RIOT!
The Capital Pride Official Opening Party
Friday, June 9
9:00 PM – 3:30 AM
Echostage, 2135 Queens Chapel Rd NE, Washington, DC
*Open to 18+ years of age.
Photo Credit: T. Logan Keown
A gigantic dance party featuring a star-studded drag performance line-up including Alaska Thunderfuck and Tatianna from RuPaul’s Drag Race, adult superstar Beaux Banks, and a crazy cast of DC’s most amazing performers: Blaq Dinamyte, Bumper, Druex Sidora, Evry Pleasure, haus of bambi, Jane Saw, Jaxknife Complex, KC B.Yonce, Mari Con Carne, Pussy Noir, SHE, and Samson. Combine all that with DJs Lemz, Honey, and Ed Bailey and this is primed to be a completely insane experience to start off Capital Pride weekend in DC!
RIOT! is a party named in homage to the awe-inspiring efforts of our ancestors. On June 28, 1969, following a police raid on the Stonewall Inn, a RIOT broke out, lasting for several days. A united queer community diverse in gender identities and race, including Marsha P. Johnson and Sylvia Rivera, unknowingly sparked a revolution of activism that would lead to the rights we have today. Now, 54 years after the RIOT that started it all, we can celebrate and dance and prance and strut, slay, death-drop, twerk, and werq, and generally be our own true selves because of the heroes who came before us. And now, faced with new efforts to criminalize our very existence, we need to rise up together again and declare “DRAG IS NOT A CRIME!” What better way to make that statement than to celebrate drag in all its forms with a performance night of epic proportions. Come join the insanity and dance the night away with thousands of your friends and chosen family!
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Thanks for coming out to RIOT! The Official Capital Pride Opening Party. Meet and Greet pictures are now available at the link below. Please tag us @CapitalPrideDC and show some love to the amazing photographer!
Photographer: Patrick B. Magee
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Purchase your tickets early as this event will sell out!
$25 – Ally (SOLD OUT)
$35 – Protestor (SOLD OUT)
$45 – Changemaker (SOLD OUT)
$50 – At the Door (Tickets not available at the door.)
$75 – Meet & Greet with Alaska Thunderfuck (THIS TICKET DOES NOT INCLUDE GENERAL ADMISSION)
*THIS EVENT IS 18+
*For fair accessibility, we ask that the lower ticket prices are reserved for those that are most in need in our community.
*No refunds or exchanges. All proceeds will go to the Capital Pride Alliance and the Pride 365 Fund.
Entertainment
We’ve stacked a line-up of both local, national, and world-famous queer performance artists to represent those who truly make up our crazy-talented inclusive LGBTQ+ community. Kick off your Pride weekend at DC’s largest Pride party and main event.
Starring Alaska Thunderfuck
A bizarre cosmic collision propelled Alaska Thunderfuck 5000 to Earth in March 1966… and on to the fifth season of Logo TV’s RuPaul’s Drag Race in January 2013. Still radioactive, no one knows who or what she is yet, but no one cares, as long as she never returns to her native planet. Her age and species remain unknown to the public, but a few of her enemies claim to hold copies of her spawning record and universal passport.
After her spaceship crashed in the Matanuska Valley, a remote part of south-central Alaska, the U.S. government recovered an emaciated… make that, an emancipated alien, with a 1972 issue of Vanity Fair and a can of Tab, or that’s how the story goes. Why she needed an Elmer’s glue stick, no one has determined. She refuses to acknowledge it was in her possession. Few believe the wreckage was really smoldering, since magazines tend to burn, and cynics wonder if she was actually held captive in a research facility, or entertained by the night watchman until he got bored with her in the 1980s. She’s supposedly on the run from officials, but everyone knows they take off their uniforms and sneak into the clubs where she performs. Some turned into groupies and hang around long after the shows are over.
Featuring Beaux Banks
Beaux Banks is an Internationally Published Model, Event Producer and Host, as well as a prominent advocate and influencer within the LGBTQIA+ community. Since 2016 Beaux has worked non stop becoming one of the most requested nightlife entertainers across the United States. Through his career he has won multiple Adult Entertainment awards for his studio work with Falcon Studios, Raging Stallion, Noir Male, Next Door Studios, Cockyboys, NakedSword, Men.Com and many other Studios.
Beaux has been featured and published also been featured in Out Magazine, Queerty, Men Crúze Magazine, Adon Magazine, and finally DNA Magazine. He also appeared in Quibi Documentary, “Sexology”. From 2017-2020 was signed exclusively to mens Underwear and Apparel Brand, Ive previously modeled “Andrew Christian” and is also currently a Fleshjack and Fleshlight Model. With his platform Beaux enjoys advocating for overall wellness, in an effort to ultimately uplift, and inspire confidence in others especially within the LGBT community.
Featuring Tatianna
Tatianna, is an American drag queen, musician, and reality television personality. He is best known for competing on the second season of RuPaul’s Drag Race and later the second season of RuPaul’s Drag Race: All Stars. Tatianna was announced as one of twelve contestants for the second season of RuPaul’s Drag Race in November 2009. During the show, she won the first edition of the annual “Snatch Game” challenge, playing Britney Spears in episode four. Six years later, she was selected as one of ten contestants for the second season of RuPaul’s Drag Race: All Stars, which was announced on June 17, 2016.
Outside of Drag Race, he hosted his own web show on WOWpresents called Tea With Tati which premiered in April 2018. He released his debut album, T1, in 2018. He announced on June 18, 2018, the release of a new fragrance called Choices.
Tatianna is generally considered one of the most beloved contestants in Drag Race history and has been a standout drag performer in Washington DC for over a decade having been a resident cast member for the twice weekly drag show at Town Danceboutique. Tatianna performed live with Charli XCX, singing a duet of Charli’s song “1999”. He portrayed Ariana Grande in the music video for Taylor Swift’s “You Need to Calm Down”. In 2019, Tatianna performed alongside Taylor Swift during her 2019 MTV Video Music Awards performance.
Music By
DJ Lemz
DJ Honey
Ed Bailey
Performances By
Blaq Dinamyte
Bumper
Druex Sidora
Evry Pleasure
haus of bambi
Jane Saw
Jaxknife Complex
KC B.Yonce
Mari Con Carne
Pussy Noir
Samson
SHE
The Capital Pride Alliance, through its stewardship of diverse programming and events, specifically year-round LGBTQ+ Pride festivities centered in Washington, DC and the National Capital Region, serves to celebrate, educate, support, and inspire our multi-faceted communities in order to grow and preserve our history and protect our rights for current and future generations. Learn More