Event Dates
From: Saturday, May 4, 2024
To: Saturday, May 4, 2024
Shine Dallas Purple Party
Day Event 2024
Shine day party on Saturday is the biggest event of the five-day circuit
Shine Dallas Purple Party Day Event 2024
Dallas Purple party is one of the most anticipated circuit events of the Spring season, and the “Shine” day party on Saturday is the biggest event of the five-day circuit.
Are you visiting for the Shine Party? Stay steps from the venue at the Canvas Hotel Dallas, a boutique hotel with an epic rooftop pool and spacious rooms.
The Party
- Next Edition – Saturday May 4th 2024 – Everyone the ultimate Saturday afternoon party at SHINE.
- Purple Party invites you to live your best and brightest festival life at their new daytime concept for Purple Party Weekend.
- Complete with indoor/outdoor dance spaces, club-quality sound/staging/production, fun games and activities, gourmet food trucks, and more restrooms.
- And don’t worry about the Texas weather: if you can’t shine outdoors, they’ve got you covered, literally.
The Line-Up
- Awaiting Lineup for the next edition.
The Venue
- Venue to be confirmed.
- The Shine day party takes place at Gilley’s Festival Lot (1135 Botham Jean Blvd. Dallas, TX 75215)
- Gilley’s Complex, known as Gilley’s Dallas, is a multi-purpose entertainment and dining complex located in Dallas, Texas. The Complex offers nine venues with a capacity of up to 4,000 guests, perfect for the expected numbers during the Purple Party weekend.
- The venue is a 9-minute drive from the gay district of Oak Lawn. There are some excellent hotel options nearby, just a short distance from the gay bars and attractions of Dallas.
Gay Dallas
- Gay Dallas Oak Lawn & Cedar Springs – Often also referred to as “The Strip”, Oak Lawn is located a few miles north of downtown Dallas. It is known for being a trendy, LGBTQ-friendly neighborhood that offers many different coffee shops, bars, restaurants, and more. There are some great hotels in the uptown district, close to the strip.
Recommended Dallas Hotels
Here are the hotels we recommend that have good reviews and keep you close to all the action
Hotel Crescent Court, Rosewood Mansion, Warwick Melrose Hotel, Hotel ZaZa
Recommended Hotels
Where to stay close to all the gay bars.
Our top 4 selections with the best rates.
Where we stay!
The Stoneleigh is a Meridien luxury art
deco hotel, located close to the gay bars
Official Website
For further information and advice on
Shine, Dallas Purple Party The Website
Gay Map of Dallas
Texans are proud to say that everything is bigger in the Lone Star State. One visit to “The Strip,” the center of gay life along Cedar Springs Road, and you will see what we mean. The nightlife venues are gargantuan! Every place has at least one outdoor patio.
Recommended Hotels in Dallas By Booking
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We have chosen hotels in Dallas that keep you close to all the shops, restaurants & bars
Hotel Crescent Court
5 Star, Luxury
- 5-Star, Modern Styling, Private Balcony with views
- A short taxi ride to the gay bars
- Flat-screen TV, iPod docking
- Luxurious rooms with modern amenities & private balconies, perfect for a lavish Dallas stay.
Rosewood Mansion
4 Star, Excellent Gym
- 4-Star, Historic Mansion, On-Site Restaurant
- Close to the gay district
- Plasma TV, stocked minibar
- A beautifully restored historic mansion offering elegance & upscale dining in uptown Dallas.
Warwick Melrose Hotel
4 Star, Luxury Feel
- 4-Star, Contemporary Amenities, Room Service
- Close to the gay district
- Pay film, refreshment centre
- Enjoy contemporary comforts & excellent room service in a luxurious & convenient setting.
Hotel ZaZa 4 Star
Charming Boutique
- 4-Star, Artistic Decor, Fine Dining Restaurant
- A short taxi ride to the gay bars
- Work desk, refrigerator, cable TV
- Unique art & Mediterranean decor in each room, with an extravagant restaurant & fitness centre.
Video Of A guide to gay Dallas.
Highlights of the best of Oaklawn, the gay neighbourhood.
Top Gay Neighbourhoods in Dallas
Dallas, where cowboy charm meets urban chic! For the gay traveller, Dallas is a rhinestone-studded paradise where the LGBTQ+ community thrives. Dive into Oak Lawn, the city’s vibrant gayborhood, where you can two-step in a country saloon by night and brunch under twinkling fairy lights in the afternoon.
Oak Lawn | Silver Springs Road
Photo: Find your next sexy Dallas cowboy on Cedar Springs Road
- The heart of the LGBTQ+ community beats loudly in the Oak Lawn area, especially along Cedar Springs Road, the city’s main gay district.
- Oak Lawn has been the epicentre of Dallas’s LGBTQ+ community since the 1970s and remains one of the most gay-friendly areas in the whole state of Texas.
- The neighbourhood hosts its own special Cedar Springs Road Pride celebrations each year in September.
- Discover the best things to see and do in Dallas
Downtown
Home to the city’s skyscrapers, historic buildings, top museums and famous main street trolleys.
Design District
Trendy, chic enclave bursting with contemporary art galleries, upscale restaurants, and boutique shops.
Deep Ellum
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