Charleston Pride 2016 Starts Today!

This year’s Charleston Pride Festival, a celebration of the city’s LGBT community, starts today and will continue through Saturday, August 13th.

This year’s theme, “Stand Out” and includes the following events:

• Saturday, August 6, 2016
  • 3 pm: Roller Derby Bout at ISOL, 3337 Business Circle, North Charleston
  • 8 pm: Pouring Tea: Black Gay Men of the South at College of Charleston’s Emmett Robinson Theater
• Sunday, August 7
  • 11 am: Drag Brunch at Tabbuli
  • 6 pm: Interfaith Service at Circular Congregational Church
• Monday, August 8
  • 7:05 pm: Charleston Rainbows Pride Night at Joe Riley Stadium
• Tuesday, August 9
  • 6 pm: Gay Bingo at the Memminger Auditorium
    • Click here for more info
• Wednesday, August 10
  • 6:15 pm: Alliance For Full Acceptance Guest Speaker, Rev. Betty Deas Clark at the downtown Charleston Marriott
  • 8:30 pm: Celebrity Drag Show at Cure Nightclub (formerly Pantheon)
• Thursday, August 11
  • 6 pm: Takeover Charleston at the downtown Taco Boy
  • 11 pm: The Patti O’Furniture Show at Dudley’s
• Friday, August 12
  • 4 pm: Happy Hour with BEAU Magazine at The Shelter Kitchen + Bar
  • 8 pm: LGBT LOL: A Night of Comedy at the Charleston Music Hall
• Saturday, August 13
  • 9 am: Charleston Pride Parade
    • Route goes from Ann Street down King Street to Broad Street, and then to Colonial Lake
  • 10 am – 5 pm: Charleston Pride Festival at Brittlebank Park
  • 9 pm: Charleston Pride Prism Party at the Music Farm

For more information, visit the official website.