CHICAGO — From drag queen cooking classes to neighborhood festivals and the annual Pride Parade, there are tons of ways to celebrate Pride in Chicago this year.
Block Club is rounding up LGBTQ-focused events across the city to help everyone plan the perfect Pride Month this June.
Do you know of an event not included in this calendar? Email Jake@blockclubchi.org with the date, event name and link to its website for it to be included.
May 31: OUT of the Office networking event
June 1: Pride Night at the Shedd
June 1: Pride North Starts Here: Panel on supporting queer business communities
June 1: Gay Prom
June 1: Drag Bingo at the Lakeview YMCA
June 3: Patric McCoy gallery talk and panel discussion
June 3: LGBTQ Archives Come Alive
June 3: Charity Cooking with Drag Queens
June 3: Howdy Y’all Disco Ball
June 4: Equality Illinois Pride Brunch
June 4: Drag Story Time
June 5: Zine Making for Pride!
June 6: Author Zachary Zane reads from and discusses new essay collection “Boyslut”
June 8: Coronation of Puerto Rican People’s Parade Cacica 2023
June 8: “HIV and the Journey Toward Zero” Virtual Screening
June 8: Drag to the Future
June 9: Center on Halsted Art Gallery Opening Reception
June 9: Raks Inferno: An Intimate Circus Speakeasy
June 9-11: Andersonville Midsommarfest
June 10: “Better Times Will come” Pride Concert
June 10: Pride Bar Crawl
June 10: Lighthouse Foundation’s Pride Skate Party
June 10: Queer Prom: A Starry Night
June 10: InterContinental Hotel Pride Pool Party
June 10: Artemis Singers “Better Times Will Come” Pride Concert and Dance
June 11: The Art of Pride at the Hyde Park Art Center
June 12: The Belmont Rocks: A Talk With Owen Keehnen
June 13: Chicago Cubs Pride Celebration
June 13: Fetish, Erotic and Kink Figure Drawing at the Leather Archives & Museum
June 13: Get Lit: Pride Night at the American Writers Museum
June 14: Queer Climb Night at Movement Wrigleyville
June 15: Queer Elder History Panel
June 15: LGBT Chamber of Commerce’s Paint the Town Pride Kiki
June 17: Queer Fam Pride Jam at the Salt Shed
June 17-18: Chicago Pride Fest
June 17: Windy City Performing Arts’ Annual Pride Concert
June 18: Pride Yoga
June 20: LGBTQ+ Comic Creator Panel
June 21: Migrant and Queer Metamorphosis in Chicago Through Zines
June 22: Author and activist Juno Dawson reads from and discusses her picture book, “You Need To Chill”
June 22: Pride Night Out in Oak Park
June 23: Chicago is a Drag Festival
June 23: Super Sapphic!
June 23-25: Pride North
June 23-24: Pride in the Park
June 24: Back Lot Bash
June 24: Lincoln Square Family Pride Fest
June 24: Navy Pier Pride
June 25: Chicago Pride Parade
June 27: LGBTQIA+ Law Issues at the Library
June 25: D.S. Tequila’s Chicago Pride Patio Brunch
June 30: Gear Night at the Leather Archives & Museum
June 30: Bucktown Book Discussion: “The Viral Underclass”
June 30: Queer Quilting
July 1: Pride South Side
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