| Capitol Hill Pride Festival | |
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| Genre | Pride, LGBT |
| Dates | Last Saturday of June |
| Location(s) | Capitol Hill, Seattle, Washington, US |
| Years active | 1997 – present |
| Founded by | Charlotte LeFevre |
| Website | Capitol Hill Pride Festival |
The Capitol Hill Pride Festival is an annual one-day pride festival that is geared towards the LGBT community and is a prelude to the Seattle Pridefest event. CHPF takes place on the last Saturday of June every year, in the Capitol Hill area. The festival includes three music stages: La Cocina Santiago, Julia's on Broadway and the main stage. Ever since its debut in 2009 by director Charlette LeFevre,[1] historic performers include Leon Hendrix,[2] Jinkx Monsoon,[3] Eriam Sisters,[4] Mary Lambert,[5] and Massive Monkeys, with appearances by Jim McDermott, Ed Murray and budding local acts like DJ John Judge and Sarey Savy [6][7][8]
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History
As of 2013, the estimated attendance was over 30,000 attendees. Sponsors include Wells Fargo, Pride Foundation, Kelcema Productions and many others that are listed on the website year after year. To this day, Charlette LeFevre and Philip Lipson program the event.
References
- ^ "Pride Festival returns to Capitol Hill - City Living Seattle - Seattle, WA". Northseattleherald-outlook.com. Archived from the original on 2013-11-09. Retrieved 2013-12-04.
- ^ Report, Charlette (2010-06-24). "Leon Hendrix remembers Jimi through his songs - Capitol Hill". Blog.seattlepi.com. Retrieved 2013-12-04.
- ^ "PrideFest 2013 on Capitol Hill | The Daily". Dailyuw.com. 2013-06-29. Archived from the original on 2013-07-08. Retrieved 2013-12-04.
- ^ "Capitol Hill Pride Festival Highlights 2009-2012". YouTube. 2013-01-29. Retrieved 2013-12-04.
- ^ "Mary Lambert Spoken Word at Capitol Hill Pride Festival 2013". YouTube. 2013-07-07. Retrieved 2013-12-04.
- ^ https://web.archive.org/web/20131109221611/http://www.sgn.org/sgnnews41_27/pdf/section3.pdf. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-11-09. Retrieved 2013-12-04.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ^ "Seattle Gay News - Page 39 - Northwest News - Friday, April 19, 2013 - Volume 41 Issue 16". SGN. 2013-04-19. Archived from the original on 2013-11-09. Retrieved 2013-12-04.
- ^ "Seattle Gay News - Page 1 - Endorsements roll in for Murray - Nine prominent former Burgess backers announce their support - Friday, June 14, 2013 - Volume 41 Issue 24". SGN. Archived from the original on 2013-11-09. Retrieved 2013-12-04.
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