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The Grand Rapids Pride Festival (GRPF) returns for its 38th year! Join us on June 20th and 21st, 2026, to celebrate the West Michigan 2-SLGBTQ+ community and support local businesses, organizations, and artists. Pride is a protest and space for radical interconnectedness. At our festival, you will find 150+ vendors, a beer garden (including non-alcoholic beverages), activities for all ages, food trucks, a sensory space, and local, statewide, and nationally recognized performers on our entertainment stage! This annual event takes place to gather 2-SLGBTQ+ folks and their allies in a safe, open, and inclusive environment, loud and proud.
Dates
Jun 20, 2026 · 12:00 PM - Jun 21, 2026 · 8:00 PM(GMT-04:00) Eastern Time (US & Canada)
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Please utilize any metered parking or any paid city lot.
Health & safety
For the safety and comfort of all participants, we are highly recommending all attendees to observe the following precautions:
• Wear face masks, except when eating or drinking
• Maintain physical distance when possible
• Testing the day before coming to Pride Festival
Hand sanitizer stations and face masks will be available on-site.
If you are experiencing any cold/flu-like symptoms, have COVID-19, MPox or any other communicable disease or think you may have been exposed, please stay home.
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Deadline:
May 31, 2026
Grand Rapids Pride Festival offers unique opportunities for outreach to the 2-SLGBTQ+ community for organizations/businesses that support our mission and champion 2-SLGBTQ+ equity and justice. If your company/group/organization is actively working against the 2-SLGBTQ+ community, the Pride Festival is not the space for your organization and we will politely decline your application based on the mission of the Grand Rapids Pride Center.
We seek involvement from those participants who affirm and support our message that the Pride Festival celebration is and will continue to be a riot/protest and commemorates/continues the fight against discrimination and the struggle for equity, justice, and liberation for all 2-SLGBTQ+ people and their families. While we celebrate and invite queer joy let us not forget that not only is our 2-SLGBTQ+ community natural, but here to continue to push the needle forward.
Deadline:
May 31, 2026
Grand Rapids Pride Festival offers unique opportunities for outreach to the 2-SLGBTQ+ community for organizations/businesses that support our mission and champion 2-SLGBTQ+ equity and justice. If your company/group/organization is actively working against the 2-SLGBTQ+ community, the Pride Festival is not the space for your organization and we will politely decline your application based on the mission of the Grand Rapids Pride Center.
We seek involvement from those participants who affirm and support our message that the Pride Festival celebration is and will continue to be a riot/protest and commemorates/continues the fight against discrimination and the struggle for equity, justice, and liberation for all 2-SLGBTQ+ people and their families. While we celebrate and invite queer joy let us not forget that not only is our 2-SLGBTQ+ community natural, but here to continue to push the needle forward.
Deadline:
May 31, 2026
Grand Rapids Pride Festival offers unique opportunities for outreach to the 2-SLGBTQ+ community for organizations/businesses that support our mission and champion 2-SLGBTQ+ equity and justice. If your company/group/organization is actively working against the 2-SLGBTQ+ community, the Pride Festival is not the space for your organization and we will politely decline your application based on the mission of the Grand Rapids Pride Center.
We seek involvement from those participants who affirm and support our message that the Pride Festival celebration is and will continue to be a riot/protest and commemorates/continues the fight against discrimination and the struggle for equity, justice, and liberation for all 2-SLGBTQ+ people and their families. While we celebrate and invite queer joy let us not forget that not only is our 2-SLGBTQ+ community natural, but here to continue to push the needle forward.
Deadline:
May 31, 2026
Grand Rapids Pride Festival offers unique opportunities for outreach to the 2-SLGBTQ+ community for organizations/businesses that support our mission and champion 2-SLGBTQ+ equity and justice. If your company/group/organization is actively working against the 2-SLGBTQ+ community, the Pride Festival is not the space for your organization and we will politely decline your application based on the mission of the Grand Rapids Pride Center.
We seek involvement from those participants who affirm and support our message that the Pride Festival celebration is and will continue to be a riot/protest and commemorates/continues the fight against discrimination and the struggle for equity, justice, and liberation for all 2-SLGBTQ+ people and their families. While we celebrate and invite queer joy let us not forget that not only is our 2-SLGBTQ+ community natural, but here to continue to push the needle forward.
Deadline:
May 31, 2026
Grand Rapids Pride Festival offers unique opportunities for outreach to the 2-SLGBTQ+ community for organizations/businesses that support our mission and champion 2-SLGBTQ+ equity and justice. If your company/group/organization is actively working against the 2-SLGBTQ+ community, the Pride Festival is not the space for your organization and we will politely decline your application based on the mission of the Grand Rapids Pride Center.
We seek involvement from those participants who affirm and support our message that the Pride Festival celebration is and will continue to be a riot/protest and commemorates/continues the fight against discrimination and the struggle for equity, justice, and liberation for all 2-SLGBTQ+ people and their families. While we celebrate and invite queer joy let us not forget that not only is our 2-SLGBTQ+ community natural, but here to continue to push the needle forward.
Deadline:
May 31, 2026
Grand Rapids Pride Festival offers unique opportunities for outreach to the 2-SLGBTQ+ community for organizations/businesses that support our mission and champion 2-SLGBTQ+ equity and justice. If your company/group/organization is actively working against the 2-SLGBTQ+ community, the Pride Festival is not the space for your organization and we will politely decline your application based on the mission of the Grand Rapids Pride Center.
We seek involvement from those participants who affirm and support our message that the Pride Festival celebration is and will continue to be a riot/protest and commemorates/continues the fight against discrimination and the struggle for equity, justice, and liberation for all 2-SLGBTQ+ people and their families. While we celebrate and invite queer joy let us not forget that not only is our 2-SLGBTQ+ community natural, but here to continue to push the needle forward.
Deadline:
May 31, 2026
Grand Rapids Pride Festival offers unique opportunities for outreach to the 2-SLGBTQ+ community for organizations/businesses that support our mission and champion 2-SLGBTQ+ equity and justice. If your company/group/organization is actively working against the 2-SLGBTQ+ community, the Pride Festival is not the space for your organization and we will politely decline your application based on the mission of the Grand Rapids Pride Center.
We seek involvement from those participants who affirm and support our message that the Pride Festival celebration is and will continue to be a riot/protest and commemorates/continues the fight against discrimination and the struggle for equity, justice, and liberation for all 2-SLGBTQ+ people and their families. While we celebrate and invite queer joy let us not forget that not only is our 2-SLGBTQ+ community natural, but here to continue to push the needle forward.
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