The streets of West Hollywood are about to get a lot more vibrant – and a lot less car-friendly – this weekend as the city prepares to celebrate WeHo Pride 2024. With headliners like Kylie Minogue, Janelle Monáe, and Diplo ready to take the stage, the Outloud Music Festival is set to be a highlight of this rainbow-studded extravaganza. So if you're looking to maneuver those West Hollywood roads, think again. Major street closures are starting to kick in, and they're gonna stretch through the duration of the weekend festivities, KTLA reported.
Starting on Friday, westbound lanes of Santa Monica Boulevard are set to be shut down from La Cienega Boulevard to Doheny Drive at noon, and won't throw those barricades aside until 7 a.m. Monday, reported NBC Los Angeles. And if you thought navigating just got complicated, brace to hit the brakes, because starting on Sunday at 5 a.m., Santa Monica Boulevard will fully close from Fairfax Avenue to Doheny Drive for the much-anticipated Pride Parade, which is not planning to free up those streets until 5 p.m. the same day.
The city is not just about to pleasantly parade without mention of the practicalities. West Hollywood is lifting all parking permit requirements starting Friday afternoon. However, don't forget to feed those meters because those will indeed be enforced. For revelers looking to park their pride and their cars, several parking facilities, including the West Hollywood Park structures and the Robertson parking lot, will face closures through Monday, as documented by FOX LA.
If you're planning to enjoy the weekend's events, which include not just the concerts but the Women's Freedom Festival and the annual Dyke March, you might want to consider leaving the car at home. The city is offering a solution for the transportation turmoil: Pride Ride shuttle buses will try to ease some pain by shuttling festival-goers along Santa Monica Boulevard and to the Hollywood & Highland Metro Station at select times during the weekend, according to KTLA.
Join the crowds, drag on your dancing shoes, and be prepared to embrace the detours – this is WeHo Pride, an annual tradition since 1979, five years before the city of West Hollywood even adopted its cityhood. It's a celebration that's grown alongside the city's reputation as a powerhouse of LGBTQ advocacy and a beacon of inclusiveness, as FOX LA encompassed their report. This is WeHo's bold statement of Pride and all are welcome to join the show – just maybe not in their cars.
