Gay Days Anaheim 2023
Event Details
Gay Days Anaheim 2023 will take place September 22nd - September 24th, 2023
Gay Days Anaheim is a "mix in," meaning gay people and straight people mingle together; the park is open to the general public so that our chosen families are mixing with the families of the other guests. Also we wear RED shirts to identify one another and show our numbers.
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Please note that we are always adding to our schedule, so keep checking back for updates and new additions!
Friday, September 22, 2023
Noon-8:00 PM: Gay Days Welcome Center
Trillium Room, Disney’s Grand Californian Hotel, FREE!
Buy the official Gay Days Anaheim T-Shirt, limited edition pin and tickets to the Gay Days Anaheim parties and shows. Pick up FREE swag, meet our sponsors or just say hello. We're here to help with all your Gay Days needs. Learn more about the Welcome Center by clicking here!
6:00 PM: An Evening with Alexis Michelle and Brandon James Gwinn Sorrell Room, Disney's Grand Californian Hotel
Tickets: $40/$60
In June, during her run on Ru Paul's Drag Race All Stars 8, Alexis Michelle triumphed with her cabaret act at New York's iconic nightspot, Joe's Pub. As the BroadwayWorld rave review said of the act, "This isn’t the Alexis Michelle seen in the edits on the TV screen or at conventions; here is a club act centered around an artist who went to school and trained for the musical theater stage." So what's a girl to do next? Go to Disneyland, of course! An Evening with Alexis Michelle and Brandon James Gwinn will feature the chanteuse slithering through an evening of songs ranging from the catalogues of Barbra Streisand and Kay Starr to Dionne Warwick and maybe even some Disney!
VIP tickets include a meet and greet and an exclusive, autographed merchandise pack. Click HERE to book.
8:00 PM: A Night of Stand-Up With Zach Zimmerman (VIP Gold and VIP Silver ticket holders only)
Sorrell Room, Disney's Grand Californian Hotel
Tickets as part of VIP GOLD and Silver Packages
Zach Zimmerman brings an hour of laughs to Gay Days! Zach’s first comedy album “Clean Comedy” debuted on the Billboard Top 10 and inspired a critically-acclaimed run at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe and New York Comedy Festival. Zach was also named a TimeOut NY Comic to Watch, appeared in Grindr’s first stand-up digital special, and recently made Zach’s late-night debut on The Late Late Show. Zach’s essays and humor pieces have been published in The New Yorker, McSweeney's, Popula, Vulture, and The Washington Post; and Zach recently released their first book Is It Hot in Here (Or Am I Suffering for All Eternity for the Sins I Committed on Earth?). To book CLICK HERE
10:00 PM: An Night of Stand-Up With Zach Zimmerman
Sorrell Room, Disney's Grand Californian Hotel
Tickets $20/ $40
Zach Zimmerman brings an hour of laughs to Gay Days! Zach’s first comedy album “Clean Comedy” debuted on the Billboard Top 10 and inspired a critically-acclaimed run at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe and New York Comedy Festival. Zach was also named a TimeOut NY Comic to Watch, appeared in Grindr’s first stand-up digital special, and recently made Zach’s late-night debut on The Late Late Show. Zach’s essays and humor pieces have been published in The New Yorker, McSweeney's, Popula, Vulture, and The Washington Post; and Zach recently released their first book Is It Hot in Here (Or Am I Suffering for All Eternity for the Sins I Committed on Earth?). To book CLICK HERE
VIP seating includes meet and greet and a copy of Zach's book
Saturday, September 23, 2023
8:00 AM–11:00 PM: Gay Day at Disneyland
Put on your red shirt and get ready to ride. Watch the Happiest Place on Earth become the gayest!
9:00 AM–8:00 PM: Gay Days Welcome Center
Trillium Room, Disney’s Grand Californian Hotel, FREE!
Buy the official Gay Days Anaheim T-Shirt, limited edition pin and tickets to the Gay Days Anaheim parties and shows! Pick up FREE swag, meet our sponsors or just say hello. We're here to help with all your Gay Days needs. Learn more about the Welcome Center by clicking here!
9:00 AM- Midnight: The Gay Days Scavenger Hunt Disneyland Park, FREE
The Scavenger Hunt returns this year with an all-new, re-imagined hunt, and once again, we are doing away with the time limit, the competition and fee! You can do this year’s hunt at your leisure, throughout the weekend, as your schedule allows. Or you can compete with your friends! Contact gdascavengerhunt@gmail.com for all the exciting details!
11:00 AM: The Big Red Boat
Mark Twain Riverboat, Rivers of America
Ahoy matey! Looking to mix, mingle or make a new friend? Then come, aboard as we sail, once again, around the Rivers of America!
Noon: Family Lunch
Plaza Inn on Main Street, U.S.A.
Are you a gay family here with your kids? Meet other families for the Plaza's famous fried chicken. Special Gay Days Anaheim Rainbow Cake available.
Noon: Tomorrowland Teen Lunch
Redd Rockett's Pizza Port, Tomorrowland
Teens looking to chill can grab a slice at this new meet up, scheduled just for them.
Noon: Ladies Who Lunch
Rancho del Zocalo, Frontierland
Women who love women can meet up for a spicy dish at this restaurant (and the food's not bad either!). Keep your eyes peeled for the ladies in red.
Noon, Hungry Bear Lunch Gathering
Hungry Bear Restaurant, Critter Country
All you bears and bear-lovers hankering for some good eats had best meet up here for one big jamboree.
1:00 PM: Let's All Sing Like the Birdies Sing
Walt Disney's Enchanted Tiki Room
Put on your grass skirt and get ready to hula as we gather for some Polynesian pleasure (including choreography with Worthie!) in the Enchanted Tiki Room.
3:00 PM: Group Photo
Sleeping Beauty Castle
Wear your red shirt and say "Cheese!" This ginormous photo op is the place to see and be seen.
5:30 PM: Teen Java Jive
Starbucks, Main Street USA
An informal meet up for teens who want to hang out and grab a frapucinno.
5:30–7pm, VIP Gold Cocktail
TBA
Join us for a an exclusive reception with complimentary cocktails and celebrity guests! This party is always one of the secret highlights of the year. You MUST have purchased VIP Gold Pass in advance to attend this event.
8:00 PM: Reunited: Lady Camden and Daya Betty
The Anaheim Majestic Garden Hotel (900 S. Disneyland Dr. Free Shuttle available)
Tickets $40/ $60. 18+
Two beloved Drag Race season 14 sisters will come together for one amazing show at Gay Days Anaheim! One is naughty, the other nice. One is just coming off of Ru Paul's Drag Race Live in Las Vegas, while the other is just wrapping her stint on the Werq the World tour. And BOTH of them will be...what?... SICKENING! This show is included in VIP Gold and Silver packages. General Admission and Premium Seating + meet and greet options available.
CLICK HERE to book.
9:00: Mix and Mingle at the Majestic
The Anaheim Majestic Garden Hotel (900 S. Disneyland Dr. Free Shuttle available)
FREE
After the early show or before the late show, come and mingle at this free cocktail mixer and make a friend or three!
In Sugartank: Gay Days, House of Avalon invites you to lose your inhibitions and get wild with a star studded drag show featuring the talents of Symone, Gigi Goode, Crystal Methyd and more! Saturday, September 22, 10:00PM at the Anaheim Majestic Garden Hotel.To book, CLICK HERE
Sunday, September 24, 2023
8:00 AM–6:00 PM: Gay Day at Disney's California Adventure
Enjoy the wonders of California, Disney style! Ease on down the road of Buena Vista Street and don't forget to pull into Cars Land (we recommend the food at Flo's)!
9:00 AM–3:00PM: Gay Days Welcome Center
Trillium Room, Disney’s Grand Californian Hotel, FREE!
Pick up free goodies, visit our sponsors, check out our vendors, purchase the Gay Days Anaheim pin and T-shirt (if any are left!) or just say hi! Learn more about the Welcome Center by clicking here!
11:00 AM: Grizzly Bears Unite!
Grizzly River Run (Meet in front of the big bear—the statue!)
Bears and bear-lovers will gather for a ride down the rapids.
Noon–4:00 PM: Plunge!
The Anaheim Majestic Garden Hotel (900 S. Disneyland Dr. Free Shuttle available)
Tickets $25, 18+
You may get wet! Get ready to dive into the Gay Days Anaheim pool party! Tickets on sale now!
2:00 PM: Photo meet up on Pixar Pier
Bing Bong's Sweet Stuff, Paradise Pier
Who's your friend who likes to play? (No, not the Grindr friend!) It'd Bing Bong, the fluffy, pink, creature with a body made of sticky-sweet cotton candy from Inside Out and one of Disney's gayest characters. We'll meet in his store on Pixar Pier to snap a photo with the all-rainbow Bing Bong display.
2:30 PM: Ladies Ice Cream Social
Clarabelle's, Disney California Adventure (near park entrance)
Just an information gathering of gals for a cool, refreshing treat.
4:00 PM: Keepin' it Classy
Mickey's Philharmagic, Hollywood
Peter Pan, Aladdin, Ariel, Miguel and Belle all in one show? You bet! And in 3D! Join us in the air-conditioning for this fantastic, newly updated show.
6:00 PM: Varla Jean Merman: Stand by Your Drag!
Grand Californian Hotel
Tickets $40/ $50
Varla Jean Merman is a drag icon! she has filled cabarets and concert halls across the world including the Sydney Opera House, Carnegie Hall, the New York Public Theater, London’s Soho Theatre and LA’s Renberg Theatre. She co-starred in the camp classic Girls Will Be Girls along with Gay Days favorite, Coco Peru and now, she's bringing her new show to Anaheim! With drag bans, anti-LGBTQ+ legislation and a skyrocketing bar tab, America is conspiring to knock Varla off her lucite heels. Join this show-biz survivor as she takes a stand for life, liberty and the pursuit of non-skid breath mints. General Admission and VIP options available with meet and greet available. Premium Tickets are at the front of the room and include Meet and Greet. CLICK HERE to book.
8:00 PM: Varla Jean Merman: Stand by Your Drag! (VIP Gold and Silver ticket holders only)
Grand Californian Hotel
Tickets as part of VIP Gold and Silver Packages
Varla Jean Merman is a drag icon! she has filled cabarets and concert halls across the world including the Sydney Opera House, Carnegie Hall, the New York Public Theater, London’s Soho Theatre and LA’s Renberg Theatre. She co-starred in the camp classic Girls Will Be Girls along with Gay Days favorite, Coco Peru and now, she's bringing her new show to Anaheim! With drag bans, anti-LGBTQ+ legislation and a skyrocketing bar tab, America is conspiring to knock Varla off her lucite heels. Join this show-biz survivor as she takes a stand for life, liberty and the pursuit of non-skid breath mints.
8:00 PM: Gay at the Grand
Hearthstone Lounge, Disney's Grand Californian Hotel, Free!
Join us for a relaxing way to end the weekend. Kick back and enjoy a cocktail at this unofficial gathering in the stunning Grand.
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