{"id":256138,"date":"2026-06-05T05:32:07","date_gmt":"2026-06-05T05:32:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/256138\/"},"modified":"2026-06-05T05:32:07","modified_gmt":"2026-06-05T05:32:07","slug":"pride-is-alive-drag-queens-pcpa-dance-wine-brunch-and-more-celebrate-the-season","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/256138\/","title":{"rendered":"Pride is alive: Drag queens, PCPA, dance, wine, brunch, and more celebrate the season"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"has-drop-cap wp-block-paragraph\">June means one thing for the LGBTQ-plus community across the Central Coast and beyond: It\u2019s Pride Month! That translates to events in Santa Maria and San Luis Obispo that celebrate the season, including drag shows, concerts, and even plays. For our annual Pride issue, Senior Staff Writer Caleb Wiseblood talks to PCPA about Pride Nights and the themes that come with them, intern Katy Clark speaks with Central Coast drag queens about performing and why it\u2019s important, and gayraoke at the Maverick Saloon in Santa Ynez.<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-right wp-block-paragraph\">\u2014Camillia Lanham<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-right wp-block-paragraph\">By Caleb Wiseblood<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-right wp-block-paragraph\">By Katy Clark<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-right wp-block-paragraph\">By Madison White<\/p>\n<p>Celebrate Pride Prom in Buellton<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-right wp-block-paragraph\">By Madison White<\/p>\n<p class=\"collection-link has-small-font-size\">This article appears in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.santamariasun.com\/collections\/june-4-june-11-2026\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">June 4 \u2013 June 11, 2026<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\n\tRelated\n<\/p>\n<p>Because Truth Matters: Invest in Award-Winning Journalism<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"font-size:20px\">Dedicated reporters, in-depth investigations &#8211; real news costs. Donate to the Sun&#8217;s journalism fund and keep independent reporting alive.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"June means one thing for the LGBTQ-plus community across the Central Coast and beyond: It\u2019s Pride Month! That&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":256139,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[37],"tags":[9,24,63,122,124,123],"class_list":["post-256138","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-queens","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-nyc","tag-queens","tag-queens-headlines","tag-queens-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/256138","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=256138"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/256138\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/256139"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=256138"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=256138"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=256138"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}