In addition to all of the events and activities in the DC metro region for World Pride 2025 from May 17 – June 8, 2025, there are lots of great events happening in Arlington beginning on Friday, May 16 and lasting through June 30! You can find more Pride celebration events listed at: Ultimate Guide to Arlington, VA Pride 2025 Events | Arlington Convention & Visitors Service!
5/16 (8 PM to 10 PM) - Show Your Pride: Light Projection at Courthouse Plaza (FREE)
5/17 (6 PM to 10 PM) - Show Your Pride: Light Projection and Block Party at Courthouse Plaza (FREE)
5/21 (6 PM to 7:30 PM) - LGBTQ+ Mental Health Panel at Arlington Central Library (FREE)
5/25 (7 PM – 9 PM) – Flamy Grant, LIVE in Arlington! at Unitarian Universalist Church of Arlington (FREE)
5/28 (7 PM - 8 PM) - PRIDE Poetry Reading with Sunu P. Chandy at MoCA Arlington (FREE)
5/30 (7 PM – 10:30 PM) - 3rd Annual Arlington Pride Pageant at Hyatt Regency at Crystal City
5/31 (9 AM to 6 PM) – 4th Annual Arlington Pride Festival at Hyatt Regency at Crystal City (FREE)
6/3 (11 AM to 12 PM) - "Be the 'eye' in Pride" - Artist Talk with Lisa Marie Thalhammer at Courthouse Plaza (FREE)
6/3 (12 PM – 1:30 PM) - OUTstanding Pride Event & County Pride Proclamation at Courthouse Plaza (FREE)
6/3 (6 PM – 8 PM) - Rosslyn LIVE: Drag Show at Gateway Park
6/4 (10 AM - 12 PM) - Boss Up Your Business: How to Launch an LGBTQ+ Serving Establishment at Arlington Economic Development offices (FREE)
6/4 (6 PM – 7:30 PM) - Queer Joy Art Party at Arlington Central Library (FREE)
6/5 (8 AM - 9:30 AM) - Equality in Business: A Pride Month Breakfast Connection at Crystal City Sports Pub
6/5 (5 PM - 8 PM) - Love Wins - Freddie's Over the Rainbow Bar Crawl at 23rd Street in Crystal City
6/14 (10 AM - 11 AM) - Rooted Rainbow Yoga’s celebratory Pride Flow at Quincy Park
6/16 (6:30 PM - 7:30 PM) Education as a Form of Queer Activism at Arlington Central Library (FREE)
6/20 (1 PM - 3 PM) - Dance with Pride! at Lubber Run Community Center (FREE)
6/21 (11 AM - 4 PM) Pages of Pride: A Celebration of Queer Literature & Community at One More Page Books (FREE)
6/21 (7 PM – 9 PM) – Equality Arlington Pride Party at Astro Beer Hall in Shirlington (FREE)
6/22 (1 PM - 2 PM) - 5th Annual Penrose Pride Parade at Butler-Holmes Park (FREE)
6/22 (7 PM - 9 PM) - Drafthouse Divas: Pride Edition at Arlington Cinema & Drafthouse
6/25 (3PM - 6 PM) - Arlington County's Free Rapid HIV Testing at Shirlington Library (FREE)
6/25 (5 PM - 7:30 PM) - Pride Happy Hour & Drag Sing-a-long at Freddie’s Beach Bar (FREE)
6/26 (5 PM - 7 PM) - Arlington County Police Department’s 5th Annual Pride with the Police at Freddie’s Beach Bar (FREE)
6/27 (7 PM - 11 PM) - Safe Space NOVA’s 4th Annual Regional Pride Prom for local high school students
6/30 (6:30 PM – 8 PM) – LGBTQ+ Town Hall at Clarendon Presbyterian Church (FREE)