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Daily Email - Thursday - 04/10/2025

Whether you're desert-bound or enjoying the quieter city streets, we’ve got something for you to look forward to! Enter to win tickets to the hilarious Jake Shane at the Peacock Theater on Saturday, 5/17. Tents up, pussies!

JUST ANNOUNCED

  • Running this Saturday, 4/12, through August at The Huntington, Don Bachardy: A Life in Portraits is a bold, intimate look at queer identity and art. Over 100 works, 70 years, endless expression — buy tickets now!*

  • See Femtanyl, a transfeminine Toronto artist blending digital hardcore and WebCore music, Friday, 5/30 at The Echo! Tickets drop tomorrow, 4/11, at 10AM.

  • Rising indie rock sensation Blondshell is set to captivate LA this May for two nights with special guests Draag and Jahnah Camille! Get tickets.

  • Urzila Carlson’s Just Jokes Tour hits the Bourbon Room on Friday, 6/6. Enter to win tickets to see her hilarious, irreverent, and very Australian humor live!

  • Critically acclaimed drag artist Pattie Gonia stars in SAVE HER!, a drag show all about climate change and solutions, this June at The Bellwether. Win it!

HOW TO CELEBRATE 4/20 IN LA

LA has been a bud-friendly city for quite some time, so we celebrate 4/20 like no other! This is how you should be ringing in the highest holiday in 2025, from easter nug hunts to workshops to outdoor music festivals with smoke sessions.

  • GREEN QWEEN: Shop at this queer-owned dispensary spotlighting LGBTQ-owned brands including Cann, Stone Road, Drew Martin, and Sonder.

  • HIGH AF: Celebrate with Yes Ma’am and our favorite girl, Mary Jane, in the most lit sesh of the year!

  • BUDS AND BITES: An immersive market, sex ed classes, and BBQ at Pleasure Med, an iconic venue that’s hosted Miley Cyrus and Rihanna.

  • WIN: 420 EASTER NUG HUNT: Egg prices higher than your weed? The Great 420 Easter Nug Hunt returns to WeHo!

  • KUSHSTOCK MUSIC FESTIVAL: This festival goes beyond, incorporating music, art, and community into the 4/20 experience.

DOSTUFF, PROVINCETOWN BUSINESS GUILD, PRIDEAWAY STAYS PRESENTS:

YOUR DREAM PTOWN PRIDE GETAWAY AWAITS!

Enter to win a Flyaway to the most vibrant Pride celebration on the East Coast! We're giving our lucky winner (and +1) a monumental Provincetown Pride weekend filled with dancing, laughter, and pure joy.

YOUR FABULOUS PRIZE INCLUDES:

  • Tickets to the Pride Kickoff Dance Party AND Queer Comedy Showcase

  • Two nights of luxurious accommodations (June 6-8)

  • $600 flight credit to whisk you away to Cape Cod*

IF YOU HAVE COACHELLA FOMO

💃🏽 Preciosita: Tokischa Party

Tomorrow, 4/11 at The Virgil (9PM)

The streets are calling and Preciosita is ringing in spring with a little perreito and Tokischa! Enter to win a 4-pack of tickets, on us! (And all Aries get in free!)

💋 Chase Icon: Icon Baby Album Release Party

Tomorrow, 4/11 at Don Quixote (9PM) 

She’s an Icon Baby! You won’t want to miss this glam-packed night with Chase Icon, Fetish, Miss Luxury, Spellman Twinz, Miles Jai, Olive Ugly, WWG, and more. Use code ICONBABY to get $5 off!

😇 Fantasy Suite: 99% Angel

Saturday, 4/12 at Junior High LA (7PM)

Fantasy Suite is BACK with 99% Angel, a y2k-themed strip club experience featuring dancers too thick and queer for the conventional strip clubs!

🌃 HOTPOT Prom: Night Under the Stars

Saturday, 4/12 at Apt. 503 (10PM)

Reclaim your youth at Night Under the Stars, a second chance prom featuring sounds by D-Jane, Nights, Sarita Linda, and Chrysalis. Get tickets before they sell out!

👑 Alyssa Edwards: Crowned

Sunday, 4/13 at Belasco Theater (7PM)

Alyssa Edwards, RuPaul’s Drag Race: Global All Stars winner, takes her crown on a fabulous solo tour. Get your tickets for the Crowned tour today!

LOCALS ONLY

  • Our friends at Earthy Corazon are having a spring cleaning sale this weekend and that means 50% OFF all kinds of goodies! From accessories to crafts, decor, chucherías, and photobooth pictures too. In-store only!

  • DTLA Proud is hosting their first fundraiser for Project PBJ to continue making brown bag lunches for LGBTQ+ community members living in Skid Row, so join them and help grow the program!

  • Reparations Club is hiring! Roles include bookseller, events team, merch consultant, and more. Apply here by Sunday, 4/20!

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Get 25 of your besties to sign up for our newsletter via THIS LINK and we’ll give you $50 to spend on your next night out on the town. Now you can be the friend with the best party recs and also spare cash to buy a round of shots!

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