2025 Entertainment Application Twin Cities Pride Festival

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We are excited to open applications to performing artists and invite you apply to share your talents at the 2025 Twin Cities Pride Festival.   

The following application is for Entertainment during Twin Cities Pride Festival, June 28-29, 2025 (2 days) in Loring Park.

The Entertainment application will open on January 15th 2025 and remain open until April 15th 2025. If needed, the application will re-open after the first round of applications have been reviewed. 

If you are having problems with errors submitting your application contact support@eventeny.com, or use the contact form at https://help.eventeny.com/hc/en-us/requests/new  

style="text-decoration:underline;">About Twin Cities Pride 

Twin Cities Pride is the 501c3 charitable nonprofit organization that produces the annual LGBTQ+ Pride Festival, March, and other events. In addition, Pride sponsors other LGBTQ+ nonprofits including but not limited to MN Deaf Queers, MN POC Pride, and other Prides around the state.

Twin Cities Pride is run primarily with volunteers and a few full-time employees.

The goal of Twin Cities Pride is always to create a safe and welcoming place for the LGBTQ+ community to gather and celebrate together.

NOTE: If you or your group has actively worked against or physically harmed ANY members of the LGBTQ+ community then Pride is not the space for you.  

 

We welcome performers 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:   

• Twin Cities Pride seeks to empower every LGBTQ+ person to live as their true self and to create a future where all LGBTQ+ 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.  
   

While we would like to encourage and support all performing groups to create a more inclusive and diverse space, merely having members of the LGBTQ+ community members does not qualify as being supportive or an ally. Twin Cities Pride recognizes that it is our actions that show the world our values and will keep this in mind when considering what performers will be approved for the upcoming festival and other events throughout the year. As such, if you are involved in or in any way has engaged in missions or activities that sought to harm or restrict the LGBTQ+ community in any way during the last 5 years but are taking steps to become more inclusive and supporting, please reach out to Andi Otto, Executive Director, before completing an application to discuss the best steps for you and your organization to take to become better allies to the LGBTQ+ community.

Performers will be asked to provide lyrics whenever possible for our ASL interpreters.  If chosen to perform, all required documentation will be verified prior to payment. Documentation includes, W9, signed contract.

NOTE: failure to submit all required documentation could result in the forfeiture of your slotted performance time. 

QUESTIONS: If you have questions about this application or process please review the FAQ section of the TC Pride Website https://tcpride.org/festival-entertainment-apply/  If you have any questions not answered in the FAQ section listed above please contact us at entertainment@tcpride.org  

TERMS AND CONDITIONS

Twin Cities Pride offers unique opportunities for outreach to the LGBTQ+ community performers who support our mission and champion LGBTQ+ equity. 

If you or your group are actively working against the LGBTQ+ community, the Pride Festival is not the space for you and we will politely decline your application based on the mission of Twin Cities Pride.   

If you or your group has engaged in anti-LGBTQ+ missions/activities in the past 5 years and are working to be more inclusive, please reach out to Andi Otto, Executive Director, before filling out the application so that we can discuss the best steps. He can be reached at andi.otto@tcpride.org 

The mission of Twin Cities Pride is to empower every LGBTQ+ person to live as their true self. We envision a future where all LGBTQ+ people are valued and celebrated for who they are.

We seek involvement from those participants who affirm and support our message: the Pride celebration commemorates and continues the fight against discrimination and the struggle for equality for LGBTQ+ people and their families.  

By completing this application, you agree to the above statements and mission. If at any time during the Pride Festival it is found that you are spreading any sort of hate message, no matter the type, you will be asked to leave the event. 

1. Each application will be reviewed to verify the applicant is committed to the equality of all members of the LGBTQ+ community and if what they are offering is relevant to the community.

Your application is pending until you receive notification that you have been approved. 

If your application is approved, you will be notified if you have been selected to perform.
 

Violations of Twin Cities Pride rules will result in exclusion from participation, both during the event and in subsequent years.  Submitting an application and receiving a confirmation email after you’ve completed the application DOES NOT mean you have been accepted, just that your application has been received.