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After a season of “will it or won’t it,” the 35th Annual Greater Palm Springs Pride is happening. This year the official Festival returns to Arenas Rd. and Palm Canyon Drive with their Downtown Event Zone. Pride events will run the week of November 1st to the 7th, with the theme You Are Included. Stage performances will include Third Eye Blind, The Robyn Party, A Flock of Seagulls, Jody Watley, The Perry Twins, and local drag performers, among many. There will be family-friendly opportunities as well as free health resources, including COVID-19 testing, vaccinations, and HIV testing sites. “After the stress, uncertainty, and isolation of the pandemic, this is a significant time for our community to come together.

Pride will be a coming-out celebration of our beautiful community, an opportunity to honor those we have lost and give a voice to the power of self-expression, inclusiveness, and love,” said Ron deHarte, President and CEO of Greater Palm Springs Pride. “We celebrate and use the Pride platform to resist hate, intolerance, racism, and bigotry. Together we affirm our fight for immigration reform, access to health care, and trans rights.”

The yearly Parade, featuring personalities, businesses, and organizations from the community, will step off Sunday, November 7th at 10am from the Uptown Design District at Tachevah and Palm Canyon Dr. and travel south through downtown ending at the entrance to the Pride Festival at Amado. In addition to the Official Pride Stage Events and Parade, the community has rallied together to offer a number of ancillary events, catering to a wide variety of Pride goers. Here is our list of the best of the best to include on you tour of Pride in Palm Springs.

WEDNESDAY NOVEMBER 3RD 5PM

PRIDE Wine Tasting with Gay Sonoma Winemaker Eco Terreno

GED Magazine launches a Pride month of wine tastings with this kickoff event at Bouschet. Known for its intimate setting and fantastic collection of wines, this is the perfect spot to begin Pride week with a fanciful calm before the storm. Eco Terreno will be pouring Pride Rosé among other varietals, paired with fine cheses and meats. For tickets visit: www.bouschet.com /events

THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 4TH 6PM

Sharing Our Desert’s LGBTQ+ History

The inaugural exhibition of the LGBTQ+ History & Archives of the Desert, showing the history of the greater Palm Springs area and what made it a welcoming place for the LGBTQ+ community. This exhibition begins on Thursday, November 4th and runs through Sunday November 7th at the Welwood Murray Memorial Library (100 S. Palm Canyon Drive).

FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 5TH 7PM

Lyle Anthony LIVE at The Roost Lounge

GED Magazine is teaming up with The Roost Lounge to bring you Lyle Anthony LIVE with his extraordinary dancers! This is a FREE EVENT! So all you need to bring is yourself, some friends and a whole lotta love! Just 10 years ago, South Africa born, Afro-Pop Singer/Songwriter Lyle Anthony graced the entertainment world when he won the International Franchise talent show, Popstars. In 2019, Lyle was granted and obtained an extraordinary artist O1B visa which would allow him to live out his America dream as a performer. With his upcoming EP, titled “The Love Project”, Lyle plans to spread a message of Love, Unity and Joy to millions of people around the world. The title track of the EP is titled “Love Wins”, and represents just that. Its bound to have you singing along and grooving along.

SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 6TH 8AM

Palm Springs Pride 5K Run and Walk

For those with a philanthropic pep to their step, this year’s Pride Run and Walk will take place in person as well as virtually in the beautiful and historic neighborhood of Old Las Palmas, home to many Hollywood celebrities and some of Palm Springs’ most iconic mid-century modern estates. All proceeds will benefit The LGBTQ Community Center of the Desert and The Transgender Health and Wellness Center. www.PalmSpringsPrideRun.com

SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 6TH 12-6PM

MEGA PRIDE POOL PARTY

GED’s highly popular Pride Pool Party will take place and this year they have joined forces with LE Parties to bring you MEGA PRIDE POOL PARTY to be held at Margaritaville Resort (1600 N. Indian Canyon Drive). Surprise performances, cabanas and daybeds, hot go-gos, and drink specials, with DJ Casey Alva leading a team of top DJs, will make this private pool party the party of Pride. GED is elated to be back onto the social scene, and their annual pride pool party has been one of their signature events. With the LE Parties partnership, this event will be bigger and better than ever and certainly not to be missed. For tickets and more information, visit: www.GEDmag.com or www.LEparties.com.

SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 7TH 9AM

PS Drag Brunch – Pride Edition

Palm Springs HOTTEST drag show PS Drag Brunch at Roly China Fusion (1107 N Palm Canyon Drive) hosts the most fabulous Pride Edition event! Enjoy boys in bikinis, unforgettable dim sum, premium balcony views at the Pride Parade step-off point, including a top-tier drag show hosted by resident leading lady- Rosemary Galore. This one of a kind even has three ticket levels to choose from, Diva/VIP, Mean Girls Lounge, and of course – the Basic Bitches. Visit www.psdragbrunch.com for tickets and more information.

SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 7TH 2PM
 
Cybersocket’s Jack ON
 
For those looking for a more adult finale to Pride, The Barracks will host Cybersocket.com’s official after Pride parade party with no cover and no fuss. Hosted by daddy blogger and Mr. Palm Springs Leather 2020 First Runner-up and Mr. ToolShed Leather 2020 Jack Dyer, the afternoon will include Barracks’ infamous beer bust, an appearance from adult film star Cesar Xes, giveaways from Rough Trade Gear, and a chance to get a limited edition Jack ON t-shirt. For more information, visit www.BarracksPS.com.

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