The events are planned to complement, rather than compete with, the third annual Orange County Pride Festival and Parade in Santa Ana, which draws more than 15,000 people and is scheduled for June 23.īut has the gay scene really fled Laguna Beach? And if it has, can this new tradition bring it back? There’s a sunset party opening night in Heisler Park, and a walking tour of gay cultural landmarks will be tied to the trolley stops. West Street Beach will offer endless volleyball games and a DJ. The famed Boom Boom Room, once part of an entire block of gay bars, opens again for just one night.
That was the rallying cry last year, when the city staged its first annual Gay Pride party, an event that returns in a more expansive form the first weekend of June.Īfter a decades-long lapse in the Laguna gay vibe, it promises to be a wild affair.