Boston Mayor Martin J. Walsh joins a host of special guests to flip the switch and light up the 2016 Boston Pride Lights tonight, June 7. The illumination celebration takes place from 6:30 p.m. until dusk at the Boston Center for the Arts Plaza, located at 539 Tremont St. But even if you miss the lighting of the lights, you can catch them twinkling every evening through Pride Week (June 5 to 12) and, says one Boston Pride official, most likely throughout the month.
The illumination event is free and open to all, and it includes: access to the BCA’s current exhibition “Queer Threads,” including “Performing Threads,” an exhibition inspired Performance Art by the Boston LGBTQIA Artist Alliance in the Mills Gallery starting at 6:30 p.m.; live entertainment on the Plaza beginning at 7:30 p.m.; the tree lighting at dusk; and a champagne toast following the tree lighting in the BCA’s Mills Gallery for guests ages 21 and over.
Pride Lights is sponsored in partnership by Boston Pride and the City of Boston. For a full line-up of Boston Pride events, including the Boston Pride Parade (Saturday, June 11), check out the official Pride calendar.
