YOUR WEEKEND: Parade, festival and other events planned at Las Vegas Pride celebration

The weekend is packed with events as part of the Las Vegas Pride celebration, featuring live entertainment, games, dancing and more. The yearly event marks the anniversary of the Stonewall riots of 1969, which sparked a civil rights movement led by lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgenger, queer and other activists with nonconforming sexual orientations and gender identities.

Friday
The annual Pride Parade is set to step off at 8 p.m. at Fourth Street and Bridger Avenue and end at Las Vegas Boulevard and Stewart Avenue. An after-party is planned for 11 p.m. to 3 a.m. at Firefly Tapas Kitchen & Bar at the Plaza, 1 S. Main St., for ages 18-plus.

The Shondes are among bands set to perform at Saturday's Pride Festival. The group is scheduled to take the stage at 8 p.m.

Saturday
The Pride Festival is scheduled for noon to 10 p.m. at the Clark County Government Center Amphitheater, 500 S. Grand Central Parkway. Admission is $15 for adults, $10 for kids 5-12 and free for children under 5. Performers are set to include The Shondes, Frenchie Davis, Kaci Batagglia, Momma Worthy, Matt Annecharico, Brendan Velasquez, Ashley Matte, Wilson Cruz, Fanny Pak and Shoshana Bean.

A Pride Festival after-party for ages 21-plus is set for 10:30 p.m. at the Bare Pool Lounge at The Mirage, 3400 Las Vegas Blvd. South.

Sunday
Events will include a Sin Sity Sisters Pride Bingo event, set for 5 to 7 p.m. for ages 21-plus at Goodtimes Nightclub & Escape Lounge, 1775 E. Tropicana Ave. The event will raise funds for Sin Sity Sisters’ AIDS Drug Assistance Program.

Additionally, a Pride closing party is planned for 10 p.m. inside the Beatles Revolution Lounge at The Mirage for ages 21-plus. Other events also are planned on Sunday.

For more information, visit lasvegaspride.org.