Nashville PRIDE’s annual festival and parade may have been postponed to September 18th and 19th but there’s no reason you and your allies can’t celebrate and show your PRIDE! We have curated a month-long Guide For Pride that includes all of the city’s fabulous in-person and virtual events.
Shake Shack‘s new Pride Shake is made with strawberry and blackberry frozen custard and is topped with a mango and passion fruit blend, whipped cream and rainbow glitter. Starting June 1 through June 30, guests can find the Pride Shake available at all U.S. Shake Shack locations (excluding airports, stadiums and ballparks). They’re serving up the Pride Shake in a dedicated Pride cup, featuring an updated Pride-themed burger icon. Their campaign is based upon the tenets of being inclusive and diverse, and therefore it was important to update their burger icon and campaign color palette to be consistent with the 2018 redesign of the Pride Flag. This color palette has the original rainbow, and includes the important addition of black and brown to represent people of color, as well as light pink and light blue representing the Trans pride flag.
In 2021, Batch is partnering with the Nashville LGBT Chamber of Commerce for an exclusive line of gifts that celebrate Pride, chamber members, and the city of Nashville. Both gift sets feature products made by chamber members and a portion of the profits benefits the work being done by the Chamber. Gift sets are available in any quantity and are a great way for your company to show its “pride” in Nashville.
Please join us on Thursday, June 3rd for our virtual AM Brewing Up Business from 9 am – 10 am. This networking event will be held virtually on Airmeet.
The Outloud Music Festival creates a fun, energetic, and diverse line up that celebrates equality. The event which takes place Friday June 4th and Saturday, June 5th is an uplifting experience that encourages everyone to come as you are. Get OUT and Be Loud. Each year the festival brings together both national touring acts and regional up and coming LGBTQI+ musicians.
2021 Can’t Cancel Pride, hosted by Elvis Duran and Bebe Rexha, will feature performances and appearances from Brothers Osborne, Busy Phillips, Demi Lovato, Gus Kenworthy, Hayley Kiyoko, Jennifer Hudson, JoJo Siwa, Lil Nas X, Marshmello, MJ Rodriguez, Nina West, P!NK, Ricky Martin and more. The one-hour benefit special, produced by iHeartMedia and P&G, will stream on June 4th at 9pm on iHeartRadio’s TikTok, YouTube, Facebook, Instagram TV pages, iHeartRadio’s Pride Radio and Revry, as well as broadcast on iHeartMedia radio stations nationwide and on the iHeartRadio app.
Glow, Baby, Glow!!! June 4th & 5th – They’re having a Glow Party BOTH nights! If you attend @outloudmusicfestival they are letting you in FREE with your OutLoud Festival ticket! So put on your favorite black light accessories & get ready to dance all night!
DRAG BRUNCH PRESENTED BY NASHVILLE PRIDE
Join City Winery Nashville on Saturday, June 5th as we kick off Pride Month with our Drag Brunch presented by Nashville Pride! Enjoy an elevated dining experience with live drag queen performers! A specialty brunch menu will be available starting at 11AM, and performers will be entertaining the crowd in our seated venue throughout this entire event!
Tickets do not include food or drinks. We’ll be offering a special brunch menu, and a full bar is available including your favorite brunch cocktails. Like any drag brunch, we recommend tipping your performers for their dazzling talents, and non-contact forms of payment will be displayed on your table. We’ll be selling bottles of our specialty label City Winery Drag Brunch wine during this event, also benefiting Nashville Pride! Cheers, Music City! Currently sold out but you can join the wait list here.
BEYONCÉ Laser Show at the Sudekum Planetarium
Bigger than life… Queen Bey in laser lights! June 5th & 6th
Beyoncé, one of the most awarded and best-selling artists of all time, is acclaimed for her thrilling vocals, videos and live shows. Laser Beyoncé captures the fun and energy of her concerts in beautiful laser-light imagery.
LASER PRIDE Laser Show at the Sudekum Planetarium
Lasers we love! Powerhouse hits by LGBTQ+ artists and icons. Every Saturday in June.
Maybe I Wanna Dance with Somebody, maybe you say Let’s Go Crazy, maybe you just want Music, Pop, and Livin’ La Vida Loca. Lasers are for all types – celebrate Pride with this powerhouse lineup of hit music by LGBTQ+ artists and icons!
Celebrating Pride Month, Rooftop Lounge at Bobby Hotel will be hosting a Sunday Drag Brunch featuring Nashville’s fiercest drag superstars!
Join us every Sunday in June at Rooftop Lounge at Bobby Hotel and celebrate Pride Month with the fiercest Nashville drag superstars!
A backyard-style brunch overlooking the Nashville skyline, Rooftop Lounge’s Drag Brunch features an all-star rotating cast of Nashville queens as well as surprise guest stars from the TV show RuPaul’s Drag Race. Get ready for the best Sunday morning of your life!
Join us on Thursday, June 10th at 11 am for our Member Connect June. This event will give an in-depth highlight of two of our members who specialize in adoption services: Camelot Care Centers and Jewish Family Service! This program will be broadcasted live through StreamYard. A link to the broadcast will be sent to all registrants the week of the event. This is a complimentary event, but registration is required.
Case Selects Wine & Spirits in partnership with TN Wine & Spirits Retailers Association presents an online Italian Wine and Dine on Thursday, June 10th at 6:30 pm CT! Join Alessandro Pasqua from Pasqua Winery in Italy, along with executive chef Brian Riggenbach of The Mockingbird for an evening featuring Italian wines paired with a 4-course dinner. A portion of the proceeds with benefit the Nashville LGBT Chamber Foundation.
Hotmess Kickball Benefit Drag Show
Catch your favorite players ALL DRAGGED UP with The Hotmess Housewives on Friday, June 11th! Doors Open: 6pm Show begins: 7pm. Stick around for the Play Mates and dance floor after the show!
HAVE MERCY! A DRAG REVUE
with host FEMNASTY777 & guest host Vidalia Anne Gentry on Friday, June 11th with performances by Britney Banks, Trey Alize, Vivica Steele, Deshay Ellington, and Lady Lucifer. LIMITED SEATING, FIRST COME FIRST SERVE – PLEASE EMAIL info@mercylounge.com FOR ADA ACCOMMODATIONS.
Join us on Saturday, June 12th at Shakti Power Yoga for a celebration that is full of movement, music, dancing, drag queens, Diskin Ciders and community! Join us for a 45min all levels yoga flow ( no yoga experience is necessary) , followed by a show by the Diskin Divas then hang out in community with DJ Austin spinning the beats all morning long! We want to celebrate with YOU! Entrance into the celebration includes yoga, a drag show, Diskin Ciders and a good time! All proceeds go to benefit The LGBT Chamber of Commerce and all of the important work they do!
As the celebration of Pride Month begins, Anzie Blue is proud to announce we will be hosting a Drag Brunch, June 12th. Performance starts at noon. No ticket is needed but reservations are required on OpenTable.com. Grab a few friends and get your sequins ready. This is a Brunch you will never forget.
QUEEN Laser Show at the Sudekum Planetarium
“I won’t be a rock star. I will be a legend.” —Freddie Mercury June 12th & 13th
We Will Rock You with Bohemian Rhapsody in a laser show featuring the awesome sounds of Queen, choreographed to lasers, special effects, and millions of stars. Guest appearances include my Best Friend, Princes of the Universe, and Flash Gordon.
Sparkle & Drag Brunch Show hosted by Zac Woodward, host for Pride Radio
Assembly Food Hall is excited to announce our Sparkle & Drag Show Brunch on Sunday, June 13th at the Showcase Stage on the Rooftop, presented by Pride Radio! Grab a craft cocktail from any of our numerous bars, brunch from one of 20+ eateries at Assembly Food Hall and enjoy the FREE show in our General Admission Seating! For an even more elevated experience, select the VIP ticket option and enjoy private, soft seating, the best view of the stage, private bar access, and Queen Meet & Greets with Photo Ops! NOTE: VIP Tickets are good for only one show and cannot be transferrable.
The link is back up and working! Tickets for Pride Month Drag Brunch on Sunday, June 13th with the Diskin Divas are now live! Head to the diskincider.com to secure your tickets while you still can. Happy Pride y’all.
We invite you to join us for an LGBTQ+ Business Cross-Country Pride Event, a multi-chamber networking collaboration that will bring together LGBTQ+ and allied business owners, employees, and chamber stakeholders from 18 different NGLCC affiliates across the country. On June 15th at 6 pm, we’ll come together and get to know one another better in Zoom breakout rooms, and kick off what we hope will be a regular series of events to better connect our members to our peers all over the nation. All are invited, but space is limited and registration is required. Reserve your spot today!
We will be celebrating our signature event Brewing Up Business on Thursday, June 17th. We have been going strong for 23 years, and we will be back in person at an amazing new member location, The Grand Hyatt Nashville. This is our first official in-person event since the pandemic took us virtual 15 months ago. Join us at the Grand Hyatt’s beautiful pool deck for drinks, food, and connections! You may also choose to attend virtually via Airmeet.
DINING WITH DIVAS – PRIDE MONTH EXTRAVAGANZA!
Join City Winery Nashville on Friday, June 18th for Dining with Divas presented by Nashville Pride! Enjoy an elevated dining experience in the main City Winery concert venue with live drag queen performers! Our full City Winery food and beverage menu will be available throughout the show, and performers will be entertaining the crowd in our seated, socially distanced space throughout this entire event.
Drop by the Melrose, Midtown, or Green Hills Orangetheory locations on Saturday, June 19th for All Out For Pride! Enjoy a workout and stick around for a Pride Party! Donation Class Details: 60 minute 3G – 39 capacity, $25 donation fee required for participants (members + non-members), donations going to Nashville LBGT Chamber of Commerce, open to members and non-members, non-members who have not taken a class before are required to come 30 minutes early for their normal intro process, non-members will be eligible to redeem the “2 Free Classes” promotion for the remainder of the month at one of the three participating studios.
ROCKET MAN Laser Show at the Sudekum Planetarium
The greatest hits of Elton John: in lasers! June 19th & 20th
Saturday’s alright for a laser show (Sunday too!) Hop in your rocket, and fly like Benny and the Jets to Rocket Man, featuring the music of Elton John!
Join us Thursday, June 24th at 11 am for Classroom Connect June: The Business of Inclusion. Discover how companies large and small use diversity, equity and inclusion to drive business success. Engaging employees, investing in their growth and creating a sense of belonging creates increased loyalty, improved brand position and an important competitive edge. Learn how companies support the LGBTQ+ community and impact the bottom line. This session will be led by NLGBTCC Board Member, Adrianna Flax. This is a complimentary program for members and non-members, thanks to our sponsor HCA Healthcare/TriStar Health.
ADL Speaking Out in the South: Effective Allyship and Advocacy for the Transgender Community
We are partnering with the Anti-Defamation League Southeast to bring you a roundtable discussion on allyship and advocacy for the transgender community on Thursday, June 24th. Our CEO will moderate a panel of trans advocates and activists from around the South, where they will share their personal stories, why we need activism and advocacy for the trans community, discuss action items for trans allies and ways to get involved, and answer a few questions from the audience. Other partnering organizations are Georgia Equality and Sojourn. Intersectionality will be at the heart of this conversation and we look forward to a program dedicated and focused on trans issues
The amazingly talented designers Andrew Clancey of Any Old Iron and Laura Citron will present their Pride fashion lines at the Virgin Hotel on Friday, June 25th. Both Any Old Iron and The Virgin are members and proceeds of the fashion show will go back to the Chamber for support of our work. This glamorous event is not to be missed. Tickets will be limited and will go fast. Your ticket includes seatings for the fashion show, two glasses of rose, a Nosh Tower, and 18% gratuity. There will also be several surprises, you won’t believe who is walking in the show! Purchase tickets now before they’re gone: https://www.opentable.com/r/commons-club-virgin-hotels-nashville
Party under the stars with DJ Stretch in their outdoor foam piton Friday, June 25th! Coat check is open to store your stuff! Let’s PLAY outside!
Saturday, the 26th The Nashville LGBTQ ,Organizations, Associations, Business and Community will come together for the street Dedication and Celebration. A street festival including vendors, Food Trucks, and the Works encompassing the dedication of the very first street named after a Drag Queen, Bianca Paige Way. Memorializing one of Nashville’s most prolific female impersonators “Bianca Paige the Pantomime Rage.” The fun continues on Sunday, June 27th for the (Day) After Party.
LASER PRINCE Laser Show at the Sudekum Planetarium
Experience the music of Prince in stunning lasers under the dome! June 26th & 27th
Hop in your Little Red Corvette and join the Housequake at the Sudekum Planetarium! We’ll party like it’s 1999 and get Delirious with laser lights and the music of Prince! Don’t wait, Purple Rain or shine, the show will go on.
The Nashville Soccer Club wants you N for their official Pride Night game! We are taking over 3 sections in the lower bowl at Titans Stadium for Pride Night on Saturday, June 26th. LGBTQ artists will give the guitar rift and sing the national anthem, LGBT-owned businesses will be highlighted, and an LGBTQ person will be the Hero of the game, and we will wear our special rainbow soccer scarves that you will get with your tickets.
Join us the last Monday of every month for Benefit Connect! This event is an opportunity for new members to learn about their member benefits, existing members who want to maximize their membership, or anyone who is considering joining the Nashville LGBT Chamber. Agenda: welcome, introductions, membership presentation, Q&A Session and small group networking (time permitting).
Pride in Local Music
The Austin and Nashville LGBT Chambers of Commerce are joining forces to bring you the second annual “Pride in Local Music”on Wednesday, June 30th, a one-night-only livestream event celebrating music, the rainbow heartbeat of two great cities known for music. Five musicians/bands from each music-based city performing in iconic local music venues! Join us and just know, local celebrities will make this an event like no other! Even though there may not be parades this year, you can still show your support in an intentional way, by supporting local LGBT artists on a national stage at the Pride in Local Music live streaming event.
The Nashville viewing party will be at the newly remodeled and reopened TRIBE. The concert will be shown on all screens from 6-8pm on Wednesday June 30th. A brief program talking with sponsors and performers will take place beforehand. Sponsors Titos Vodka and Montucky Cold Snack beer will be served as drink specials. This event is free and open to all!
Country music artist and philanthropist Ty Herndon, in partnership with CMT, has announced that the 2021 Concert for Love and Acceptance will take place on Wednesday, June 30th at 8 p.m. EST/7 p.m. CST and will be live-streamed exclusively on CMT’s Facebook and YouTube channels, and on the Foundation’s website. In it’s fifth year, the event is returning as a star-studded online event, co-hosted by Herndon and CMT’s Cody Alan. Proceeds from the event will benefit GLAAD, MusiCares, and Nashville’s Oasis Center. The event will include appearances and performances by Brothers Osborne, Kristin Chenoweth, Terri Clark, Brooke Eden, Harper Grae, Chris Housman, LOCASH, Kathy Mattea, Rissi Palmer, Gretchen Peters, Tenille Townes, Walker County, and Chase Wright.
