The Best Things To Do & Eat In NYC During Pride Month 2024

Happy Pride Month, NYC. It’s time for drag shows, day drinking, and a seemingly endless supply of go-go dancers and Gaga remixes. NYC does Pride big in every borough, so you should surrender your weekends to the dance floor now. If you don’t know where that dance floor is yet, and you’re seeing too many rainbows to keep track of on your feed, use this guide to find some of our favorite spots in the city hosting performances, parties, and festivals.

June 1 - 7

Pride Month at TALEA

All Month

TALEA is celebrating Pride all month with rainbow beer flights and other goodies. The pride flight (a mix of the brewery’s most colorful beers) will be available at every TALEA tap room in the city. From June 1-9, you’ll also get a Pride cupcake with each flight. A portion of the proceeds will go to the Ali Forney Center.

Pride Rouge Afternoon Tea at the Mandarin Hotel

June 1-30, Tea every day from 1-5pm, Performances on Sundays at 1pm

It’s pinkies up this Pride month at the Mandarin Hotel in Columbus Circle. In a collaboration with Moulin Rouge! The Musical, they’re serving a Pride Rouge Afternoon Tea every day in June. If you go on a Sunday at 1pm, the cast will also be there serving Baz Luhrmann realness, with a performance of the iconic anthem “Lady Marmalade.” Tea is $130 per adult (plus an extra $20 on performance days); expect things like heart-shaped tea sandwiches and Belle Époque-inspired pastries. A portion of the proceeds will benefit the National Queer Theater in honor of Pride month.

House of Muse at 3 Dollar Bill

Saturday, June 1, 10pm

Kick off your Pride celebrations at 3 Dollar Bill with supreme queen and All Stars alum Kandy Muse, as well as a few of our other favorite Drag Race winners. Shea Couleé will be in the house, along with Simone, Jaida Essence Hall, and Xunami Muse, bringing you Black drag excellence all night. General admissions for the main event start at 10pm, or you can get VIP tickets that include an 8pm cocktail hour.

Queens Pride at Upstairs Cocktail Bar

Sunday, June 2, 2-8pm

Queens Pride Parade is the first big Sunday parade of the season, and Upstairs Cocktail Bar in Elmhurst will be on hand to help you party all day. They're running drink specials from 2-8pm. Stop by their street level booth for frozen margs and prosecco to-go, or head up to the bar for a strawberry cava crush (and the rest of their cocktail menu).

Hands on History: Queer Pride and Possibility at King Manor Museum

Monday, June 3, 1-4pm

In the 19th century, queer communities used floriography, the secret language of flowers, to communicate with each other. Learn about this and more at King Manor’s Hands on History: Queer Pride and Possibility event on June 3. From 1-4pm, kids and adults can come in to do crafts and take a tour of the museum. Margaret Middleton’s zine “Looking for Queer Possibility in the Museum” will also be available—in it, she encourages visitors to explore queer interpretations in art where they might have long gone unacknowledged.

June 8 - 14

Have You Considered Therapy? at 54 Below

Monday, June 10, 9pm

You might know Peachez from her winning season on Worst Cooks in America, and her appearances on Hulu’s Drag Me To Dinner. But she can do a lot more than cook. Check out her singing chops in her new solo show at 54 Below. On June 10, she’ll be weaving a tale about her journey of self-discovery in New York, with help from up-and-coming Broadway stars.

Queens of the Garden at Queens Botanical Garden

Friday, June 14, 6:30pm-9pm

One of the most beautiful annual Pride events in the city is at the Queens Botanical Garden. You get after-hours access to the garden with food and drinks for purchase, and drag artist Marti Cummings will be hosting a night of performances by some of our city’s most notorious queens. Feel free to bring kids—they’ll have a Pride-themed craft table on site.

June 15 - 21

PRIDE at the High Line

Thursday, June 20, 5-7pm

PRIDE at the High Line, a storytelling event with The Generations Project, will take place in front of Pamela Ronsenkranz’s sculpture Old Tree this year. Legendary local drag singer Castrata will be hosting the event, and you’ll hear stories about intergenerational connections within the LGBTQIA+ community, chosen families, and tradition.

Criminal Queerness Festival at Perelman Performing Arts Center

June 21-29, Various Showtimes

Now in its sixth year, the National Queer Theater’s Criminal Queerness Festival showcases work from countries where queer art is criminalized or censored. This year’s lineup highlights work about or by artists from Uganda, Lebanon, Algeria, Jordan, Kenya, and more. The event is free (or pay-what-you-wish) and open to the public, and seating is first-come, first-served. Check out this guide to our favorite restaurants in FiDi so you can make dinner plans around the shows.

June 22 - 28

Red Light District at Red Pavilion

Friday, June 28, 11pm-3am

Brooklyn’s all-Asian drag show Red Light District is coming up on their one-year anniversary, right on time for Pride celebrations. Watch Kanika Peach, Felicia Oh, and Kekoa go from sultry ballads to house music and high kicks as you sip on ume plum cocktails all night. The strobes will be on, and the music will be loud, with Tito Vida from Bubble T on the decks. Don’t forget to bring dollar bills to tip your queens!