In partnership with The LGBTQ Center Long Beach, join the Aquarium of the Pacific in celebrating our LGBTQ+ community.
Enjoy a fun evening with your favorite animals and colorful fishes. This event for all ages will also include drag queen storytelling, rainbow enrichments with the animals, and much more.
Pride Night is a celebration of our diverse community. As with all of our cultural and community festivals, we welcome everyone and hope this event brings people together to appreciate each other and work together to protect our ocean planet.
Programming
Rainbow Animal Enrichments
See our Animal Ambassadors in the Great Hall with rainbow animal treats and activities that provide them fun enrichment and benefits their overall care.
Drag Queen Storytelling
Enjoy a family-friendly activity where Pickle the drag queen reads a book to children in the Ocean Theater. This activity is in partnership with Drag Queen Story hour, a literary non-profit that uses the art of drag in children’s story hours to spread literacy, love, and acceptance.
Enjoy a children’s story read by a drag queen. Photo Credit: Pickle the Drag Queen
Pacific Pals Meet and Greet
Snap a photo with our fabulous Pacific Pals decked out in their rainbow gear.
Dance, Dance, Dance
Get ready dance to the tunes of our DJ spinning in front of the beautiful Honda Blue Cavern.
The LGBTQ Center Long Beach
Learn all about The Center and the important work they do for the LGBTQ+ community here in Long Beach, including meet-up groups for youth, adults, and seniors.
For more information, go to: https://www.aquariumofpacific.org/events/info/pride_night