OUTLOUD’s “Slay Ride” HoliGay Spectacular Brings Ice, Icons, and Unapologetic Queer Joy to West Hollywood

By Valerie Milano

West Hollywood, CA (The Hollywood Times) 12/4/25 – OUTLOUD knows how to make an entrance, and tonight, they launched the holiday season with a glitter-drenched bang. OUTLOUD Presents: Slay Ride – A 2025 HoliGay Spectacular transformed West Hollywood Park and Beaches Tropicana into a whirlwind of drag excellence, icy theatrics, and pure queer celebration.

Before the evening’s stage lights ignited, fans gathered at the WeHo Winter Ice Rink, where the night’s sparkling trio, Alyssa Edwards, Frankie Grande, and Kori King – stepped thru the park and onto the ice for a rare and fabulously festive media moment. The Hollywood Times was on-site for blue carpet interviews with show creator/producer Jeff Consoletti and three featured ice skater-performers who brought their own brand of magic to the rink.

Consoletti, the creative force behind OUTLOUD’s boundary-pushing musical and cultural experiences, told The Hollywood Times that “Slay Ride” is more than a show, it’s a new kind of holiday offering that centers queer joy in all its forms. “This is about giving our community something we can claim as our own; a holiday moment we don’t have to explain, shrink, or soften,” he shared. “It’s big, it’s bold, it’s queer, and it brings us together when we need it most.”

He also noted that launching the nine-city tour in West Hollywood “just felt right,” calling the city “a heartbeat of queer culture and creativity.”

The three performers who opened the evening on ice each brought their own story, and sparkle to the rink. They spoke about the thrill of merging performance art with the tradition of holiday ice skating, noting that queer visibility in athletic spaces still feels groundbreaking. “It means something to lace up skates and do this as our authentic selves,” one performer shared. “Tonight isn’t just entertainment, it’s representation.”

Their choreography blended camp, skill, and winter whimsy, serving as both a warm-up for the crowd and a runway for the stars who followed.

Alyssa Edwards, radiating full holiday glamour, joked that she was “ready to sleigh on ice and off,” while Frankie Grande lit up the rink with boundless energy and a message of gratitude for queer community spaces.

Kori King added that the holidays are “a time to reclaim joy,” and tonight’s event was “one big, fabulous reclaiming.”

The trio spent time posing with media, sharing laughs on the ice, and giving fans a preview of what their powerhouse stage performances would later deliver at Beaches Tropicana.

At 8:00 PM, the action shifted from the rink to the legendary nightlife hub Beaches Tropicana, where the official Slay Ride tour kickoff exploded in glitter, music, and high-octane drag. The 200 plus folks there filled the room, ready for a night that blended holiday nostalgia with queer futurism, exactly the OUTLOUD signature. (more on that shortly)

With its combination of ice-skating camp, heartfelt interviews, superstar drag, and community celebration, Slay Ride didn’t just mark the start of a tour, it lit the first spark of West Hollywood’s holiday season.