Closing Out Pride Month: Where to Celebrate in Denver This Weekend
Pride celebrations have been taking over downtown and beyond this June, with destinations across the Denver area offering everything from drag performances and brunches to charitable sips and community-centered programming. Here are a few places to keep in mind as you are making it a pride weekend.
LoDo
This June, Lower Downtown Denver (LoDo) is celebrating Pride Month with drag brunches, LGBTQ+ storytelling, charitable cocktail specials, community events, and colorful ways to celebrate all month long. Whether celebrating through literature, brunch, cocktails, or community events, LoDo offers meaningful and memorable ways to show Pride all month long.
Ajax Downtown at Limelight Denver - Drag Brunch - June 20
Celebrate Pride Month in full color at Ajax Downtown with a fabulous Drag Brunch featuring dazzling performances, elevated brunch fare, and high-energy entertainment. Guests can choose from two showtimes, 10 a.m. or 12 p.m., and enjoy a three-course prix fixe brunch menu alongside show-stopping performances from local queens.
Bottomless mimosas are also available for purchase to keep the celebration flowing.
Larimer Square
Larimer Square will celebrate on Saturday, June 28 with a full day of festivities, begining with Osteria Marco’s Pride Brunch from 11 a.m. - 2 p.m., featuring an outdoor Drag Bingo Brunch starring local drag favorites Shirley Delta Blow, Amerikah J Misdemeanor and LaLa Queen. Guests can enjoy bottomless cocktails, giveaways, bingo, and brunch beneath Larimer Square’s iconic Pride flags.
From 2–6 pm, the celebration continues with a Disco Cowboy-themed street party in partnership with Ariat and Garage Sale Vintage featuring country-pop DJs, line dancing, themed photo opps, and Pride-inspired experiences throughout the Square.
Little Blue Pigeon Books - “Stories That Changed Us” LGBTQ+ Literary Series
Independent bookstore Little Blue Pigeon Books is celebrating Pride Month through storytelling with “Stories That Changed Us,” a curated editorial series highlighting LGBTQ+ literature that has shaped culture, identity, and personal connection. Each week in June will spotlight a distinct theme: Origins, Love Stories, Modern Voices and Quiet Classics.
The Curtis Hotel
The Curtis Hotel will host festive Drag Bingo programming during Pride Month, offering guests and locals a lively, entertainment-filled way to celebrate with bingo, performances, and plenty of personality in the heart of downtown.
Dairy Block
Denver Milk Market - June 28
Denver Milk Market is turning up the Pride party with a special Drag Bingo Brunch featuring Alexis Mateo of RuPaul’s Drag Race on Sunday, June 28, with two opportunities to catch the show (11 a.m.-1 p.m. and 2-4 p.m.). Guests can enjoy brunch bites, music, dancing, themed cocktails like the $5 Rainbow Jell-O Shots and performances throughout the day.
Throughout June, $1 from every Absolut cocktail sold will benefit The Center on Colfax.
Kachina Cantina- Frozen Margarita Flights for Pride
All month long, Kachina Cantina is serving up a colorful Frozen Margarita Flight featuring house, strawberry, passionfruit, and prickly pear flavors for $15. For every flight purchased, $1 will be donated to The Center on Colfax to support its mission of empowering and advancing Colorado’s LGBTQ+ community.
Poka Lola Social Club - “P.S. Love Is Love” Cocktail
At Poka Lola Social Club, guests can sip with purpose all June long through the “P.S. Love Is Love” cocktail, made with Tito’s Vodka, passionfruit, vanilla bean, and lime. For every cocktail purchased, $1 will benefit The Center on Colfax.
Denver Union Station
Pig Train Coffee Co.
Celebrate Pride with a colorful sip at Pig Train Coffee Co. inside Denver Union Station. Throughout June, guests can enjoy Marsha’s Lemonade, a sparkling Nitro Strawberry Kiwi Lemonade crafted in celebration of Pride Month.
Guests are encouraged to round up their purchase to support The Delores Project, helping provide support for women, transgender, and nonbinary individuals experiencing housing instability in Denver.
Golden, Colorado
The Golden Mill
Pride weekend kicks off at The Golden Mill on Friday, June 19 from 6-8pm, with drag bingo and performances by local queens, Talia Tucker and Miss Zarah Misdemeanor. Festivities will continue throughout the weekend, as well as the following weekend, June 26-28.
As we celebrate the final days of Pride Month, let's remember that Pride is more than a month of parades and festivals. It's a reminder that everyone deserves the freedom to love openly, live authentically, and feel welcome every day of the year. ♥