SOPAC is proud to partner with North Jersey Pride to present its 2024 Pride Programming!
Throughout June, SOPAC will celebrate the robust, passionate, and vibrant LGBTQIA+ community, in and around South Orange and Maplewood with comedians, drag queens, musical theater lovers and more!
Stay tuned for more information about upcoming Pride Programming!
Bust out your rainbow gear, bring your friends, and celebrate living your best, most authentic life at SOPAC!
Grammy-nominated Paula Cole returns to SOPAC with her latest record Lo, a devastatingly personal and utterly gorgeous piece exploring how Cole navigates opening herself up to trust again after indelible blows of life. Don’t miss this revolutionary artist sing her heart out on SOPAC’s Mainstage!
Kickoff Pride month with a lively discussion on all things pride, moderated by local Drag favorite, Harmonica Sunbean! Prominent leaders of our local LGBTQIA+ community will engage in a discussion on all things Pride from what Pride means to them personally, to politics, advocacy, health and more.
Join SOPAC Staff, Board, and community members at Memorial Park for a day of community fun, music, and more celebrating the LGBTQIA+ community in South Orange-Maplewood (SOMA). There will be chances to win tickets to an upcoming SOPAC-presented show and so much more happening at the festival! SOPAC is proud to be the Platinum Sponsor of the 2024 North Jersey Pride Festival.
Get your crew together and come to SOPAC to view the 77th Annual Tony Awards on our state-of-the-art full stage projector on the SOPAC Mainstage! Come as you are, show off your style in your red carpet best, or cosplay as your favorite Broadway character. At 7:00, join your cohosts, SOPAC’s own Matt Luminello and Alicia Whavers for a special preshow/ Tony’s warmup, as we countdown to the CBS Broadcast with singalongs (Seasons of Love anyone?), dancing in the aisles, and so much more!
Comedian Jessica Kirson is back! After headlining SOPAC’s inaugural Pride Weekend in 2023, Kirson is bringing her hilariously relatable silliness and vulnerability back for SOPAC’s month of Pride Programming this June! Don’t miss this powerhouse comedian. Get your tickets now!
It’s Drag Queens with an OZ-some Twist! Click your heels three times and follow the yellow brick road to SOPAC! Grab your friends (of Dorothy) and don your ruby slippers as we celebrate one of the most beloved movies of all time, with a fabulous drag show. You don’t want to miss this ozmpolitan night out!