteners. Timber frames are simple, strong, and elegant, and have stood for centuries around the world. In this class, students will learn the fundamentals of timber framing, from the use of hand and power tools to the layout and cutting of mortise and tenon joinery. On the final day of the class, students will work together to raise the frame and will go home with the knowledge and skills to continue their timber framing practice and build structures of their own.

MN Queer History Exhibit – We Live On: Stories of Radical Connection
2025-06-09 08:00 - 2025-06-22 20:00 | Queermunity, 3036 Hennepin Ave, Minneapolis, MN, 55408, United States
We Live On: Stories of Radical Connection invites you into how queer people around the state have fostered community and connection over time. Learn about queer communities across Minnesota history with stories of Two Spirit and Indigequeer, intersex, and incarcerated queer and trans folks, HIV/AIDS history, sex work, and more. Interact with historically-contextualized archival video, audio, story transcripts, letters, art, poems, an ancestral altar, and queer ephemera as you explore Telling Queer History’s 12 years of community-based work.
This exhibit has traveled to four locations around Greater Minnesota and is now returning to the Twin Cities for its fifth & final run at Queermunity. Tickets are sold out for the TQH sunset celebration and exhibit launch on June 8th, but you can still view the exhibit for free from June 9th to 22nd, 8 am to 8 pm daily.
Telling Queer History is a Twin Cities non-profit organization that has been hosting storytelling gatherings connecting 2SLGBTQIA+ people across generations and identities for over a decade. Our organization is coming to a close at the end of June 2025.

North Country Gaylaxians Book Club (Online)
2025-06-10 19:00 - 20:30
The meeting of the Twin Cities chapter of the Gaylactic Network, an organization for the GLBT fan community, whether it be science fiction, fantasy, horror, comics, or gaming. We read and discuss books of speculative fiction with GLBT or similar content or by GLBT authors. We meet the second Tuesday of the month at 7:00 pm on Zoom. Also, monthly gaming get-togethers in a private home.

Info on events can be found on their Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/groups/NorthCountryGaylaxians/

Tea Time for Transwomen
2025-06-12 17:30 - 19:00 | Aliveness Project, 3808 Nicollet Ave, Minneapolis, MN, 55409, United States
Tea Time is a peer support network for trans femme identifying individuals living in the Twin Cities and Greater Minnesota. The mission of Tea Time is to offer safer spaces for trans femme folks, a highly vulnerable and stigmatized population. Tea Time offers various resources such as access to HRT injection supplies, a free PrEP clinic, safer spaces to discuss issues related to stigma and shame, issues around medical transition, sexual health, peer support, family issues, etc. We offer safer spaces for trans femme folks to learn how to live and thrive through a network of peer support and care.
Tea Time meets every 2nd and 4th Thursday of the month from 5:30pm -7:00pm at The Aliveness Project located at 3808 Nicollet Ave, Minneapolis, MN 55409.
Contact Information:
Main Office: 612-822-9668.
Luna Maldonado: luna@aliveness.org
Tea Time Disscusion Topics

Name Change Clinic
Hormone Therapy
Safe Spaces
Coming Out
Community Connection
Dating / Love / Sex

TC Gemini vs. Boston Banshees – Pro Women’s Rugby
2025-06-13 17:00 - 22:00 | TCO Stadium, 2685 Vikings Cir, Eagan, MN, 55121, United States
TC Gemini’s last home game of the inaugural season, and Pride Game!

Join us for a free pre-game party 5-6:30pm on the Vikings Museum Rooftop with live music and beer from MetroNOME Brewery
Gates open at 6pm
Kickoff is at 7pm
Join us after the game for a social at Union 32 Craft House – BOGO Union 32 beers with a game ticket or if you’re wearing Gemini gear!

Follow us at @wer_gemini for event updates.
Rugby is for everybody!

The Macbeths
2025-06-13 19:30 - 2025-06-29 16:30 | Center for Performing Arts (CFPA), 3754 Pleasant Ave, Minneapolis, MN, 55409, United States
ROUGH MAGIC PERFORMANCE COMPANY PRESENTS A HAUNTING NEW MACBETH
All-Women/Non-Binary Cast, Bold Adaptation Opens Friday the 13th at the Center for the Performing Arts
Prepare for a Macbeth unlike any you’ve seen before. Rough Magic Performance Company proudly presents an original, immersive adaptation of Shakespeare’s Macbeth. Directed by Heidi Batz Rogers, adapted by Catherine Justice, and with a cast of 5 women performers, The Macbeths highlights the themes of trauma, loss, and unfettered ambition through a feminist lens. Plus witches! The production runs June 13–29, 2025, at the Center for the Performing Arts, with an opening night on Friday the 13th, promising an extra-spooky launch to the show’s limited run.
Tickets are Pay What You Wish $0 – $100. Performances Thursdays, Fridays, Saturdays, and Sundays. Learn more at www.roughmagicperformance.org

Pride Skate Party 2025
2025-06-13 21:00 - 2025-06-14 00:00 | Cheap Skate Roller Center, 3075 Coon Rapids Boulevard, Coon Rapids, MN, 55433, United States
It’s time for the annual Pride Skate Party at Cheap Skate! Event is $15 / 18+ / Alcohol free / Music by DJ Shannon Blowtorch, Hosted by Angela “Hazmat Circus” and Jojo Ventus Ninja. Photobooth by Anne Fry Photography. Vendors, games, food, and more! Rental skates available for $5. Cheap Skate also has a large selection of skates to purchase at the rink.

NA Meeting: Queer, Trans, and Friends
2025-06-14 10:00 - 11:00 | Aliveness Project, 3808 Nicollet Ave, Minneapolis, MN, 55409, United States
Narcotics Anonymous (NA) has an open meeting at Aliveness every Saturday at 10 am. It is focused on people in recovery who are queer, trans, and allies and is “open to any addict seeking recovery.”
For more info contact hanna@aliveness.org

Spotlight Science: SciPride
2025-06-14 10:00 - 14:00 | Bell Museum, 2088 Larpenteur Ave W, St Paul, MN, 55113, United States
Recommended for all ages

Celebrate Pride when we center the work of LGBTQIA+ scientists and allies at the Bell Museum! Meet researchers and experience their work through hands-on activities for all ages around the museum. This public program is open to all.
Spotlight Science is a regular program that shines a light on current science conducted at the University of Minnesota and in our community. Drop in to join researchers, students, and special guests for conversations and unique interactive experiences.

This is an in-person event at the Bell Museum. Activities and events will be held throughout the museum and are included in the cost of regular admission.

Hastings Pride Festival
2025-06-14 10:00 - 17:00 | Levee Park, 20 Ramsey St., Hastings, MN, 55033, United States
🌈 Join us for our Annual Pride Festival!Kick off the fun with our Pet Parade at 10 AM everyone’s welcome to participate!
Enjoy a full day of live entertainment, face painting, food vendors, caricatures, bounce house, Rainbow Station, gender-affirming closet swap, and so much more!
🎉 Family-friendly and open to all come celebrate with us!

Mae West and the Trial of Sex (ASL-Interpreted)
2025-06-14 19:30 - 21:30 | The Crane Theater, 2303 Kennedy St NE, Minneapolis, MN, 55413, United States

ABBA Drag Brunch with Sasha Cassadine & Friends
2025-06-15 10:00 - 13:00 | American Swedish Institute, 2600 Park Ave, Minneapolis, MN, 55407, United States
Celebrate Pride in style at ASI’s first-ever ABBA Drag Brunch! Don’t miss this special event celebrating Queer culture featuring Sasha Cassadine and her crew. Tickets admit you to FIKA Café’s fabulous brunch buffet (including vegan options). Coffee, mimosas, and more are available for purchase. Come in your most iconic outfit and bring dollar bills to tip the queens! Have you never been to a Drag Brunch before? Check out this handy blog post to learn what to expect.
Coming off her performance at the World Pride celebration in Washington, D.C., Sasha and her queens are bringing the heat to ASI with your favorite ABBA classics! Audience members can expect a free make n’ take, ABBA-themed photo op, and special prizes for the top 3 outfits in the crowd. Don’t forget those GoGo boots!
Tables at this event accommodate 8 people. Parties of 8 will automatically be assigned to their own table. Parties less than 8 will be assigned to a community table with other groups.
If your party contains multiple separate ticket orders, you must make arrangements with ASI prior to the event. Please let us know by including your party information in the registration notes, calling the front desk at 612-871-4907, or emailing Oliver Hunter (program coordinator) at oliverh@asimn.org.
About the Artist:
Minneapolis-based drag queen, Sasha Cassadine, knows a thing or two about performing. Over the course of 17 years as a professional drag queen, Sasha has appeared regularly at legendary venues like First Avenue, Gay 90s, Union Rooftop, and more! As one of the premier drag queen show directors and Queen Mother of FlipPhone events in the Twin Cities, Sasha is a household name with Minnesota drag queens and fans alike. Learn more about Sasha’s journey as an artist in this interview with St. Paul Neighborhood Network.
Event Schedule:
10 am: Doors Open, Buffet Starts
11 am: Drag Set starts
12 pm: Drag Set finishes, prizes awarded
1 pm: Doors Close to the audience, Buffet ends

Prime Timers Dominoes
2025-06-15 13:00 - 16:00 | Quatrefoil Library, 1220 E Lake St, Minneapolis, MN, 55407, United States
Join the Prime Timers for an afternoon of dominoes. Feel free to bring a snack to share and your dominoes set, though not required.

Nature Gays in the Woods
2025-06-17 18:30 - 20:30 | Battle Creek Regional Park
About This Event
Join Maria (Four Season Foraging), Tanner (Tanner Barnharst) and Haleigh (Wide Eyed Outside) for Nature Gays in the Woods during Pride Month! This event welcomes and centers people who identify as LGBTQIA+, plus their friends and family members.
Tuesday, June 17th from 6:30pm to 8:30pm at Battle Creek Regional Park in Maplewood, MN
We’ll enjoy wandering around the park informally, learning about edible plants, mushrooms, lichens, animal tracks and more!
Accessibility info: This event will be held on and off trail and will involve bushwhacking, going up and down hills, and walking over logs and other obstacles. Total distance traveled will be about 2 miles.
This event will be cancelled for severe weather, but the show will still go on for rain.
An email will be sent out about a week before the class with additional details, including the exact meeting location!
Registration
Please pre-register using this Google Form. Note that this form must be filled out separately for each participant! Space is limited.
Sliding scale donation suggested: $5 – $25. No one will be turned away for lack of funds! Pay to: @maria-wesserle on Venmo or @mariawesserle on PayPal.

The Birdcage (1996) w/ pre-movie burlesque/drag hosted by Queenie Von Curves!
2025-06-17 19:00 - 22:00 | The Parkway Theater, 4814 Chicago Avenue, Minneapolis, MN, 55417, United States
In this remake of the classic French farce “La Cage aux Folles,” engaged couple Val Goldman (Dan Futterman) and Barbara Keeley (Calista Flockhart) shakily introduce their future in-laws. Val’s father, Armand (Robin Williams), a gay Miami drag club owner, pretends to be straight and attempts to hide his relationship with Albert (Nathan Lane), his life partner and the club’s flamboyant star attraction, so as to please Barbara’s father, controversial Republican Sen. Kevin Keeley (Gene Hackman)—and dupe their landlord, Mr. Roper (Norman Fell). Join us before the movie for a burlesque/drag performance, hosted by Queenie Von Curves!

Burnsville Pride’s Coming Out Party
2025-06-19 17:00 - 19:00 | Trove Brewing, 1719 County Road 42 W, Burnsville, MN, 55337, United States
Burnsville Pride is Coming Out!

Join us for an unforgettable evening as we celebrate the launch of Burnsville Pride with our very first fundraiser. This is more than an event — it’s a celebration of community, visibility, and the vibrant future we’re building together.

Date: Thursday, June 19th, 2025 Location: Trove Brewing Time: 5pm – 7pm
Admission is FREE — but we’re suggesting a $10 donation (in advance (RSVP & donate here) or at the door). Guests who donate $10 or more will receive a free drink (limit one per guest).

Here’s what you can look forward to:
Live entertainment from the fabulous Martina Marraccino
Raffles and prizes throughout the evening
A special guest speaker sharing an inspiring message
Silent Auction Finale – View items and place your final bids before the auction closes. Take your treasures home with you! The silent auction officially starts on June 9th! Come back for the link, or watch for our posts on social media!

This is the perfect night to connect, celebrate, and support our mission. Come as you are, bring your friends, and help us make this night one to remember!
All proceeds go toward hosting our annual pride festival and building programs and resources for Burnsville’s LGBTQ+ community.
We’ll post more information on our Facebook event!
Our silent auction is now live online and you can bid on over a hundred fabulous items here.
