Back for its seventh year, the homegrown Wynwood Pride festival is bigger than ever before, serving four jam-packed weekends of scintillating events in Wynwood and beyond. Solar Flair kicks things off at the Arlo Wynwood rooftop, where FKA Twink (aka Miss Wynwood Pride 2024) will perform alongside Gia Gunn of RuPaul’s Drag Race fame. The leggy lip-syncing legend herself, Naomi Smalls, will headline a show on June 13th in partnership with Freddie, an online PrEP clinic with free healthcare services. Ballroom culture heads to Willy’s on Friday, June 27th, and a secret pool party rounds out the festival on Saturday, June 28th.
Of all the fabulous happenings this year, the pièce de résistance is BIG WIG, a brand-new, two-day drag extravaganza that pairs Drag Race royalty with local rising stars and stellar live music. “One of our biggest strengths [at Wynwood Pride] is and always has been highlighting emerging talent,” says festival co-founder Jor-El Garcia. “We wanted to go back to our roots as a music festival, and local queer talent is heavily intrinsic to that. It’s what we’re built on, and honestly, the reason we started all of this, because there’s such a rich, clear talent here in Miami.”
Catch the queens and all the debauchery June 1st to June 28th, and stay tuned to Instagram for more BIG WIG surprises.