Have the Audacity to…
RIOT!
The Capital Pride Official Opening Party
Friday, June 19, 2026
9:00 PM – 3:30 AM
Echostage, 2135 Queens Chapel Rd NE, Washington, DC
*Open to 18+ years of age.
Produced in partnership with
RIOT! is the Official Opening Dance Party of Capital Pride! This year, we are featuring the internationally famous BOB The Drag Queen performing a special DJ set. As if that is not enough, our headlining performer is Myki Meeks, a finalist of RuPaul’s Drag Race season 18! Additionally, we have assembled an amazing line-up of the region’s most talented performers and DJs! This is primed to be a completely remarkable experience to start Capital Pride weekend!
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, 57 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!
Tickets
Purchase your tickets early as this event will sell out!
*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 Pride365 Fund.
General Admission
$39 – Ally
$49 – Activist
$59 – Changemaker
$69 – At the Door!
Capital Pride General Package
$100
This Package Includes Entry To:
- RIOT! Opening Party
- Capital Pride Concert PIT Experience
- Grandstand Parade Bleachers
This package is available only to those who are 18+
Capital Pride VIP Package
$450
This Package Includes Entry To:
- RIOT! Opening Party
- Capital Pride Concert VIP Experience
- Grandstand Parade Bleachers
- Crack of Noon Brunch
- Official Main Event Saturday Party In Partnership with KINETIC Presents
This package is available only to those who are 21+
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.
Stay tuned for the full line-up!
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