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Daily Email - Thursday - 5/7/2026

The countdown to Pride is already on, and honestly? Your June plans just made themselves. OUTLOUD Music Festival kicks off WeHo Pride Weekend with The Pussycat Dolls, JADE, Ava Max, Ashlee Simpson, Jess Glynne, and more at West Hollywood Park 6/5-7 for three days of pop, performance, and queer artistry. Want in? We got a pair of tickets with your name on ‘em!*

JUST ANNOUNCED

  • If your Pride plans don’t involve queer reggaeton and emotional support perreo, fix that immediately. Preciosa Night hits The Regent on Saturday, 6/6 with DJs, drag, go-gos, and pure chaotic hotness. Enter to win tickets!

  • Nathan Lane. Robin Williams. Conservative parents from hell. Celebrate 30 years of The Birdcage on Saturday, 6/13 at The Autry Museum! Win your way in and experience one of the funniest gay panic situations ever put on film.

  • The gays survived Coachella, but barely. Now Slayyyter’s adding another Shrine Expo Hall show after her desert domination. Tickets go on sale tomorrow, 5/8 at 10AM!

  • Hyperpop angel Tiffany Day is descending upon Don Quixote with her Halo Tour on Saturday, 9/12. Consider this your sign from the gay heavens. Tickets drop tomorrow, 5/8 at 10AM!

  • Three nights of Ninajirachi and MGNA CRRRTA at The Fonda means your November is about to sound like a Windows error message in the best possible way. Hyperpop heads, assemble. Get tickets!

QUEER & AANHPI-OWNED BUSINESSES IN LA

Photo: HOTPOT via Instagram

From bookstores and cafés to fashion labels and nightlife collectives, Queer & AANHPI-Owned Businesses are an essential part of LA’s cultural fabric. Celebrate AANHPI Heritage Month by supporting the people and spaces creating community, connection, and representation across the city!

  • HOTPOT - Where K-Town’s QTBIPOC crowd goes to sweat, whine, and lose feeling in their knees to hip hop until 2AM.

  • MAYUMI GOODS - From vegan face oils to incense and candles, Mayumi Goods brings queer AANHPI care culture into your daily routine.

  • QUEER LIBERASIAN - Part party, part fundraiser, it brings AANHPI talent to the stage and packs out dance floors all over LA.

  • LEMON PEPPER - Global dance party bringing serious heat to LA! Expect Jersey club, Afrobeats, baile funk, and nonstop movement.

  • COMMON GROUND MAHJONG - Brings together players of all levels for games that double as community-building.

THIS WEEKEND

Photo: Emergency Intercom via Instagram

😂 TOM 5/8 - ASIAN NATION at The Regent Theater

🆓 TOM 5/8 - FREE: MUAH! at Fountain LA

🎸 TOM & SAT 5/8-9 - MUNA at Shrine Auditorium & Expo Hall

💩 SAT 5/9 - EMERGENCY INTERCOM at The Palace Theater

🌭 SUN 5/10 - HOT DOG SUNDAY at El Cid

LOCALS ONLY

  • Queer art lovers, your Thursday plans are handled. DTLA Art Night is bringing stacked local talent, drinks, and good-looking people to KISO tonight until 9PM. It’s free, and significantly better than staying home pretending to “recharge.”

  • LA’s finally letting you take the train to the function like a real city. Metro’s opening new D Line stations tomorrow, 5/8 with free rides across trains, buses, bikes, and more through Sunday, 5/10. Take a look!

WIN (GAY) STUFF

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Tonight’s forecast: 72° and a 98% chance of flirting badly.