Pride Events All Year Long

Join Us In Pride

SC Pride hosts free and paid events. The parade and festival are always free while events leading up to the parade may include a cost to cover expenses. SC Pride seeks to break even with each event, keeping the cost of events to a minimum.

Pride Week: Author Alison Bechdel @ The Rio
May
28

Pride Week: Author Alison Bechdel @ The Rio

Bookshop Santa Cruz in collaboration with Santa Cruz Pride, is thrilled to welcome Alison Bechdel, the celebrated and beloved New York Times bestselling author of the modern classic Fun Home and the groundbreaking comic strip Dykes to Watch Out For. Bechdel, creator of The Bechdel Test, will share her new book Spent: A Comic Novel—a laugh-out-loud, brilliant, and passionately political work of autofiction.

Event Location: Rio Theatre
Cost: $40 for a ticket and a book.

Purchase Tickets Here.

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Youth Leadership: LGBTQ+ History Podcast Creation
Aug
28
to Sep 23

Youth Leadership: LGBTQ+ History Podcast Creation

Join the Queer Student Union (QSU) and create LGBTQ+ history podcasts.
** Sign Up Here.

Rob Darrow is coordinating the QSU for the Santa Cruz County Office of Education. All queer, trans and ally students from middle school to college are invited to join us. Our first project in September and October will be interviewing and recording queer elders in the county who have been part of the 50 years of SC Pride history. We hope many students will sign up to join us. The first meeting is on Saturday, September 21 from 11-3 and we’ll learn how to use iPads and microphones to do the interviews. Other meetings will be via Zoom on Tuesdays from 4-5:30. And our interview day will be on Saturday, October 19. Email: Robdarrow@SantaCruzPride.org

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Monterey Peninsula Pride
Jun
29
Regional Prides

Monterey Peninsula Pride

The Parade will begin at 11:00am on Polk Street and will continue on toward Pearl Street, and down Alvarado Street. It will culminate at Custom House Plaza for the Celebration portion at 12:00pm. Bring the whole family to shop and eat from a variety of local vendors and enjoy a lineup of queer entertainers.

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Sapphic Factory
Jun
29

Sapphic Factory

a modern queer joy dance party 🦋

come dance and be free to the music of muna, chappell roan, fletcher, phoebe bridgers, boygenius, kim petras, marina, elio, ashnikko, girl in red, tegan and sara, and more. ✨

collaborating with plus1 to donate a portion of proceeds from each ticket sold to local lgbtqia+ charities

Tickets Here ($16-$25) 18+

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