WeHo Pride is the City of West Hollywood’s annual LGBTQ+ Pride celebration! We kick things off on Harvey Milk Day, May 22, with the start of the 40-day WeHo Pride Arts Festival. WeHo Pride Weekend will run from Friday, June 2 through Sunday, June 4. Weekend programming will include a free WeHo Pride Street Fair representing a diverse array of LGBTQ community groups as part of visibility, expression, and celebration; the Women’s Freedom Festival; the annual Dyke March; Friday Night at OUTLOUD; OUTLOUD @ WeHo Pride music festival; and more. On Sunday, June 4 join in the fun for the WeHo Pride Parade along Santa Monica Boulevard. There will be community group events throughout June and destinations in the City’s Rainbow District will take part in Pride month, too! WeHo Pride offers something for everyone! See the full schedule of events at www.wehopride.com/calendar.

Read all about it at www.wehopride.com/news. Follow @wehopride on Facebook and Instagram.

It will be a very busy weekend in West Hollywood from June 2-4. Public transportation is strongly encouraged to get around. Pride Ride will provide free shuttle service throughout WeHo Pride weekend from the Hollywood/Highland Metro Station and from several locations throughout the City of West Hollywood. In Hollywood, vehicles will stop on Highland Avenue, just south of Hollywood Boulevard on the west side of the street and make their way into West Hollywood, traveling along Santa Monica Boulevard. Pride Ride will run beginning at 1 p.m. on Friday, June 3, 11 a.m. on Saturday, June 3, and Sunday, June 4. Pride Ride will run until 3 a.m. on Friday and Saturday, and Sunday’s Pride Ride service will run through 1:30 a.m. on Monday, June 5, 2023. For complete Pride Ride details, click here.

Street and facility closures are posted online at www.wehopride.com/closures.

The City of West Hollywood will suspend enforcement of permit parking for WeHo Pride weekend from 4 p.m. on Friday, June 2, 2023 to 7 a.m. on Monday, June 5, 2023. All metered parking will be enforced. Attendees of WeHo Pride Weekend festivities are encouraged to observe the boundaries of the City of West Hollywood; if parking occurs in the City of Los Angeles and/or the City of Beverly Hills, all parking restrictions must be observed. Limited public parking may be available on a first come/first served basis at the Pacific Design Center, located at 8687 Melrose Avenue; Kings Road Parking Structure, located at 8383 Santa Monica Boulevard; and Hancock Parking Structure, located at 901 Hancock Avenue. Please note the WeHo Pride Parade Santa Monica Boulevard street closure on Sunday, June 4 when planning to access parking garage locations. 

Please see the FAQs and Bag Policy for the OUTLOUD @ WeHo Pride Music Festival at www.weareoutloud.com/faq. Attendees of WeHo Pride Weekend are urged to help keep WeHo Pride safe and fun:• NO alcohol except for designated areas, and NO drinking in public right of way.

• NO weapons.

• NO drones.

• Clear plastic bags will be permitted.

If you see something, say something. In an emergency, always call 911.

Sunday, June 4 at noon. The WeHo Pride Parade will roll down Santa Monica Boulevard from N. Crescent Heights Boulevard into the heart of the Rainbow District. As a community, West Hollywood will embrace entertainment, excitement, and a whole lot of fun with the WeHo Pride Parade’s floats, bands, drill teams, dance teams, march contingents, and more, and spectators and parade participants will be entertained during a unique, fun, and colorful day.

Learn more by clicking here.

The WeHo Pride Arts festival runs for 40 days from Harvey Milk Day (May 22) through the end of June. Programming information is available at www.wehopride.com/artsfestival.

WeHo Pride supports a variety of community partners with grants to support visibility, celebration, and programming throughout June across the region. The WeHo Pride LGBTQ+ Arts Festival (formerly known as the One City One Pride LGBTQ Arts Festival) celebrates Pride with arts and culture programming during 40 days from Harvey Milk Day on May 22 through the end of June, live at various locations throughout West Hollywood, along with selected online programming. Find out more at www.wehopride.com/calendar.

The City’s Flickr account features multiple photo albums from past Pride celebrations in West Hollywood. Visit www.flickr.com/photos/weho/albums.

Pride Starts Here. For nearly four decades, the City of West Hollywood has been home to one of the largest Pride celebrations in the nation. Hundreds of thousands of LGBTQ+ people and allies from around the world make West Hollywood their regular destination during Pride.

Pride is deeply rooted part of West Hollywood’s history and culture. In fact, Pride events have taken place in West Hollywood since 1979, five years before the City of West Hollywood was incorporated as a municipality in 1984. Find out more about the history of WeHo Pride at www.wehopride.com/about#history.

The LGBTQ+ community is a thriving part of the West Hollywood community. Since its incorporation in 1984, the City of West Hollywood has become one of the most influential cities in the nation for its outspoken advocacy on LGBTQ+ issues. No other city of its size has had a greater impact on the national public policy discourse on fairness and inclusiveness for LGBTQ+ people.The City of West Hollywood’s founding City Council was the first majority openly gay or lesbian municipal elected body in the nation. Today, the City Council remains majority openly LGBTQ+ and more than 40 percent of the City’s residents identify as LGBTQ+.

The City has advocated for nearly four decades for measures that support LGBTQ+ individuals and the City remains in the vanguard on efforts to gain and protect equality for all people on a state, national, and international level. A more detailed City of West Hollywood LGBTQ+ history is available here.

The City of West Hollywood works diligently to defend the fundamental rights of its community members including LGBTQ+ people, people with disabilities, seniors, people of color, immigrants, women, and others. The City of West Hollywood declared West Hollywood a sanctuary city for the transgender community, a safe harbor for reproductive freedom, and a safe space for all, regardless of nationality or immigration status.

The West Hollywood City Council approved a Resolution that called on the U.S. House of Representatives to initiate proceedings for the impeachment of Donald Trump and signed on to the Mayors’ Compact to Combat Hate aimed at fighting extremism and bigotry and promoting the fundamental principles of justice and equality that define the nation. For more information, visit weho.org/news.

For more information about the City of West Hollywood, visit the City’s website www.weho.org and learn more from the City’s about page and Top 20 List. Learn more about the City of West Hollywood’s LGBTQ+ history here.