2026 Gothic Pride Seattle Pageant

Gothic Pride Seattle is bringing back its pageant on Sunday, October 11, at LeFaux Playhouse at Julia's on Broadway. It's a return for the event, and this time it's set up as a party before the clubs, so it works as a pregame for whatever else you've got planned for the night. The pageant is hosted by Gothic Pride Seattle, Chuckie Bear, and Olushola Bolonduro, who'll be running the show.

If you're not familiar, the pageant is part of Gothic Pride Seattle's broader presence in the city's goth and queer scenes. It's a runway-style competition where people show off their best dark attire, and the whole thing is hosted by the community rather than a corporate promoter. Having Chuckie Bear and Olushola Bolonduro on the mic gives you a good sense of the energy they're going for—this is a community-led night, not a formal gala. The "party before the clubs" framing is the key detail here: the pageant is the main event, but it's meant to kick off a longer night of dancing, so it's as much about the social side as it is about who takes home the title.

It's happening in Capitol Hill, which makes it easy to slide into the nearby clubs afterward. The pageant starts at 5 PM, so you're in and out well before the late-night spots really hit their stride. If you've been following Gothic Pride Seattle's other events, this is the one where the focus shifts to the runway and the community showing up in full dress. It's a Sunday, so it's a bit of a different pace than the usual weekend club run, and the early start time means you can still make it out to the dance floor later on. The pageant runs on Sunday, October 11, at 5 PM at LeFaux Playhouse at Julia's on Broadway.