The DMV Offers An Abundance of Pride Through June
Pride Bar Crawl DC (www.crawlwith.us/washingtondc/pride), a 6th annual self-guided bar-hop to five centrally located, primarily non-LGBTQ venues, organized by Crawl With Us, which pledges that 20 percent of this year’s event proceeds will go to the Capital Pride Alliance.From 4 to 10 p.m.
on Saturday, June 17, bar crawlers will enjoy exclusive drink specials, plus one or two complimentary drinks, and select food specials as they go, at their own pace and in whatever order they choose among participating venues including Chinatown’s Howl at the Moon and Tom’s Watch Bar-Capital One, Dupont Circle’s Ghost Dupont Diner and Phantom Lounge, plus a fifth venue TBA.
Those crawlers still standing at 10 p.m. can indulge in a two-hour after-party at Phantom Lounge.For queer pop fans of a certain, younger age, next weekend ushers in the first of two pride-themed music festivals taking place in June in the outer Virginia suburbs.
On Saturday, June 17, Jiffy Lube Live (7800 Cellar Door Dr., Bristow, www.livenation.com) will host Say It Out Loud 2023, a multi-artist concert presented by Live Nation and featuring Kehlani, Syd, UMI, and Destin Conrad.A week later, Wolf Trap (1551 Trap Rd., Vienna, www.wolftrap.org) will present a two-day Out & About Festival.
