Stuff To Do For Pride Friday: The Big Gay Soirée At The “Teal Building” aka Rplace

June 18, 2023• byMichael Strangeways

There’s a LOT going on this week because of LGBTQ+ Pride celebrations in Seattle and especially on Pride Friday, June 23rd. In fact, you can check out our BIG GAY PRIDE CALENDAR to find stuff to do every day (and year round for that matter). Go to https://seattlegayscene.com/calendar-2/2023-06-23/ to check out Friday’s events.

But, if you’re in the market for a chill, arty, more ‘grown up’ event, we might suggest checking out The Big Gay Soirée the closing night gala party for the fantastic art installation SEATTLE: CITY OF THE FUTURE which has been on display since the first of June. It was the cool art project that invited local artists to contribute works about their take on what Seattle and the surrounding area might be like in the future….with visions both idyllic and dystopic!

**Images from exhibits at Seattle: City of the Future**

It all takes place in what is now known as THE TEAL BUILDING at the corner of Pine Street and Boylston Avenue on Capitol Hill or what most of us still call it “the building formerly known as old gay bar, Rplace”. The building was bought by the folks who own the Vietnamese restaurant The Tamarind Tree after Rplace lost their lease during the Covid pandemic. The original plan was to open up a new restaurnant in that space but that seems to be on hold and in the meanwhile, it’s being rented out for various arts and entertainment type events.

The Big Gay Soirée is a chance to not only check out the space and the cool art but to sniff around the former stomping grounds for so many LGBTQ people….it should be a fun party and advance tickets are only $15 which is quite inexpensive for a Pride weekend event. There’ll be three levels of art to check out, some of it interactive plus live performances from Lady Sativa and the Drama Tops plus special guests…AND, two djs and opportunities to dance and drink and have a rip roaring time hopefully while wearing a cute outfit.

It’s going down on Fri Jun 23 2023 at 8:00 PM at 619 East Pine Street…snag those tickets at https://publicdisplay.art/tickets

Oh, and best to get them NOW at $15…the door charge day of is $25!

And, check out more on Seattle City of the Future at https://publicdisplay.art/city-of-the-future

About the Author: Michael Strangeways

As the Editorial Director/Co-Owner, Michael Strangeways writes, edits and does about a million other jobs for Seattle Gay Scene, Puget Sound's most visited LGBTQ news, arts and entertainment website now celebrating its 14th year as a media outlet. A semi-proud Midwesterner by birth, he's lived in Seattle since 2000. He's also a film producer who would like you to check out the Jinkx Monsoon documentary, "Drag Becomes Him" now available on Amazon.com. In his spare time, he gets slightly obsessive about his love for old movies, challenging theater, "otters", vodka, chocolate, "I,Claudius", Lizzie Borden, real books made out of paper, disaster films, show tunes, Weimar era Germany, flea markets, pop surrealistic art, the sex lives of Hollywood actors both living and dead, kitties, chicken fried steak, haute couture and David Bowie. But, not necessarily in that order.