A Tiskit & A Tasket…Time To Bring Your (Picnic) Basket To Volunteer Park For Pride

June 12, 2013• bySeattle Gay Scene

Puh-leeze…these two were TOTALLY gay. “Boo Boo”? You don’t get much gayer than that…And, 2 “bears” running around grabbin “baskets” in a public park, being chased by a “ranger”? Sounds like the plot to a Titan video…

HEY! Pride isn’t just all about party twinks, muscle bears and drag queens parading around gettin’ drunk in corporate sponsored beer gardens! It’s also a time for FAMILIES to gather together pridefully in corporate sponsored pride picnics in public parks!

Yes, it’s already time for the annual Seattle Out & Proud PRIDE PICNIC presented by BECU which is going down this coming Saturday, June 15, 2013 from 11am to 4pm. It’s a rare bit of fun that EVERYONE can enjoy…grab the kids and your favorite Tranma! There’s food, entertainment and enough ants to devour a Smithfield ham. Here’s the skinny:

Join us for The 4th Annual Seattle Pride Picnic presented by BECU. The Seattle Pride Picnic is a chance for family and friends to come together in one of Seattle’s iconic parks and celebrate our amazing community.

All the fun begins at 11:00am on Saturday, June 15 at Volunteer Park in Seattle’s Capitol Hill neighborhood. There will be great food, live entertainment and activities for all ages. There will also be representatives from some great non-profits.

$1.00 donation for the picnic meal includes tacos from picnic sponsor Chipotle. Also provided are hot dogs, fresh fruit, salads, and beverages. Proceeds to benefit YouthCare and Food Lifeline.

Entertainment, Fun & Games

Firefighters from Seattle Fire Department Engine 25

Box-Car Derby Races by Rat City Roller Girls

3-legged Race

Seattle Storm Dance Troupe and Doppler

Tug A War

Performance by 2013 Seattle Pride Idol Winner

Thank you to our Pride Picnic Sponsors:

BECU – Presenting Sponsor

Amazon

Chipotle

Choke Shirt Compnay

Cupcake Royale

F5 Network

Rat City Roller Girls

Seattle Gay Scene

Starbucks

Everyone is welcome, so come join us on June 15 at Volunteer Park!
Produced by Seattle Out and Proud.

I hope you noted that Seattle Gay Scene is now a sponsor…apparently, we’ve joined the mainstream and we’re being embraced by the gay power brokers. (That, or they’ve lost their minds and the pigs have started flying and Hell is freezing over…) But, all kidding aside, we’re thrilled to team up with our friends at Seattle Out & Proud to present this event. Boozy events tend to dominate the LGBTQ social world, so it really is a good thing to also support booze-free, family friendly events as well. Not everyone in our Rainbow colored world drinks Fireball shots at 1am while wearing a jock strap and glitter pasties.

And, here’s the line-up of entertainment:

Picnic Stage Line Up 2013
Hosted by Aleksa Manila
11-12:00 DJ
12-12:45 Lavender Lucy
12:45-1:20pm DJ
1:20-1:40 Pride Idol Winner
1:40-2 DonnaTella Howe
2-2:30 Dance Troop
3-3:30 Kate Turner