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Cincinnati Pride Guide 🏳️‍🌈

Everything happening across Pride weekend — drag shows, parades, rooftop parties, and the events a local actually puts on her calendar.

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SideKick Lolli

Music · Nightlife · Events · Cincinnati

"I literally dressed up last year and just walked around the city and found SO many random things. Cincinnati Pride is SO much fun — and DJ Boywife is THE Cincinnati DJ. Follow the picks and go where the music is!"

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Lolli's #1 tip for Pride weekend

Follow @djboywife on Instagram. He's the Cincinnati DJ and wherever he's playing, that's where the energy is. Several of Lolli's picks below are exactly that.

Friday 6/5

Kick off the weekend

Pride Play Group
10:00 AM · Community Happens Here
Drag Show + DJ Set
5:30–7:30 PM · Jane's, Findlay Market Outdoor Bar
Cheers, Cheese and QUEERS
6:00 PM · Fine Wine O'clock
Teen Movie Night: Rent
7:00 PM · Community Happens Here
Visi-BI-lity: An Exploration of Bisexual Identity
7:30 PM · Contemporary Arts Center
The Mockbee — DJ Boywife, Liot, Rorycorp
10 PM–Late · 2260 Central Pkwy
⭐ Lolli's Pick
Saturday 6/6

Parade day in Mt. Adams

Sidewalk Hospitality: Tiramisu & Tough Talks
11 AM–1 PM · Community Happens Here
Queer Cuts with Liv
11 AM–1 PM · Community Happens Here
Mt. Adams Pride Parade & Street Fair
12–4 PM · Parade starts at 1 PM
⭐ Lolli's Pick
Rainbow Run & Live Music
3:30 PM · All Saints Episcopal Church
DJ Set at Findlay Market
5–8 PM · Jane's Outdoor Bar
Drag Show
8 PM · Overlook Lodge
Drag Show
9 PM · Queen City Radio
Sunday 6/7

Brunch, NKY, and the Tea Dance

Pride Services
10 AM · All Saints Episcopal & Pleasant Ridge Presbyterian
11 AM · St. Peters United Church of Christ
Drag Brunch
11 AM · Lonely Pine Steakhouse
Chandler Carter Performance
12–2 PM · Race St. Station (Findlay Market Outdoor Bar)
NKY Pride Parade and Festival
12–5 PM · Goebel Park / Mainstrasse
Eastside Pride
1–5 PM · Beech Acres Park
Tea Dance
4–7 PM · Braxton Brewing, Covington
⭐ Lolli's Pick
Yoga Class
4:30 PM · Cafe Alma
Thursday 6/11

Glow up at the Sign Museum

Glow in the Dark: Pride
4–8 PM · American Sign Museum
⭐ Lolli's Pick
Friday 6/12

Pride hits OTR

Pride in OTR
Promos and specials across many OTR businesses all day
Saturday 6/13

Rooftop brunch & silent disco

Pride in OTR
Promos across many OTR businesses
Camp Queer Rooftop Brunch
10 AM–12 PM · Rhinegeist Brewery
Madeira Pride Outdoor Festival
4–6 PM · Along Dawson Rd
Pride Pool Party
7–9 PM · Mt. Adams Pool
Black Wonderland Silent Disco
8–11 PM · Esoteric Brewing
Don't Hide the Pride Dance Party
10 PM–2 AM · Flora & Flair
The Midwest Menace: Alternative Drag
9:30 PM · Oddfellows Liquor Bar
Sunday 6/14

Wigs, Waffles & the Artisan Market

Pride in OTR
Promos across many OTR businesses
Artisan Pride Market
10 AM–6 PM · Washington Park, OTR
Wigs & Waffles Drag Brunch
12–3 PM · Rhinegeist
⭐ Lolli's Pick
Saturday 6/20

Bar crawl & opera night

Drag 'Em Up the Hill Bar Crawl
2–8 PM · Starting at Bow Tie Cafe
Cincinnati Opera Pride Night
9:30 PM · Music Hall
Friday 6/26

Elm Street kicks it off

Cincinnati Magazine's Pride Party
5–8 PM · Elm Street Plaza
⭐ Lolli's Pick
Saturday 6/27

THE big parade day

Pride Parade & Festival
Parade: 11 AM from 7th & Plum · Festival: 12–9 PM at Sawyer Point
⭐ Lolli's Pick
Pride Stride
12–6 PM · 907 Riverside Dr.
Pride Rooftop After Party
8–11 PM · Rhinegeist
Pride After Party: DJ Duel — DJ Boywife & DJ Ruze
8 PM–Midnight · Hard Rock Center Bar
⭐ Lolli's Pick
Sunday 6/28

Wind down with drag brunch

Drag Brunch
11 AM–2 PM · Madtree Alcove
Day at the Museum Party/Ball
12–5 PM · Taft Museum

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