2026 Twin Cities Pride Festival

About the event

The Twin Cities Pride Festival is Minnesota’s second largest festival and the largest FREE Pride festival. Highlighting the best in LGBTQIA2S+ entertainment on 3 stages, featuring over 650 vendors, including LGBTQIA2S+ & BIPOC community resources, artists, and businesses. As always, Twin Cities Pride Festival is ADMISSION FREE!

Dates

Jun 26, 2026 · 5:00 PM - Jun 28, 2026 · 6:00 PM(GMT-05:00) Central Time (US & Canada)

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Location

Minnesota, United States

1382 Willow St, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55403, United States

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Parking instructions

Public parking and different transportation options are available to reach the festival. Below are some of our recommendations for parking and transportation. Public Transit: Metro Transit features numerous bus stops around Loring Park. We recommend using the Metro Transit Trip Planner to determine the best route for you. We partnered with Metro Transit to provide a free ride pass for each day of the festival! Get the passes on our website! Parking We recommend booking convenient and affordable parking in advance through SpotHero, the nation’s leading parking reservations app. To reserve your parking spot for Twin Cities Pride, checkout our website. Bike Check Navigating to Pride can be a challenge between traffic and construction! But with Bike Check it just got easier. This is a great space to park your bike while you enjoy the festival!

Event highlights

Twin Cities Pride Festival

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The Twin Cities Pride Festival is Minnesota’s second largest festival and the largest FREE Pride festival.  Highlighting the best in LGBTQIA2S+ entertainment on 3 stages, featuring over 650 vendors, including LGBTQIA2S+ & BIPOC community resources, artists, and businesses.

Twin Cities Pride Parade

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Celebrate love, equality, and diversity at the Twin Cities Pride Parade, an iconic event renowned as one of the largest Pride Parades in the United States. With a vibrant procession down Hennepin Avenue, this annual extravaganza draws over 200,000 cheering supporters to champion LGBTQIA+ rights and visibility. Join us as we march forward, spreading joy, acceptance, and empowerment for all.

2026 Twin Cities Pride Parade
Sunday, June 28, 2026 11:00 AM – 2:00 PM (Central Time)
The parade starts at 3rd & Hennepin and proceeds down Hennepin to Spruce.

Rainbow Run 5K

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Get ready to dash through the rainbow at the 2025 Twin Cities Pride Rainbow Run 5k! Join us for an electric run down Hennepin Ave. and feel the energy as parade spectators cheer you on, or participate virtually from wherever you are!

Twin Cities Pride Youth Night

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Get ready for the third annual Twin Cities Pride Youth Night! Join us as we kick off the festival with a night of fun, activities, and entertainment for LGBTQIA2S+ youth. Featuring drag performances, DJ, photo booth, and more! This event is open to ages 10-20. We will have free food, drinks, and fun! There will be spaces for caregivers to relax during the event.

When: Friday, June 26th 5:00pm – 8:00pm
Location: Loring Park, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Family Fun Day

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Celebrate with Us!
Join us for an action packed celebration of LGBTQIA2S+ families at our annual Family Fun Day! 

This FREE event is open to all families, friends, and allies. We can’t wait to share this special day with you! 

What to Expect
Free community meal including hot dogs, chips, beverages, and more.

Engaging crafts, exciting games, and fun activities for the kids.

Shop exclusive Twin Cities Pride merch and yard signs.

Learn more about Twin Cities Pride year-round programming.

Appearances by your favorite MN mascots.

Artists, vendors & exhibitors applications

Interested in applying:

3 active applications

2026 Booth Vendor - Pride Festival

Deadline: Jun 17, 2026

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Applications for the 2026 Twin Cities Pride Festival are now open and will remain open until capacity is reached. For all details regarding our application and involvement please visit https://tcpride.org/2026-vendor-info/ or contact festival@tcpride.org

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Please visit our Vendor Info website (link above) to see all details that will make your application process smoother. If you encounter errors while completing or submitting your application, please contact support@eventeny.com, or use the contact form at https://help.eventeny.com/hc/en-us/requests/new.

The festival will be held June 27-28, 2026. Estimated attendance will be 475,000+

About Twin Cities Pride: Twin Cities Pride is the 501c3 charitable nonprofit organization that produces the annual LGBTQIA2S+ Pride Festival, March, and other events. To see our impact on our community with the funding recieved by vendors like you check out our 2026 Community Impact Report.

The goal of Twin Cities Pride is always to create a safe and welcoming place for the LGBTQIA2S+ community to gather and celebrate together. If you are part of a company, group, or organization that has actively worked against or physically harmed ANY members of the LGBTQIA2S+ community then Pride is not the space for you. 

We welcome vending businesses and organizations who affirm and support our mission. Twin Cities Pride wishes to create an environment that celebrates the gathering of a community, while remembering our history and all who have gathered before us:  

Our Mission: Twin Cities Pride seeks to empower every LGBTQIA2S+ person to live as their true self and to create a future where all LGBTQIA2S+ people are valued and celebrated for who they are.

A current map that shows the remaining booth spaces can be viewed at the bottom of the application, or by following this link: https://www.eventeny.com/events/map/?id=24786&mid=17558&share=1

Please verify your booth placement requests compared to this updating map. Specific booth numbers may not be in the same placement as previous years due to changes in the map’s layout. As such, vendors who request the same booth number as 2025 may not have the same booth space.

2026 Food Vendor Application # 1 - Pride Festival

Deadline: Apr 30, 2026

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The following application is for FOOD VENDORS ONLY. For your FIRST LOCATION during Twin Cities Pride Festival.

Applications for the 2026 Twin Cities Pride Festival are now open and will remain open until capacity is reached. For all details regarding our application and involvement please visit https://tcpride.org/2026-vendor-info/ or contact festival@tcpride.org.

Please expand the Show More below to see more details.

If you encounter errors while completing or submitting your application, please contact support@eventeny.com, or use the contact form at https://help.eventeny.com/hc/en-us/requests/new.

The festival will be held June 27-28, 2026. Estimated attendance will be 475,000+

About Twin Cities Pride: Twin Cities Pride is the 501c3 charitable nonprofit organization that produces the annual LGBTQIA2S+ Pride Festival, March, and other events. To see our impact on our community with the funding received by vendors like you check out our 2026 Community Impact Report.

The goal of Twin Cities Pride is always to create a safe and welcoming place for the LGBTQIA2S+ community to gather and celebrate together. If you are part of a company, group, or organization that has actively worked against or physically harmed ANY members of the LGBTQIA2S+ community then Pride is not the space for you. 

We welcome vending businesses and organizations who affirm and support our mission. Twin Cities Pride wishes to create an environment that celebrates the gathering of a community, while remembering our history and all who have gathered before us:  

Our Mission: Twin Cities Pride seeks to empower every LGBTQIA2S+ person to live as their true self and to create a future where all LGBTQIA2S+ people are valued and celebrated for who they are.

A current map that shows the remaining booth spaces can be viewed at the bottom of the application, or by following this link: https://www.eventeny.com/events/map/?id=14806&mid=11760

Please verify your booth placement requests compared to this updating map. Specific booth numbers may not be in the same placement as previous years due to changes in the map’s layout. As such, vendors who request the same booth number as 2025 may not have the same booth space.

2026 Twin Cities Pride Parade Application

Deadline: Apr 15, 2026

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Applications for the 2026 Twin Cities Pride Parade are now open and will remain open until 11:59 pm on April 15th, 2026. Approval or Denial will be given no later than April 20th, 2026 to ensure enough time for groups to plan.

For all details regarding our application and involvement including common FAQ’s please visit https://tcpride.org/parade/

The festival and parade will be held June 27-28, 2026. Estimated attendance will be 475,000+. Parade will start at 11 am on Sunday June 28th, 2026 and travel down Hennepin Ave.

About Twin Cities Pride: Twin Cities Pride is the 501c3 charitable nonprofit organization that produces the annual LGBTQIA2S+ Pride Festival, March, and other events. To see our impact on our community with the funding recieved by vendors like you check out our 2026 Community Impact Report

The goal of Twin Cities Pride is always to create a safe and welcoming place for the LGBTQIA2S+ community to gather and celebrate together. If you are part of a company, group, or organization that has actively worked against or physically harmed ANY members of the LGBTQIA2S+ community then Pride is not the space for you. 

We welcome participation from businesses and organizations who affirm and support our mission. Twin Cities Pride wishes to create an environment that celebrates the gathering of a community, while remembering our history and all who have gathered before us.

Our Mission: Twin Cities Pride seeks to empower every LGBTQIA2S+ person to live as their true self and to create a future where all LGBTQIA2S+ people are valued and celebrated for who they are.

The Pride celebration commemorates and continues the fight against discrimination and ongoing struggle for equality faced by lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer persons and their families. 

If you encounter errors while completing or submitting your application, please contact support@eventeny.com, or use the contact form at https://help.eventeny.com/hc/en-us/requests/new.

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