Transgender Book Club
2025-06-22 13:00 - 14:00 (America/Chicago) | Quatrefoil Library, 1220 E Lake St, Minneapolis, MN, 55407, United States
The Transgender Book Club meets the fourth Sunday of the month from 1-2pm to discuss books by and about trans people. We welcome people of all genders, orientations, and backgrounds!
2025 Meeting Calendar:
1/26 Bitter by Akwaeke Emezi
2/23 Lunar Boy by Jes and Cin Wibowo
3/23 Bluff by Danez Smith
4/27 Pageboy by Elliot Page
5/25 Girlmode by Magdalene Visaggio
6/22 We Won’t Be Here Tomorrow by Margaret Killjoy
7/27 A Shore Thing by Joanna Lowell
8/24 The Dawnhounds by Sascha Stronach
9/28 Just Happy to Be Here by Naomi Kanakia
10/26 Dead Collections by Isaac Fellman
11/23 Marley’s Pride by Joelle Retener

Mae West and the Trial of Sex
2025-06-22 14:00 - 16:00 | 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.

Leading Ladies: Divas of Broadway - Matinee
2025-06-22 14:30 - 16:30 | Ordway Concert Hall, 345 Washington Street, Saint Paul, MN, 55102, United States
She’s back! Join TCGMC and Broadway star, Britney Coleman, at the Ordway Concert Hall for Leading Ladies! A little bit beauty and a little bit beast, this concert explodes with the music of Broadway sung by the biggest divas to grace the stage. “Let us entertain you” with songs from Gypsy, Into the Woods, Chicago, Wicked, Shucked!, Big Fish, Sound of Music, and more! We dare you not to sing along. To purchase tickets, please visit tcgmc.org.
About TCGMC:
Founded in 1981, Twin Cities Gay Men’s Chorus (TCGMC) is an award-winning chorus that has built a solid reputation for musical excellence and dynamic programming. TCGMC is a non-profit 501(c)(3) voluntary community chorus, formed to build community through music while pursuing musical excellence in performance. The Chorus seeks to create community and diversity, using music to transform, educate, and heal.

Brass Queens
2025-06-22 19:30 - 21:00 | The Parkway Theater, 4814 Chicago Avenue, Minneapolis, MN, 55417, United States
Sunday, June 22, 2025
6:30 pm Doors // 7:30 pm Music
All Ages

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Based out of NYC, this all-female group is disrupting a male dominated genre. Ladies kick brass! The Brass Queens have a signature style that sits right at the intersection of the Big Apple and the Big Easy. Their sound is deeply inspired by and pays homage to the New Orleans brass band tradition while injecting the upbeat, multifaceted energy of their New York home into each performance. The result is a nonstop party: a Brass Queens show will have you singing along to classic pop hits, dancing your heart out to reggaeton, and feeling like you’ve been transported to Frenchman Street.
“Brass Queens band, a New Orleans-inspired all-female band, blasted out bright, buoyant tunes… ”
— New York Times

Writer to Writer - Queer Voices: Curators, Past and Present
2025-06-24 18:30 - 20:00 | Quatrefoil Library, 1220 E Lake St, Minneapolis, MN, 55407, United States
Writer to Writer is a series featuring conversations between BIPOC (Black, Indigenous and people of color) writers.
This program takes place at Quatrefoil Library. Join us during Pride month to celebrate the 32-year history of Queer Voices, a Twin Cities based LGBTQIA+ literary arts group that began with founding curators Andrea Jenkins and John Medeiros.
Current curators LM Brimmer and Sherrie Fernandez-Williams will join Jenkins and Medeiros in a discussion of their writing lives and share stories about how the queer literary community in Minnesota creates space for all voices across our big, beautiful and bold rainbow. Followed by Q&A. Collaborators: More Than a Single Story, Queer Voices and Quatrefoil Library. This program is funded with money from Minnesota’s Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund. Learn more and register online at Hennepin County Library.

Drag Queen Charity Bingo - Support Burnsville Pride
2025-06-24 19:00 - 21:00 | Roxy’s Cabaret, 1333 Nicollet Mall, Minneapolis
Join us for Drag Queen Charity Bingo at Roxy’s Cabaret! Prepare for an extravagant evening brimming with glamour, laughter, and community spirit. Tuesday, June 24th at 7 PM Burnsville Pride is the featured charity! Immerse yourself in a unique bingo experience hosted by our fabulous drag queens.

Come enjoy a night filled with entertainment, exciting bingo games, and fantastic prizes—all while supporting a great cause. All proceeds will benefit Burnsville Pride.
Don’t let this unforgettable night of fun and philanthropy slip away! Rally your friends, don your best attire, and get ready to strut your stuff at Drag Queen Charity Bingo!
Be sure to reserve your spot at https://roxyscabaret.com/drag-queen-charity-bingo

Take PRIDE in Yourself: An LGBTQ+ Resource Fair
2025-06-25 17:30 - 20:30 | Lush Lounge and Theater, 990 NE Central Ave, Minneapolis, MN, 55413, United States
Neighborhood HealthSource and LUSH Lounge and Theater invite you to kick off your PRIDE weekend at Take PRIDE in Yourself: An LGBTQ+ Resource Fair! There will be FREE HIV rapid testing, STI testing, PrEP consultations with a qualified provider, MNsure information, community resources, and more! This exciting event will be held 5:30-8:30pm Wednesday, June 25th, 2025 at LUSH Lounge and Theater (990 Central Ave NE, Minneapolis, MN 55413).
Can’t make it? Neighborhood HealthSource offers FREE walk-in STI testing and birth control education at our Safe Space, Safe Choices Sexual and Reproductive Health Walk-In Hours 1-4pm Monday-Friday at our Fremont Clinic (3300 Fremont Ave N, Minneapolis, MN 55412) and 1-4pm Wednesdays at our Central Clinic (2301 Central Ave NE, Minneapolis, MN 55418.)
Interested in tabling at this event? Vendor Registration is now open! Apply here: https://forms.office.com/r/kfM1Vs1mVF

Contact Information: Neighborhood HealthSource Community Health Team: 612-588-9411, option 5.

Take PRIDE in Yourself: An LGBTQ+ Resource Fair
2025-06-25 17:30 - 20:30 | Lush Lounge and Theater, 990 NE Central Ave, Minneapolis, MN, 55413, United States
Neighborhood HealthSource and LUSH Lounge and Theater invite you to kick off your Pride weekend at “Take PRIDE in Yourself: An LGBTQ+ Resource Fair!” This event is free and open to all! There will be FREE and confidential HIV rapid testing, STI testing, PrEP consultations with a qualified provider, MNSure information, community resources, and more! This exciting event will take place 5:30-8:30pm Wednesday, June 25th, 2025 at LUSH Lounge and Theater (990 Central Ave NE, Minneapolis, MN 55413).
Can’t make it? Neighborhood HealthSource offers FREE and confidential walk-in STI testing and birth control education through our Safe Space, Safe Choices Sexual and Reproductive Health Walk-In Hours 1-4pm Monday-Friday at our Fremont Clinic (3300 Fremont Ave N, Minneapolis, MN 55412) and 1-4pm Wednesdays at our Central Clinic.
Interested in tabling at this event? Vendor registration is now open! Apply here: https://forms.office.com/r/kfM1Vs1mVF
Contact Information: Neighborhood HealthSource Community Health Team 612-588-9411 Option 5.

Gender Justice Fair
2025-06-25 18:00 - 20:30 | Central Park Pavillion, 3503 Silver Lake Rd NE, Minneapolis, 3503 Silver Lake Rd NE, Minneapolis
A vibrant community event celebrating equity, inclusion, and empowerment across the gender spectrum. Featuring local artists, educators, activists, and vendors, the fair creates a safe and joyful space to uplift voices, share resources, and inspire action for gender justice.

Twin Cities Queer Transplant Group
2025-06-25 19:00 - 21:00 | Quatrefoil Library, 1220 E Lake St, Minneapolis, MN, 55407, United States
The Twin Cities Queer Transplant Group is a new community meetup for folks who have recently relocated to the Twin Cities. Drop by to meet new people, learn about local LGBTQIA+ resources, chat, and share your favorite Twin Cities discoveries! Locals, partners, and family welcome. Meetings hosted every 4th Wednesday at Quatrefoil Library.
Questions and information requests can be sent to TCTransplants@gmail.com

Tea Time for Transwomen
2025-06-26 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

Harmonizing Identities: The True Story of a Transgender Nyckelharpist in 1700s Sweden
2025-06-26 18:00 - 19:00 | American Swedish Institute, 2600 Park Ave, Minneapolis, MN, 55407, United States
Meet Magnus Johansson—a nyckelharpa player born in 1683 on Åland and assigned female at birth as Maria Johansdotter. In 1702, they moved to Stockholm, boldly defying gender norms in both dress and profession. They performed in local taverns, playing nyckelharpa and singing. Their songs included sharp satire, including one aimed at a powerful, vengeful political figure with an overinflated ego and an inability to handle criticism.
After receiving a male passport from a patron, they began living openly as Magnus Johansson—working as a shoe cobbler’s apprentice, leading a church choir, and earning a reputation as both a musician and a lothario.
Join Renee Vaughan, gender studies researcher, nyckelharpist, and ally, to learn more about this Magnus-ificent musician, and enjoy live music Magnus played, along with other well-known tunes from the time and region before and after the presentation—featuring Renee Vaughan (nyckelharpa), Paul Sauey (guitar), Mikey Marget (cello), Dan Newton (accordion). Free event.

St. Paul Queer History Tour
2025-06-26 18:00 - 20:00 | MN
Join Telling Queer History for a 2SLGBTQIA+ history walking tour in St Paul! Learn about the rich queer history of St. Paul as you visit these storied landmarks and hear from live storytellers.
Masks are required and provided. This is a walking tour that involves being mobile for about ~2 miles and 2 hours. We will have some portable stools for sitting breaks. All participants can wear audio packs to hear the tour guide. If you have other access requests, such as ASL interpretation or a pedicab ride, please contact us at least a week in advance so we can make those arrangements.
Sliding scale tickets available (Free for BIPOC & 2SLGBTQIA+ attendees, $10-20 for all other tickets). Participation is capped at 30 people! Starting location TBD, details will be sent via email.

Ice Cream Social
2025-06-26 18:00 - 20:00 | Patti’s Ice Cream, 1767 County Road B2 W, Roseville, MN
JOIN US FOR AN ICE CREAM SOCIAL! We’re bringing community, connection, and cones together this summer!
Hosted by: Elevate Twin Cities & Minnesota Lesbians, Sapphics, and Queers of Color Where: Patti’s Ice Cream — 1767 County Road B2 W, Roseville, MN When: Thursday, June 26 Time: 6:00 PM – 7:30 PM
Expect good vibes, sweet treats, and a space to celebrate queer joy with your community. All ages welcome! Bring your besties, your boo, or just your beautiful self.
Chill tunes Cute photo ops Community & conversation

Queer Book Launch: Midnight at the Cinema Palace at Magers & Quinn
2025-06-26 19:00 - 20:00 | Magers & Quinn Booksellers, 3038 Hennepin Ave, Minneapolis, 55408, United States
Please join us for the launch of Christopher Tradowsky’s debut novel, MIDNIGHT AT THE CINEMA PALACE. Tradowsky will be in conversation with local author Lindsay Starck.
This tender, exuberant novel about a young man navigating coming of age in ’90s San Francisco is for readers of Garth Greenwell and André Aciman.
Walter Simmering is searching for love and purpose in a city he doesn’t realize is fading away—San Francisco in 1993, at the height of the AIDS epidemic and the dawn of the tech revolution. Out of college, out of the closet, and transplanted from the Midwest, Walter is irresistibly drawn from his shell when he meets Cary Menuhin and Sasha Stravinsky, a dynamic couple who live blithely beyond the boundaries of gender and sexuality. Witty and ultra-stylish, Cary and Sasha seem to have stepped straight out of a sultry film noir, captivating Walter through a shared obsession with cinema and Hollywood’s golden age.
As the three embark on adventures across the city, filled with joie de vivre, their lively friendship evolves in unexpected ways. When Walter befriends Lawrence, a filmmaker and former child actor living with HIV, they pursue a film project of their own, with hilarious and tragic results.
Midnight at the Cinema Palace is a vibrant and nostalgic exploration of young souls discovering themselves amidst the backdrop of a disappearing city. Christopher Tradowsky’s astonishing debut captures the essence of ’90s queer culture and the complex lives of friends seeking an aesthetically beautiful and fulfilling way of life.
Christopher Tradowsky lived in San Francisco throughout the 1990s and drew inspiration from his time there for this book. He was also inspired by Virginia Woolf’s Orlando, and says that “While Orlando has become the patron saint of gender fluidity, Woolf demonstrated that an entire novel, in both subject and style, could be a love letter from start to finish.” In addition to the J. Michael Samuel Prize from the Lambda Literary Foundation, Tradowsky was also the recipient of the BLOOM Literary Journal Prize for fiction in 2013. He earned a PhD in art history from UCLA. He teaches undergraduate art history and mentors in the creative writing MFA program at Augsburg University in Minneapolis. He lives in St. Paul with his husband.
Lindsay Starck was born in Wisconsin and raised in the Milwaukee Public Library. She is the author of the novels Noah’s Wife (2016) and Monsters We Have Made (2023), which has been named a finalist for the Minnesota Book Awards. Her short prose has appeared in Ploughshares, the New England Review, AGNI, and the Southern Review, among other places, and has been awarded a Pushcart Prize. She currently writes and teaches in Minneapolis, where she lives with her husband and her cattle dog.

The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert (1994) w/ pre-movie burlesque/drag hosted by Queenie Von Curves!
2025-06-26 19:00 - 22:00 | The Parkway Theater, 4814 Chicago Avenue, Minneapolis, MN, 55417, United States
When drag queen Anthony (Hugo Weaving) agrees to take his act on the road, he invites fellow cross-dresser Adam (Guy Pearce) and transsexual Bernadette (Terence Stamp) to come along. In their colorful bus, named Priscilla, the three performers travel across the Australian desert performing for enthusiastic crowds and homophobic locals. But when the other two performers learn the truth about why Anthony took the job, it threatens their act, their friendship, and a planned Hollywood remake starring Patrick Swayze and Wesley Snipes. Join us before the movie for a burlesque/drag performance, hosted by Queenie Von Curves!

East Bank Dog Parade
2025-06-27 17:30 - 19:30 | Historic Main Street Park SE, Minneapolis, MN, 420 Main St. SE Minneapolis, MN 55414, Minneapolis, MN, 55414, United States
Grab the Leash — Let’s Paw-rade!
Once led by the Nicollet Island East Bank Neighborhood Association, the beloved Dog Parade is back—and it’s going to be paws-itively awesome! This year, the East Bank Neighborhoods Partnership is unleashing the fun in true East Bank style—and your furry friend is officially invited.
Meet us in the large green space off Main St., South of E Hennepin Ave & Merriam St. Bridge and North of the Central Ave underpass
Bring your pup (and their people) for a tail-wagging good time as dogs of every breed, size, and age parade proudly down Hennepin Avenue. After the strut, stick around Historic Main Street Park for a bark-worthy celebration featuring:
-Local businesses & pet-friendly vendors
-Treats and tail wags
-Paws-itively fun contests with prizes
-A chance to sniff out new friends from around the Twin Cities!
Whether your dog is a seasoned show-off or just wants to fetch some attention, this free event is sure to be the ulti-mutt evening out. 🐶 Volunteer or Donate! 🐾 It takes a pack to pull off a paw-some event like the East Bank Dog Parade, and we’d love your help! Whether you’re great at herding humans, handing out treats, or setting up the paw-ty, we’re looking for volunteers to lend a paw before, during, and after the event.

Queer Movie Night
2025-06-27 18:00 - 22:30 | time Traveler’s Public House, MN, United States
Queer Movie Night is back on!!!

This time we have a non sheet projector screen for better viewing ☺️.

Love Lies Bleeding this time round!!

Watch a fucked up lesbian romance flavored with crime thriller and surrealism. Amazing steamy sapphic sex representation 🥺😭

Trigger warnings: Body Horror, Murder, Dead Bodies, weapons (guns and more), toxic relationships, addiction, ect and tons more. Prepare yourself and do your own education for this movie. Its rough at times.

Dignity Twin Cities Pride Liturgy
2025-06-27 19:00 - 20:00 | Prospect Park United Methodist Church, 22 Orlin Ave SE, Minneapolis, MN, 55447, United States
Dignity Twin Cities is a small Christian community that, in the tradtion of Liberation Theology from Latin America, provides a spiritual base for lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender Catholics, their families and friends. We are also an activist organization that works to change the antiquated sexual theology of the Roman Catholic Church. Join us as we celebrate Pride weekend.
Prospect Park United Methodist Church (PPUMC), 22 Orlin Ave SE, Mpls

Uptown Follies PRIDE celebration!
2025-06-27 19:00 - 21:00 | Granada Theater, 3022 Hennepin Ave, Minneapolis, MN, 55408, United States
Celebrate PRIDE with a night of glitz, glam and camp at the historic Granada Theater! Featuring the ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ LGBTQIA+ owned & ran entertainment
Uptown Follies is a whirlwind of high-energy entertainment reminiscent of the Golden Age of variety shows set in this breathtaking Spanish art deco space with 4 star dining and drinks.Experience the allure of burlesque beauties, the grace of showgirls, and the enchanting melodies of our sensational singers. Be prepared to be on the edge of your seat with sideshow spectacles, jaw-dropping aerial acts, and gravity-defying pole dances. And let’s not forget the laughter – our comedic performers will have you in stitches all night long.Inspired by Dita Von Teese, the iconic Moulin Rouge and the legendary Crazy Horse Paris, Uptown Follies transports you to a realm of opulence and extravagance, where every moment is a feast for the senses. With dazzling costumes, mesmerizing choreography, and a touch of cheeky humor, this show promises an unforgettable evening of entertainment unlike anything you’ve ever seen before. So grab your friends, dress to impress, and get ready to be swept away by the magic of Uptown Follies – where the spotlight shines bright and the party never ends!
Doors at 7 p.m., Show at 7:30 p.m. 18+.
VIP: (front row of tables)- Ticket price $59- includes VIP drink- 6:30pm Entry Time
Mezzanine (mid section of tables)- Ticket price $49- Includes Drink- 7:00pm Entry Time
Economy (back row of tables)- Ticket price $35- 7:00pm Entry Time
Balcony VIP table for 4- Table price $189- includes VIP drink- 6:30pm Entry Time
Parking is available at Seven Points Parking Garage. There is a reservation link at www.granadampls.com
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TROUPE BIO We, Triple Threat Entertainment, are a queer, gender diverse, and neuro-varied womxn owned company, with widely varied socio-economic backgrounds and professional experiences. Our troupe has been performing for 10+ years and is committed to creating high quality content, that is both uplifting and thought provoking while maintaining integrity and our mission to positive entertainment. We work hard to embed messages of empowerment, consent, growth, and self-love into our universe. We work with 30+ artists and perform regularly.

Minnesota Philharmonic Orchestra: Love Letters
2025-06-27 19:30 - 21:00 | St. Mark’s Episcopal Cathedral, 519 Oak Grove St, Minneapolis, MN, 55403, United States
The Minnesota Philharmonic Orchestra (MPO) returns for a second consecutive year to deliver a Pride performance at St. Mark’s Episcopal Cathedral to help kick off Pride Weekend festivities. Closing out its 32nd season, the MPO is the nation’s first LGBTQIA+ orchestra. While the concert is free, the MPO will be taking donations — please consider supporting local queer music-making in whatever way you can!
Program: A prince’s love breaks a sorcerer’s curse. A Vietnamese son writes letters to his mother, who cannot read, exploring their fraught family history and unfolding the relationship with his first love. A Finnish composer protests censorship of the press through what would become a second national anthem for his liberated nation. The MPO’s Pride concert shares stories about courageous love for person and country.

Tchaikovsky: Valse from Swan Lake
Holmes: “La nuit et l’amour” from Ludus pro patria
Bologne/St. Georges: Symphony No. 2 “L’amant anonyme”
Coleridge-Taylor: “Un sonnet d’amour” from Petite Suite de Concert
Yee: Briefly Gorgeous
Sibelius: Finlandia

Conducted by Brian Dowdy

Minnesota Philharmonic Orchestra Pride Concert: Love Letters
2025-06-27 19:30 - 21:30 | St. Mark’s Episcopal Cathedral, 519 Oak Grove St, Minneapolis, MN, 55403, United States
A prince’s love breaks a sorcerer’s curse. A Vietnamese son writes letters to his mother, who cannot read, exploring their fraught family history and unfolding the relationship with his first love. A Finnish composer protests censorship of the press through what would become a second national anthem for his liberated nation. The MPO’s Pride concert shares stories about courageous love for person and country.

Tchaikovsky: Valse from Swan Lake
Holmes: “La nuit et l’amour” from Ludus pro patria
Bologne/St. Georges: Symphony No. 2 “L’amant anonyme”
Coleridge-Taylor: “Un sonnet d’amour” from Petite Suite de Concert
Yee: Briefly Gorgeous
Sibelius: Finlandia

Conducted by Brian Dowdy

Sips & Slays Pride Drag Show
2025-06-27 20:00 - 22:00 | Sociable Cider Werks, 1500 Fillmore St NE, Minneapolis, MN, 55413, United States
Kick-off Twin Cities Pride Weekend with a night of electrifying performances, delicious cider, and non-stop fun at Sociable Cider Werks! The queens of POWER Drag Revue are ready to serve jaw-dropping looks, high-energy performances, and all the Pride spirit you can handle.
Hosted by the one and only Lala Luzious, the Snack of the Twin Cities, this event is guaranteed to be a night to remember! Whether you’re a longtime drag fan or celebrating Pride for the first time, this show is for everyone.
🎟 Seating is first-come, first-serve, and this event is expected to sell out—so grab your tickets early!
This event is open to EVERYONE, so come join the high-energy celebration of Pride! Please note, the playlist is lively and fabulous, but may not be suitable for young ears, so parental discretion is advised (rated PG-13).
Get ready to sip, slay, and celebrate—see you there! 🌈✨

Twin Cities Pride Festival
2025-06-28 - 2025-06-30 | Loring Park, 1382 Willow St., Minneapolis, MN, 55403, United States
The Twin Cities Pride Festival is Minnesota’s second largest festival and the largest FREE Pride festival. Highlighting the best in LGBTQIA+ entertainment on 3 stages, featuring over 650 vendors, including LGBTQIA+ & BIPOC community resources, artists, and businesses.

Learn more here!

NA Meeting: Queer, Trans, and Friends
2025-06-28 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

Prana&Pride
2025-06-28 11:00 - 12:00 | Fulton Brewing Co., 414 N 6th ave, Minneapolis, 55401, United States
Prana&Pints is partnering with Fulton Brewing Co. to bring you a awesome fundraiser event!!
This event will bring you an all inclusive yoga class, beverages, and a whole lotta fun!
Cost is $30. This includes 1hr of yoga, 2 beverages tickets, and for each ticket sold $10 will go to Rainbow Wardrobe 🙂
We are so excited to kick of this FIRST fundraiser event for Prana&Pints and can’t wait to flow with you all 🙂
*An event will be posted to Prana&Pints Facebook within the next couple of weeks but tickets can still be purchased.
See flyer for more details 🙂

HEY Y'ALL! IT'S PRIDE!
2025-06-28 11:00 - 14:00 | Hey Y’all, 2501 Marshall Street Northeast, Minneapolis, MN, 55418, United States
HEY Y’ALL — IT’S PRIDE! 🌈
Join us at Hey Y’all (formerly Betty Danger’s) for a fabulous day of food, drinks, and drag with POWER Drag Revue! Expect high-energy performances, fierce looks, and all the Pride vibes while Hey Y’all serves up tacos and cocktails. 💃🌮🍹
🎉 All are welcome — come celebrate love, identity, and joy!
Doors @ 11 AM | Drag @ Noon🎟 $15 cover includes $20 food & drink credit

From Privilege to Purpose: An Afternoon with HRH Crown Prince Manvendra
2025-06-28 14:00 - 15:30 | Open Book, 1011 S. Washington Ave, Minneapolis, MN, 55415, United States
For Minneapolis Pride Weekend, Open Book warmly welcomes Prince Manvendra Singh Gohil, the world’s first openly gay royal from India, and his husband DeAndre Richardson, for an afternoon learning their story of discovery, resilience and activism through readings, conversation, music and reflection.
In times when the right to be oneself can feel fragile, the courage to live your truth becomes a revolutionary act of love.As India’s first openly gay royal and a direct descendant of one of India’s oldest dynasties, Prince Manvendra’s story made international news in 2006 when he came out as a homosexual, his family disowned him, and effigies of him were burned in public. Today, he is an internationally recognized human rights advocate. His journey is a testament to courage, resilience, and the power of truth.
The prince’s inspiring story will be interwoven with music selections, played by the Prince, on the Harmonium, an Indian musical instrument. The Prince and his Husband will share their journey of embracing one’s identity, breaking free from cultural constraints, and finding profound purpose in the face of adversity. With wisdom, humor, and heartfelt truth, they’ll share how love—when rooted in authenticity—becomes a force of transformation, healing, and unity.
Whether you are part of the LGBTQ+ community or an ally for justice and love, this event will remind us: There is no freedom greater than being who you truly are.

Jeff Hiller Is Basic
2025-06-28 19:00 - 21:00 | The Parkway Theater, 4814 Chicago Avenue, Minneapolis, MN, 55417, United States
Celebrate Pride weekend at The Parkway with Jeff Hiller and his brand new show, Jeff Hiller Is Basic! Jeff Hiller is basic. This is an hour-ish long show that really proves that. Come out and laugh at just how basic Jeff Hiller is. Every ticket includes a copy of his new book, Actress of a Certain Age! Jeff is best known for playing “Joel” opposite Bridget Everett on HBO’s acclaimed series Somebody Somewhere. Other notable TV roles include American Horror Story: NYC, 30 Rock, Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt, and Crazy Ex-Girlfriend. He has been seen previously on television in his series regular role on the Pop Network original series Nightcap — and on film in Greta, Set it Up, Morning Glory, Ghost Town, and Adam. Jeff made his Broadway debut in Bloody, Bloody Andrew Jackson, and has appeared off-Broadway in Bright Colors and Bold Patterns, Silence!, Heartbreak House, and in Shakespeare in the Park in A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Love’s Labour’s Lost, and most recently as “Panic” in Disney’s Hercules. Jeff began performing at the Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre in New York City.

GRRRL SCOUT: Pride Stoplight Party
2025-06-28 21:00 - 2025-06-29 02:00 | The Fillmore Minneapolis, 525 N 5th St, Minneapolis, MN, 55401, United States
The PRIDE STOPLIGHT PARTY is back and ready to connect you with other queer cuties on the dance floor. Too shy to show off those smooth moves?! Stand back and enjoy the view. We’ll be serving up an epic night of entertainment, games, and performances that hit harder than your last situationship! Enjoy snacks (and a gentle breeze) on the Trax Burger and Bar patio or snag a sexy booth in the mezzanine lounge. All night. All vibes. We’ve got something for everyone.
Here’s how it works:
Once you arrive, head on over to the glow booth to receive your complimentary glow bracelet (reflecting your current status). See status options below.
QUEER CODE
Green: Available and ready to mingle
Yellow: Open book, so shoot your shot
Red: Not here to flirt, just here to werk
Bracelets are completely optional. This is a “no pressure” kinda party and everyone is welcome!!
Activations:
60-Second Speed Dating: Take a seat and start the clock. You’ve got a matter of seconds to seal the deal.
Arm Wrestling: Lock in and lock arms, babes!
Bag Toss: We’re bringing the patio indoors
Photo Booth: Dress to impress (yourself) and snap a Pride worthy pic at the selfie station.
Date: 6/28/2024 (Saturday)/21+ Event
Time: 9:00 p.m. – 2:00 a.m.
Location:
The Fillmore
525 5th St N, Minneapolis, MN 55401

Tickets: https://www.fillmoreminneapolis.com/shows
$20 + (Fees) Early Bird (limited QTY) – SOLD OUT
$25 + (Fees) Advance
$30 + (Fees) Day Of
$40 + (Fees) VIP/Early Access/Fast Pass
$55 + (Fees) Suite Seat
(Includes: balcony seating, fast pass entry and early access to the event with separate bar)
Final Cost Range: $35-$75
Note: All ticket sales are final. No Refunds.
Music: DJ Reeves & DJ Ex Girl
Bands: I.V. King
Performances by:
Trídent
Stella Rockstar
Megan The Man Eater

Hosted by: Zora
Features:
Dance-Off/Contests
Huge Dance Floor
Multiple Bars
Gender-Neutral Restrooms
Supporting Sponsors:
Affinity Plus
The Aliveness Project
Cedar Hill Therapy
Solcana
Banana Split
Moonstone
CONSENT IS MANDATORY! Please remember to be considerate and respect others’ personal boundaries. We will not tolerate any racist, sexist, ableist, transphobic or homophobic language during any of our events and reserve the right to remove anyone that is causing harm.
Due to the nature of our events, which include the sale of food and beverages, we cannot properly enforce a mask mandate. Instead, we encourage our patrons to exercise their individual agency in correspondence with their personal comfort levels. It’s important to note that all public events carry inherent risks, and it is up to the individual to proceed with care in those situations.
