SF Pride T-shirts will be given out to those who purchase special tickets for the game, The Oakland A’s have their Pride Night on June 11, when the team hosts the Kansas City Royals beginning at 6:40 p.m. The San Francisco Giants will host their SF Pride Day on June 5, when they take on the Chicago Cubs at 4:15 p.m. Featured acts include Lavender Country, Rainbow Girls, Gangstagrass, Po’ Ramblin’ Boys, Jake Blount and Sunny War. Register at Porch Prideīluegrass Pride, the non-profit that strives to uplift LGBTQ+ artists in roots music, is hosting the month-long celebration and virtual festival Porch Pride. The program will include a homage to RuPaul, renditions of Todrick Hall’s “Nails, Hair, Hips, Heels” and “28 Barbary Lane” from Julian Hornik’s 12-movement musical, and more. San Francisco Gay Men’s Chorus presents “Wired,” an all-virtual showcase celebrating LGBTQ+ Pride month, at 6 p.m. Killer jailed for Californian’s plunge from Australian cliff, initially called a suicide Tickets for this socially distanced and ticketed event - where masks are to be worn at all times, except when drinking or eating - are priced $24.99–$44.99 (per film) is also the On-Field Experience package, including tickets for up to 12 guests, priced at $2,499.96.ĭoors open at 6:30 p.m. “Everybody’s Talking About Jamie,” director Jonathan Butterell’s adaptation of Dan Gillespie Sells and Tom MacRae’s musical, follows on the second night. Chu’s eagerly anticipated film adaptation of Lin-Manuel Miranda’s Tony Award-winning musical, “In the Heights,” will be shown on the first night. It’s a two-day outdoor cinema event set for June 11-12 at the home of the San Francisco Giants - Oracle Park in San Francisco - and presented by the Framleine film festival and San Francisco Pride.ĭirector Jon M. We’re including both official SF Pride events as well as other community celebrations.
The following is a look at some of the upcoming Pride events. Our theme this year, chosen by our membership, is ‘All in This Together,’ and this group of incredible activists and leaders embody that spirit perfectly.” “Above all, Pride 2021 is by and for locals, and our Grand Marshals reflect this. “This year is obviously different from all other years, but one crucial feature remains the same, and that is our commitment to celebrating the hard work and achievements of LGBTQ+ people and organizations,” says Fred Lopez, San Francisco Pride’s executive director. Instead, expect a mix of in-person gatherings and online events as people around the Bay Area celebrate Pride in 2021. Notably, for the second year in a row, there will be no big Pride parade and celebration event in downtown San Francisco.īut #SFPride51 won’t be strictly a virtual affair, like the one we had in 2020 when COVID-19 precautions called for strict social distancing measures. And we have so much work to do in the battle to stop HIV/AIDS from continuing to kill our community 40 years after the epidemic.The Pride celebration will still look much different in 2021 than what people are use to in the Bay Area. We have so much work to do to defend trans kids around the country who are facing an onslaught of legislation squarely focused on telling them they do not matter. The Equality Act is tied up with no signs of passing even after President Joe Biden said it would be his priority in the first 100 days. And, of course, the police brutalized many people who marched, leaving them bloody and pepper-sprayed in the streets where just the year before we saw police showing solidarity for the 2019 WorldPride parade. In June 2020, as the pandemic forced New York City to a lockdown, local organizers took to the streets for the Queer Liberation March, a procession that retraced the original Pride March in 1970 against police brutality. Our history in America, even beyond Stonewall, is defined by how our bodies have been brutalized by police officers and the state at large.