2024–2025 Midwest LGBTQIA+ Pride Calendar – Pride Festivals in Chicago, St. Louis, Minneapolis, and more
The Midwest and Plains States are home to some most exciting and well-attended Pride festivals in the country, from the huge parades in Chicago, St. Louis, and Columbus to smaller and more personable gathering—think Deadwood, South Dakota or Door County, Wisconsin—that give attendees a bit more of a chance to mix and mingle, and to get to know the community.
Pictured above, the Chicago lakefront, photo by Andrew Collins
For other parts of North America, also check out the following calendars:
Here’s a 2024-25 calendar of Midwest and Plains LGBTQIA+ Pride festivals, along with details on celebrations in the states extending from Ohio and Michigan west through Indiana, Illinois, Wisconsin, Missouri, Iowa, and Minnesota, and beyond to the Great Plains states of the Dakotas, Nebraska, Kansas, and Oklahoma. The events below are listed in chronological order.
Note: We try to keep these calendars as current as possible, and we apologize if we’ve missed anything or we’ve fallen behind on the dates. My partner Fernando and I update these in our free time (it’s just something we do to support the community; we don’t receive any compensation, nor do we run ads on this site), so please bear with us. If you know of a Pride event that’s not on this calendar, or if you have updated information about an event, please email us at AndrewsTraveling@gmail.com.
Manhattan KS LGBTQIA+ Pride/Little Apple Big Pride – late April 2025
Stillwater LGBTQIA+ Pride/Payne County OK LGBTQIA+ Pride – late April 2025
Norman OK LGBTQIA+ Pride – early May 2025
Rochester MN LGBTQIA+ Pride – mid-May 2025
Springfield IL LGBTQIA+ Pride/Springfield Pridefest – mid-May 2025
Saugatuck LGBTQIA+ Pride/Douglas LGBTQIA+ Pride – May 30-June 2, 2024
Sioux City LGBTQIA+ Pride/SUX Pride – May 30-June 2, 2024
Aberdeen SD LGBTQIA+ Pride – May 31-June 2, 2024
Dayton LGBTQIA+ Pride – May 31-June 1, 2024
Cleveland LGBTQIA+ Pride – June 1, 2024
Evansville IN LGBTQIA+ Pride/River City Pride – June 1, 2024
Ferndale MI LGBTQIA+ Pride – June 1, 2024
Findlay OH LGBTQIA+ Pride – June 1, 2024
Jeffersonville IN LGBTQIA+ Pride/Southern Indiana Pride – June 1, 2024
Lawrence KS LGBTQIA+ Pride – June 1, 2024
Muskegon LGBTQIA+ Pride – June 1, 2024
Northwest Indiana LGBTQIA+ Pride/Gary LGBTQIA+ Pride/Highland LGBTQIA+ Pride – June 1-2, 2024
Panhandle Pride/Scottsbluff NE LGBTQIA+ Pride/Gering NE LGBTQIA+ Pride – June 1, 2024
Quad Cities Unity Pride/Davenport LGBTQIA+ Pride/Rock Island LGBTQIA+ Pride – June 1, 2024
Wausau WI LGBTQIA+ Pride – June 1, 2024
Cape Girardeau MO LGBTQIA+ Pride/Cape Pride – June 5, 2024
Milwaukee LGBTQIA+ Pride/PrideFest Milwaukee (June 6-8, 2024) and Milwaukee LGBTQIA+ Pride Parade/MKE Pride Parade (June 9, 2024)
Des Moines LGBTQIA+ Pride/Iowa Capital City Pride – June 7-9, 2024
Kalamazoo MI LGBTQIA+ Pride – June 7-8, 2024
Kansas City LGBTQIA+ Pride/KC PrideFest – June 7-9, 2024
Lincoln NE LGBTQIA+ Pride/Star City Pride – June 7-8, 2024
Minot ND LGBTQIA+ Pride/Magic City LGBTQIA+ Pride – June 7-9, 2024
Cedar Rapids LGBTQIA+ Pride/CR PrideFest – June 8, 2024 (Pride Parade), July 6, 2024 (Pride Festival)
Chippewa Valley Pride/Eau Claire LGBTQIA+ Pride – June 8, 2024
Detroit LGBTQIA+ Pride/Motor City Pride – June 8-9, 2024
Indianapolis LGBTQIA+ Pride/Indy Pride – June 8, 2024
Ozarks Pridefest/Springfield MO LGBTQIA+ Pride – June 8, 2024
Sioux Falls LGBTQIA+ Pride/South Dakota Pride – June 8, 2024
Upper Peninsula Rainbow Pride/Marquette LGBTQIA+ Pride – June 8, 2024
Aurora IL LGBTQIA+ Pride – June 9, 2024
Woodstock IL LGBTQIA+ Pride – June 9, 2024
Central Wisconsin LGBTQIA+ Pride/Wausau LGBTQIA+ Pride – June 13-16, 2024
Bismarck LGBTQIA+ Pride/North Dakota Pride – June 14-16, 2024
Columbus LGBTQIA+ Pride – June 14-15, 2024
Ashtabula OH LGBTQIA+ Pride – June 15, 2024
Iowa City LGBTQIA+ Pride – June 15, 2024
Northwoods Pride Festival/Rhinelander WI LGBTQIA+ Pride – June 15, 2024
South Bend LGBTQIA+ Pride – June 15, 2024
St. Charles Missouri LGBTQIA+ Pride/Pride St. Charles – June 15, 2024
Sandusky LGBTQIA+ Pride – Usually mid- to late June, but nothing has been announced for 2024
Youngstown LGBTQIA+ Pride/Warren Ohio LGBTQIA+ Pride/Pride in the Valley – June 15, 2024
Peoria LGBTQIA+ Pride/River City IL Pride Festival – June 21, 2024
Bay City MI LGBTQIA+ Pride/Great Lakes Bay Pride Festival – June 22, 2024
Benton Harbor LGBTQIA+ Pride/Southwest Michigan Pride – June 22, 2024
Brookings SD LGBTQIA+ Pride – June 22, 2024
Burlington IA LGBTQIA+ Pride/Burlington Pride in the Park – June 22, 2024
Chicago LGBTQIA+ Pride/Chicago PrideFest – June 22-23, 2024 (PrideFest), June 30 (Chicago Pride Parade)
Cincinnati LGBTQIA+ Pride – June 22, 2024
Grand Rapids LGBTQIA+ Pride – June 22, 2024
Kokomo LGBTQIA+ Pride – June 22, 2024
Mansfield OH LGBTQIA+ Pride – June 22, 2024
Michigan Pride/Lansing LGBTQIA+ Pride –June 22, 2024
Viroqua WI LGBTQIA+ Pride – June 22, 2024
Fond Du Lac WI LGBTQIA+ Pride – June 23, 2024
Vermillion SD LGBTQIA+ Pride – June 27-30, 2024
Oklahoma City LGBTQIA+ Pride – June 28-30, 2024
Black Hills Pride Festival/Rapid City LGBTQIA+ Pride - June 29, 2024
Door County Pride Festival/Open Door Pride/Sturgeon WI LGBTQIA+ Pride – June 29, 2024
Flint MI LGBTQIA+ Pride – June 29, 2024
Grand Island NE LGBTQIA+ Pride – June 29, 2024
Holland MI LGBTQIA+ Pride – June 29, 2024
St. Louis LGBTQIA+ Pride/Pride St. Louis – June 29-30, 2024
Twin Cities LGBTQIA+ Pride/Minneapolis LGBTQIA+ Pride/St. Paul LGBTQIA+ Pride – June 29-30, 2024
Wichita LGBTQIA+ Pride – June 29, 2024
Yellow Springs LGBTQIA+ Pride – June 29, 2024
Kenosha LGBTQIA+ Pride – July 6, 2024
Omaha LGBTQIA+ Pride/Council Bluffs LGBTQIA+ Pride/Heartland Pride – July 12-13, 2024
Battle Creek LGBTQIA+ Pride – July 19-20, 2024
Fort Wayne LGBTQIA+ Pride – July 26-27, 2024
Hotter Than July/Detroit Black LGBTQIA+ Pride – July 26-28, 2024
Ann Arbor LGBTQIA+ Pride – Aug. 3, 2024
Fargo LGBTQIA+ Pride/Moorhead LGBTQIA+ Pride/Fargo-Moorhead Pride – Aug. 8-11, 2024
Beloit LGBTQIA+ Pride/Rock County Wisconsin Pridefest – Aug. 10, 2024
Straits Pride/Mackinaw City LGBTQIA+ Pride/St. Ignace Pride Fest – Aug. 10, 2024
Lafayette IN LGBTQIA+ Pride – Aug. 17, 2024
Outreach Magic Festival in Madison/Madison LGBTQIA+ Pride – Aug. 18, 2024
Cedar Valley LGBTQIA+ Pride/Waterloo IA LGBTQIA+ Pride – Aug. 23-24, 2024
Toledo LGBTQIA+ Pride – Aug. 23-25, 2024
Akron LGBTQIA+ Pride – Aug. 24, 2024
Bemidji MN LGBTQIA+ Pride – Aug. 24, 2024
Duluth LGBTQIA+ Pride/Superior LGBTQIA+ Pride – Aug. 29-Sept. 2, 2024
Muncie LGBTQIA+ Pride – Aug. 31, 2024
Mankato LGBTQIA+ Pride/South Central Minnesota LGBTQIA+ Pride – September 5-8, 2024
Joplin LGBTQIA+ Pride/JOMO Pride – Sept. 6-8, 2024
La Crosse LGBTQIA+ Pride – September 7, 2024
Brainerd LGBTQIA+ Pride/Brainerd Lakes Pride - September 13-15, 2024
Ames Iowa LGBTQIA+ Pride – Sept. 14, 2024
Bartlesville OK LGBTQIA+ Pride – Sept. 14, 2024
Bloomington LGBTQIA+ Pride/Bloomington IN PrideFest – Sept. 14, 2024
Champaign–Urbana LGBTQIA+ Pride/C–U PrideFest – Sept. 15-22
St. Cloud MN LGBTQIA+ Pride – Sept. 15-22, 2024
Green Bay LGBTQIA+ Pride – Sept. 20-21, 2024
Joliet LGBTQIA+ Pride – Sept. 21, 2024
Terre Haute IN LGBTQIA+ Pride – September 21, 2024
Traverse City LGBTQIA+ Pride/Up North Michigan LGBTQIA+ Pride – Sept. 25-29, 2024
Columbia LGBTQIA+ Pride/Mid-MO PrideFest/Mid-Missouri LGBTQIA+ Pride – Sept. 28-29, 2024
Cincinnati Black LGBTQIA+ Pride – Oct. 2-6, 2024
Belleville IL LGBTQIA+ Pride/Metro East Pride – Oct. 5, 2024
Newark OH LGBTQIA+ Pride – Oct. 5, 2024
Tulsa LGBTQIA+ Pride – October 11, 2024
All photography at AndrewsTraveling.com is by Andrew Collins, unless otherwise noted.
