We’re thrilled to announce Wake Forest’s Inaugural Pride Fest, a celebration of diversity, love, and acceptance. Join us for a day of festivities, live performances, and community unity. There is something for the whole family!
Pride Fest will take place from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. along the festival section of East Owen Avenue and most of Brooks Street.
DJ Gina will start the music at 11 a.m. followed by the Triangle Gay Men’s Chorus at 12:30 p.m. The Wake Forest Pride Kickoff will happen at 1 p.m. John Pavlovitz will take the stage at 1:30 followed by the School of Rock at 2:30 and Mary Selvidge at 4:15 to close out the day. The stage will be at the intersection of East Owen and Brooks.
The Kids Zone with bouncy tents and other attractions will be set up in the parking lot near the stage
There will be numerous vendors in tents along Brooks Street, and the food trucks will be in the parking area behind Fidelity Bank.
Sponsors include Peaches PhotoBooth, Blue Water Spa, Renewal by Anderson, Breyta Psychological Services, Oak City Fibers, Alchemy Hot Yoga, Cameron & Furman Certified Public Accountants, True You Studio, Jubilation Spa, Page 158 Books, Wake Forest Coffee, Wegmans, ASCH Counseling and Development, Azura, WFCC Disciples of Christ, Carolina Therapy Solutions, the Knotty Sheep, Wake Forest Listening Room, Magpie & Crow Video Games & More, Broadsides, MB Homes, Christy Johnson Photography and The Yoga Loft.
There is ample free parking on nearby streets and in marked parking lots.
The organizers still need volunteers.
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Wake Forest Gazette: you allow hate speech on your page? Shame on you. Please do better.
I wanted everyone to see the hate. People who are sexually different hear it all the time. Why do some people feel/believe they have to object to what others do? Have they not heard about loving your neighbors?
Carol
As I sit here reading the article on the pride festival, it sounds like everybody had a great time family friendly. now that Pandoras box has been open evil always wants to go to more evil. It’s the way of man so next year when they come back for a permit they will want be a little more edgy, a little more in your face, look at San Francisco. I’ve been there many times it’s a dump. It’s disgusting men walking around with no clothes on. This is what you get when you allow this filth to come into a beautiful neighborhood a beautiful town like Wake Forest it’s very sad. Evil may triumph now , but God will have the last word think about what you’re doing to this town think about what you’re doing to these children you’re gonna To be under stricter judgment because of this .
The first Wake Forest Pride event on October 5, 2024 was a great success! Hundreds, perhaps thousands, of nice, friendly neighbors turned out to have a good time while supporting LGBTQ+ folks and allies with a message of welcoming diversity and inclusion.
The only “Lust” I saw at Wake Forest Pride was on protesters signs, and in the protesters language as they screamed religious scripture at the crowd. Shame on them! If I were to go to the public sidewalks in front of one of their exclusionary gatherings and start screaming through a megaphone I’d surely be guilty of disturbing the peace.