Elmira PRIDE Festival - 6/6/26
Schedule
Sat Jun 06 2026 at 11:00 am to 04:00 pm
UTC-04:00Location
208 W Gray St, Elmira, NY, United States, New York 14901 | Elmira, NY
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June 6 - Fourth annual Elmira Pride Festival happens in Wisner Park, 11 AM to 4 PM Program details:
The Park Church is completing its planning for the June 6th Elmira Pride Festival (fourth annual) to be held in Wisner Park and announces these details:
• The free event kicks off at 11 AM and will be a wrap at 4 PM, rain or shine, a family friendly celebration.
• Starting off the event schedule will be welcoming remarks from Brent Stermer, Chemung County legislative minority chair and Reverend Gary Brinn, Park Church Pastor and Teacher. Rev. Brinn will relate how this festival can be a life-saving celebration and why The Park Church is committed to bringing it annually to Elmira.
• Featured musicians on the Gazebo stage this year include Andy G. Fagan, Lori Lynn Barrett and Lisa Bloom, and JOGO (Jose Gomez).
• Also returning to the festival is Transpose a ten-voice a Capella queer singers alliance from Ithaca and a theatrical piece by local playwright Kai DonDero.
• New to the event this year is a set with Big Mama and the Collective and the BloomVEST chorus with a sing-along of social justice ballads.
• Highlighting each year’s Pride festival is the drag show, a staged set of karaoke drag review, this year by nine local drag queens and kings. Plus a story time program for children presented by two of the drag queens.
• Additionally, Latin Dancers with Sandra Thomas will be featured.
• At the close of the festival, members of the LGBTQI+ community who lost their lives to hate crimes, AIDS and/or suicide, will be remembered as doves are released in their names. Vendors and non-profit tablers, contact the office for an app. [email protected] or 607-733-9104.
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Where is it happening?
208 W Gray St, Elmira, NY, United States, New York 14901Event Location & Nearby Stays:
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