Every week until the end of August we will be highlighting a city in the UK or around the world that is celebrating Pride. This week we travel to Swansea for their special event Swansea Pride. | ||
| 16 May 2026 10:00 to 22:00 | Swansea Pride Wind Street to The Guildhall Swansea, West Glamorgan SA1 4PE |  |
| Click the event title, logo or here for more information about the event. 🌈 Don't forget, OutUK has the most comprehensive and accurate guide to UK Pride celebrations throughout 2026. | ||
| How ya'all doin' ya'all? OutUK correspondent Adrian Gillan rates raunchy ranchers and pumps barrels of creamy man-oil in Dallas - plus at nearby Fort Worth - down in sexy Texas! Yeeee… ha! Like things big? Texas may be the second largest and second most populous US state; but you'd have to rank it first for friendly attitude and beefy blokes who know how to boot-scoot 'n Stetson-swagger! Gay Dallas'll come out screaming for its annual Texas Freedom Parade which takes place in mid-September each year, and loads of other Dallas Pride events to enjoy around that time. But why wait 'til then? | |
SEEThere's more depth to Dallas than a mere 70s/80s TV soap! The infamous Texas School Book Depository is now the The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza, moving exhibition about the fateful day someone shot, not JR, but JFK. Sit at the window ledge and gaze down on history!The cultured queer will also enjoy the world-class collection of art and artefacts inside Dallas Museum of Art and Nasher Sculpture Centre & Gardens. Or enjoy a show or play in the new Dallas Arts District, hubbed around the amazing AT&T Performing Arts Centre with its stunning Winspear Opera House and flexible Wyly Theatre! Tour the gigantic Cowboys Stadium, at Arlington, just out west; or even pop into the LGBT-affirmative Cathedral of Hope. | |
Dallas at night. Courtesy: Dallas CVB EATTo fill a hungry hole, saddle up at Hunky's Old Fashioned Hamburgers, slap bang on the Oaklawn gay strip; a spit-and-a-spunk away from Black-Eyed Pea.Slightly further afield, Babe's Chicken is a no-frills, singing-waiters bring-a-bottle Dallas institution with freshly baked biscuits to die for. For something more classy there's fine-dining available at Central 214 part of the swish 70s retro-style lair Hotel Palomar. BOP 'N BOOZEDallas' main asset is its flamboyant, friendly, direct and sexy people! And that amazing Texan accent! So head straight for the Oaklawn scene, mainly along and off Cedar Springs Road! After you've browsed all the gay boy-toy stores then you can gawp at the gay-thronging 4123 Cedar Springs Apartments or its sister Park West Apartments on Douglas Avenue.Then crawl from bar-to-bar amongst a clutch within mere staggering range. Hole up at Round-Up - arguably the most friendly and distinctively Texan queer joint in town! Then gawp at the jocks busy flexing their pecs in sports, video and karaoke bar, Woody's; get lost in crowds at sprawling, stylish, newly-renovated bar-club with upper street-view balcony, JR's, next to lush lesbian-haunt Sue Ellen's. Try Alexandre's for live music and TMC - The Mining Company for cruising. Hidden Door Inc is a long-standing LGBT watering hole with a patio offering cocktails & draft beers, plus pool & darts. It's open until 2am most nights on Bowser Avenue. A tad off-strip, check-out the cheery, chatty Pekers; tucked-away, tiny tinny Tin Room, with yet more podium dancers; dark 'n cruisy leather 'n Levis, Eagle; or, down south in the Bishop Arts District, friendly Barbara's Pavilion, an earthy off-scene joint that only locals seem to know about. For dancing, hit vibrant, unpretentious cross-borders Mexican club, Kaliente; or try S-4, Dallas' largest regular gay club, with buzzing young crowd - complete with Rose Room cabaret venue, a favourite of Lady Gaga, no less! PRIDEOn Saturday 6th June 2026, the Dallas Pride Festival and Parade will be held in the heart of Downtown Dallas, taking over four major parks and introducing the event's first-ever sunset parade. The organisers have worked closely with the City of Dallas to navigate upcoming FIFA activities. This collaborative effort ensures the best possible experience for an event of this size.The Festival of Rainbows will kick off at 11:00 a.m. spanning Main Street Garden Park, Pacific Plaza, Harwood Park, and Pegasus Plaza. In a historic first, the Alan Ross Texas Freedom Parade will feature a new "Sunset Parade on Main" format. The parade will take place at sunset, marching down Main Street from 7:00 to 9:00 p.m. This free-to-attend parade will feature over 120 entries, including inventive floats, bands, and marching groups. STAYAway form the bustle, gay-wooing Crowne Plaza Hotel Market Center offers comfortable rooms, and an excellent restaurant. Alternatively, nearer the gay scene, try the massive, arty, high-end Hilton Anatole.WELL WORTH IT! | |
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Only a sun-crazed farm-hand would visit Dallas and not head a short ride due west to the cowboy-and-culture hub that is Fort Worth - one-time frontier garrison town for
naughty 'pioneer' pluck 'n plunder!
Stay at the massive, luxurious downtown Omni Fort Worth. Breakfast, or even a spot of lunch, must mean Paris Coffee House or the meaty patio of the Woodshed Smokehouse, on the banks of the Trinity River. Grab some pre-dinner cocktails at hip GRACE, then hit the veranda at much-lauded Ellerbe's Fine Foods, for freshest local and seasonal ingredients found in elegant, innovative and tasty farm-to-table cuisine. |
Stockyards Historic District. Courtesy: Fort Worth CVB |
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Just north of centre, the Stockyards National Historic District brims with sights, sounds and smells from the Old West, including
saloons, the Texas Cowboy Hall of Fame, and the Fort Worth Herd twice-daily cattle
drive - commemorating the old drive north to sell cattle in the markets up/out West. The Texas Cowboy Hall of Fame is TEMPORARILY CLOSED for refurbishment.
Don't miss Billy Bob's - the world's largest (6000 capacity) "honky-tonk", brimming with pool tables, souvenir shop, bull riding arena, over 30 bar stations and a restaurant. Also check-out the rodeo at the Cowtown Coliseum every Friday and Saturday. On foot, Heritage Trails historically guide you around other parts of town. Fort Worth Cultural District boasts several world-class museums, all within walking distance - most notably the Kimbell Art Museum, "America's best small museum", home to Michelangelo's first painting, amongst countless other masterpieces, plus amazing temporary collections; and the Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth, stunningly housing the second largest collection of modern and contemporary American and European art in the US. | |
| It's just 10 minutes from the Fort Worth Stockyards to Sundance Square, the downtown entertainment district brimming with shops, restaurants, theatres and galleries. Catch a show at the dazzling Bass Performance Hall, or at it's little brother, the McDavid Studios. Also in the area you will find the Fort Worth Opera, the oldest opera company in Texas and one of the oldest opera companies in the United States. |
Fort Worth Stockyards at night - Photo: typhoonski |
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If you are looking for a gay night out then go for Fort Worth's buzzing gay bar-club, Club Reflection. It's a low-key, spacious gay bar
offering cocktails & beer, plus a pool table, karaoke and dancing.
GETTING STEAMED UP! Club Dallas on Swiss Avenue is one of seven private saunas and gyms across the USA for adult men, and one of the best in Dallas. They have a commitment to promote health and provide a place for men to meet in a safe, healthy and fun environment.
Revised May 2026. | |