Pride Month 2025 is bursting with events across South Florida that highlight LGBTQ joy Indie Pride 2025 will take place on Friday, June 6, from 7-10 p.m. at the Sunshine Cathedral Center for the Performing Arts.

It is intended as a safe space for people of all ages to celebrate the LGBTQ community. It will feature live music from independent (indie) local bands, vendors, raffles, and resources provided by local nonprofit organizations. All profits will be donated to Pridelines.

PRIDE AND JOY

Indie Pride 2025 will take place on Friday, June 6, from 7-10 p.m. at the Sunshine Cathedral Center for the Performing Arts. It is intended as a safe space for people of all ages to celebrate the LGBTQ community. It will feature live music from independent (indie) local bands, vendors, raffles, and resources provided by local nonprofit organizations. All profits will be donated to Pridelines.

PRIDE AND MUSIC

Miami Beach Classical Music Festival’s summer concert series runs from May 31 through Aug. 31. It kicks off with a Miami Beach Pride Concert on May 31 and June 1 on Ocean Dr. and 12th St., and will be followed by Independence Day fireworks and a concert of patriotic music at Lummus Park. It will be capped off by an immersive Galactic Symphony from July 26 through Aug. 31 at Temple Emanu-El, where Miami Beach’s first permanent immersive theater will be unveiled in the grand ballroom of Temple Emanu-El, which has been transformed into a state-of-the-art venue with 360-degree projection mapping surrounding audiences in sight and sound.

PRIDE AND ART

Arts at St. Andrew’s will present “Equally Divine: The Real Story of the Mona Lisa,” at St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church in downtown Lake Worth Beach on May 30 and June 1. “Equally Divine” celebrates the genius of Leonardo da Vinci and explores the possibility that there were two models for Mona Lisa: a beautiful Florentine matron and a young man, an apprentice and lover of Leonardo. The show celebrates gay history not as marginal and closed, but as central and important in Western culture. Transgender actor Karmen Paley portrays both Leonardo da Vinci and Mona Lisa. The score includes Italian music from the time of Leonardo and works by 20th-century composers. Free and open to the public; a love offering will benefit Compass Community Center. For more information, call 561-310-3230.

PROUD TO BE CONTRIBUTING

ArtServe’s third annual Impact Awards, presented by Seacoast Bank, brought together South Florida’s arts and culture community for an inspiring evening of celebration, networking, and entertainment. The evening recognized four outstanding individuals whose work continues to shape and elevate South Florida’s creative landscape.

Michael Albetta was honored for his decades of civic leadership and unwavering dedication to volunteerism and community-building in Fort Lauderdale. Claudia Castillo was honored for her commitment to promoting cultural diversity and emerging talent through her studio. Jodi Jeffreys-Tanner was recognized for empowering local artists and expanding their reach through her leadership at Las Olas Capital Arts. Emmanuel George was recognized for preserving and sharing South Florida’s Black history through his filmmaking, advocacy, and the Black Orchid Foundation. 

To learn more or to get involved with ArtServe’s mission, visit artserve.org.

PROUD TO BE ACTIVE

The Broward Center for the Performing Arts has opened registration for its popular Adult Summer Performing Arts Classes. Some of the popular programs (mostly running for two months) are Improv: Creating Characters; Singing: Mastering Technique; Acting: Foundations; Musical Theater Singing; and Broadway Dance. Voted “Favorite Arts Program” by South Florida Family Magazine for seven consecutive years, don’t miss the chance to be part of this award-winning program! 

Call 954-468-2689 or visit Browardcenter.org/classes/adults.

PROUD TO BE WET

During Pride month, the B Ocean Resort’s Wreck Bar MER-LESQUE swim shows that serve body, beauty, and big queer energy, present its MERmen in a sultry, salty, and unapologetically bold “Love Is Love” themed underwater burlesque. It’s camp, it’s splashy, it’s every Wednesday in June. Doors open at 6 p.m. and the show begins at 8 p.m. Tickets can be purchased in advance or at the door for $40 each.