Pittsburgh Pride Revolution kicks off Pride Month

Pittsburgh Pride will show “No Fear” this weekend as the city kicks off Pride Month and marks the 50th anniversary of Pittsburgh’s first Pride Parade and Pride Week, held in 1973.

Pittsburgh Pride Revolution 2023: NO FEAR, the three-day festival celebrating the LGBTQIA+ community, begins Friday and will feature events taking place across Downtown, the North Side and Bloomfield. Activities will include vendors, a community march, and free concerts featuring local, national and international artists.

For the first time, all three Pittsburgh professional sports teams — the Pirates, Penguins and Steelers — will be represented at Pittsburgh Pride Revolution, including their mascots.

Preceding the festival, Aids Free Pittsburgh in partnership with True T Pittsburgh will offer Too Hot for July, the annual free HIV awareness event, at KLVN Coffee Lab in Homewood from 5-11 p.m. Thursday. It will feature local DJs, a vogue dance battle, free HIV testing, a health fair, and performances by DreamDoll, Lexa Terrestrial and Manny DiBiachi.

More details can be found on the Pittsburgh Pride website at https://lgbtqpittsburgh.com/.

2023 Pittsburgh Pride Revolution schedule

Friday, June 2

1-7 p.m. at Allegheny Commons Park, North Park (behind the National Aviary), North Side.

STEEL TOWN PRIDE STAGE

1 p.m. Venus Doom (emcee)

1 p.m. Aubrey Burchell (musician)

1:35 p.m. Bree Gearhart (classic/folk)

1:55 p.m. Dr. Rasta Boi Punanay (drag king)

2:10 p.m. Jack P Diamond (drag king)

2:25 p.m. Hexxa (DJ)

3:30 p.m. Warren Munroe (musician)

3:45 p.m. Kouvaris  The Universal Prince (experimental)

4:05 p.m. Diviine (neo soul)

4:25 p.m. Erica Perri (pop)

4:30 p.m. Summer Frost (emcee)

4:45 p.m. The Marigolds (rock)

5:15 p.m. Joshua Orange (DJ)

6:15 p.m. Pride playlist

6:30 p.m. MkX (pop)

QMNTY STAGE

1 p.m. Arla White (emcee)

1 p.m. Brianna Brianna (drag musician)

1:20 p.m. Asher O’Briant (comedian)

1:40 p.m. Kaydence McQueen (drag queen)

2 p.m. Princess Jafar (drag queen)

2:20 p.m. Bettie Wylde (burlesque)

2:35 p.m. Victoria L. Van Cartier (drag queen)

2:55 p.m. Summer Frost (drag queen)

3:10 p.m. Katja Attenshun (drag queen)

3:20 p.m. Pride playlist

3:50 p.m. Hazel Revlon (vogue performer)

4:05 p.m. SpeciàlK (artist)

4:25 p.m. Land Shark (drag king)

4:40 p.m. Kardi Redd Diamond (drag musician)

5-8 p.m. at QMNTY Center, 525 E. Ohio St., North Side

2023 Pittsburgh Pride Revolution Ball: Featuring local drag entertainers and representatives from the local historical underground ballroom community.

Saturday, June 3

Pittsburgh Pride Revolution March: Line up for the march and parade will begin at 10 a.m. at 11th Street and Liberty Avenue Downtown near the Strip District. The parade will step off at noon sharp and proceed down Liberty Avenue toward Seventh Street, turn right on Seventh Street and continue across the Andy Warhol Bridge, continue on Sandusky Street, turn left on South Commons and proceed to Allegheny Commons Park West for the Pittsburgh Pride Festival. 

11 a.m.-9 p.m. at Allegheny Commons Park, North Park (behind the National Aviary), North Side.

STEEL TOWN PRIDE STAGE

11 a.m. DJ Senseishun & Peaches (emcee)

11 a.m. DJ Dre

Noon John Levengood (pop)

12:20 p.m. Vida Chai (musician)

12:35 p.m. Pride playlist

1:05 p.m. Joey Young (pop)

1:40 p.m. KIFR (pop)

2 p.m. VAR B (house/R&B)

2:15 p.m. Venus de Mars (rock solo)

2:40 p.m. Blacc Phoenix (hip-hop)

3 p.m. Georgia Warder (comedian)

3:20 p.m. Cue (R&B)

3:40 p.m. Que Ike (hip-hop)

4 p.m. Issue (hip-hop)

4:30 p.m. ELEMENTAL ROCK BAND (rock)

5:10 p.m. DJ Senseishun

6:20 p.m. Haviah Mighty (experimental)

7 p.m. Julian King (R&B)

7:40 p.m. Frenchie Davis (Broadway)

8:20 p.m. Madison Rose (pop)

QMNTY STAGE

Noon Rian Louis (emcee)

Noon Pride playlist

1:05 p.m. Ray of Darkness (drag king)

1:20 p.m. UniversalRythem (live visual art)

1:35 p.m. Hunter B. Morgan (drag king)

1:50 p.m. The Junior Chamber of Commerce Players (theater)

2:15 p.m. Jenn DeSantis (pop/piano)

2:35 p.m. TuhvonDneal (hip-hop)

2:55 p.m. Sara Bellium (strip poetry)

3:15 p.m. Mark Robert Cash (country)

3:45 p.m. Emma Peridot (rock)

4:15 p.m. Tony Ruiz (DJ)

Sunday, June 4

1-9 p.m. at Main Street, near Trace Brewery, Bloomfield

STEELTOWN PRIDE STAGE

1 p.m. Princess Jafar (emcee)

1 p.m. Mother Jasmine D&G (social media host)

1 p.m. Lys Scott (rock)

1:35 p.m. Pittsburgh Community Singers & Afro American Music Institute, directed by Deryck Tines & Kris Rust (gospel)

2:05 p.m. E’javien (hip-hop)

2:25 p.m. Nick M Daniels (contemporary dance)

2:45 p.m. Ki Lyrics (hip-hop)

3:05 p.m. Belair Banks (drag performer)

3:20 p.m. DJ Huny Yung

4:25 p.m. Ti & Zi (hip-hop dance)

4:30 p.m. Rian Louis (emcee)

4:40 p.m. Hazel Revlon (vogue dance)

4:55 p.m. OLYMPIA (burlesque dance)

5:10 p.m. DJ Senseishun

6:15 p.m. SUPA’ NxC (hip-hop/pop)

6:30 p.m. Pride playlist

7 p.m. Manny DiBiachi (hip-hop/pop)

7:30 p.m. SevenDeep (hip-hop/pop)

QMNTY STAGE

1 p.m. Miss Demeaner (emcee)

1 p.m. DJ 2020K

2 p.m. Jo Rodriguez (comedian)

2:10 p.m. Pride playlist

2:30 p.m. Remy Black (drag performer)

2:45 p.m. The Iconic House of Ebony (vogue dance)

3 p.m. Chauntey Monique (drag performer)

3:15 p.m. Pittsburgh Community Singers & Afro American Music Institute, directed by Deryck Tines & Kris Rust (gospel)

3:45 p.m. Pride playlist

4 p.m. Nikael (reggaeton/DJ)

Events are subject to change.