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Wear white to show solidarity for family and friends lost to HIV/AIDS while you party the night away! A portion of C4’s sales will be donated to HIV/AIDS initiatives.

 

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Sunday, June 25

Hi Tea

Mount Sequoyah Center - 12:00-6:00pm

Keep the good vibes going post-parade at this mountaintop dance and pool party featuring the first-ever BITE NWA Brunch!

She also said it was the biggest event she had seen since she started working there.

“The community support that we received for that event was insane. Folks are invited and welcomed to gather and celebrate in the green space at St. Paul's from 11:00am to 7:00pm, with lunch served beginning at 2:00pm. A rainbow of pineapple, grapefruit, mango, tangerine, and cherry meet for a refreshing treat that's fruity, boozy, and perfectly PRIDE.

Pride Pale Ale at Crisis Brewing

Just in time for the NWA Pride Parade and festivities, the freshly-tapped Pride Pale Ale has arrived!

The Arkansas Alumni association is hosting an evening of celebration, networking, and camraderie on the eve of NWA Pride Parade & Festival Weekend.

NWA Pride Trans March & Rally

Fayetteville Town Center Plaza - 6:00pm

The NWA Trans March will line up beginning at 6:00pm, marching at 7:00pm. After the Trans March and Rally on the Plaza, move the party indoors and celebrate Trans Pride!

OUTrageously OUTloud House Party

Pryor Center - 6:00-10:00pm

A new vivacious celebration of LGBTQIA+ art, music, and community in the form of a free "house party" is heading to downtown Fayetteville!

Lightly malty and slightly spicy, just like you. "OUTrageous" will showcase a diverse range of art styles, all with a focus on the role of queer art in society. For the die-hard fans, make plans to hit the meet & greet before the show.

Saturday, June 17

Big Gay Market - Pink House Alchemy + Sleet City Art & Supplies - 2:00-8:00pm

Northwest Arkansas' first and only all-queer maker's market, Big Gay Market, will set up shop at Pink House Alchemy and Sleet City Art & Supplies on the weekend before the official NWA Pride festivities.

Featuring a debut performance by neo-soul producer and vocalist Theia, an Arkansas native and NWA local, guests will also enjoy quiches, hashbrowns, waffles, mimosas and more at this art-filled brunch.

Ozarks Drag Brunch: History Repeating - Fayetteville Town Center - 12:00-3:00pm

If you're hungry for waffles and drag (aren't we all?), grab your tickets now for a brunchtastic celebration of Queer history! Join Billie McBride, Patti La Plae Safe, Lady Kakes, Abs Hart, and Miss Arkansas Entertainer of the Year, Brooklyn Bisette, for brunch, booze, and some of the best of drag in Arkansas at the Fayetteville Town Center.

I know it really didn’t, Arafat and I put a lot of hard work into it, but it’s just amazing,” Wylder said.

Ozark Natural Foods Co-Op, a community-owned grocery store in Northwest Arkansas, hosted the event. Unlike anything we’ve really ever seen before. You'll find NWA Pride events taking place the entire month of June and lots of things to do to celebrate Pride in Fayetteville in the list below.

It’s the icing on a week full of festivities celebrating pride, in a month with even more, and everyone is welcome to visit Fayetteville to safely commemorate the occasion. DJ Dribblz will provide the music while you're led through a beginner-friendly yoga flow session hosted by ELXR Yoga Lounge. The third annual event will be full of Queer-made goods and the best opportunity to shop ALL the big gay vendors in one place for folks celebrating NWA Pride in Fayetteville.

Wednesday, June 21

Pride Hillbomb Workshop

Harmon Avenue Parking Garage - 6:00-8:00pm

Brush up on your skating skills or learn to hill bomb ahead of the NWA Pride Parade with the Arkansas Roller Skate Crew!

Meet at the top level of the parking garage to learn basics, multiple ways to stop at high speeds, and how to carve and control speed on your skates. Hosted by Roxie Starrlite with music provided by DJ Zero Cool, Drag Me To Brunch will feature a brunch buffet, mimosa buckets, a build your own bloody mary bar, and drag queen meet & greets.

Sunday, June 11

OUTrageous Brunch with Hugs and Quiches - Art Ventures - 11:00am-1:00pm

Art Ventures will host a private brunch and unique viewing of the recently unveiled OUTrageous exhibition.

Co-founders and organizers Amanda Arafat and Grayce Wylder cited the local community’s ingrained habit of shopping locally as a tool to support the LGBTQ+ community.

“Shoppers are excited because they get to see and meet up with a bunch of their friends who all want to support local, queer-owned businesses, and the vendors are more comfortable,” Arafat said.

The pair formed the market after feeling powerless as a surge of legislation affecting transgender and other LGBTQ+ residents became law in Arkansas in 2021.

“We were both incredibly frustrated, disappointed, depressed, feeling without community during that pride season of 2021 because there were awful trans bans and anti-trans legislation that was being introduced locally,” Arafat said.

Arafat originally had the idea to have a small bake sale in a backyard to raise funds for Intransitive, a queer advocacy group, which was thought to be a one-time event.