Grand Rapids Pride Festival 2026: Together We Glow! - Eventeny

Grand Rapids Pride Festival 2026: Together We Glow!

Starts on Saturday, June 20th, 2026
Grand Rapids, Michigan, United States
Grand Rapids Pride Center logo
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About the event
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.
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Dates
Jun 20, 2026 · 12:00 PM - Jun 21, 2026 · 8:00 PM(GMT-04:00) Eastern Time (US & Canada)
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Location
Parking instructions
Please utilize any metered parking or any paid city lot.
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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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Artists, vendors & exhibitors applications
Interested in applying:
4 active applications
Deadline: Jun 12, 2026

Welcome! You are applying for a 10x10 Non-profit Organization booth space for Grand Rapids Pride Festival 2026. Non-Profit booths are only for tax-exempt organizations, government entities, or churches.

 

Grand Rapids Pride Festival is a 2-day event, taking place on June 20 & June 21. Your booth space fee is determined based on your organization's budget size and whether you are purchasing a booth space for 1 day or 2 days. We are able to verify budget size through public tax information, if necessary. If you work for a large organization that has chapters, go based on your chapter's specific budget. Budget sizes have been split into 5 tiers:

 

  • Non-Profit Budget Under $500,000
  • Non-Profit Budget $500,000 - $1,000,000
  • Non-Profit Budget $1,000,000 - $5,000,000
  • Non-Profit Budget $5,000,000 - $10,000,000
  • Non-Profit Budget Greater Than $10,000,000

 

*Disclaimer: 2-day vendor applications will receive priority approval. 1-day vendor applications will be waitlisted until May 15th and then approved based on the availability of booth spaces left. 

Deadline: Jun 12, 2026

Welcome! You are applying for a 10x10 Business/Commercial booth space for Grand Rapids Pride Festival 2026. 

 

Grand Rapids Pride Festival is a 2-day event, taking place on June 20 & June 21. Your booth space fee is determined based on your organization's budget size and whether you are purchasing a booth space for 1 day or 2 days. We are able to verify budget size through public tax information, if necessary. If you work for a large organization that has chapters, go based on your chapter's specific budget. Budget sizes have been split into 5 tiers:

 

  • Business Budget Under $500,000
  • Business Budget $500,000 - $1,000,000
  • Business Budget $1,000,000 - $5,000,000
  • Business Budget $5,000,000 - $10,000,000
  • Business Budget Greater Than $10,000,000

We are offering a discount on booth spaces for Queer Owned Businesses again this year! If you are a Queer-Owned Business, please use code queerbiz26 to receive your discount! You can enter the code on the fourth step of the application at the top of the page. 

 

*Disclaimer: 2-day vendor applications will receive priority approval. 1-day vendor applications will be waitlisted until May 15th, then approved based on the availability of remaining booth spaces. 

Deadline: Jun 12, 2026

Welcome! You are applying for a Local Artist booth space for Grand Rapids Pride Festival 2026. Local Artist booths are only for artists located in the metro Grand Rapids area and must not have their own brick & mortar business. Any artists with their own brick & mortar business space, please use our Business/Commercial application. All original works only. Reproducing work of your own art is the only exception to that rule. 

 

Local Artist booth spaces are booths numbered 61-80 in the Artist Alley section (see Festival Map for location).

 

Grand Rapids Pride Festival is a 2-day event, taking place on June 20 & June 21. Your booth space fee is determined based on whether you are purchasing a booth space for 1 day or 2 days.

 

On May 8th, local artists will be selected through a lottery system to ensure a fair and equitable process, with five spots reserved specifically for local QTPOC artists. If all 20 spots are not filled through the lottery, the remaining spots will be available on a first-come, first-served basis.


Potential Categories of Art: 
Clay: Original clay and porcelain work, functional or sculptural.

Fiber: Includes wearable and non-wearable.

Glass: Functional and sculptural work is accepted. Kiln forming, blowing, molding, or casting, as well as all cold working processes are permitted.

Jewelry: Only those artists accepted in the jewelry category may display or sell jewelry. 

Metal: Sculptural or decorative work made from metal. 

Mixed Media: Work which combines materials from two or more mediums in one piece.

Musical Instruments: Handmade instruments.

Natural Materials: This includes basket weaving, chair caning, brooms, gourds, and other works made from materials found in nature.

Photography: Includes traditional film photography, hand-colored images, emulsion transfers, and digital photography. Only artist’s original source material is acceptable.

Printmaking: Only hand-pulled original prints are allowed. 

Sculpture: Three-dimensional work using additive or subtractive processes in a single medium.

Two-Dimensional: Original drawing, painting, and digital works. 

Wood: Original works that are hand tooled, machine-worked, turned or carved.

 

Digital Art: A form of art that uses digital technology to create or manipulate art. It includes a variety of mediums such as digital paintings, illustration, photography, video, animation, sculpture, etc. 

 

*Disclaimer: The art categories listed are examples and do not represent all art forms that are accepted. 

Deadline: Jun 12, 2026

Welcome! You are applying for a Food Vendor space at Grand Rapids Pride Festival 2026. Food Vendors will need to specify if they’re a food truck or will just need a booth space. Any food vendor will need to have a Kent County Health Department permit. Food trucks will need (1) to provide us their exact footprint measurement and (2) have a City of GR Food Truck license (as well as the Health Department permit).

 

Grand Rapids Pride Festival is a 2-day event, taking place on June 20 & June 21. Your booth space fee is determined based on if you are a truck/tent/cart and whether you are purchasing a space for 1 day or 2 days.

 

We are offering a discount for food trucks that are members of the Heart of Food Association this year! If you are a Heart of Food member, please use code heart26 to receive your discount! You can enter the code on the fourth step of the application at the top of the page. 

 

*Disclaimer: 2-day vendor applications will receive priority approval. 1-day vendor applications will be waitlisted until May 15th and then approved based on the availability of booth spaces left. 

Volunteers
Interested in applying:
34 active applications
Deadline: Jun 18, 2026
Earlier in the day on Friday, help up us at the center packing all the items for festival into our Uhaul!
Deadline: Jun 18, 2026
Help us setup for pride festival! Which includes setting up tables and chairs for vendors, setting out and arranging patio furniture, moving kegs and setting up the beer garden, hanging up signage, setting up tables and chairs for the food court, putting up tents, unloading uhauls, etc. Dinner will be provided!
Deadline: Jun 19, 2026
On Saturday, help us check in vendors, guide them to their booth spaces, assist vendors with booth setup as needed, etc.
Deadline: Jun 19, 2026
On Saturday, help volunteers get checked in for their shift! Check their names off on the volunteer list, provide them with a volunteer shirt and nametag, direct them to their volunteer location as needed.
SATURDAY. The festival information volunteer will provide general festival info and accessibility info to festival guests. Volunteers will be stationed at the Info Tent 1 near Michigan and Ottawa. Information about the festival, first aid supplies, and a therapist will all be accessible at this location.
SATURDAY. The festival information volunteer will provide general festival info and accessibility info to festival guests. Volunteers will be stationed at the Info Tent 2 in front of Calder Plaza. Information about the festival, first aid supplies, and a therapist will all be accessible at this location.
SATURDAY. The festival information volunteer will provide general festival info and accessibility info to festival guests. Volunteers will be stationed at the Info Tent 3 near Ottawa and Lyon. Information about the festival, first aid supplies, and a therapist will all be accessible at this location.
Deadline: Jun 19, 2026
SATURDAY-Volunteers in the beer garden may assist with selling beer/drink tickets, checking ID's, distributing wristbands for guests ages 21+, pouring beer from kegs, refilling ice coolers, making mixed drinks, making sure the beer tents and surrounding area are clean and free of trash, emptying trash cans in the beer garden as needed, etc. Beer Garden TIPS Lead Volunteers must be TIPS certified.
Deadline: Jun 19, 2026
SATURDAY. Grand Rapids Pride Center (GRPC) will be selling flags and other merch at their vendor booth on Ottawa in front of Calder Plaza. We will need volunteers to run the vendor booth (selling merch, processing payments, etc.).
Deadline: Jun 19, 2026
SATURDAY. Entertainment volunteers support the Emcee (DeeDee Chaunte) and Stage Managers (Cassidy Davis and Darius Colquitt) with various needs. This includes, but is not limited to, food & drink runs, entertainment check-ins, entertainment transportation (from green room to side-stage), stage and backstage clean up, etc.
Deadline: Jun 19, 2026
SATURDAY. Volunteer therapists will provide therapy services for folks as needed. Volunteers will be stationed at the Info Tent 1 on Michigan/Ottawa. Information about the festival, first aid supplies, and a therapist will all be accessible at this location.
Deadline: Jun 19, 2026
SATURDAY. Volunteer therapists will provide therapy services for folks as needed. Volunteers will be stationed at the Info Tent 2 on Ottawa right in front of Calder Plaza. Information about the festival, first aid supplies, and a therapist will all be accessible at this location.
Deadline: Jun 19, 2026
SATURDAY. Volunteer therapists will provide therapy services for folks as needed. Volunteers will be stationed at the Info Tent 3 near Ottawa and Lyon Information about the festival, first aid supplies, and a therapist will all be accessible at this location.
Deadline: Jun 19, 2026
SATURDAY-Volunteers in the sensory area will oversee the area and help folks using the space get water, seating, etc. as well as cleaning the space after folks leave.
Deadline: Jun 19, 2026
SATURDAY. Volunteer therapists will provide therapy services for folks as needed. Volunteers will be stationed in the Sensory Area to help provide therapeutic services for folks using the area as needed.
Deadline: Jun 19, 2026
SATURDAY! Help us keep the festival clean! Duties include picking up trash off the ground, clearing trash off any tables and chairs, overseeing the recycling area to ensure festival attendees are recycling properly, emptying recycling and garbage bins, help transport water and ice as needed, etc.
Deadline: Jun 19, 2026
Help us on Saturday evening start prep for Sunday morning. Some moving and cleaning, assisting vendors that are only vending Saturday, etc. If you sign up AFTER June 1st, we cannot guarantee a volunteer shirt.
Deadline: Jun 20, 2026
Sunday morning. Help us check in vendors, guide them to their booth spaces, assist vendors with booth setup as needed, etc.
Deadline: Jun 20, 2026
SUNDAY. Help volunteers get checked in for their shift! Check their names off on the volunteer list, provide them with a volunteer shirt and nametag, direct them to their volunteer location as needed.
SUNDAY. The festival information volunteer will provide general festival info and accessibility info to festival guests. Volunteers will be stationed at the Info Tent 1 on Michigan and Ottawa. Information about the festival, first aid supplies, and a therapist will all be accessible at this location.
SUNDAY. The festival information volunteer will provide general festival info and accessibility info to festival guests. Volunteers will be stationed at the Info Tent 2 in front of Calder Plaza. Information about the festival, first aid supplies, and a therapist will all be accessible at this location.
SUNDAY. The festival information volunteer will provide general festival info and accessibility info to festival guests. Volunteers will be stationed at the Info Tent 3 on the corner of Lyon and Ottawa. Information about the festival, first aid supplies, and a therapist will all be accessible at this location.
Deadline: Jun 20, 2026
SUNDAY- Volunteers in the beer garden may assist with selling beer/drink tickets, checking ID's, distributing wristbands for guests ages 21+, pouring beer from kegs, refilling ice coolers, making mixed drinks, making sure the beer tents and surrounding area are clean and free of trash, emptying trash cans in the beer garden as needed, etc. Beer Garden Lead Volunteers must be TIPS certified.
Deadline: Jun 20, 2026
SUNDAY. Grand Rapids Pride Center (GRPC) will be selling flags and other merch at their vendor booth on Ottawa in front of Calder Plaza. We will need volunteers to run the vendor booth (selling merch, processing payments, etc.).
Deadline: Jun 20, 2026
SUNDAY. Entertainment volunteers support the Emcee (DeeDee Chaunte) and Stage Managers (Cassidy Davis and Darius Colquitt) with various needs. This includes, but is not limited to, food & drink runs, entertainment check-ins, entertainment transportation (from green room to side-stage), stage and backstage clean up, etc.
Deadline: Jun 20, 2026
SUNDAY. Volunteer therapists will provide therapy services for folks as needed. Volunteers will be stationed at the Security & First Aid Tent 1 near Michigan and Ottawa. Information about the festival, first aid supplies, and a therapist will all be accessible at this location.
Deadline: Jun 20, 2026
SUNDAY. Volunteer therapists will provide therapy services for folks as needed. Volunteers will be stationed at the Info Tent 2 in front of Calder Plaza Information about the festival, first aid supplies, and a therapist will all be accessible at this location.
Deadline: Jun 20, 2026
SUNDAY. Volunteer therapists will provide therapy services for folks as needed. Volunteers will be stationed at Info Tent 3 near Lyon and Ottawa. Information about the festival, first aid supplies, and a therapist will all be accessible at this location.
Deadline: Jun 20, 2026
SUNDAY. Volunteers in the sensory area will oversee the area and help folks using the space get water, seating, etc. as well as cleaning the space after folks leave.
Deadline: Jun 20, 2026
SUNDAY. Volunteer therapists will provide therapy services for folks as needed in the sensory area.
Deadline: Jun 20, 2026
SUNDAY ! Help us keep the festival clean! Duties include picking up trash off the ground, clearing trash off any tables and chairs, overseeing the recycling area to ensure festival attendees are recycling properly, emptying recycling and garbage bins, help transport water and ice as needed, etc.
Deadline: Jun 20, 2026
Help us start tearing down tents, folding up tables and chairs, picking up trash, etc. as the event closes out on Sunday evening. Everything will need to be taken down across the entire festival, and brought to Calder Plaza.
Deadline: Jun 21, 2026
Help us fold up tables and chairs, picking up trash, pack up all the left over event bins, etc. to finish cleaning the street up on Monday June, 23rd. If you sign up AFTER June 1st, we cannot guarantee a volunteer shirt.
Deadline: Jun 21, 2026
Help unload the Uhaul at GRPC.
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