Arts Agenda: Pride events

Each week, ArtsATL delivers a critic’s short list of the shows, exhibitions, concerts and events we recommend for the coming weeks within one discipline or venue type in the kaleidoscope of Atlanta arts and culture. This week, we’re focused on Pride Month. Atlanta’s main Pride event takes place in October, largely because it’s really hot here in the summer, and a long walk down Peachtree Street in late June is a sweaty slog. However, because June is the traditional month of Pride around the world, you’ll find plenty of Pride-themed events this month, too.

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June 13

Preserving Pride is a panel discussion and reception honoring historic LGBTQ+ gathering spaces and community culture at Atlanta City Hall on June 13.

Gwinnett Pride 2026 offers a day of food, drinks and music to celebrate LGBTQ+ culture and activism beginning at noon on June 13 at Thrasher Park in Norcross.

Smyrna Pride Festival is a free, family-friendly event that features more than 70 vendors, activities for kids, drag performances and DJs. It begins at 11 a.m. on June 13 at Smyrna Market Village.

June 14

Drag Me to Church is an inclusive, interfaith worship service blending sacred traditions with queer joy at St. Luke Lutheran Church at 6 p.m. on June 14.

June 20

Enjoy after-hours zoo access, keeper talks, and live entertainment at Zoo Atlanta Pride Night at 6 p.m. on June 20.

June 21

It’s Giving Edgewood: O4W Pride Bar Crawl takes place at some of Old Fourth Ward’s coolest bars like Lore Atlanta, Sister Louisa’s Church of the Living Room and Ping Pong Emporium, Joystick Gamebar, and includes an art show at Dad’s Garage Theatre Company. A portion of all bar sales will benefit Atlanta Pride. Join in from 3-8 p.m. on June 21.

June 22-28

Southern Fried Queer Festival celebrates its 12th year with the theme “Seeds of Resistance” and features an artist market, dance parties, entertainment, workshops, and educational activities in Little Five Points. Get the full lineup here.

June 25

In the 2026 Peach Pit Pageant: A Drag Competition, seven contestants will strut their stuff to claim the crown, while DJ Abby Dear spins tracks as a part of the Southern Fried Queer Pride Festival beginning at 9 p.m. on June 25 at 7 Stages.

June 28

Cinequeer: A Queer Film Night happens at 7 p.m. June 28 at the Plaza Theatre to mark the end of the Southern Fried Queer Pride 2026 Festival with screenings of films, shorts and more.