Gay Events in Atlanta This Weekend: June 11-14, 2026

It's the weekend of June 11–14 and Pride season is in full swing — Atlanta has 42 LGBTQ+ events on tap, from the Armorettes' charity drag at the Eagle to a vampire rave at Lore and a World Cup watch party at My Sister's Room. Here's everything worth your weekend, plus the week's news and our guide to Capital Pride in D.C.

Find every event for the weekend on our Atlanta events page — updated weekly.

This Week in Gay Atlanta

• Preserving queer Atlanta: A free panel, “Preserving Pride: LGBTQ+ Social Spaces in Atlanta,” takes over City Hall this Saturday, June 13, 1–3 p.m. — Charis Books co-owner Sara Luce, Rev. Duncan Teague, designer Tony Holland and Hospitality Atlanta’s Jocelyn Lyles on the bars, bookstores and community hubs that built the city’s queer history. (Rough Draft Atlanta)
• Joy louder than hate: When a masked neo-Nazi group carrying a swastika flag tried to crash Athens, Georgia's PrideFest, organizers raised a banner reading "Joy is louder than hate" and marched on — no arrests, no violence, the parade unbroken. (THE Advocate)
• "No deal, Patagonia": The outdoor giant is suing drag climate activist Pattie Gonia (Wyn Wiley) over her trademark — technically for $1, but mounting a defense she says could run up to $1 million. When Patagonia floated settlement terms, she rejected them flat: she'll drop the trademark filings, but won't stop performing and selling as Pattie Gonia, the name she's gone by for years. (PinkNews)
• A new must-watch from Warsaw: Proud, the Polish drama that just won the Grand Prix at Séries Mania, lands on HBO Max June 12 — eight episodes following Filip, a party-loving young gay man whose life upends when his sister dies and he becomes guardian to her baby, set against Poland's fraught queer reality. (Variety)
• The Tonys got their codpiece moment: Luke Evans tore through "Sweet Transvestite" from Broadway's Rocky Horror revival in a corset, fishnets and a festive codpiece — then sauntered offstage baring his backside as "Time Warp" kicked in. "This is what Pride Month is all about," one viewer wrote. (PinkNews)
• The gay Oscars of being online: The 5th annual Las Culturistas Culture Awards — Bowen Yang and Matt Rogers' gleefully unhinged celebration of culture's biggest moments, with 100-plus invented categories — airs June 17 at 9 p.m. on Bravo and Peacock. (Bravo)

Thursday, June 11 — 6 Events

Out x Out Pick: Dyke Night at Atlanta Eagle

Thursday belongs to the women: Dyke Night takes over the Atlanta Eagle for a monthly night built for queer women and their people — a rare carve-out at the city's leather-and-Levi's institution, with the patio and the dance floor open and the crowd ready to make it theirs.

Also on Thursday

• Steven Universe Drag Dinner — 7:00 PM at Lore
• That's My Type — 9:00 PM at MSR My Sisters Room
• Rock Haus Karaoke — 9:00 PM at Atlanta Eagle
• Steven Universe Trivia Night (Free To Play) — 10:00 PM at Lore
• Atlanta's Angels Thursday Drag Show — 11:00 PM at Blake's On The Park

Friday, June 12 — 6 Events

Out x Out Pick: Club De Vampiros Presents... Vamprave at Lore

Lore goes full vampire Friday night: Club De Vampiros takes over the cavernous upstairs club for VampRave, a ticketed night of dark, hypnotic dance music on Lore's BASSBOSS sound system. Dress to haunt — it's the weekend's most theatrical dance floor.

Also on Friday

• Femme Friday — 9:00 PM at MSR My Sisters Room
• World Cup Watch Party: USA v Paraguay — 9:00 PM at MSR My Sisters Room
• The Other Show - Friday Drag Cabaret — 9:00 PM at Lore
• Mike Bradley — 9:00 PM at Atlanta Eagle
• Ritual's Goth Prom w/ DJ Alayt & DJ Lykanthrope — 10:00 PM at The Heretic Atlanta

Saturday, June 13 — 8 Events

Out x Out Pick: Deviant presents Heavy Cream at The Heretic Atlanta

Saturday's biggest dance floor is at the Heretic, where Deviant brings Heavy Cream — DJs mistr and Jack'd spinning the kind of high-energy set the Heretic's legendary floor was built for. Come to sweat, stay till the lights come up.

Also on Saturday

• Annual Rainbow Pub Crawl — 6:00 PM at MSR My Sisters Room
• Saturday Night Lore! An SNL Drag Show — 7:00 PM at Lore
• Drag Down South '26 — 8:00 PM at Atlanta Eagle
• Pride Goes Pop! (Early Show) — 8:00 PM at MSR My Sisters Room
• ROAR — 9:00 PM at Atlanta Eagle
• Rainbow After Party! — 9:30 PM at MSR My Sisters Room
• The Hot Topic Rave — 10:00 PM at Lore

Sunday, June 14 — 6 Events

Out x Out Pick: Charity Camp Drag Show with The Armorettes at Atlanta Eagle

Close the weekend with Atlanta royalty: the Armorettes, the city's beloved camp-drag troupe, bring their charity show to the Atlanta Eagle. Decades into raising money for HIV/AIDS causes one outrageous number at a time, they're a living piece of Atlanta queer history — and the tips go to a good cause.

Also on Sunday

• Olivia Rodrigo Drag Brunch — 12:00 PM at Lore
• Mug Check — 9:00 PM at MSR My Sisters Room
• New Faces — 9:00 PM at Friends on Ponce
• Open Decks — 9:00 PM at Atlanta Eagle
• Tossed Salad - Fresh Drag Mixed Weekly! — 9:00 PM at Lore

This Week's Featured Read

This is the big one. Capital Pride is DC's marquee queer weekend — and this year it moved to June 20–21 to sidestep the crowds around the nation's 250th-anniversary build-up, so the parade rolls down 14th Street and the festival takes over Pennsylvania Avenue with the Capitol as the backdrop. Maren Morris headlines the concert under the theme "Exist. Resist. Have the Audacity." The ten days around it are stacked with block parties, drag brunches, and dance floors that run till dawn. Our guide breaks down the full schedule, the parade route, the parties actually worth your time, and where to stay so you can walk home.

Read the full guide: Capital Pride 2026: Parade, Parties, Festival & D.C. Pride Guide