There are five parties across Houston over three days featuring nine international DJs during the weekend of June 25-27. Houston Pride WeekendĭNVRMX has a jam-packed weekend planned for Houston Pride 2021. Photo identification must be presented at the door, and entry is limited to adults age 18 and older. Tickets are non-transferable and non-refundable. Tickets are on sale for $20 and will be $25-30 at the door. The event will feature local circus performers, an artist market and food from local vendors. Saturday, June 19 at Numbers Nightclub on 300 Westheimer Road in Houston. Kinky Collective and Numbers Nightclub are teaming up for Kinky Circus and Artisan Market Pride Party at 9 p.m. in the Michelob Ultra Club and pregame ceremonies. There will be pregame festivities before the game to celebrate the Houston LGBTQ community, including a happy hour from 5-7 p.m. The Astros are playing the Texas Rangers with first pitch set for 7:10 p.m.
Tickets and the add-on can be purchased online. The Houston Astros are hosting their first Pride Night promotion since 2010 on June 16 at Minute Maid Park and are offering fans the opportunity to purchase a Houston Astros Pride short-sleeved hoodie as an add-on to ticket purchases.
Admission to the biergarten is free and open to the public. Karbach will be hosting vendors from Pride Houston in its outdoor biergarten behind the restaurant. Sunday, June 13, at Karbach Brewery, located at 2032 Karbach St. Take down a pint of Love Street and support LGBT vendors at the Pride Market & Biergarten Party from 11 a.m.-6 p.m. "I call it 'the high-five of life.The talent showdown should prove to be a fierce battle, and is the grand finale of the event, starting at 7 p.m. "Now when something great happens in life, people do the high-five," his sister Lutha Davis says. Though his career and life were cut short, his legacy lives on at every Little League game and post-sales-presentation happy hour across the country and around the world. His obituary read that at the end of his life, the man who invented the high-five "could barely lift his arm." Two years later, he passed away after a rapid decline. The former outfielder struggled with drugs, and in 1993, he tested positive for HIV. Smith called the high five a "defiant symbol of gay pride." He became known around the Castro as a neighborhood figure, and in 1982, he came out in Inside Sports magazine, where writer Michael J. He was demoted to Triple-A ball in 1980, and retired at age 27.īut Burke found solace while playing in a San Francisco softball league, and dominated the Gay Softball World Series. Eventually Burke was later traded to the Oakland A's where he faced discrimination and harassment from teammates, especially under manager Billy Martin, according to ESPN. He often chewed Burke out and continuously denied that his son was gay. And the rest, as they say, is history.īurke was known as the "soul" of the Dodger Clubhouse, even while possibly carrying on a relationship with the son of baseball legend and then-Dodger manager Tommy Lasorda. When he returned to the dugout, Baker gave him a high five. Right after, Burke then hit his first major league home run during his at-bat. It seemed like the thing to do," said Baker, who is now managing the Cincinnati Reds according to The Week. Baker felt the instinct to slap palms, and so he did. As his teammate came back from rounding the bases, Burke thrust his hand in the air. Left fielder Dusty Baker just hit his 30th home run, putting them ahead of the Astros and into the playoffs. Known as "King Kong" for his massive biceps and stunning physique, Burke waited on deck for his chance at bat on an Octogame against the Houston Astros.
There are several accounts of when the high five was invented, but many lead back to the Los Angeles Dodgers, and outfielder Glenn Burke. But did you know that this gesture was probably invented by a gay man? In fact, today is National High Five Day, essentially a fun way to raise funds for cutting-edge cancer research. The high five is the official greeting of locker rooms, sports stadiums, and fraternity houses everywhere.