MARCH 2023

3/1 - 3/7 - Winter Party Festival - Miami Beach, FL - Winter Party Festival is an annual, week-long celebration of music, dance, and community, produced by the National LGBTQ Task Force to raise critical funds for the LGBTQ movement.
3/1 - 3/5 - Winter PrideFest 2023 - Bend, OR - Since 2018 OUT Central Oregon has hosted Winter PrideFest in Bend, Oregon to celebrate Pride, Inclusivity, and our combined love of the outdoors. Winter PrideFest is not your typical “gay ski weekend”.
3/1 - 3/5 - Cathedral City LGBT Days - Cathedral City, CA - California's first Pride of the year.
3/4 - Pride Cape Coral - Cape Coral, FL - The first PRIDE Cape Coral was held April 6 and 7, in 2019 in the Entertainment District of Cape Coral. The event featured Southwest Florida’s first PRIDE Parade, Tutu Drag Race, street performers and live entertainment. The event also featured the largest Drag Queen Sunday Brunch, where hundreds gathered to enjoy a local fare while being entertained.
3/11 - Manatee Pride 2023 - Bradenton, FL - Manatee Pride is a fun family event with all proceeds benefiting ALSO Youth, a 501(c)(3) non-profit Florida corporation. ALSO Youth provides Advocacy, Leadership, Support, and Outreach for LGBTQ+ youth in Sarasota and Manatee Counties
3/12 - Gulfport Peace, Love & Pride Festival - Gulfport, FL - “Gulfport Pride” is about more than LGBTQ+ Pride. We’re proud of our hometown. We’re proud of our diversity. We’re proud that everyone is welcome here. This Festival is a celebration for everyone!
3/15 - 3/19 - Elevation: Mammoth Gay Ski Week - Mammoth Lakes, CA - The Twenty-First Annual Mammoth Gay Ski Week returns to the High Sierras and Mammoth Lakes, California. Our core mission remains the same after 20 years: “2,500 riders. 12 major parties. 0 attitude.”
3/19 - 3/26 - LA Leather Pride - Los Angeles, CA - This year's theme is RELEASE! It’s going to be a week filled with exciting events, music, and community building.
3/25 - Tampa Pride Diversity Parade & Festival - Tampa, FL - The annual Tampa Pride Diversity Parade will be on March 25, 2023 in historic Ybor City, also known as the GaYBOR District. This has become a historical and annual spring event when Florida weather is most enjoyable! The Tampa Pride Street Festival will include an Arts & Crafts Show, Community Health Fair and Entrepreneurs Area. The Main Stage will be located in the Cuban Club Courtyard. Here the Street Festival will kick off at 10:45am with the Tampa Bay Pride Band and guest speakers followed by featured entertainment.
3/25 & 3/26 - Palm Beach Pride - Lake Worth Beach, FL - Palm Beach Pride, presented by Compass LGBTQ+ Community Center, is a two day, family & pet friendly festival and a parade that features vendors, music, food and drinks. The event takes place in Bryant Park in Downtown Lake Worth Beach. Vendors from all over the country come to provide information and sell their wares.
3/31 - 4/3 - Cherry Pride - Washington, DC - Focused on Mental Health & HIV/AIDS, The Cherry Fund provides financial support for non-profit organizations serving the LGBTQIA community of Washington D.C. and beyond. As an independent, all-volunteer non-profit organization we produce our signature benefit weekend every year in April during Cherry Blossom season.

APRIL 2023

4/1 - 4/16 - Miami Beach Pride - Celebrating 15 Years with a FREE Pride Festival and Parade April 15 & 16. Featuring appearances by Sandra Bernhard, Jonathan Bennett, Todrick Hall, Shangela, Inaya Day and more.
4/15 - Tallahassee Pridefest - "Pride In The Plaza", 12:00pm-5:30pm in Kleman Plaza
4/21 - 4/23 - Atlanta Bear Pride - Atlanta Bear Pride is 3 days of bear themed events & parties showcasing the diversity of bear culture and bringing people from around the Southeast to converge on Atlanta for one big weekend. Our Mission is to provide a quality weekend of events, helping local business and charities in the city Atlanta.
4/28 - Come Out With Pride Orlando Pride Prom 2023 "Planet Evo" - Join us on Friday, April 28, 2023 at The Orlando Science Center for a second chance to dance! Come Out With Pride is hosting an adult-only (21+) Pride Prom. Being at the Orlando Science Center, our theme this year is Planet EVO: Evolution is Inclusion.
4/28 - 5/1 - Philly Black Pride - "Reemergence" - Our mission is to transform the living and social environments of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Queer (LGBTQ) people of color. We aim to create multicultural opportunities that educate, inspire, improve and celebrate the experiences of LGBTQ individuals through programs, policy, advocacy, partnerships and relationship building.

MAY 2023

5/4 - 5/8 - Purple Party Dallas - "Purple Odyssey" - You step out onto what looks like a desolate wasteland, the smell of iron ore in the air as the terrain crumbles under the weight of your feet and cosmic dust floats about. As you tread on, the neon light all-around you pulses as if it were alive, embedded in the remnants of the dilapidated structures that pass by. Ahead you see what appears to be a pyramid construct of sorts. To this point, your journey has carried you across the galaxy to new worlds you couldn't possibly have ever imagined. All of this culminating in what is sure to be the most spectacular encounter and experience of all.
5/12 - 5/14 - White Party Palm Springs - the premier destination for the ultimate LGBTQ+ Music Festival entering it’s unprecedented 33rd year in the beautiful resort town of Palm Springs California. 3 days and nights/7 amazing parties are included in our Weekend Pass featuring our WP‘s Global DJ’s, world class recording artists, and amazing specialty acts to keep all our guests entertained non-stop all weekend long!
5/19 - 5/21 - New Hope PrideFest - Set in the lush greenery of the Delaware River Valley, our Pride festival connects two towns in two different states by the New Hope & Lambertville Bridge. Drawing more than 15,000 people annually, New Hope Celebrates joins together the LGBT friendly towns of Lambertville, NJ and New Hope, PA.
5/20 & 5/21 - Mohave Pride - "Fantassance Fair" - PRIDE IS FOR FAMILY! Both the Family you're born with that supports you and the Family you choose when the one you're born with doesn't!
5/20 - Springfield, IL PrideFest - Blue Ribbon Revival, JackAsh, The Shenanigans, Teen Talent Show, Drag Show Extravaganza, ….more to come!
5/25 - 5/29 - International Mr. Leather - We are preparing for our Sapphire Anniversary of International Mr. Leather™ contests for 2023. The host hotel is once again at Chicago’s historic Congress Hotel and Convention Center.
5/26 - 5/29 - DC Black Pride - "Know Your Past - Live Your Present - Fight For Your Future" - For more than 30 years, DC Black Pride has been a place for the Black LGBTQIA+ community to gather and celebrate each other.

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JULY 2023

AUGUST 2023

8/4 - 8/6 - Long Beach Pride - Celebrating their 40th Annual Pride Celebration. Save the dates!
8/9 - 8/13 - Key West Tropical Heat - Tropical Heat is the HOTTEST annual 5-day party for gay men ages 21 and up in Key West and the Florida Keys! The all-male themed parties, pool parties, clothing optional events, and adult-oriented entertainment promise to be HOT! August on our tropical island is always HOT, but during Tropical Heat it promises to be even more so! What better way to experience our tropical paradise than joining us for 5 days with hot guys!? In addition to all our scheduled events, you can also enjoy our many other activities on land and sea!
8/12 - Austin Pride - With over 400,000 attending in 2022, this year will be even BIGGER! You have come to expect amazing entertainment from Austin PRIDE and this year will be no exception. Save the date!
8/12 - Eugene Pride - Alton Baker Park 10am-7pm.
8/12 - 8/13 - Northalstead Market Days - The 41st Northalsted Market Days® is a weekend long live music street festival celebrating community in Chicago’s landmark Northalsted/Lakeview district. The 1/2 mile long summer festival features all-day lineups of live music on 5 stages, 200+ unique vendors, arts, crafts, food and drink, DJs/dancing, and more!
8/19 - 8/20 - Charlotte Pride Festival & Parade - For 20 years, Charlotte Pride’s festival and parade has been free. We charge no admission to attend.
8/26 & 8/27 - Silicon Valley Pride - Save the dates!
8/26 - Jersey City Pride - "Stronger Together" - This year in we will be celebrating our 22nd Anniversary with a month-long celebration throughout Jersey City leading up to our Pride Festival celebration on August 26th. The footprint of the festival will be one of the largest in Jersey City Pride history. We’ll be on Newark Ave between Grove Street and Jersey Ave in the heart of historic downtown Jersey City as well as the Grove Street PATH Plaza. The festival is adjacent to major mass transportation: PATH Grove Street (two stops from Manhattan) and Bus.

SEPTEMBER 2023

9/1 - 9/3 - Pride Galveston - Pride Galveston began in 2017 as Pride Galveston Beach Bash & Block Party, when Jamie Fuller-Waymire & Terry Fuller-Waymire decided a PRIDE festival would be a wonderful idea, as the island was lacking an event designed for the community. Pride Galveston has since ballooned into a three day celebration.
9/2 - 9/12 - Pride Vermont - Join us in Burlington on September 10th, 2023 for a celebration of LGBTQIA+ joy and solidarity. More details coming soon
9/8 - 9/10 - Boise Pride Festival & Parade - Boise Pride brings together members of the lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender community, their friends, allies, and supporters in celebration of the unique spirit and culture of the LGBTQ+ community.
9/8 - 9/10 - OBX Pridefest - A 3-day gay pride festival FULL of events an ALL INCLUSIVE for all LGBTQ+ folks and our supporters and friends. The MAIN event is a FREE, Family-Friendly, Pride Festival on Saturday, September 9th from 1:00 - 7:00 PM. The festival will include bands, drag queens performances, entertainers, local restaurants, adult beverages, and vendors. The festival is located at Roanoke Island Festival Park in Downtown Manteo, NC.
9/10 - South Jersey Gay Pride - Cherry Hill, NJ - Registration open now.
9/11 - 9/17 - St. Cloud Pride - St. Cloud Pride in the Park is an annual family friendly event featuring local food vendors, businesses, organizations, music, games and more! Join us the third weekend in September from 11:00 am to 5:00 pm for the 14th annual St. Cloud Pride weekend! We invite YOU to come out and show your colors in Central Minnesota!
9/13 - 917 - Rehoboth Beach Bear Weekend - This event is our flagship fundraiser to help our mission to promote camaraderie and inclusiveness and to help LGBTQIA+ students in local area high schools achieve their education and career goals with financial scholarships.
9/20 - 9/24 - The Dinah - Margaritaville Resort and Spa in Palm Springs, CA. The largest queer/lesbian/non-binary event in the world!
9/21 - 9/24 - World Bear Weekend 2023 - Orlando, FL - "Resurgence - Villians' Revenge" is this year's theme. Event passes are available now. Join hundreds of guests from all over the world for our 5th annual 4-day event. Enjoy an amazing weekend full of fun, fur, & frolic at the Doubletree by Hilton Orlando at SeaWorld with an action-packed itinerary full of exciting surprises! In addition to our wild weekend of fun, we will also be hosting our annual World Bear & Pet Contest.
9/23 - Virginia Pride - Brown's Island, Noon-8pm. More info to come!
9/30 - Blue Ridge Pride Festival - more information coming soon.

OCTOBER 2023

10/1 - Greensboro Pride - More info to come!
10/14 & 10/15 - Atlanta Pride - Piedmont Park. More info coming soon!
10/20 - 10/29 - Fantasy Fest - Key West, FL - Fantasy Fest is an annual 10-day party in paradise for grown-ups. Started in 1979 by a small group of Key West locals, the party was created to bring visitors to the island in what was a typically quiet, but beautiful season. It worked. Fantasy Fest has grown every year since its inception and is now the wildest extravaganza around! Fun-loving revelers from around the globe bring their creativity and imaginations as they descend upon Key West each year in October for 10 days filled with costuming, parades, libations, and excitement!
10/21 - Come Out With Pride Orlando - Lake Eola - More info to come!
10/21 - Honolulu Pride - Honolulu Pride Month, celebrated in October to coincide with LGBT History Month, National Coming Out Day, and Spirit Day, is four weeks of community events, parties, cultural and educational gatherings and more.

NOVEMBER 2023

11/3 - 11/5 - Palm Springs Pride - 37th Anniversary Celebration featuring the Arenas District Block Party, Festival Marketplace and Entertainment, and the world-famous parade down Palm Canyon Dr. Don't miss the final Pride celebration of each year!

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