When does Pride Month start 2023? El Paso events to celebrate LGBTQ

Get ready, El Paso. It's time to make some noise for love and equality as Pride month arrives with a lineup of events.

From a lively parade to a local brewery creating a unique beer for the celebration, this month-long extravaganza promises a spirited experience for all.

El Paso Times' comprehensive guide is a ticket to a month-long celebration of events. Join the 18th annual Pride parade, experience Pride night at the El Paso Chihuahuas, and join the party during a bar crawl in Downtown El Paso.

Here's everything you need to know about the upcoming 2023 Pride Month, including dates and events in El Paso County. The guide will be updated throughout June.

Pride Month spans the month of June each year, this year beginning on Thursday, June 1 and ending on Friday, June 30.

Pride Month commemorates the 1969 Stonewall Uprising in New York and celebrates the LGBTQ community and the fight for equal rights.

The Stonewall Uprising began on June 28, 1969, when police raided the Stonewall Inn, a prominent gay bar in Manhattan's Greenwich Village. The subsequent protests over the next six days are credited with a shift in LGBTQ activism in the U.S.

The 18th Annual El Paso Sun City Pride Parade will start at 9:30 a.m. Saturday, June 10, starting on Mills behind the El Paso City Hall, to Campbell, and then Montana to Houston Park, 900 Montana Ave., where it will end. After the parade, there will be a parade picnic with music, food, nonalcoholic beverages and drag performances.

As Pride Month begins, the city of El Paso will display "Love Letters" at San Jacinto Plaza. Throughout June, residents and visitors can pay tribute to LGBTQ Pride in Downtown El Paso.

"Pride Month is a special opportunity to recognize the proud El Pasoans that make up its LGBTQ community. Our community is made up of diverse individuals who make El Paso a unique and accepting destination, one that welcomes all visitors with open arms and an open heart," said Jose Garcia, President and CEO of Destination El Paso.

El Paso's contemporary drag scene is highlighted through photography and costumes of local performers in a pop-up exhibit at the El Paso Museum of History in recognition of Pride Month.

The exhibit, titled "Drag in Focus: A Close-Up of El Paso's Drag Scene," showcases drag as a meaningful art form while honoring diversity and expression in the Borderland, the museum stated.

The pop-up exhibit will be on display through July 8 at the El Paso Museum of History, 510 N. Santa Fe St. Information: www.epmuseumofhistory.org

El Paso Locomotive FC will celebrate Pride Night on Wednesday, June 14, at the soccer match against Las Vegas Lights FC.

The first 1,500 fans will receive a free fanny pack. Gates open at 6 p.m. and kickoff is at 7 p.m. at Southwest University Park in Downtown.

Join the El Paso Chihuahuas June 22 at Southwest Univerity Park in Downtown as the baseball team celebrates Pride Month. The team will be playing Tacoma Rainers and will have specials for "Thrifty Thursday."

Special prices on the following drinks. Specials end 2.5 hours after the gates open.

Epic Bar and Nightclub will have an El Paso Chihuahuas baseball pregame party June 22 at 510 N. Stanton St.

Aurellia's Bottle Shop & Brewhouse in West El Paso will celebrate Pride Month with a limited beer, "Love is Love." The beer will make its debut on June 3, at the Sun City Beer Fest in Downtown El Paso.

The beer was brewed in collaboration with Sun City Pride and 100% of the profits will be donated to the organization.

The beer will be an ultra crushable lager, landing at 4.20 ABV. The beer will be available June 3 on tap and canned at the brewery located at 1620 Resler Drive.

The Alamo Drafthouse theaters in El Paso will bring back some films that celebrate LGBTQ+ cinema including "The Rocky Horror Picture Show." The film will be shown at 10 p.m. June 23 at the East El Paso theater, 12351 Pellicano Drive. It also will be shown at 10 p.m. June 24 at the Montecillo theater, located at 250 Montecillo Blvd. Tickets are $18.13, and $15.15, plus fees. Information: https://drafthouse.com/

Touch Bar will have several appearances by RuPaul's Drag Race celebrities during June. The first one will be Loosey Laduca from Season 15 performing June 3 at 11395 James Watt Drive. General admission tickets, standing only, start at $25. Table seating is a separate charge. Information: www.facebook.com/touchbarelpaso/

Other appearances will be Alaska, winner of the Drag Race All Stars, June 10; Sasha Colby, Season 15 winner, June 17; Alyssa Edwards, June 23; and Valentina, host of Drag Race Mexico, June 30. There also will be a Pride Drag Brunch featuring Elliott June 25. Information: www.touchbarelpaso.com

USA Today contributed to this report.