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Pride Night
Celebrate our LGBTQ+ community at the Aquarium!
In partnership with The LGBTQ Center Long Beach, join the Aquarium of the Pacific in celebrating our LGBTQ+ community during Pride Month.
Enjoy a fun evening with your favorite animals and colorful fishes. This all-ages event will also include rainbow-themed activities and drag queen storytelling. Drag queen storytelling is a family-friendly activity where a drag queen reads a children’s book story with the aim of inspiring and celebrating inclusivity.
Pride Night is a celebration of local communities. During Pride Night, the Aquarium will be honoring an individual or organization for outstanding community service and promoting diversity, awareness, and acceptance. The Aquarium extends a warm welcome to all and envisions this event as an opportunity for people to come together, appreciate one another, and collaborate in protecting our ocean planet.
Programming
- Enjoy a children’s book story read aloud by Pickle the Drag Queen
- Snap a photo with an Aquarium mascot dressed in rainbow flair
- Swing by for a rainbow-filled Meet and Greet with The Pacific Pals
- Dance to music of our DJs spinning at Honda Blue Cavern and outside in Shark Lagoon
- Take in traditional Mexican music from Mariachi Arcoiris, the world’s first LGBTQ+ mariachi
- Check out our Seaweed Exploration activity to learn why seaweed comes in a rainbow of colors
- Learn about The Center and other local organizations that do important work for the LGBTQ+ community
Grab a snack at the Blue Whale Coffee Cart. Cash bars (for 21+ ages only) will be available throughout the Aquarium.
All exhibits and galleries will be open except for Lorikeet Forest. Exhibit lighting will begin to dim at 8:30 p.m. to ensure the animals get a good night’s sleep.
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FREE for Aquarium Members
Food and drinks sold separately.
EVENT DETAILS
FREE for Aquarium Members
Food and drinks sold separately.