While I sat on a bench to people-watch (and grab some photos) the two men next to me were discussing whether or not to get two of the last eighteen tickets to the night’s drag show. I believe they eventually opted out because of the price, but really the point here is that the show was nearly sold out.

It was just one year ago that the City Council and the Mayor involved themselves in a kerfuffle regarding approval of arts funding for things they personally found distasteful. (Yes. They were pissy about a drag show.) The arts community pushed back and here we are.

If you ask me, which of course you did not, the City Council and Mayor would be much better served by figuring out any number of REAL problems we’ve got around here. But sure: drag shows are the main thing that needed taking care of.

But I digress. Here’s a picture.

Lubbock Pride
Lubbock, Texas
photographed 6.28.2025