WEST HOLLYWOOD, Calif. (CNS) — Tens of hundreds of individuals are anticipated to descend on West Hollywood Saturday for the annual WeHo Satisfaction competition, billed as one of many largest celebrations of LGBTQ+ pleasure on the earth.
WeHo Satisfaction occasions formally started Friday with a “Friday Night @OUTLOUD” live performance at West Hollywood Park that includes Idina Menzel, Jessie Ware, Shangela and Tinashe. OUTLOUD concert events will proceed over the weekend, with Grace Jones headlining on Saturday evening and Carly Rae Jepsen headlining Sunday evening.
The WeHo Satisfaction Road Truthful will run from midday to 10 p.m. Saturday and Sunday at Santa Monica and San Vicente boulevards, that includes an array of LGBTQ+ neighborhood teams and allied organizations.
Saturday’s occasion can even embody the Girls’s Freedom Pageant, together with performances from “emerging LGBTQ and BIPOC women and non-binary musicians, comedians, poets and activists.” The competition can be adopted at 6 p.m. by the annual Dyke March.
Sunday’s occasion can be highlighted by the WeHo Satisfaction Parade at midday. Honorees in the course of the parade can be mannequin/activist Laith Ashley, who will obtain the Breakthrough Icon Award; actress Niecy Nash-Betts and spouse Jessica Betts, who will obtain the Trailblazer Icon honor; and actress Melissa McCarthy, who was named WeHo Satisfaction’s 2023 Ally Icon. “RuPaul’s Drag Race” can be celebrated as this 12 months’s Drag Icon, with present host/decide Michelle Visage anticipated to simply accept the dignity on behalf of this system.
“Our WeHo Pride Parade Icons embody queer joy and fierce allyship by creating spaces where our community can be celebrated, whether that’s on the red carpet or directly through their art and advocacy,” West Hollywood Mayor Sepi Shyne mentioned in an announcement. “We’re thrilled to celebrate the impact our Icons have in creating a more evolved and accepting world.”
The parade alongside Santa Monica Boulevard will start at Crescent Heights Boulevard and transfer west to Robertson Boulevard.
Streets all through the competition space can be closed, and attendees have been urged to overview parking and entry info on-line at www.wehopride.com. Town will present free shuttle service in the course of the weekend to move folks to WeHo Satisfaction occasions. Info is out there right here.
San Vicente Boulevard can be closed till 10 a.m. Monday from Melrose Avenue to Santa Monica Boulevard.
Parking services within the space of West Hollywood Park — the five- story parking construction, the Library Storage, Aquatic and Recreation Heart Storage and the Plummer Park South and Robertson tons — will stay closed till Monday.
Different streets which can be closed for the occasion are:
- Eastbound Santa Monica Boulevard from North La Cienega Boulevard to North Doheny Drive by 7 a.m. Monday
- Robertson Boulevard from Santa Monica Boulevard to Melrose Avenue by 7 a.m. Monday
- Westbound Santa Monica Boulevard from North La Cienega Boulevard to North Doheny Drive by 7 a.m. Monday
- San Vicente Boulevard from Santa Monica Boulevard to Cynthia Road by 10 a.m. Monday
Santa Monica Boulevard can be closed from Fairfax Avenue to Doheny Drive — together with aspect streets one block north and one block south of Santa Monica Boulevard — from 5 a.m. to five p.m. Sunday to accommodate the WeHo Satisfaction Parade.
West Hollywood gained’t be the one metropolis celebrating Satisfaction Month Saturday.
The third annual San Gabriel Valley Satisfaction Parade and Pageant can be held Saturday in Monterey Park, hosted by the Boys and Women Golf equipment of San Gabriel Valley and Eastside, the town of Monterey Park and the Alhambra Academics Affiliation.
Town of Santa Monica will maintain a SaMo Satisfaction Pageant within the downtown space, stretching from the Third Road Promenade to the Santa Monica Pier, that includes music, drag queens and different actions.
Culver Metropolis, in the meantime, will maintain its third annual Satisfaction Experience and Rally occasion, that includes individuals driving bikes, skateboards, scooters or curler skates alongside a six-mile stretch, culminating with a block half alongside Predominant Road that includes music, dancing, meals and raffles.
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