Smile Big's Neon Nebula Returns to Amarillo for Pride Month

Sashay Shante! These words were made famous by the world's most famous drag queen RuPaul. The words mean "to weave a friend" Get ready to weave a friend during a fun night with a great cause.

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Smile Big Texas is an organization here in Amarillo that was created to support and outreach to LGBTQ+ youth and young adults in the community. They are dedicated to serving these youth to make sure they have a bright and beautiful future. Every single child, youth, and young adult needs to know they belong and they are loved.

Ashton Hammer the founder of this group and the entire board of Smile Big has poured their heart and soul into this organization, to make sure the LGBTQ+ youth, know that they matter, in a world that may tell them otherwise. Smile Big is a safe space for our LGBTQ+ youth.

Smile Big has a fabulous event coming up in celebration of Pride Month in June. They will be wrapping up the month with a fantastic show that you don't want to miss. Smile Big is proud to present.

Neon Nebula!

Smile Big

Neon Nebula has become an amazing yearly fundraiser for Smile Big Texas and is coming back on Friday, June 30th. Proceeds from the event will benefit Smile Big

The event is at the Starlight Ranch Event Center

Gates will open at 6 pm, with vendors and fun

7:00 PM local performers will take the stage

8:45 PM It's show time with your favorite Drag Queens including Eureka from RuPaul's Drag Race

10:30 pm Rave the rest of the evening.

Plus a special performance from Dear Marsha.

Tickets are on sale and if you buy them early, you'll pay less,

Tickets are $10 through April 1st, $25 from April 2nd-May 15th, and $35 through the day of the show.

Purchase NEON NEBULA tickets here!

This show is a fundraiser for a local organization that helps our community.

In the past, some of the citizens of Amarillo have not been too friendly when it has come to drag show. In fact, a more recent show show called A Drag Queen Christmas was in Amarillo, and for some reason, it warranted a letter to the citizens of Amarillo from our Mayor. I guess the reason for this was it was a city facility. Let's hope our newly elected Mayor won't feel the same need to write a letter to the citizens of Amarillo about a drag show.

This event isn't happening at a city facility, but it will probably garner some not-so-nice sentiments. So, this is where I will say, if you don't have anything nice to say or do, please do not say or do anything at all.

Say You're From Amarillo Without Saying You're From Amarillo

Amarillo is a pretty quirky place. We've got the Big Texan, the weird signs, and (obviously) the famed Cadillac Ranch. But more than that, there's a distinct culture of close-knit community, eccentrics, a thriving arts scene, and much more.

The point is, living in Amarillo is a unique experience. Because of that, it's really pretty easy to tell who's a native or a long-time resident. And I can prove it.

Here's a couple of ways you can say you're from Amarillo.....without saying you're from Amarillo.

Google Answers the Top 10 Questions About Amarillo

I love Google. It can literally answer ANYTHING you need it to answer. Whether it's right or wrong is a totally different question.

Recently, I found myself wondering about something and went to Google. And that's when I started noticing the "people also asked..." section and BOY...Some of them made perfect sense, some of them were interesting, and one of them was downright baffling...and it was a top 10 question which is even more absurd.

So let's see what we've got. Here's the top 10 questions as asked to Google about Amarillo.

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