The Hollywood Partnership, the non-profit organization that oversees the public realm in the Hollywood Business Improvement District (BID), announced its official partnership with LA Pride to bring LA Pride Village back to Hollywood Boulevard on June 11.
LA Pride Village is the official place to be after the LA Pride Parade, with festivities taking place from 12:00 PM to 8:00 PM, just steps from the official parade route.
When the iconic LA PRIDE Parade returned home to Hollywood Boulevard last year after more than four decades, it prompted the start of new traditions and celebrations in Hollywood, including LA Pride Village, a free and open-to-the-public street festival that opened to much fanfare in its inaugural year. The second annual Village celebration promises to be even bigger and better, with a new location on Hollywood Boulevard, between Vine Street and Gower Street, to make room for more booths featuring local vendors and non-profits, an expanded beer garden, delicious food trucks, two performance stages for twice the entertainment, and more comfortable crowd space for dancing.
This year’s LA Pride Village stages will feature a vibrant and diverse lineup of local performers:
Celebration Stage
- Line dancing lesson with Stud Country
- Astrology-centered dance party with Gay Asstrology
- The Queer/LatinX party you’ve been waiting for with Preciosa Night by EdenxJay
- Alternative dance music set with Hood Rave
- Final power hour with HawtMess + Fever Dream
Community Stage
- Interstitial between sets by DJ Couples Therapy of DIVORCE, also the Community Stage Hosts
- Puppet show with Bob Baker Marionette Theatre
- Musical folk performance by the world’s first LGBTQ+ mariachi: Mariachi Arcoiris de Los Angeles
- Big band performance by Gay Freedom Band of Los Angeles
- Circus arts and interactive performance by queer cabaret show The Secret Circus
- Interactive dance lesson with Dance Church
- AAPI Drag Queen Show with Send Noodz Party
- Traditional Salvadorian Folklorico Dance Showcase by Salvies who Lunch
- All Indigenous Drag King Show with Dapper Puss