PITTSBURGH PRIDE EVENTS
Wheels & Heels: Presented by Lyft: (8 p.m. Thursday): Drag Show Benefit hosted by Lola LeCroix, starring Sharon Needles (“RuPaul’s Drag Race” season four winner), Dixie Surewood (Miss National Comedy Queen 2018), Danyel Vasquez and Anna Steezia. 5801 Ellsworth Ave., Shadyside. RSVP at pittsburghpride.org.
Pride Rocks PGH: Walk the Moon at 6 p.m. Friday, and Toni Braxton and Rina Sawayana at 7 p.m. Saturday. Tickets are $39 each at pittsburghpride.org.
PrideFest (noon-6 p.m. Saturday and 1-7 p.m. Sunday): A free event with continuous entertainment on the Pennsylvania Lottery Stage at Fort Duquesne Boulevard and Ninth Street and on the stage on the North Side end of the Andy Warhol Bridge at Isabella Street. There will be 175 vendor booths, food, a children’s activity area, pet area and the Mylan Wellness Village. Performers include folk rock artist and transgender woman Namoli Brennet; Lena Jackson, a writer, rapper and poet from North Carolina; Bridge 19, a band from Louisville; Brave and Crazy, an all-female Melissa Etheridge tribute band; electric pop musician Joey Suarez; Melissa Otera, a Latin/pop singer from New York City; Princex, an eclectic Pittsburgh performer; and EDM artist Billy Winn.
The Equality March (12:30 p.m. Sunday): Starts at the Boulevard of the Allies and Grant Street and features nonprofit community partners, businesses, companies, first responders, law enforcement personnel and politicians.
The Pride Dance Party (7-10 p.m. Sunday): a new and free event featuring DJ and Grammy-nominated record producer and remixer Tony Moran. Fort Duquesne Boulevard and Seventh Street.