Pride
PRIDE is a celebration of the LGBTQ+ community. It is held to commemorate the Stonewall Riots, which are often viewed as the catalyst that began the modern LGBTQIA+ rights movement.
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2025 Pride Schedule
Thursday, June 5
Interfaith Service
TBA
Friday, June 6
Friday Night Affair
Saturday, June 7
Parade
Downtown at 11am
Pride Festival
at Noon
Sunday, June 8
PFLAG's Running With Pride
9am- Eastwood Park
Friday Night
affair on Saint Clair
Friday evening's event is the kick off to the LGBTQ+ festivities in Dayton. It's a casual evening of live entertainment.
We'll have food trucks and beverages available for purchase. This great evening event is the official kick-off to Dayton Pride 2025!
Pride PARADE
2025
This year's parade lines up on Jefferson Street and begins at Second Street to Main Street and around the block on First Street down to Patterson.
Pride Festival
2025
The Pride festival continues after the PRIDE parade. With live entertainment, vendors and of course food, this is an event you cannot miss! We encourage you to bring the whole family, and provide a section just for kids that includes activities for all ages.
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Why have Pride?
The PRIDE celebration creates a safe environment for members of our community to express themselves without fear of hate and to experience queerness as being the default as opposed the the exception while helping to raise awareness and support for the LGBTQIA+ community.