“One City, One Pride” LGBTQ Arts Festival

Each year, the City of West Hollywood celebrates Pride with its “One City, One Pride” LGBTQ Arts Festival, running from Harvey Milk Day (May 22) to June 30. The 2018 theme is “I Remember,” which celebrates our shared history and the people and events that paved the way for the rights we hold dear today.

Some highlights of the festival include:

May 22, 2018, 7pm

“One City, One Pride” kickoff and free staged reading of “Dear Harvey” from Celebration Theatre. RSVP: https://onecityonepridedearharvey2018.eventbrite.com

May 30, 2018, 7pm

Lillian Faderman presents her new book “Harvey Milk: His Lives and Death”

June 2, 2018

A special full day of screenings and panels with previews of documentaries about the history of the West Hollywood Aquatics Team, AIDS activist Connie Norman, and the creators of the rainbow flag

June 13, 2018, 7:30pm

Special excerpted performances of songs from “Considering Matthew Shepard” with a talkback with composer Craig Hella Johnson

June 22-23, 2018

New Stages presents “Heroic Lives,” a musical based on LGBTQ seniors’ lives created through a workshop process

June 24, 2018, 5pm

Summer Sounds concert with Mariachi Arcoiris de Los Angeles, the world’s only LGBTQ Mariachi Band

June 30, 2018

TransLife LA PoP Up Film Festival

“One City, One Pride” is organized by the City of West Hollywood’s Arts Division. For complete up-to-date listings, visit www.weho.org/pride or follow @WeHoArts.