my experience at my first pride festival

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                ✎created: 08.05.19

                                   ✎posted: 08.05.19

Hey friends! Cidney here with another post! Today I’m going to tell you about my first experience at pride! I hope you all enjoy.

the r u n d o w n

So, my town is weird...we did pride from the 1st of August until the 3rd. I was really glad to hear that though since I missed out on pride earlier in June in a different city! It was a pretty small event, but it was awesome! This was my first ever pride festival, and I’m excited to tell y’all about it!

h i g h l i g h t s

On the day I went, the main focus of the festival seemed to be the various vendors on display. Some of them were religious organizations, local university clubs, city resources, and other independent groups.

A good chunk of the stands had various stickers that they handed out which was neat! There were also flyers, brochures, pins, bracelets, and other freebies offered by vendors as well.

One of the main things though were the unique items sold. I saw everything from crocheted tops, tanks, and other crafts to custom t-shirts and crystals being sold! It was a very small gathering, so it was a rather calm atmosphere.

I was able to snag a few stickers and my wonderful boyfriend bought me a demisexual pride flag. (: Everyone I ran into was so nice and caring! They were very informative about the information they presented (i.e. booths like PlannedParenthood, Human Rights Campaign, etc.), and I was really pleased to see LGBT+ groups being represented in my state!

Aside from the various vendors and tents about the venue, there were also various entertainment performances and such going on. There was some family-friendly drag, public karaoke, and there were several musical performances throughout the day. I can’t specifics...I got there pretty late, but I enjoyed everything that I saw!

hopes for the f u t u r e

For when I visit in the future, I’d like to see more activities at pride itself. Maybe more musical performers and games, etc. While I enjoyed the activities I saw, I would have liked to see a larger variety.

Having things like races, color fights, face-painting, makeup or maybe even movies in the park could make events like this more fun! Nonetheless, I really enjoyed my experience and I’m excited to see what pride is like next year!

I also really want to take photos next year...oof!

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That’s all for this post! I hope you all enjoyed reading, and I’ll see you next time!

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