Wright said those silos need to come down, saying Pride and Juneteenth are part of the “same liberation movement.” Jadakiss plays the 2018 Juneteenth celebration in Five Points. Foster told us anyone who’s interested in joining their video parade can apply to do so by May 7.Ī solid schedule and more details on logistics will arrive in the coming weeks. And while people will probably miss seeing an in-person parade, their virtual format makes room for a lot more participation. To that end, each of the pride hubs will have some kind of capacity limit or ticketing requirement. The 2021 plan, he said, “was all about making sure our community stayed safe and as socially distant as possible.” While Foster’s glad many in his community are getting their COVID-19 vaccines, he said it’s still too soon to deal with thousands of people crowding together downtown. The Denver Museum of Nature and Science will also provide space for family-oriented programming.įor the second year in a row, we will not see any official PrideFest activities at Civic Center Park or a parade on Colfax Avenue. There will be “movie-themed activities” organized with help from the Sie Film Center. They’re planning a pool party at the Jewish Community Center in Hilltop, hosted by a drag queen named Laura Menorah.
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The “Smirnoff Dance World,” which usually takes up a patch of concrete at Civic Center Park, will instead groove on at uptown’s Pride and Swagger. Joe Foster, vice president of development and communications at The Center, told us they’ve organized a suite of “pride hubs” that divvies some of their pre-pandemic activities into spaces across town. The Center on Colfax announced that PrideFest will be a hybrid in-person and virtual affair the weekend of June 26. PrideFest is moving its usual Civic Center activities to different parts of town. They’ll be doing some virtual programming, too. Fear not, Denverites, both annual events will have on-the-ground presence in 2021.
Denver PrideFest and Juneteenth are two of the biggest signs that summer has arrived in this city, so their absences last year contributed to the overall bleh that was 2020.