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X After Dark Pride Kickoff

Name: X After Dark Pride Kickoff
Start: 2026-10-08T20:00:00-04:00
Location: X Midtown (TEN)

X Midtown (TEN)

990 Piedmont Ave NE, Atlanta, GA 30309

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Thu, Oct 8 · 8:00 PM

Thursday, October 8, 2026

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Pride weekend kicks off Thursday night at X Midtown with MIA STARR from RuPaul's Drag Race headlining a lineup of Atlanta's top performers. Global DJs, drag royalty, and the city's most fabulous crowd dancing on a packed floor till late. VIP Weekend Pass holders get expedited entry—no waiting around. Doors at 8pm, showtime at 12:30am.

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Clubpop: Atl Pride

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Friday night of Atlanta's Pride weekend belongs to DJ ADAMUSIC and a packed dance floor at X Midtown. Global talent in the booth, the city's most fabulous crowd, and a huge outdoor patio that's already legendary for being seen. VIP Weekend Pass holders skip the line—because waiting is so last Pride. Doors at 8pm, DJ set at 10pm.

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The Starz Party

Saturday, October 10th, 2026

10:00 PM

Tracy Young—Grammy Award-winning DJ, composer, and producer—takes over X Midtown's Pride Saturday with a dance floor that's ready to go all night. This is the kind of headliner that makes a night feel like an event: serious talent, serious energy, and a room full of people who showed up to celebrate. Doors at 5pm, main set at 10pm.

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Dirty Pop Dance Party

Saturday, October 10th, 2026

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Saturdays at X Midtown belong to Dirty Pop—a high-energy dance night where the music is current, the crowd is hot, and the floor never stops moving. Dance to pop hits old and new, from iconic throwbacks to today's obsessions, on a packed dance floor with the kind of late-night energy that keeps going until you can't anymore. Sweat, flirt, repeat. Doors open at 10pm.

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X Midtown's Annual Block Party

Sunday, October 11th, 2026

12:00 PM

Pride Sunday at X Midtown means Midtown's best parade view, a Grammy-winning DJ (Dave Audé) spinning from 5pm, and opening sets from Blankito at 2pm. The outdoor patio becomes the neighborhood's prime spot to dance, drink, and be seen—plus VIP Weekend Pass holders skip the line. It's the anchor event of X Midtown's four-day Pride takeover, but Sunday's the one where the whole neighborhood shows up.

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Sunday, October 11th, 2026

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The Sunday night closer to Atlanta's Pride weekend—DJ Jae Fusz spinning till close, Alexis Olotta Fajina hosting, and Midtown's sexiest go-go boys keeping the energy high. This is where the weekend doesn't end, it just shifts into overdrive. 21+.

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T.w.n.k. Dance Party

Tuesday, October 13th, 2026

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Tuesday nights at X Midtown belong to pop remix chaos and main-character energy. Expect wall-to-wall dancing to Chappell Roan, Zara Larsson, Kim Petras, and more—the kind of night where the dance floor gets genuinely sweaty and nobody's thinking about leaving early. Hot beats, hot crowd, zero apologies. Pull up at 10pm and turn up.

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