Friday, June 20, 2025
6:00–11:00 p.m.
Join us for our 8th annual Pride celebration in the Dallas Arts District, presented along with the Nasher Sculpture Center, Crow Museum of Asian Art, and Klyde Warren Park. This year, the DMA is celebrating the colorful and fabulous Texas cowboy culture with a little help from the Round-Up Saloon and the Texas Gay Rodeo Association. Grab your boots, your hat, and your best Texas Pride swag for a night of dancing, music, and art as big and bold as Texas!
Admission to the Dallas Arts District Pride Block Party is FREE.
The Museum will close at 5:00 p.m. and reopen for Pride guests at 6:00 p.m.
All guests will enter through the Main Entrance or Flora Avenue Entrance and go through a security bag checkpoint.
Special exhibitions require paid admission. Tickets for Return to Infinity: Yayoi Kusama are timed and available from 6:00 to 10:30 p.m.
Register for the free event and get tickets to special exhibitions here.
Resource Center “Sexy Health” HIV-Testing Mobile Unit
Eagle Family Plaza
Stop by Eagle Family Plaza and get free HIV and STI testing and information from staff of the Resource Center.
Temporary Tattoo Station
Eagle Family Plaza
Pick out a temporary tattoo from our custom DMA designs and wear your pride on your shoulder! While supplies last.
Pride Photo Studio: Dallas Loves You
Eagle Family Plaza
After applying your tattoo, step up to the DMA Pride Photo Booth designed by Dallas-based designer Ciera Oates with support from LGTBQ+ owend Watson Branding & Marketing: Made in Texas!
Hamon Atrium
In partnership with the Round-Up Saloon
Join the host of the Saloon Girls Show, Marissa Kage, in the Hamon Atrium for a lively game of Joteria! The Queer version of Loteria (Bingo) was created to share the history of the LGBTQ+ community in Mexican and Mexican American history. Learn, have fun, and win prizes!
Fleischner Courtyard
Hosted by the Federal Club at the Human Rights Campaign, come celebrate Pride month and help kick off the block party.
Eagle Family Plaza
Get creative and show your Pride! Stop by and decorate your own fan using blank fan templates and markers—draw anything that represents you, your identity, or what Pride means to you. All materials provided, and all ages welcome. Come show off your Pride in style!
Eagle Family Plaza
The DMA Cafe patio will have specially themed drinks and light bites for purchase along with custom photo ops, lawn games, music, art making, and temporary tattoos.
Hamon Atrium
Use your DMA Member wristband to gain access to an exclusive lounge just for members.
Art Studio, C3 Tower Gallery, Level 4
Workshop: 6:00 p.m. and 8:00 p.m.
Join artist Karla Ramirez-Santin for a drop-by tote bag decorating workshop centered around the theme of pride and personal expression. Customize your bag using a combination of embroidery and additional fabric, and sewn elements.
Karla Ramirez-Santin is a multimedia artist whose practice combines personal experience with collaborative methodologies to examine social issues such as gender inequality and immigration. Ramirez-Santin is currently a studio artist at The Cedars Union.
Two workshops will be offered on a first-come, first-served basis, and limited seats will be available. All materials will be provided.
Creativity Challenge: 7:00 p.m., 8:30 p.m., 10:00 p.m.
Compete in teams to re-create a mystery work of art from the Museum’s collection using a variety of surprise materials! During each session, our guest judge will select one winning creation to receive a special prize, but all will have an exciting time during this fun and silly event. Limit 12 teams per session; maximum of 3 people per team. All materials will be provided.
Badge of Pride – A nonprofit organization collecting and activating artifacts from LGBTQ+ history to inform, enrich, and engage the power of the contemporary Queer experience.
CinéWilde – Texas’s only monthly LGBTQ film series, hosted at the Texas Theater in Oak Cliff.
Dallas Police Department LGBTQ+ Liaisons – Through ongoing, proactive community-driven initiatives and engagement, LGBTQ+ Liaisons serve as an advocate for the LGBTQIA2S+ community to build trust between the Dallas Police Department and the community it serves.
Human Rights Campaign Voter Registration Station – HRC works alongside lawmakers and groups at the local and state levels all over the country to fight for LGBTQ+ equality.
North Texas TRANSportation Network – Nonprofit providing travel grants to North Texas families seeking out-of-state health care for trans and gender-diverse minors.
Resource Center – Nonprofit operating one of the largest LGBTQIA+ community centers in the United States. It also serves as a primary HIV/AIDS service organization in North Texas.
Unleashed LBGTQ+ – Known as the “Gay SXSW,” the annual Dallas event hosts speakers, panels, and performances from some of the biggest names in LGBTQ+ culture, including film, television, music, and business.
Dallas Holocaust and Human Rights Museum – Museum dedicated to teaching the history of the Holocaust and advancing human rights to combat prejudice, hatred, and indifference.
Headcount - A nonprofit on a mission to use the power of music and popular culture to register voters and promote participation in democracy. Head Count reaches young people where they already are to inform and empower. (Located outside on Eagle Family Plaza)
The OK2BX Film Festival is a yearly film festival dedicated to highlighting the voices of high school filmmakers. This sampler features the films in the 2025 OK2BX Film Festival LGBTQIA category along with the other winners in this year’s festival. All ages welcome.
In partnership with the Round-Up Saloon
Celebrate Cowboy Style with the Round-Up Saloon, the home of good times and good people in the heart of Dallas for 45 years. Join the Round-Up Saloon house dancers for performances and free dance lessons in the Hamon Atrium. Can't get enough? Catch their encore performance and lessons outside on the Dallas Arts District stage at 9:00 p.m.!
Hamon Atrium
In partnership with the Round-up Saloon
Meet one of the hottest country singers in Texas right now. Kameron Ross has been named the Best Male Performer by the Dallas Voice and Best Country Artist at the Dallas Entertainment Awards for the past two years. He was also a quarterfinalist on America's Got Talent.
Level 4 Landing, American Art Galleries
In honor of our Texas Cowboy theme, grab a chair and a pencil and sketch a real-life cowboy. Join the Texas Gay Rodeo Association to celebrate and honor the Gay Cowboy and Cowgirl!
Horchow Auditorium
CinéWilde, Texas's only monthly LGBTQ film series, presents short films followed by a conversation with a Dallas-based cinephile.
Meet at the Guest Services Desk
Join the President of the Dallas Chapter of the Texas Gay Rodeo Association for a lively tour of the DMA’s permanent collection newly installed in the Barrel Vault. Tracy Diaz, a.k.a. Ms. Karamel, will share some of her favorite modern and contemporary artworks from the DMA's collection. Boots and chaps not required.
Free tickets available at the main Guest Services Desk beginning 30 minutes prior to tour time. Space is limited and tickets are required.
Level 4 Landing, American Art Galleries
In honor of our Texas Cowboy theme, grab a chair and a pencil and sketch a real-life cowboy. Join the Texas Gay Rodeo Association to celebrate and honor the Gay Cowboy!
Hamon Atrium
Enjoy a unique and fabulous display of dancers from the Dallas ballroom scene. See classic Kiki Ball moves like Vogueing, Runway, and other ballroom elements. Watch the experts and then join in to strut your stuff on the runway! This year's theme is:
United Black Ellument presents: Texas Hold 'Em Ball!
Categories:
Howdy That's Pride: Show off your ultimate pride gear!
Rodeo Royalty Realness - Born This Way: You're beautiful, brave, and full of love. Strut the runway and express your authentic self!
Boot Scootin' Pride - Pride at the rodeo! Stomp the runway in your favorite boots, decked out in rainbow colors. Fierce is a must!
Wrangler Vogue - Open to all runway!
Meet at the Guest Services Desk
Join the President of the Dallas Chapter of the Texas Gay Rodeo Association for a lively tour of the DMA’s permanent collection newly installed in the Barrel Vault. Tracy Diaz, a.k.a. Ms. Karamel, will share some of her favorite modern and contemporary artworks from the DMA's collection. Boots and chaps not required.
Free tickets available at the main Guest Services Desk beginning 30 minutes prior to tour time. Space is limited and tickets are required.