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The Oklahoma City Pride Alliance hosts their official Pride festivities downtown the weekend of June 25-27. OKC Pride Inc.

Tags: Community & Lifestyle, pride, pride events, okc pride, okc pride alliance, 39th st pride

Tags: Best of Arts, Culture & Entertainment, My So Called Band, Nicnos, Superfreak, Uncle Zep, Weekend Allstars, Mike Hosty, Jabee, Kyle Dillingham & Horseshoe Road, Sophia Massad, The Dirty Little Betty’s, Joey and Heather, 98.9 KYIS, Lisa and Kent, 92.5 KOMA, Rick and Brad, 100.5 KATT, Shawn Carey, 96.1 KXY, TJ, Janet and JRod, 102.7 KJ103, Lyric Theatre of Oklahoma, Carpenter Square Theatre, Oklahoma City Ballet, Oklahoma City Philharmonic, Terre Rouge Burlesque, Greg Burns, David Bricquet, Denise Duong, Dylan Bradway, Jason Pawley, Festival of the Arts, Arts Council Oklahoma City, Heard on Hurd, Norman Music Festival, Oklahoma City Memorial Marathon, Paseo Arts Festival, Oklahoma City Memorial Marathon, Boots & Ball Gowns, Infant Crisis Services; Crown of Beauty Gala, The Dragonfly Home; Hero Awards, Oklahoma Humane Society; Red Tie Night, Paseo Arts Festival, Dust Bowl Dolls, Festival of the Arts, Heard on Hurd, Sonic Summer Movies, VZD’s Restaurant & Bar, 51st Street Speakeasy, Blue Note Lounge, JJ’s Alley Bricktown Pub, Saints, Chesapeake Energy Arena, The Criterion, The Jones Assembly, The Zoo Amphitheatre, Tower Theatre, Plaza Walls, Flamenco by Jonathan Hills, The Paseo Arts District; Life in the Light by Denise Duong, Film Row; New Zealand OKC Thunder player Steven Adams by Graham Hoete, Film Row; The OKC Ring, City Center, The Paseo Arts District, 16th Street Plaza District; Artspace at Untitled; DNA Galleries; Festival of the Arts, Arts Council Oklahoma City, DNA Galleries, Artspace at Untitled, Individual Artists of Oklahoma (IAO), JRB Art at the Elms, Little D Gallery, Oklahoma City Museum of Art, National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum, Oklahoma City National Memorial & Museum, Sam Noble Museum, Science Museum Oklahoma, 16th Street Plaza District, Bricktown, Midtown, The Paseo Arts District, Uptown 23rd District, Riverwind Casino, Grand Casino Hotel & Resort, Newcastle Casino, Remington Park Racing & Casino, WinStar World Casino and Resort, The Boom!, HiLo Club, Partners, The Copa, Tramps

A bill that would ban conversion therapy for minors passed out of committee this year after not receiving a hearing last session.

Tags: State, News, State news, Legislative session, Legislature, legislation, Capitol news, Oklahoma Capitol, state capitol, Jason Dunnington, Allie Shinn, conversion therapy, Youth Mental Health Protection Act, House Bill 3872, House of Representatives, Freedom Oklahoma, LGBTQ, LGBTQ+, gay rights, youth protection, lobbying, advocacy, Chelsey Branham, Kelly Albright

With touches of its history, Elmer’s Uptown provides live music, drinks and food for generations of fans.

Tags: Food Features, Elmer's Uptown, Elmer Kemp, Carl Kemp Sr., Carl Kemp Jr., Mario Long, live music, margarita, whiskey, nightclub, restaurant

Due to not being able to agree on a united plan, separate organizations will host respective Pride events.

Tags: Metro, News, community, community news, Pride, Pride news, LGBTQ+, LGBT, LGBTQ, LGBTQ+ news, LGBTQ news, Oklahoma City Pride Alliance, Pride Alliance, OKC Pride, Oklahoma City Pride, 39th Street District, 39th Street District Association, Pride on 39th, John Gibbons, Nickolas Potter, Hannah Royce, Lauren Zuniga, nonprofit, Pride parade, Pride festival, Pride Week, Opening Ceremonies, Angles, gay history, gayborhood, historic gay district, Downtown OKC, downtown, block party, David Holt, Jason Dunnington, James Cooper, JoBeth Hamon, Nikki Nice, Full Spectrum Future, Nick Marek, Nick Marek Photography

Wolf Parade brings Thin Mind to Oklahoma City.

Tags: Music Features, Music, Arts & Culture, art, culture, Wolf Parade, Tower Theatre, Thin Mind, new album, album, concert, Dan Boeckner, Apologies to the Queen Mary, At Mount Zoomer, rock, rock band, EP, Spencer Krug, Arlen Thompson, Dante DeCaro, Expo 86, Cry Cry Cry, live music, songwriting, lyric writing, Land of Talk, music feature

Atmosphere stops at Tower Theatre to promote surprise new album Whenever.

Tags: Music Features, Atmosphere, live music, Tower Theatre, Rhymesayers Entertainment, Sean “Slug” Daley, Sean Daley, Whenever, Anthony “Ant” Davis, Anthony Davis

A new restaurant concept in northeast OKC aims to become a family-friendly hub for black culture.

Tags: Metro, News, Business, northeast Oklahoma City, Kindred Spirits, Urban Roots, Quintin Hughes, Kindred, Octavia Butler, black business, black business owner, black culture, culture, Southern cuisine, African cuisine, local economy, EastPoint, EastPoint development, Intentional Fitness, live music, music, art, entertainment, culture, cultural hub, unapologetically black, black Oklahoma

Oklahoma’s average Municipal Equality Index ranking is 32, about half of the national average.

Tags: State, News, Oklahoma news, state news, Human Right Campaign Foundation, Human Right Campaign, HRC, Municipal Equality Index, MEI, Allie Shinn, Freedom Oklahoma, Jose Vega, Oklahomans for Equality, LGBTQ, LGBT, LGBTQ+, Norman, Tulsa, Oklahoma City, Edmond, Lawton, Broken Arrow, Stillwater, Moore, nondiscrimination, Stephanie Montelongo, human rights commission, Dennis R. Neill Equality Center

Online streaming and more touring headliners in OKC mean even less money for local musicians.

Tags: Music Features, music, live music, musicians, Elecktra, Mike Hosty, Graham Colton, The Jones Assembly, Mark McClellan, The Depot, merch sales, bar sales, sound engineer, Cain’s Ballroom, DezzGotSteeze

Death Valley Girls’ playfully morbid music resurrects the magic of rock ’n’ roll.

Tags: Music Features, Music, Music news, live music, arts, culture, entertainment, Death Valley Girls, Opolis, Deb Frazin, Darkness Rains, Dream Cleaver, Terrence McKenna, Bonnie Bloomgarden, Billie Holiday, The Gun Club, LA Weekly, Larry Schemel, Iggy Pop, Roky Erickson, Kate Clover

After one of its best years, Freedom Oklahoma readies to ramp up its advocacy for the state’s LGBTQ+ community.

Tags: State, News, Freedom Oklahoma, Allie Shinn, Jason Dunnington, Randy Randleman, LGBTQ, LGBT, LGBTQ+, Oklahoma, Oklahoma City, Norman, James Cooper, gay, Pride, Legislature, conversion therapy, unity, unity gala, gala, Devon Boathouse, Stonewall 50, Stonewall Riots, Chelsey Branham, Lawmaker of the Year, SCOTUS, Supreme Court of the United States, LGBTQ Oklahomans, nondiscrimination, interim study, advocacy, LGBT History Month, LGBTQ History Month, Gay History Month

Fiestas de las Americas celebrates Hispanic Heritage Month with a parade and festival.

Tags: Community & Lifestyle, Community, Fiestas de las Americas, CalleDos Cinco, Historic Capitol Hill, Hispanic Heritage Month, Parade of the Americas, Travel the Americas, Miriam Ortega, live music, family friendly activities, taco eating contest, scholarship pageant, mariachi, fiestas, fiesta, Stars Band, North America, South America, Caribbean, Central America, Capitol Hill High School Academy of Arts, Miss Fiestas, Fiestas Royalty

Edmond Pride returns to Hafer Park for its second year.

Tags: Community & Lifestyle, Arts and culture, community, Edmond, Edmond Pride, Pride, LGBTQ+, LGBTQ, LGBTQIA+, LGBT History Month, Jane English, Catrina Buchanan, John Stephens, Rupaul’s Drag Race, Farrah Moan, Scrappy Legacy, Kitty Marie Legacy, Hemi Starr, Crystal Beth, Alotta Vajeen, Shalula, Trinity Taylor, Trinity The Tuck, Shantel P. Mandalay, Lincka, Heart Shine Yoga & eats, Scott Bartel, The Clips n Hips, Lez Jaam, Drag Queen Story Hour, Oklahoma City metro, Hafer Park