Reminder! Pride Starts Here! City of West Hollywood’s Free Harvey Milk Day Celebration Kicks Off Pride Programming in West Hollywood on Friday, May 22

Don't miss the City of West Hollywood's Harvey Milk Day celebration featuring the 4th annual José Sarria Drag Pageant on Friday, May 22, 2026, from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. at West Hollywood Park, located at 647 N. San Vicente Boulevard. Harvey Milk was the first openly LGBTQ+ person to win political office in California in 1977. José Sarria helped pave the way for Harvey Milk's successful run for office by being the first openly gay man to run for office in the United States in 1961 and was a drag performer who founded the Imperial Court charitable LGBTQ+ organization. Details are available at www.wehopride.com/harveymilkday.

Each year, the City of West Hollywood celebrates the LGBTQ+ community through the arts with its WeHo Pride Arts Festival. Held as part of WeHo Pride, the Arts Festival will take place Saturday, May 23, 2026 and Sunday, May 24, 2026, at the Los Angeles LGBT Center's Village at Ed Gould Plaza, located at1125 N. McCadden Place in Los Angeles. The City of West Hollywood's free PickUp shuttle will stop at the WeHo Pride Arts Festival approximately every 30 minutes from 12 p.m. to 10 p.m. each day of the Festival and continue running to all regular route stops along Santa Monica Boulevard from N. La Brea Avenue to N. Robertson Boulevard. Visit www.wehopickup.com/ for shuttle route stops and more information; no tickets required, hop on/hop off.

Guests may attend theatre, cabaret, mariachi, literary readings, film programming, and live model drawing sessions, while also exploring artist vendors and the visual art exhibit. Each day concludes with an extended signature program. Since its inception in 2007, the City's LGBTQ+ Arts Festival has showcased artists and storytellers who amplify LGBTQ+ pride through the arts.

All WeHo Pride Arts Festival events and workshops are free to attend. Some events are ticketed by advance RSVP, with ticketholders provided priority seating; RSVP is strongly encouraged. For a full event listing and ticketing information, please visit www.wehopride.com/artsfestival. Click each event listing to RSVP. Please sign up here for the WeHo Pride Arts Festival mailing list to receive updates about the festival.

The City of West Hollywood's WeHo Pride Arts Festival is organized by the City of West Hollywood's Arts Division, which delivers a broad array of arts programs including: Art on the Outside (temporary public art), Urban Art Program (permanent public art), Summer Sounds, Winter Sounds, the WeHo Reads literary series, Free Theatre in the Parks, Arts Grants for Nonprofit Arts Organizations, Library Exhibits and Programming, the City Poet and Drag Laureate Programs, Drag Story Hour, Human Rights Speakers Series, and the WeHo Pride Arts Festival. For additional information, please visit www.weho.org/arts.

WeHo Pride Weekend will take place from Friday, June 5, 2026 through Sunday, June 7, 2026 in and around West Hollywood Park and Santa Monica Boulevard, which will be closed to traffic. The weekend will include the free-ticketed WeHo Pride Presents Friday Night at OUTLOUD Music Festival, as well as the paid-ticketed OUTLOUD Music Festival on Saturday and Sunday. There will be lots of free weekend programming: the WeHo Pride Street Fair, the Women's Freedom Festival, the Dyke March, and the iconic WeHo Pride Parade, along with community group and vendor booths along Santa Monica Boulevard and performances on two stages throughout the day.

Details about WeHo Pride are available at www.wehopride.com. Follow @wehopride for updates on Instagram, Facebook, and TikTok. Receive WeHo Pride text updates by texting "Pride" to (323) 848-5000. There will be an interactive WeHo Pride map with details about closures, events, programming, and more at www.wehopride.com/gettinghere.

For more information about WeHo Pride, please contact the City of West Hollywood's Event Services Division at [email protected]. For people who are Deaf or hard of hearing dial 711 or 1-800-735-2929 (TTY) or 1-800-735-2922 (voice) for California Relay Service (CRS) assistance.

For up-to-date information about City of West Hollywood news and events, follow @wehocity on social media, sign-up for news updates at www.weho.org/email, and visit the City's calendar of meetings and events at www.weho.org/calendar. City Hall services are accessible by phone at (323) 848-6400 and via website at www.weho.org.

For reporters and members of the media seeking additional information about the City of West Hollywood, please contact the City of West Hollywood's Public Information Officer, Sheri A. Lunn, at (323) 848-6391 or [email protected].