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Don't forget!
After the Gala, be sure to check out these AMAZING Official HRC After Parties!
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Marigny
Cathode Azure
The Bar at 316
Hartigans
The Westin Ember Grille
Friday | 2•22•2013
7:00 p.m. – 11:00 p.m.
HRC Gala Takeover Event
Westin Hotel | Bar10 | 601 South College Street | FREE event | Cash Bar
Please support our local LGBT bars/clubs.
Saturday | 2•23•2013
9:00 a.m.
FrontRunners FunRun
Westin Hotel Lobby | 601 South College Street | FREE event
Saturday | 2•23•2013
2:30 p.m.
Charlotte Pride Band Concert
Myers Park Baptist Church | 1900 Queens Road | $13
Saturday | 2•23•2013
10:00 p.m.
Various Official After Parties
Please support our local LGBT bars/clubs*
Sunday | 2•24•2013
Noon – 4:00 p.m.
Recovery Brunch
Vivace | 1100 Metropolitan Avenue | FREE Full Menu and $10 Bottomless Mimosas
Sunday | 2•24•2013
3:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.
Closing Tea Dance
Cathode Azure | 1820 South Boulevard | FREE Event | Cash Bar
Ally for Equality/Keynote Speaker Announced!
Mandy Patinkin
Tony/Emmy Award Winner and star of "Homeland"
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Gala Entertainer Announced!
Alex Newell
"Wade 'Unique' Adams" on GLEE
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The 18th annual Gala is in Charlotte again in 2013. Scheduled for 5:30 p.m. Saturday, February 23, 2013, the event will be held at the Charlotte Convention Center.
More than 1,600 LGBT people and straight allies are expected to attend, and
previous dinners have sold out quickly. The annual black-tie fundraiser is
the highlight of the fundraising year for the LGBT community in the Carolinas.
Attendees include prominent members of the North Carolina LGBT community, HRC members and high-level donors, community and business leaders, elected officials, celebrities, family, friends and supporters of LGBT people.
HRC hosts annual galas throughout the country as fund-raisers to support its many efforts to achieve the organizational mission “to build an America where lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender families and individuals can be open, honest and safe… at work, at home and in the community.”
The Westin Charlotte will serve as host hotel during the 2013 HRC North Carolina Gala Weekend in Charlotte.
