OUTLOUD Music Festival Ready To Rock WEHO Pride 2023
- By: Ashley Joy Parker
- May 31, 2023
Headliners include Grace Jones, Orville Peck, Carly Rae Jepsen and more…..
The City of West Hollywood and the OUTLOUD Music Festival are set to deliver an iconic WeHo Pride Weekend experience unlike ever before.
OUTLOUD will kick-off the weekend in West Hollywood Park with a free-ticketed experience on Friday, June 2 with a lineup that includes headliners Idina Menzel, Jessie Ware, Shangela, and Tinashe, as well as additional performances by JORDY, Tolliver, and DJ Venessa Michaels. (RSVP is required for Friday night free-ticketed entry; register at www.weareoutloud.com.)
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OUTLOUD at WeHo Pride will continue on Saturday, June 3, and Sunday, June 4. The music festival and concert experience features top talent with headliners Grace Jones on Saturday and Carly Rae Jepsen on Sunday and requires paid-ticket purchase. The full weekend lineup also includes performances by Passion Pit, Orville Peck, Santigold, Princess Nokia, Yung Bae, DRAMA, Meet Me @ The Altar, Kat Cunning, Rubio, Cub Sport and Black Belt Eagle Scout.
SUMMERTRAMP’s Pride Pleasure Park, presented in partnership with Andrés Rigal, will also be a part of the paid-ticketed experience at OUTLOUD at WeHo Pride and will be located within the festival taking place on Saturday, June 3, from 12:00 p.m. to 10:30 p.m. and on Sunday, June 4, from 1:00 p.m. to 10:30 p.m. As part of SUMMERTRAMP, Pride Pleasure Park will feature a gigantic water slide, shade lounges, dance floors and glittering glam sun worshipers.
The second stage of the festival will include live performances on Saturday by Ultra Naté and Tokeyo, and hot and heavy DJ sets by Jodie Harsh, Aaron Colbert, Baby Weight, Stacy Christine, Daisy O’Dell, Good Boy, Heidi Lawden and Mike Taylor.
Sunday will feature an equally stellar lineup including live performances by Gia Woods and Tomás Matos, plus more DJ sets by BIIANCO, Berri, Casey Alva, Derek Monteiro, Josh Peace, Kimber Chronic, Mateo Segade and Nico Craig.
WeHo Pride Weekend attendees can enjoy a variety of free events, as well, including the WeHo Pride Street Fair along Santa Monica Blvd. The two-day Street Fair will close a portion of Santa Monica Blvd. between N Doheny Dr. and N. La Cienega Blvd. and will host the Community Stage featuring The Women’s Freedom Festival produced by L-Project LA on Saturday, June 3 from 12:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. followed by the Dyke March from 6:00 p.m. to 6:30 p.m.
The Saturday night will continue with performances by DJs Babiboi, Ivan, Felicia, Marc Homer, Kipnotik and Spencer Huff along with a special duo performance by Debby Holiday + DJ Blacklow. The WeHo Pride Street Fair will also play host to Mariachi Arcoiris de Los Ángeles, the Beaches Drag Show and even more performances by the Cock-ettes & Rock-ettes + DJ Patrick Kuzara and OUTLOUD Spotlight alumni X.Ari, Gattison, DEVMO, Junryl, and Yalla The Melodica. Additional Street Fair programming includes appearances from the LA Rams Cheerleaders, the LA Dodgers Sports Hub, Doc Martens which will be spotlighting its 2023 Pride shoe and Nissan, which will be gifting a new vehicle to a lucky winner.
On Sunday, June 4, the imaginative and colorful annual tradition of the WeHo Pride Parade along Santa Monica Blvd. will return, embracing LGBTQ+ representation, inclusion, and progress. Full of music, dancing, colorful floats, festive marching contingents, and creative flair, the parade celebrates LGBTQ+ people and contributions to community and culture.
For additional information, please visit www.weareoutloud.com and www.wehopride.com
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