Key West’s Pride permeates nearly every inch of the island city this month, but particularly through June 9, when the Key West Business Guild welcomes all to an array of events that celebrate the differences that make the island a place like no other.
Visitors and locals unite this week to celebrate the island’s unique LGBTQ community – and boogie like it’s the 1970s disco era.
Presented by the Key West Business Guild and featuring a retro disco theme, Pride salutes the all-inclusive “One Human Family” mindset of the subtropical island internationally known as a top LGBTQ vacation spot.
Attractions include late-night dance parties, daytime and sunset sailing excursions, films and drag performances, a disco bar crawl for costumed participants and Pride’s traditional street fair — but with a colorful new twist.
Event Highlights
- Friday, June 7 is packed with activities including a brunch sail on the Argo Navis catamaran. Options that evening are the “We Love Our Allies Pride Party” at 22&Co., 504 Angela St.; “I Feel Love: A Queer Disco Revue” at La Te Da, 1125 Duval St.; and a retro disco-themed party and ’70s costume competition at Mangoes, 700 Duval St.
- Saturday, June 8 brings the Pride “We Are Family” Street Fair & Dance Party. Featuring live entertainment and dance music, the fun begins at 4 p.m. in the 700, 800 and 900 blocks of Duval Street. The party in the street will include food and libation offerings.
- The final-day schedule Sunday, June 9, features the all-welcome Pride Parade that kicks off at 5 p.m. The parade will proceed along a route that includes most of Duval Street, showcasing a 100-foot section of Key West’s famed 1.25-mile-long sea-to-sea rainbow flag, created in 2003 and unfurled the length of Duval Street, bathing the ground in a rainbow of acceptance and pride.
Those events and countless others will mark the island city’s annual celebration.More event information, tickets and a complete schedule are at gaykeywestfl.com/pride/.
