For Slaughter emceeing will include 16 custom costumes from his longtime design partner Darlene C. ‘Over the top’ĭeMarcio Slaughter, the festival’s emcee of two decades, said he and the main stage team have three years of pent-up ideas and acts ready to dazzle the crowds.
“People really want to get out and they really want to be with each other and be in-person,” Fuller said. Parade entries are also sold out for Denver’s festival, just surpassing 250, and vendor slots are nearly filled. The Center’s CEO Rex Fuller said it’s difficult to predict turnout, but Pride events elsewhere are indicating this year could be big. The lineup boasts pop singer Betty Who, the headliner on Sunday, as well as stars from RuPaul’s Drag Race - Kylie Sonique Love, Yvie Oddly and Silky Nutmeg Ganache. The last fully in-person PrideFest, which is produced by The Center on Colfax, had an estimated attendance of more than 525,000 people.ĭenver PrideFest will take over Civic Center Park on June 25 and 26. The festival went virtual in 2020 and became a hybrid event in 2021 amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
This year marks the first fully in-person Denver PrideFest since 2019, and organizers are cooking up a “truly over the top” celebration to mark the occasion.
