The Ultimate Guide for QTBIPOC Pride, Juneteenth & 200 More Things to Do in Seattle (June 2026)

Written By Sapphie Taffy

Oh my Sweets, PRIDE MONTH IS FINALLY HERE and Seattle is coming in HOTT 🔥 Hope you gave May a good send off! What did you get into? Here are some of the local events I checked out:

  • Erotic Art Festival @ Seattle Center

  • Happy Hour @ Sugar Hill

  • LeLaLes: Fluid Love Watch Party @ Wildrose

  • QTBIPOC Mutual Aid Fundraiser @ Black & Tan Hall

  • Sex Trivia @ Stoup

  • TJ Klune Book Signing @ Third Place Books

Aspirations for a future blog post about some of these… but let’s dig into June events ASAP! May your calendar overflow with Pride 🌈

Upcoming Events in Seattle

Happy to be sharing TWO HUNDRED+ events happening in June! Hand-curated with love by a local QTPOC. As always, we’re centering Black, Brown, Indigenous (*), 2SLGBTQIA+ (**), QTBIPOC events and third spaces (💚), and other underrepresented communities the Pacific Northwest. We’re also sharing Juneteenth events, celebrating Black liberation in the United States.

First Week (June 1-7)

June 1st —

June 2nd — 

June 3rd — 

  • Drag King Bingo @ Wildrose **

  • Queer Book Club @ El Sueñito Brewing 💚 (7-9pm)

  • United: A BIPOC Comedy Jam @ Langston Hughes Performing Arts Institute (6pm) *

June 4th — 

June 5th —

  • Queer Art Exhibition: 3rd Annual @ Fishbowl Galleries (5:30pm) **

  • Fearless: Dance Party hosted by API Chaya @ Rooftop at Railspur (7-10pm) wear your best cultural wear! *

  • Intro to Riso 1: Analog @ Reclaim Clay 💚(10:30am-1:30pm)

  • Jazz Jam @ Cedar Tea House 💚

  • La PutiNoche💚 @ Queer/Bar (9pm)

  • LGBTQ+ Monthly Punch and Brunch @ Krav Maga Seattle (11:30am-12:30pm with optional hangout brunch after) **

  • Pride Prom @ Shoreline Teen Center (2:30-9pm, free, 6th-12th grade) **

  • Queer Dance Party: Sapphic Dream @ A/Stir (10pm) **

  • Rainbow Bingo Fundraiser @ Southeast Seattle Senior Center (6-9pm) **

  • The Gathering💚 @ CC’s (6-8:30pm) a monthly social mixer to kick off Pride month

June 6th — 

  • 2026 Beacon Hill Festival @ Jefferson Park (11am-4pm)

  • American Football: Queer Emo Night @ Asylum Collective (9pm-1am) **

  • Bad Girls Do It Better, a 2000s reality TV show themed party @ Massive **

  • Charlie’s Queer Book Fair 2026, Day 1 @ Charlie’s Queer Books (11am-6pm) **

  • Coffeetón @ Cafe Calaveras 💚 (2-5pm) *

  • Gay 4 Clay: Gallery Party @ Saltstone Ceramics (5-8pm) **

  • Gays Eating Garlic Bread in the Park 2026 @ South Woodland Park (12-5pm) BYOGB **

  • La Mala Noche dance event @ Massive **

  • Lynnwood City Pride @ Lynnwood Civic Campus (1-4pm) **

  • Mascs On: Modern American Masculinity @ Base Camp Studios 2 (6-9pm) a secret runway show **

  • Pagdiriwang Philippine Festival @ Seattle Center Armory (11am-7pm) *

  • Paws & Pride Dog Walk @ Bellevue Downtown Park (10am-2pm) **

  • PhinneyWood Pride Rainbow Hop @ PhinneyWood (9:30am-1pm, family-friendly) **

  • Pop Off: LGBTQ+ Throwbacks Pop & EDM Party @ Chop Suey **

  • Pride Arts Market and Queer Night @ Mr. B’s Mead Center (1-5pm market, then performances)

  • Pride Night at Pacific Northwest Ballet @ McCaw Hall (5:30pm) **

  • Queer Fight Night @ Quantum (7-9pm) **

  • Rainbow Elder Breakfast @ North Bend Bar & Grill (10:30am-12pm) hosted by Pride Across the Bridge **

  • Seattle Pride in the Park @ Volunteer Park (12-7pm) ** 🍬

  • White Center Pride Festival, 7th Annual **

  • Zine-Making Workshop with Densho @ Central Public Library (2pm) *

June 7th — 

  • BUILD x Beatwalk Pride Block Party @ Rainier Ave S & Ferdinand St (3pm, free) Pride block party honoring the African Diaspora in the heart of South Seattle 💚

  • Charlie’s Queer Book Fair 2026, Day 2 @ Charlie’s Queer Books (11am-4pm) **

  • Furry Drag Brunch presented by Dog Village @ Slightly Furry Taproom (11am-4pm) **

  • Drag Bingo @ El Sueñito Brewing 💚 (5-7pm)

  • High Tea @ The Wash (4-10pm) **

  • Kandela Latin Night 💚 @ Neighbours Night Club (10pm-2am, every Sunday)

  • Legs Benedict Drag Brunch @ Linda’s Tavern (1pm, free) **

  • Pagdiriwang Philippine Festival @ Seattle Center Armory (11am-7pm) *

  • Pride Kick-Off Drag Bingo Fundraiser @ Julia’s On Broadway (4pm) **

  • Pride Night with Seattle Seawolves Rugby @ Starfire Stadium (6pm) **

  • Pro Sl*t Takeover @ Wildrose **

  • QTPOC (& Allies) Open Swim 💚 @ Rainier Beach Community Center (6-7:30pm)

  • Queer Figure Drawing @ Vermillion Art Gallery & Bar (2pm) **

  • Voices of the Revolution @ Nectar Lounge (6pm) *

  • Wheel Thrown Pride Mugs @ Northwest Pottery Collective (4-6:30pm) **

Second Week (June 8-14)

June 8th — 

  • BIPOC Craft Night @ Wet Clay Cafe (6:30pm) *

  • Embodied Altars Summer Kick Off @ Daybreak Star Indian Cultural Center (6:30-8:30pm) *

  • GSBA Open House Happy Hour @ GSBA (4-5:30pm) **

  • Melanated Mondays: Wellness Sessions @ Brain & Body Recess (5:30-8:30pm) *

  • Taking Back Taking: A Touch Lab for Trans Femmes & Thems @ The Kink Center (6-8:30pm) **

  • The Watermelon Woman 💚 @ NW Film Forum (7:30pm) presented by the Grand Illusion, a 30th anniversary screening of the first American film feature to be directed by a Black lesbian

June 9th — 

June 10th — 

  • Afrosapphnik 💚 @ Cowgirls (9pm) lesbian/queer Freaknik hosted by Lezztalkaboutit x Afrosapphix

  • Drag Bingo ** @ Kings Hardware

  • Heated Rivalry Trivia @ Wildrose (sold out) **

  • Rock for Pride: Pride Cup @ Chop Suey, raising funds for Pride ASIA 💚

  • Sex Trivia @ Stoup Brewing Capitol Hill (7pm) fundraising for the Lavender Rights Project 💚🍬

June 11th — 

  • 3BALLMTY with La Mala Noche @ The Showbox *

  • Drag Show @ Jet City Labs (7:30pm) **

  • Happy Hour @ El Lugar (5-8pm) hosted by Corporate Pero Latinos x Somos Seattle 💚

  • Fiesta de Putxs: Pride Edition 💚 @ Chop Suey (9pm-2am)

  • Pride Climb Extravaganza 2026 @ Seattle Bouldering Project Poplar (6-9pm) **

  • Pride Flash: Tattoo Thursday @ The Octopus Bar (6pm-late) **

  • Queer for All: Opening Night @ The Factory (6-10pm) a community group art show open to LGBTQIA+ artists

  • West Seattle Pride **

  • West Seattle Pride After Party @ Poggie Tavern (8:30pm) **

June 12-14th — Campout @ Middle Fork Campground in North Bend. A weekend campout, habitat restoration, and cyanotyping, hosted by Outdoor Asian WA and Mountains to Sound Greenway *

June 12th — 

  • Dead Disko Goth Pride Prom @ Baba Yaga (10pm) **

  • Hand Built Pride Mugs @ Northwest Pottery Collective in Issaquah (6-8:30pm) **

  • Frequency: Electronic Music of the Diaspora @ Rendezvous (10pm) *

  • Jari & Rave @ Vue Lounge (9pm) *

  • Juneteenth Night Market @ Tacoma Armory (5-10pm) *

  • Naomi Watanabe @ The Neptune (7pm & 9:45pm) *

  • Queer Book Bingo @ Nook & Cranny Books (7pm) **

  • Queer Cinema for Palestine 💚 @ Pipsqueak Gallery (8pm)

  • Queerchata Seattle 💚 @ Location TBD

  • What Trans Joy Sounds Like @ University Congregational Church of Christ (7-9pm, online and in person) **

June 13th — 

  • Beacon Hill Pride Festival

  • Chess Daze @ Estelita’s Library * (10am-12:30pm) all-ages chess meetup

  • Clay Play: Thrown Mugs @ Reclaim Clay 💚 (3-5pm)

  • Come Together @ The Heron’s Nest (11am-4pm) celebrating the return of 3.5 acres of ancestral land to the Duwamish Tribe, with a blessing and lunch *

  • Filipinx Photo Book & Zine Club @ ASDF Studio (2-4pm) *

  • Georgetown Carnival @ Georgetown Neighborhood (12-10pm)

  • Heated Rivalry: A Racing Hot Club Night @ Chop Suey (9pm-2am) **

  • Hella Softies 💚 @ Wildrose

  • Hoa Mai Blooming: A Little Saigon Summer Market @ Hoa Mai Park (10am-2pm) **

  • Indigenous People Festival @ Seattle Center (10am-7pm, free) *

  • Juneteenth Celebration @ Juanita High School hosted by Eastside for All (12-4pm) *

  • Laughter Otter Control Comedy: Pride Celebration @ Otter Bar and Burger (8-10pm) **

  • Lifelong Pride Gala @ Downtown Seattle (6-11pm) benefitting Lifelong & Seattle Pride’s Youth Programs **

  • Maum: Asian Makers Market @ Magnuson Park Hangar 30 (11am-4pm) *

  • Pride Flash Event @ Dying Wish Tattoo (11am-7pm) proceeds going to the Lavender Rights Project **

  • Pu$$y Hop @ The Wash (9pm-2am) **

  • Pu$$y Paradise: A Tropical-Themed FLINTA Event @ Baba Yaga (10pm) **

  • Sapphic Singles Night @ Saltstone Ceramics (6:30-8:30pm) ** 🍬

  • Sapphic Soirée @ Asylum Collective (9pm-1am) **

  • T4T: All Trans & Non-Binary Variety Show @ Timbre Room (7:30pm) **

  • The Pink Park Party @ Cal Anderson Park (3-9pm, free) a free queer-powered dance party **

  • Tig Notaro: Out of Nowhere Tour @ Woodland Park Zoo (sold out!) **

June 14th — 

  • BIPOC Rope Jam @ The Kink Center (6:30-8:30pm) *

  • Diversity Collective’s Pride Celebration 2026 @ Rhein Haus Seattle (6-9pm) **

  • Drag Storytime: Glam Chowder & Michelle Jing Chan @ Charlie’s Queer Books (10am-5pm) **

  • Dyke 4 Dyke, an all-sapphic burlesque show @ The Wash (9pm) **

  • Hike With a (Drag) Queen @ Washington Park Arboretum (12pm) hosted by the Queer Mountaineers **

  • Lucky You: Pride Edition @ Asylum Collective (3pm) *

  • Muscle Dyke Night @ Pitch the Baby (4pm) **

  • Pocket Shrines with Coyote @ Reclaim Clay 💚 (3-6pm)

  • Pride Market @ Comet Tavern (11am-4pm) **

  • Salve Sundays @ Cedar Tea House 💚 (6pm-10pm) workshop series to cultivate skills of plant identification, environmental relationship building, and medicine making

  • Seattle Pride Mini Market @ El Sueñito Brewing 💚 (12-6pm)

Third Week (June 15-21)

Juneteenth & Fathers Day Weekend

June 15th — 

June 16th — 

  • Pride 5k Run/Walk @ Alki Beach Bathhouse (6-8:30pm) hosted by Somos Seattle, donations collected for the Lavender Rights Project 💚

  • Ol Souls: 90s Takeover @ Provisions Seattle (8:30pm-midnight) funk, Motown, groove every Tuesday with DJ Summersoft and special guest Deejay Hershe 💚

  • Purr-ide Cats Hand Building Workshop @ Northwest Pottery Collective (4-5:30pm) **

  • Seattle is Burning @ Hidden Hall (6pm-late) a screening of Paris is Burning followed by a Drag Ball and a local short film screening **

  • Tidelands Reclaiming an Indigenous Waterfront @ Pier 58 (5-8pm) an evening honoring Indigenous artists, family-friendly *

June 17th — 

  • Drag Bingo ** @ Kings Hardware

  • Lesbian/Queer Pick Up Soccer @ Bobby Morris Playfield (6-7pm) hosted by Lezztalkaboutit **

  • Pinch Pot Pride Hand Building Workshop @ Northwest Pottery Collective (4-5:30pm) **

  • Roots & Rhymes Summer Tour 2026: Buju Banton & Stephen Marley @ Marymoor Park *

June 18th — 

  • 5th Annual History of Black Drag in Portland 💚presented by Race Talks (details coming soon)

  • Atlantic Street Center’s 25th Annual Juneteenth Celebration @ Rainier Beach Community Center (5-8pm) **

  • “Freedom in Full Color” hosted by Flow in Color @ Gallery Erato (10am) a Juneteenth Eve gallery party celebrating Black liberation through art, pleasure, and performance to fund the future of BIPOC artists *

  • Hard Line, a Pride Line Dance Party @ Clock Out Lounge (7pm doors, 7:30-10:30pm dancing) **

  • Le La Les Finale Watch Party @ Pitch the Baby (6pm) **

  • Lezzabelle Picnic in the Park @ Cal Anderson Park (4pm+) **

  • Lezzabelle Vendor Market @ The Wash (4-8pm) **

  • Lezzabelle Sapphics & Sinners Party @ The Wash (9pm-2am) See Do Sin Sapphic Edition **

  • Open Mic honoring Octavia Butler’s Earthseed @ Cedar Tea House 💚 (7:30pm)

  • Queereoke @ Wildrose **

June 19th —

  • Africatown Juneteenth: Marsha Ambrosius @ Jimi Hendrix Park *

  • Black American Princess Juneteenth @ Railspur (5pm, free) all Black women DJs *

  • Emerald City Tile Club: Summer Residency @ Stoup Brewing Capitol Hill (6-9pm) *

  • Juneteenth: A Movement for Joy @ Northwest African American Museum (10am-5pm) *

  • Juneteenth Story Swap @ Estelita’s Library (11am-3pm) *

  • Motherland: Black & Brown Liberation 💚 @ Queer/Bar

  • Sea Vinyl Society Third Fridays @ Hood Famous Bakeshop *

  • The Yard: Juneteenth CommUnity Celebration @ Central Business District (9am-6pm) * 

June 20th — 

  • 5th Anniversary Juneteenth Pop-Up Market @ Midtown Square Plaza (12-5pm) *

  • Boob Sweat: DJ Summersoft & Gogos @ Wildrose **

  • Carve Your Own Stamp: Introduction to Block Printing @ Reclaim Clay 💚 (11:30am-1:30pm, sliding scale)

  • Clay Play: Thrown Bowls @ Reclaim Clay 💚 (3-5pm)

  • Community Play: QT Spicy Pride Prints @ Reclaim Clay Collective 💚 (10:30am-1:30pm)

  • Coqueta with DJ Tremenda Diosa @ Cantina del Sol (8-11pm) Latin music, good food, and rooftop views *

  • Cruisin with Pride @ Lake Union (2pm) **

  • Cypher Night @ Cedar Tea House 💚

  • Fit Melanin Summer: Free Wellness Festival @ Pier 58 Waterfront Park (1pm) *

  • Full Bodies: A Fat Kinky Weekender party in Tukwila

  • Ganbare Market @ Seattle’s Japanton (11am-4pm + dinner specials) prizes, art, music, food, drinks **

  • Juneteenth Community Celebration @ Seattle Art Museum (12-4pm, free) *

  • Mariners Filipino Heritage Night @ T-Mobile Park, $10 of every ticket sold benefits the Filipino Community of Seattle *

  • Mascs vs. Femme Pride Dinner Show @ Lumber Yard Bar (6-8pm) **

  • Pours with Pops @ Metier Brewing (6-8pm) grab a dad for an evening of candle pouring, beer flights, and great company **

  • Pride Fundraiser @ Rabid Hands Tattoo (12-8pm) **

  • Pride Mahjong Afternoon @ Little Saigon Creative with QT Mahjong Club 💚

  • Pride Speed Dating @ Tailwind Cafe, hosted by Haus of Hue 💚 (7pm)

  • Revival Market @ Midtown Square (12-6pm) highlighting Black and Brown artisans, music, and makers *

  • Sapphic Service: Seattle’s Premier Sapphic Drag Experience @ Le Faux Playhouse (10pm) **

  • Taste of White Center @ Downtown White Center (12-3pm)

  • The L Word Pride Trivia Night @ Pitch the Baby (7-8:30pm) **

  • Use Protection: Masked Pride Party @ Asylum Collective (9pm) **

June 21st — 

  • Capitol HIll Mutual Aid Fundraiser: Karaoke in the Park and Raffle @ Cal Anderson Park Shelter House (2-4pm, masked requested)

  • Co-Create @ The Fishbowl 💚 (1-4pm) community art meetup every third Sunday

  • Daddy Issues: An Anti-Father’s Day Zine Making Workshop with Asian American Zine Fest @ ASDF Studio (3-6pm, mask required) *

  • Drag Brunch celebrating Pride and Juneteenth @ The Rendezvous (11am doors, 12pm show) **

  • Seattle Dyke March Speed Dating @ Wildrose **

  • Sunset Swim @ Madison Park Beach (8pm) hosted by Lezztalkaboutit **

  • Swing Dance & Pride Party hosted by Queer Swing Seattle @ The Clock-Out Lounge **

  • Pride Plant Swap @ The Plant Store (12-2pm) **

  • Wheel Thrown Pride Mugs @ Northwest Pottery Collective (6-8:30pm) **

  • Queer Amateur Strip Night: Masc Daddy Edition @ Roam (6-10pm) ** 🍬

  • Queer Swing: Seattle’s Swung Out Pride Dance Party @ Clock-Out Lounge in Beacon Hill (7pm doors, 7:30pm show) **

  • Sapphic Spa Social @ The Ladies Room (4-8pm) **

  • Zaddy Day Party 💚 @ Metier Brewing Cherry Street (2-6pm) Black and QTPOC day party presented by Hella Softies, featuring an Afrosapphics Fashion Show and Stud Competition! Because it’s Fathers Day?

Last Week-ish (June 22-30)

June 23rd —

  • But What If They Kissed? Trivia Night @ El Sueñito Brewing 💚 (7pm, and every other Tuesday) about movies that made/helped you realize you were queer

  • Drag Trivia @ Fishbowl Galleries 💚 (5:30pm)

  • Queer Joy Talent Show @ Friday Afternoon Tea (6-9pm) **

June 24-26th — 

June 24th — 

  • Flower F*cking, a guided eco somatic workshop for queers craving slower, softer, and more reciprocal ways of relating (3pm PST on Zoom) hosted by Che Che Luna **

  • Heated Rivalry Trivia @ Wildrose **

June 25th —

  • Body Roll Pride @ Baba Yaga (8pm) improv, burlesque, and live music, featuring Ghoul Talk **

  • Noche de Travesuras 💚 @ The Rendezvous (10pm-2am) dancers, DJs, house domme, QTBIPOC erotic art screening, flogging and eco-sensation booth 🍬

  • Noodity Happy Hour: Honey Pride 2026 💚 @ Donna’s (4-6:30pm, 4-5pm open bar!)

  • Open Heart Hang: Henna Night @ Cedar Tea House 💚 (6-9pm)

  • Queer Ecology: Sunset Social @ Jefferson Park (6-8pm) socialize and learn how to make seed paper **

  • QTBIPOC Clay: Charms 💚 @ Reclaim Clay Collective 💚 (6-8pm) 🍬

  • The Dollhouse Pride Edition @ Neighbors (10pm-2am) **

June 26-28th — 

  • Cuff Pride Fest 2026 @ The Cuff Complex, a three-day festival with passes **

  • Massive Pride Week @ Massive Club, three stages including an outdoor patio **

  • Pride Match Watch Party feat. Deejay HerShe @ Metier Brewing 💚 Iran vs. Egypt (4-8pm pre-funk, 8pm match)

  • Union Pride 2026 @ Union Seattle **

  • Wildrose Pride 2026 @ The Wildrose Bar **

June 26th — 

  • Ballard Regnbue @ Ballard Ave & 22nd Ave N.W. (11:30am-10pm, free) Pride Festival and Pride Match Day soccer watch party with live performances and televised matches on jumbo screens **

  • Black Climbers Meetup @ Seattle Bouldering Project Poplar (7pm) *

  • Dímelo: An LGBTQ+ Latin Night 💚 @ The Crocodile (10pm-2am)

  • Fridays Are a Drag @ Neighbors (9pm-4am) **

  • Hand Built Pride Mugs @ Northwest Pottery Collective in Issaquah (6-8:30pm) **

  • Hand Papermaking @ Indigenous Creatives Colletive (10am-2pm) open to everyone, all ages and abilities *

  • Leatherdyke Night @ The Wash (9pm-2am) **

  • Pride Party @ Poprox Dance Studio Capitol Hill (5-10pm) flash tattoos, piercings, dancing, free entry, tooth gems **

  • Sapphire: Honey Pride 2026 💚 @ The Rendezvous (10pm-2am)

  • Trans Pride Seattle @ Volunteer Park (5-10pm) **

  • Vibe Bingo @ Midtown Square (6-8:30pm) *

  • World Cup: Egypt vs. Iran @ Lumen Field *

  • Your Type Pride Party @ Saint John’s Bar (9pm) hosted by Lezztalkaboutit, dress as your type! **

June 27th — 

June 28th — 

  • Afrobeats Party: Day Social @ Pono Ranch (4pm) *

  • Aliah Sheffield @ Funhouse (8pm) *

  • Harnaac Lipanda Day Party @ Vue Lounge (4pm) Congo Independence Day *

  • Heat Index: Honey Pride 2026 💚 @ Citizen (6-10pm)

  • Lo-Key Lo-Fi: Pride Edition @ Cedar Tea House 💚 (8pm-2am)

  • Sapphic Day Party @ Neighbors (3pm-8pm) **

  • Seattle Latinx Pride 💚 @ Neighbors (9pm-3am)

  • Seattle Pride Parade @ Downtown Seattle (11am-3:30pm) **

  • Pride Drag Brunch @ El Sueñito Brewing 💚

  • PrideFest @ Seattle Center **

  • Trans Pride Music Festival @ Chop Suey (4:30pm doors, 5pm music) **

June 29th — Make Your Own Damn Tamales: An Anarchist Tamale-Making Party @ El Sueñito Brewing 💚 (5-7pm)

June 30th — CIDBIA and Union Cultural Center Repping Chinatown-International District @ Pier 58 (5-8pm) *

🚨 Please double check any event listings and details. I am not affiliated with any of these organizations, just looking for opportunities to be in community!

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Sapphie Taffy
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