Ways to celebrate Pride Month in the Holy City

How to support the local LGBTQ+ community

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Today, June 1, marks the start of Pride month and the Lowcountry is celebrating with a wide variety of LGBTQ+ events.

  • Park Circle Pride | Tuesday, June 6 to Sunday, June 11 | This festival celebrates pride with fun festivities.
  • Charleston Pride | Saturday, June 3 to Sunday, June 11 | This organization works to plan the pride Parade and a weeks worth of events.
  • Pride Parade | Saturday, June 3 at 9:00 a.m., King St.| Head out to a large scale parade in honor of Pride month.
  • Pride crawl | Saturday, June 3 at 11:00 a.m. at Uptown Social | There will be an Official Charleston Pride Crawl after the parade at local bars. Pro tip: if you get there early there is chance at a free t-shirt.
  • The Charleston Queer Prom | Saturday, June 10 from 6-11 p.m. at the Gibbes Museum | The Holy City will be having a youth and adult Queer Prom to dance the night away.

Find more local LGBTQ+ community this month as well as volunteer opportunities on our events page.

Events
The Hatch Chile Roast benefits the nonprofit Friends of Joseph Floyd Manor.
The College of Charleston’s Men’s Soccer program transitioned from NAIA to NCAA Division I status in 1991.
You can get your Aquarium Aglow tickets at a discounted price now through the end of October.
This two-day festival will celebrate the vibrant sounds of jazz at the Gaillard Center.
Holy City Swing instructors will guide attendees through choreography, plus, there will be sips and bites.
During Vegstock, Charleston Grill’s nightly menu will be inspired by the Lowcountry’s summer harvest and the work of our local farmers.