Celebrate LGBTQ+ History Month at Winchester Pride at the MSV! Enjoy free site-wide admission, music, vendors and information booths, presentations, drag performances, activities, and photo opportunities—including the Virginia is for Lovers Pride LOVEwork! Food and drink will be available for purchase.
Schedule of Events
10 a.m.–5 p.m. | Free site-wide admission
Explore the galleries, gardens, and Glen Burnie House for FREE, and stop by the Virginia is for Lovers Pride LOVEwork for a photo.
10 a.m.–5 p.m. | Vendors & Information Booths
Shop for candles, jewelry, crafts, and more, explore community resources, and stop by for “Mom Hugs.” Nearly 50 vendors and booths represent local artists, businesses, nonprofit and faith-based organizations, and advocacy groups supporting the LGBTQ+ community. Winchester’s AIDS Response Effort (ARE) will also offer free, private, and confidential STI/HIV testing throughout the day (Makerspace Studio). Click here to see the <a href="http://list.
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Vendors will be on the patio and in front of the galleries building
10:30–11:30 a.m. | One Valley, Many Voices: Banner Exhibition Unveiling & Talk
Reception Hall and Museum Lobby
Celebrate the unveiling of One Valley, Many Voices, the MSV’s new traveling banner exhibition exploring the region’s LGBTQ+ history, with MSV Curator of Collections Nick Powers. His talk will introduce the display and highlight often-unrecognized stories of the Shenandoah Valley’s queer history from the 18th century to today. Click here to learn more about the MSV’s queer history.
11:30 a.m.–noon | DJ Set
Main Stage
Noon–12:45 p.m. | From Face to Stage: A Live Makeup Transformation
Go behind the scenes of drag with Stormi Skye, Chasity Vain, Ava Rage, and Emerald Envy in this panel discussion & presentation. Watch a live makeup transformation, hear backstage stories, and discover performance tips, with time for audience questions. Click here for <a href="http://details.
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1–1:45 p.m. | Pride Storytime
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2–2:30 p.m. | DJ Set
Main Stage
2:30–4 p.m. | Drag Performances
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4:15–4:45 p.m. | Balloon Art with Lady Bladie
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4:30–5 p.m. | DJ Set
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All Day! Free Activities for All Ages
Search the gardens for eight gnomes wearing shirts in the colors of the rainbow, follow a rainbow-themed scavenger hunt through the newly opened Gateways exhibition, “Grow Your Pride” by making a seed bomb with a mix of U.S. native annual and perennial flower seeds to plant for spring blooms, and more!
Stop for “Mom Hugs,” enter a free drawing in the Museum Store to win a package of Pride merchandise, and see a special Pride-focused display of objects from the MSV collection in the Shenandoah Collection Spotlight case in the gallery-level lobby.
Food & Drink vendors: Billy Sous, Laura’s Lemons, Krazy Taterz, Josephine’s Kitchen, and Winchester Brew Works.
Pride at the MSV, its activities, and admission to the galleries and gardens—including the Earth & Sky exhibition and the newly opened exhibition Gateways: African American Art from the Key Collection—are free to all thanks to sponsor Procter & Gamble. Food and drink will be available for purchase. No outside food, drinks, coolers, or pets. Bring a chair or blanket for the drag show.
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