Pride Month began on Saturday, and with it the start of a flood of events all around Georgia to celebrate the occasion throughout June and well into the fall.
The state’s largest Pride celebration — Atlanta Pride — takes place in October, but it’s far from the only city in Georgia with a Pride festival. Columbus, Athens, Augusta, Smyrna, Rome, Savannah, Carrollton and other Georgia cities join in on the celebration too. And the list keeps growing.
Atlanta pro sports teams including the Dream, the Braves and United all host Pride night games in June. And there are scads of other ways LGBTQ people and allies are celebrating across Atlanta and Georgia.
Below is a sampling of Pride events in Georgia. Know about one that we should add to this list? Let us know!
And check out WABE’s newly updated Beyond Pride page, which includes a number of in-depth feature stories on LGBTQ issues and people in Georgia. A team of WABE reporters is hard at work on a fresh batch of stories that will be added to the page over the next few months.
The page also includes LGBTQ Atlantans in their own words, the Pride events calendar, an interactive LGBTQ Atlanta history tour and LGBTQ coverage from other NPR member stations across the South.
June
June 1: PFLAG Milledgeville Pride Paddle, 10 a.m., Oconee River Greenway
June 1: Columbus Pride Festival, 10:30 a.m.-10 p.m., 1100 Broadway
June 1: Athens Pride Parade, 2 p.m., Downtown
June 1: Atlanta Women’s Chorus: Phoenix Rising, 2 p.m. & 7 p.m., Lawrenceville Arts Center
June 1: Pride After Dark, 9 p.m., Apache XLR (Atlanta)
June 1: Heyday ’80s Dance Party Pride Kickoff Edition, 9 p.m. – 3 a.m., The Basement
June 2: Atlanta Pride Run, 8 a.m., Piedmont Park
June 2: Red’s Beer Garden Pride Party, Noon-4 p.m., Red’s Beer Garden
June 2: Atlanta Dream Pride Game, 3 p.m., Gateway Center Arena
June 2: Atlanta United Pride Night, 4:30 p.m., Mercedes-Benz Stadium
June 3: Wussy Mag’s The Peachies Awards, 8 p.m., City Winery Atlanta
June 4: Landmark Pride Series: “Brokeback Mountain,” 7 p.m., Landmark Midtown Art Cinema
June 6-8: LGBTQ Institute 2024 Symposium, National Center for Civil & Human Rights
June 8: OUTrageous! Pride Market, Noon-4 p.m., American Cancer Society Center
June 8: Gwinnett Pride, Noon-7 p.m., Thrasher Park
June 9: Queer Craft Night’s Art in the Park Pride Month Edition, 3-6:30 p.m., Piedmont Park
June 11: Landmark Pride Series: “Hedwig & The Angry Inch,” 7 p.m., Landmark Midtown Art Cinema
June 12: MAAP Happy Hour & Pride Trivia, 7 p.m., High Museum of Art
June 14: Gwinnett Stripers Pride Night, 7:05 p.m., Coolray Field (Lawrenceville)
June 14: Second Friday Pride Party, 8 p.m., Sister Louisa’s Church of the Living Room & Ping Pong Emporium
June 15: Brewhaha! Drag Bingo – The Pride Show, 1-3 p.m., Finca to Filter (West End)
June 18: Atlanta Braves Pride Night, 5:20 p.m., The Battery
June 20: Amen! It’s A Drag Show: The Pride Show, 10:30 p.m., Sister Louisa’s Church
June 21: Zoo Atlanta Pride Night, 6-9 p.m., Zoo Atlanta
June 18: Landmark Pride Series: “Moonlight,” 7 p.m., Landmark Midtown Art Cinema
June 15: Landmark Pride Series: “But I’m A Cheerleader,” 7 p.m., Landmark Midtown Art Cinema
June 20: Little Shop of Stories Pride Panel, 7-8 p.m., DeKalb County Public Library Decatur Branch
June 21: Burlesque Karaoke Pride Edition, 8 p.m., Metropolitan Studios (Atlanta)
June 21-22: Augusta Pride, Augusta Common
June 22: Smyrna Pride, Noon-6 p.m., Smyrna Market Village
June 22: Stonewall Block Party, 2-10 p.m., 1515 Bull St. (Savannah)
June 22: Pride Showcase, 8-11 p.m., ArtsXchange
June 23: Pride Month Up Top! Drag Bingo, 2-4 p.m., Citizen Supply
June 24-30: Southern Fried Queer Pride Festival, Multiple Locations
June 28-30: Rome Pride, Ridge Ferry Park
June 29: 3rd Annual Queer Prom, 7-11 p.m., Metropolitan Studios
August
Aug. 27-Sept. 2: Atlanta Black Pride, Multiple Locations
September
Sept. 21: South Georgia Pride, 11 a.m. – 6 p.m., John W. Saunders Park
Sept. 28: Carrollton Pride, 11 a.m. – 4 p.m., University of West Georgia
October
Oct. 12-13: Atlanta Pride, Piedmont Park
Oct. 17-22: Savannah Pride, Ellis Square
