Pride ‘protestival’ returns to Pine Lake on Sept. 13

This weekend the LGBTQ group will gather in Pine Lake GA about minutes east of Decatur for an early start to Pride On Saturday Sept Pine Lake will transform into Pride Lake with drag art music and more Pride Lake returns to Pine Lake Beach and Park at Lakeshore Drive for its fourth annual protestival this year with the theme of Love Thy Neighbor The day s events include free yoga with Debbie Liam a self-defense class with Marti McCaleb a Pride march at p m and live music by Kris and Cheryl Tim McCleod Emily Backus Preston Woodruff and the Flying J s The night concludes at the Beach House with an drag show starring Ming Vase Dynasty Stilletto Mr Elle Aye and Ariana D Monroe at p m Attendees will also enjoy tarot readings by the Radiant Unknown art for sale by J Sutton Ceramics Lalah Manly and Awesome Crochet Pride merch from Odd Bird Gifts face paint by Color Me Jazzed and food and drinks from Luz del Sol Coffee Brick House Bake Shop and Tacos and Giggles View this post on Instagram A post shared by oddbirdgifts The event will be accessible two ASL interpreters will interpret the evening s shows If other accommodations are needed email pridelake gmail com before the day of the festival Pride Lake is a non-profit organization founded on the belief that Pride is for everyone even those living in small communities The organization has brought a Pride march and festival to Pine Lake over the past four years and hosts an annual Gayla benefit event in June This year s Pride Lake is supported by Atlanta Pride s grant initiative Pride Across the Peach State PrideLake was one of Pride organizations across Georgia granted money to patronage their events To learn more about Pride Lake visit pridelake org Related stories Atlanta Pride announces festival entertainment leaders sign on to LGBTQ center ambassador undertaking The post Pride protestival returns to Pine Lake on Sept appeared first on Rough Draft Atlanta