JUNE 6th 2026
12PM - 5PM
2026 Pride Stage
Meet the performers bringing Port Townsend Pride to life. From music and drag to spoken word and beyond, this lineup reflects the creativity, joy, and power of our local 2SLGBTQIA+ community.
12:15 Opening Ceremony
12:30 Uncle Daddy and The Playful Pets
1:40 Guest Speaker Marsha Botzer
1:45 Drag Storytime in the Kid Zone
2:00 SHONGEDZAI
2:15 Ember and Jade
2:30 Guest Speaker Martha Trolin
2:45 Country Queers Variety Hour
3:30 Rhoda Gravel Drag Performance
3:40 Chloroform Rags
4:15 Boat Parade Awards
4:30 Drag Extravaganza
ASL interpretation will be provided for all Main Stage events and performances
Performers
Uncle Daddy and The Playful Pets
12:30
A Port Townsend favorite, Uncle Daddy and The Playful Pets are a heart-throbbin’, heartbreakin’ honky tonk band bringing country songs from decades past to present day favorites. Get ready for classic sounds, big feelings, and a whole lot of toe-tappin’ charm.
SHONGEDZAI
2:00
A Port Townsend vocalist and artist sharing soulful, southern-inspired melodies in the PNW. Drawing on their Shona name and heritage, they bring a powerful ancestral presence and emotional depth to every performance.
Jade and Ember
2:15
A folk-inspired duo formed at Port Townsend High School, Ember and Jade blend heartfelt harmonies and modern folk covers into intimate performances rooted in friendship, creativity, and a shared love of music.
Chloroform Rags
3:40
Straight out of Port Townsend High School, Chloroform Rags is a high-energy punk band blending ska, folk, and rock influences. Made up of Ben Shafer, CJ Fisher, Sol Kennedy, and Zeke Banks, they deliver original songs and creative covers that will blow your mind.
Country Queer Variety Hour
2:45
BOBBY4BOBBY
Bobby4Bobby is a Chimacum-based performance duo and real life married transgender couple blending drag, clowning, storytelling, and psychedelic performance art into unforgettable celebrations of rural queer life. Through extravagant handmade costumes, bold characters, and heartfelt performances, Bobby Lee and Bobby Rae create joyful, genre-bending shows that center community, creativity, and queer expression across the Olympic Peninsula.
VERTIGO
Vertigo is a Chimacum-based drag performer known for wild concepts, massive personality, and unapologetic glamour. Blending camp, comedy, beauty, and chaos into every performance, she has become a standout presence across Washington’s drag scene. Through bold artistry and high-energy performances, Vertigo brings vibrant trans joy and unforgettable queer creativity to every stage she steps onto.
Epona Rose
Epona Rose and the Flowering Dark is a performance project rooted in poetic storytelling, animistic devotion, and emotional vulnerability. Through bardic performance and reflective narrative, they explore themes of love, grief, belonging, authenticity, and the mysteries of human connection, creating deeply immersive and heartfelt experiences for audiences.
Adele Hampton
Adele Hampton is a queer, BIPOC, non-binary poet and spoken word artist whose work explores identity, emotion, and selfhood through powerful and deeply personal performance. Their poetry blends vulnerability, intensity, and vivid storytelling, creating performances that are both intimate and unforgettable. Adele has performed internationally at renowned venues across the UK and United States, bringing their dynamic voice and perspective to audiences around the world.
Lavender Lemonade
Lavender Lemonade is a drag performer, storyteller, and community artist known for bringing playful charm, vibrant energy, and heartfelt queer joy to every performance. Blending humor, creativity, and theatrical flair, their work celebrates imagination, self-expression, and the power of community connection. Whether performing on stage or leading Drag Story Time in the Kid Zone at 1:45, Lavender Lemonade creates welcoming and engaging experiences for audiences of all ages that are colorful, expressive, and full of warmth.
Drag Extravaganza
4:30
Vertigo
Vertigo is the creative force behind Port Townsend Pride’s Drag Extravaganza, curating a high-energy finale that celebrates the artistry, chaos, glamour, and joy of drag performance. Known across Washington for her bold concepts, unforgettable looks, and magnetic stage presence, Vertigo brings together performers from across the region to create a finale that is vibrant, unapologetic, and wildly entertaining. With a unique blend of camp, beauty, humor, and heart, she continues to push queer artistry forward while creating space for trans joy, community, and fearless self-expression.
TYRANNY
Jay Soper-Serkowski is a Port Townsend-based drag artist, musician, actor, and performer whose work blends theatricality, striking visuals, and expressive performance into unforgettable drag. Drawing from a background in theatre and music, they combine bold makeup, unique fashion, and performance art to create captivating and emotionally charged stage experiences. A returning favorite at Port Townsend Pride, they bring fierce creativity, queer artistry, and unapologetic self-expression to every performance.
Rhoda Gravel
Michael Lowe’s drag persona, Rhoda Gravel, has become a beloved and iconic presence within LGBTQIA+ communities across the Olympic Peninsula. Blending humor, glamour, storytelling, and heart, Rhoda Gravel brings decades of lived experience, activism, and community care to every performance. In addition to serving as the fabulous MC for Port Townsend Pride’s Performer Stage, Rhoda Gravel will also take the stage during the Drag Extravaganza, bringing joy, wisdom, and unforgettable energy to Pride celebrations once again.
Count Orelock
Count Orelock is the drag persona of Port Townsend-raised performer Ezra Kikue Cook, a bold and theatrical artist known for blending humor, horror, storytelling, and queer performance into unforgettable drag. With roots in acting, directing, and community organizing, their performances challenge binaries while embracing creativity, spectacle, and self-expression. Whether on stage in Bellingham or back home on the Olympic Peninsula, Count Orelock brings daring artistry, camp energy, and unapologetic queer joy to every performance.
Featured Speakers
We are honored to welcome these incredible speakers to our Pride celebration. We are deeply grateful for their voices, their work, and their commitment to uplifting 2SLGBTQIA+ communities.
MC Michael Lowe
A gay Native American Army veteran and drag performer known as Rhoda Gravel, they are a proud member of the Jamestown S’Klallam Tribe. At 79 years young, they have spent decades building community through performance, mentorship, cultural education, and advocacy. They founded Sequim’s first Pride celebration five years ago, have mentored incarcerated trans and gay individuals, and created a long-running show that raised money for charitable causes.
They will serve as the fabulous MC for the Performer Stage at Port Townsend Pride, and we are honored to have them. For many years, they have helped open Pride with a land acknowledgment, grounding the celebration in respect, history, and community.
.jpg)
Marsha Botzer
Marsha Botzer has served 2SLGBTQIA+ and progressive communities for more than 50 years. A founder of Seattle’s internationally recognized Ingersoll Gender Center, she has been a leading voice in civil rights, health equity, and trans advocacy at both local and national levels. Her decades of work span community organizing, policy, and coalition building, with a deep commitment to justice and dignity for all people. Her remarks will reflect on history, hope, past struggles and victories, and the ongoing work to support and defend trans communities.
​
​
​
Martha Trolin
Martha Jo Trolin, MPA, has worked by choice in the nonprofit world for more than 40 years, with a focus on equity, public health, and community resilience. Her work includes helping create New Mexico’s rural continuum of care for people with HIV and supporting early civil rights legislation inclusive of GLBT people. Throughout her career, she has remained committed to expanding access, sharing knowledge, and strengthening communities through collaborative leadership.
​
​​
​
Mayor Amy Howard
Amy Howard (she/her) serves as Mayor of Port Townsend. Over the years she has worked to build connections across nonprofits, local government, and civic life on the Olympic Peninsula.
As Mayor, Amy has championed policies that make Port Townsend a more welcoming and equitable place to live, work, and belong. She knows firsthand what it means to feel at home in a community that chooses inclusion, and she brings both personal investment and public commitment to creating a town where everyone is celebrated for who they are. She is honored to be part of Pride and to stand alongside the people who make Port Townsend the vibrant, one-of-a-kind place it is.
