June is LGBTQ Pride Month in Iowa City — and now throughout the United States at large thanks to President Obama’s proclamation this year. Join in the citywide celebrations with with a week’s worth of public events.
Iowa City Pride Week Events
Pride Open Mic and Comedy Night
Studio 13 — Tuesday, June 16 at 9 p.m.
Pride Open Stage and Drag
Studio 13 — Wednesday, June 17 at 10 p.m.
I.C. Kings Pride Show
Studio 13 — Thursday, June 18 at 10 p.m. with
Pride Pre-Party
Studio 13 — Friday, June 19 at 8 p.m.
Watch performances by Sasha Belle from season seven of RuPaul’s Drag Race and internationally known Cher impersonator, Candi Stratton.
Picnic
Upper City Park — Friday, June 19 at 5:30 p.m.
Iowa City’s LGBT History, 1967-Present: A Talk with David McCartney
Channing Hall — Saturday, June 20 at 10 a.m.
IC PRIDE Parade and Festival
Downtown — Saturday, June 20 from 12 – 6:30 p.m.
Trixie Mattel and RuPaul’s Drag Race star Sasha Belle perform
Studio 13 — Saturday, June 20 at 12 a.m.
Linn Street Pride Festival
Linn Street between Iowa and Washington Avenues — Sunday, July 20 from 12 – 7 p.m.
The Case Against 8
FilmScene — Sunday, June 21 at 1 p.m.
Free Filmmakers Ryan White and Ben Cotner document the landmark Supreme Court case that overturned California’s Proposition 8.
