Presented as part of the One City One Pride LGBTQ Arts Festival.  The evening begins with a social hour and presentations followed by the Dyke March and concluding with the Lavender Menace Celebration of Women. 

Formerly known as Purple Party, LA PRIDE has rebranded the free Friday night celebration as ‘Lavender Menace’, a nod to a group of radical Lesbian feminists from the 70’s who came together to fight discrimination. Today, Lavender Menace combines a community celebration of women with activism while honoring Lesbians who have paved the way for today’s TLGB community. Lavender Menace is a free event for all ages and genders and takes place in West Hollywood Park on June 6th from 5pm-12am. Continuing through the weekend, LA PRIDE is geared up to WOW attendees with this year’s unprecedented entertainment lineup, and new Festival experiences on June 7th & 8th.

Kicking off ‘Lavender Menace’ A Free Friday Celebration Of Women are two highly anticipated artists, both of whom have recently had career highlights, including a performance at the Grammy’s, to an adorable viral video that has gone on to reach millions of viewers across the world. Mary Lambert, best known as the powerful female voice on Macklemore and Ryan Lewis’ “Same Love,” headlines for the annual free event honoring women. Lambert recently stole the spotlight at the 2014 Grammy awards where a mass wedding that included all loving couples eligible for marriage took place on national television and made headlines around the world.

Admission is free. For more information, call (323) 848-6510 or visitwww.lapride.org or www.weho.org/pridemap.

Pride Ride will offer a free, safe, and convenient way to reach a destination in the City of West Hollywood during Pride Weekend, June 6-8. For more info, click here.

These are the street closures affected by Christopher Street West/LA Pride: 

The City of West Hollywood and Christopher Street West will host the 2014 LA PRIDE Celebration in West Hollywood from Friday, June 6, 2014 through Sunday, June 8, 2014. More than 50,000 people are expected to attend the pride festival.

Due to the PRIDE Parade, the following streets and facilities will be temporarily closed:

• West Hollywood Park will be closed from 8 p.m. on Monday, June 2, 2014 to 6 p.m. on Wednesday, June 11, 2014;
• West Hollywood Library will be closed from 7 p.m. on Wednesday, June 4, 2014 to 11 a.m. on Monday, June 9, 2014;
• West Hollywood Pool is currently closed for time-sensitive repairs and will reopen to the public on Monday, June 16, 2014;
• San Vicente Boulevard between Santa Monica Boulevard and Melrose Avenue will be closed from 7 p.m. on Thursday, June 5, 2014 through 10 a.m. on Monday, June 9, 2014;
• Santa Monica Boulevard from Fairfax Avenue to Doheny Drive will be closed from 5 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Sunday, June 8, 2014;
• Streets one block north and south of Santa Monica Boulevard (Fairfax Avenue to La Peer Drive) will be closed from 5 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Sunday, June 8, 2014; and
• Crescent Heights Boulevard from Romaine Street to Fountain Avenue will be closed from 5 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Sunday, June 8, 2014.

The City of West Hollywood will suspend enforcement of permit parking for Pride Weekend from 4 p.m. on Friday, June 6, 2014 to 7 a.m. on Monday, June 9, 2014. All metered parking will be enforced on Friday, June 6, 2014 and Saturday, June 7, 2014. Metered parking will not be enforced on Sunday, June 8, 2014 during the day of the PRIDE Parade. Attendees of festivities are encouraged to observe the boundaries of the City of West Hollywood; if parking occurs in the City of Los Angeles and/or the City of Beverly Hills, all parking restrictions must be observed.

Public Parking will be available at the following locations for a $20 fee:

Friday and Saturday Special Event Parking Locations:

• Kings Road Parking Structure, 8383 Santa Monica Boulevard
• Hancock Parking Structure, 901 Hancock Avenue

Sunday Special Event Parking Locations:

• Kings Road Parking Structure, 8383 Santa Monica Boulevard
• Hancock Parking Structure, 901 Hancock Avenue
• La Jolla/Havenhurst Lot, 1043 La Jolla Avenue
• La Peer Lot, 623 La Peer Drive
• Orange Grove Lot, 1114 N. Orange Grove Avenue
• Spaulding Lot, 7718 Santa Monica Boulevard
• Pacific Design Center, Melrose & San Vicente (Enter off of Melrose)

Pride Ride will offer a safe and convenient way to reach a destination in the City of West Hollywood during Pride Weekend. It will travel along Santa Monica Boulevard between Robertson Boulevard and Fuller Avenue, with 16 stops in each direction. For details visit www.weho.org/prideride.

For more information visit www.lapride.org.

For additional street closure or parking information, please contact West Hollywood City Hall at (323) 848-6400. For people who are deaf or hard of hearing, please call TTY (323) 848-6496.