Twin Cities Pride

Our Stories Chapter 2 - The LGBTQIA+ and Non-Binary Experience
2023-05-14 14:00 - 15:30, 2023-05-13 19:30 - 21:00, 2023-05-12 19:30 - 21:00 (America/Chicago) | Collide Theatrical, 755 Prior Ave N, St Paul, MN, 55104, United States
Join us for an evening of original dance storytelling centered on the non-binary and LGBTQIA experience that seeks to inform, educate, and entertain audiences of all ages. Enjoy dance theater in an intimate setting with cabaret-style seating.
The production, directed by Jarod Boltjes, will be emceed by local cabaret diva Mistress Ginger. Our Stories Chapter 2 features Grace Kidder, Javan Mngrezzo, Michael Mossucco, Ben Siglin, and Connor Simone.
For tickets visit https://www.collidetheatrical.org/our-stories-chapter-2 or call 651-395-7903, ext. 701.

Location:
May 7
Landmark Center — 75 W 5th St, St Paul, MN 55102

May 12-14
Collide Theatrical — 755 Prior Ave N, Suite 235H, St Paul, MN 55104

MN Walk to End HIV
2023-05-13 10:00 - 14:00 (America/Chicago) | Como Midway Picnic Pavilion, 1199 Midway Parkway, St Paul, MN, 55103, United States
Join Rainbow Health as we commemorate 40 years of working to end HIV in Minnesota
On May 13th, the annual MN Walk to End HIV will be held at Como Midway Picnic Pavilion from 10 a.m. – 2 p.m. Through the years, the Walk has raised more than $15 million to provide HIV testing and prevention, access to health care resources, emergency assistance, advocacy and so much more to people living with HIV.
By participating in the Walk to End HIV, you will be making a difference in the lives of over 2,500 Minnesotans that Rainbow Health serves each year. Our work could not have been done without you and the power of our community.
This event will feature special speakers and performances, food trucks, sponsors, exhibitors, and more!
So rally your family, friends, neighbors, and colleagues to help us continue taking strides to end HIV.

Now That's What I Call Queer Presents: Land of 10,000 Queers [an unapologetically queer dance party]
2023-05-12 21:00 - 2023-05-13 01:00 (America/Chicago) | Lush Lounge and Theater, 990 NE Central Ave, Minneapolis, MN, 55413, United States
NOW THAT’S WHAT I CALL QUEER PRESENTS: Land of 10,000 Queers at LUSH Lounge & Theater
This sassy, sweaty unapologetically queer New Orleans-based dance party is coming to Minneapolis for one night only. Now That’s What I Call Queer’s resident DJ warm advice will be taking requests & spinning your favorite tracks all night long!
21+
$10 in advance
$15 at the door

Remember Our Loved Ones Memorial
2023-05-11 11:00 - 15:00 (America/Chicago) | MN
Remember Our Loved Ones Memorial is to bring awareness about opioid and alcohol deaths in Minnesota. Together we are giving a face to this health crisis, to the impact it has on so many families, and breaking stigmas. We are asking people who have lost a loved one to submit a photo on the website. The photos will be printed on lawn signs and placed in the MN State Capitol lawn on the day of the Memorial.

People can upload a photo here: www.rememberolo.org Please upload photos by 4/14/23

Our Stories Chapter 2 - The LGBTQIA+ and Non-Binary Experience
2023-05-07 14:00 - 15:30 (America/Chicago) | Landmark Center, 75 W 5th St, St Paul, MN, 55102, United States

QUEERSPACE collective's 2nd Annual Birthday Bash!
2023-04-26 18:00 - 21:00 (America/Chicago) | Granada Theater, 3022 Hennepin Ave, Minneapolis, MN, 55408, United States
Join us on Wednesday, April 26 at the Granada Theater for QUEERSPACE collective’s 2nd Annual Birthday Bash! We are looking forward to coming together to celebrate our organization’s second year and the incredible LGBTQ+ youth in our community with live music, drag performances, a silent auction, and a rockin’ good time! All funds raised will support QUEERSPACE collective’s mission to create space for LGBTQ+ youth to feel safe and empowered to be their true selves. Visit our website to learn more and buy tickets!

Can't Hold Us Down: A Benefit for the ACLU's Drag Defense Fund
2023-04-13 21:00 - 23:00 (America/Chicago) | Black Hart of Saint Paul, 1415 University Avenue West, St Paul, 55104, United States
Drag performers and the LGBTQ+ community are facing threats across the country. In the face of these threats and censorship, we can fight back with the ACLU for the protection of all our rights.
Hosted by Belle of the Black Hart 2023 Lala Luzious, the evening will raise money for the American Civil Liberties Union’s Drag Defense Fund. More information about the fund can be found here:
https://action.aclu.org/give/support-drag-defense-fund
The evening will feature performances by:
ANDRE 1000
JAMIE MONROE
JORGE SANCHEZ
AZALIA SELENA CRUZ
MICHELLE CASSADINE
BETTY BANG
TARARA BOUVIER
DINA DELICIOUS
CHANDRA ARMANI
We will also have a silent action (auction items will be announced soon). ALL proceeds from the evening will be donated to the ACLU’s Drag Defense Fund
21+ Event, No cover. 9:00PM Showtime.

Pints for Pride: a Northfield Pride Fundraiser
2023-04-12 17:00 - 20:00 (America/Chicago) | Imminent Brewing, 519 Division St, Northfield, MN, 55057, United States
Help Northfield’s Pride in the Park committee raise funds for Northfield’s 3rd annual Pride celebration!

Pints for Pride, hosted by Northfield’s own Mrs. Moxie, will include fun, games, and a silent auction* as well as opportunities to simply donate directly. Event is free, with suggested $5 donation at door.

Imminent Brewing’s beer and Brick Oven Bus’s pizza will be available for purchase. Doors open at 5:00 p.m., games start at 5:30 p.m., and silent auction winners (as well as last call for beer!) will be announced at 7:30 p.m.

Join us and show your support for the LGBTQIAP+ community and the continuance of an LGBTQIAP+ Pride festival in Northfield!

*Interested in donating an item or experience for the silent auction? Please contact us at prideintheparknorthfield@gmail.com with subject line “AUCTION DONATION”

Trans Day of Visibility in the Northland
2023-03-31 17:00 - 19:00 (America/Chicago) | Duluth Depot, 506 W Michigan St., Duluth, MN, United States
Join us for Trans Day of Visibility in the Northland!
This year, we are excited to host this free community event at The Duluth Depot!

Come for connection, music, food, and more as we gather to celebrate our transgender and gender expansive community members.

Out in Faith - OutChristian Annual Conference
2023-03-24 15:00 - 2023-03-26 21:00 (America/Chicago) | Doubletree by Hilton, St. Paul, 411 Minnesota St, St. Paul, MN, 55101
OutChristian is coming to MSP!!! Join us for our annual conference “Out In Faith,” a fabulous weekend of fun, fellowship, and chosen family. Everyone is welcome, LGBTQ+, parents and allies. Wherever you are in your faith journey or your coming out journey, we would love to meet you. Our weekend will include engaging speakers, planned excursions including a night at the theater, game night, karaoke, and maybe even a murder mystery! Designed to bring people together…we hope you will come!

Minnesota Freedom Band: Music by Johns!
2023-03-19 14:00 - 16:00 (America/Chicago) | University Baptist Church, 1219 University Avenue SE, Minneapolis, 55414, United States
The Minnesota Freedom Band continues our 40th season with concert spanning a number of musical styles and composers/arrangers who all have one thing in common: their name is John. Or Hans, or Juan, or Johann…

Enjoy the music of John Williams, Hans Zimmer, Minnesota’s own John Zdechlik, and more. Our woodwind section will be featured on a piece by J.S. Bach and our trombone section will be featured as well!

We hope you will join us for an afternoon of diverse music by Johns!

unSEEN
2023-03-17 19:30 - 2023-03-18 21:00 (America/Chicago) | Westwood Lutheran Church, 9001 Cedar Lake Rd, St. Louis Park, MN, 55426
unSEEN is the second concert of TCGMC’s 42nd season: ALL CAPS! that expresses our excitement for the season, but also to shout out our message of equality and justice to a nation standing in the face of dramatic political changes. UnSEEN premiers on March 17th and 18th, and will explore intersections with neurodiversity, mental health and queer identity in the stunning sanctuary at Westwood Lutheran Church in St. Louis Park. To purchase tickets, please visit tcgmc.org.
About TCGMC: Founded in 1981, Twin Cities Gay Men’s Chorus is an award-winning chorus that has built a solid reputation for musical excellence and dynamic programming. TCGMC is a non-profit 501(c)(3) voluntary community chorus, formed to build community through music while pursuing musical excellence in performance. The Chorus seeks to create community and diversity, using music to transform, educate, and heal.

Twin Cities Pride HQ Open House
2023-03-12 11:00 - 14:00 (America/Chicago) | Twin Cities Pride Office, 1618 Harmon Place, Minneapolis, MN, 55403, United States
We’ve Moved!
All are invited to our open house for the new office on March 12th from 11am-2pm. Hope to see you all there!
No need to RSVP; just stop by, say hi, and check out our new location—right across the street from Loring Park. Hope to see you there!

Freedom Jazz Concert
2023-03-05 14:00 - 15:30 (America/Chicago) | All God’s Children Metropolitan Community Church, 3100 Park Ave S, Minneapolis, MN, 55407, United States
Live music! Join Freedom Jazz, a 20-piece jazz ensemble, for an afternoon concert!
Suggested donation: $10, or pay what you can.

All Ages Drag Show
2023-02-11 12:00 - 14:30 (America/Chicago) | Can Can Wonderland, 755 Prior Ave N, St. Paul, MN, 55104, United States
Luzious Entertainment is proud to present the POWER’s All Ages Show at Can Can Wonderland in St. Paul. This show will be fun for all ages and feature performances by local queer youth. Hosted by media personality Lala Luzious (Jay Leno’s You Bet Your Life), don’t miss fun performances by Michelle Cassadine, Iman Iman, Jamie Monroe and Dick Von Dyke. $12 cover per person which includes full entry to the arcade Can Can Wonderland!

Twin Cities Pride Board Meeting
2023-02-06 19:00 - 20:00 (America/Chicago) | Twin Cities Pride Office, 1618 Harmon Place, Minneapolis, MN, 55403, United States
The Twin Cities Pride Board meets on at least an every other month basis. This Board meeting is open to the public. We offer a virtual or in-person option for attendance.

A Night at the Movies with QUEERSPACE collective and Flip the Script!
2023-02-02 19:00 - 22:00 (America/Chicago) | Lush Lounge and Theater, 990 NE Central Ave, Minneapolis, MN, 55413, United States
Join QUEERSPACE collective and Flip the Script on Thursday, February 2nd for a special screening of P.S. BURN THIS LETTER PLEASE, featuring a post-show community conversation with Zaylore Stout, Sasha Cassadine, Lady C Cassadine, and Loring Mitchell!
About the film: A box of letters, held in secret for nearly 60 years, opens a window into a forgotten world where being yourself meant breaking the law and where the penalties for “masquerading” as a woman were swift and severe. Using original interviews, never-before-seen archival footage and photographs and stylized recreations, P.S. BURN THIS LETTER PLEASE reconstructs pre-Stonewall era New York City. The government sought to destroy them, then history tried to erase them, now they get to tell their story for the first time.
Click here to purchase tickets!

VIP ticket – $50 (includes a complimentary drink and early seating)
General admission – $20
Youth (17 & under) – $12

Can’t attend the physical event but you’d still love to see the film? No worries, you can stream the film in our Virtual Theater!

Virtual ticket – $10

6:00PM – VIP Early Entry
6:30PM – General Entry
7PM – Show begins
LUSH Lounge & Theater, 990 NE Central Ave, Minneapolis, MN 55413
Content Advisory: Mention of marginalization, mention of erasure, mention + brief imagery of arrests, imagery of smoking, mention + imagery of intimacy (kissing, hugging, etc.), mention of undesirable military discharge, mention of discrimination, brief use of dated terminology, mention of organized crime, mention of sex work, mention of gender transition

One Voice Mixed Chorus Presents: Generation
2023-01-22 15:30 - 17:30 (America/New_York) | Ordway Concert Hall, 345 Washington Street, Saint Paul, MN, 55102, United States
One Voice Mixed Chorus presents Generation, a concert exploring intergenerational relationships across our LGBTQ+ community. With a particular focus on queer youth and elders, the concert weaves together powerful stories of identity, change, and resilience.
Generation also marks Jane Ramseyer Miller’s final concert as One Voice’s Artistic Director, after her legacy of 27 years!

Cara Connors Stand Up Comedy: Live at The Comedy Corner Underground in Minneapolis!
2023-01-20 20:00 - 2023-01-21 21:30 (America/New_York) | MN
Making her return to Minneapolis after a sold out show this past summer, come see her new chaotic hour in progress at The Comedy Corner Underground for this Friday Jan 20th and Saturday Jan 21st! Tickets available at comedycornerunderground.com/calendar

Her debut stand up comedy album, Straight for Pay, will be released Friday, January 27th 2023 and is available for pre-order now at caraconnors.com. Follow her on Instagram: @caraconnscomedy

More about Cara Connors: After successfully completing a 30 city tour at some of the most highly regarded indie comedy venues in North America and Europe, (including Union Hall Brooklyn, Comedy Bar Toronto and Dynasty Typewriter in Los Angeles), her solo show, Straight for Pay, was positively received by press and audiences alike (including The Boston Globe, Austin Chronicle, San Diego Tribune). Connors’ appearances include the prestigious Just for Laughs, two seasons as a series regular on E!’s Dating #NoFilter, and her own investigative comedy Cara Takes Up Space on OUTtv. Socially awkward yet self assured, and with the ability to transform into a wide variety of characters and personas, Connors skillfully intertwines hilarious stories with a well-crafted charismatic, on-stage persona.
PRESS:
“Will have you reaching for the rosary beads”- Irish Times
“Her meaningful shenanigans would make Sacha Baron Cohen proud”- Chicago Now
“An absolute comedy mercenary”- Dispatch Minneapolis
“Humble, authentic and hungry to share her stop-for-no-man attitude.”- Fools Magazine
“A rising star and one we all need to keep an eye on.”- Comedy Wham Austin
“Charmingly-neurotic stylings, hitting their stride in the fringes between absurdism and
sincerity”Also Cool Magazine Montreal

One Voice Mixed Chorus Presents: Generation
2023-01-15 15:30 - 17:30, 2023-01-14 19:30 - 22:00 (America/New_York) | South High School, 3131 19th Ave S, Minneapolis, MN, 55407, United States

"Choirs Alive!"
2022-11-12 14:00 - 18:00 (America/New_York) | The O’Shaughnessy at St. Catherine University, 2004 Randolph Ave, St Paul, MN, MN, 55105, United States
ChoirsAlive! celebrates the resilience and humanity of choirs within our community, coming together with a common purpose of building music in safe spaces – so that we may welcome singers of all backgrounds and gender identities.
Thanks to: One Voice Mixed Chorus – MN’s LGBTQ Chorus, Twin Cities Gay Men’s Chorus Chamber Singers, See Change Treble Choir, KNOWN MPLS, ComMUSICation and T Mychael Rambo.
ChoirsAlive! will allow participants to use harmony as a healing practice, and as a connector to bring individuals and communities together. Starting in the Twin Cities, our goal is to collaborate with as many choral groups and vocal ensembles as possible to empower all communities, and all people.

St. Cloud Pride
2022-09-17 11:00 - 15:00 (America/New_York) | Lake George Park, 1101 7th St S, St. Cloud, MN, 56301, United States
St. Cloud Pride in the Park is an annual family friendly event featuring local food vendors, businesses, organizations, music, games and more! Join us the third weekend in September from 11:00 am to 3:00 pm for St. Cloud Pride weekend! We invite YOU to come out and show your colors!

Duluth / Superior Pride
2022-09-03 09:00 - 17:00 (America/New_York) | Bayfront Park, 350 Harbor Dr, Duluth, MN, 55802, United States
Time & Location

Sep 03, 11:00 AM – Sep 04, 11:00 AM
Bayfront Festival Park, 350 Harbor Dr, Duluth, MN 55802, USA

About the Event

The annual free Pride Festival will celebrate our 36th anniversary in Duluth’s beautiful panoramic Bayfront Festival Park. With beer tents, food trucks, an exciting group of exhibitors, information booths, merchandise vendors, an area of fun games and activities for children & families, and a full day of entertainment on the main stage.
The entertainment line-up tentatively scheduled as follows and is subject to change.
THE 2021 SCHEDULE (LAST YEAR) FOR REFERENCE, WAS:
11am-12pm — Land acknowledgement and drum circle, Mina Kaiser (poet), and other short performances TBD
12:00 pm — Soundcheq
12:30 pm — Flame Nightclub Drag Troupe
2:00 pm — Venus DeMars & All The Pretty Horses
3:00 pm — Fierce at the Main Club
4:30 pm — Lyla Abukhodair
Headliner Show:
5:00 pm — AfroGeode
Closing acts:
6:00 pm — Carlisle Evans Peck
6:30 pm — E.T. (Enough Talk)

Bemidji Pride
2022-08-27 13:00 (America/New_York) | Rail River Folk School, 303 Railroad St SW, Bemidji, MN, 56601, United States

MN POC LGBTQ Pride - Black Magic Weekend - A Summer of Soul
2022-08-18 - 2022-08-22 | Various Venues, MN, United States
The Minnesota People of Color LGBTQ Pride’s goal is to create social change in the Twin Cities area. We produce a yearly, all-inclusive people of color LGBTQ+ pride festival weekend in late August. The festivities offered are to engage and recognize the people of color contributions and celebrate with PRIDE, our many ethnic diversities in the Twin Cities LGBTQ communities.

Bloomington Pride
2022-08-13 16:00 - 20:00 (America/New_York) | Bloomington Civic Plaza, 1800 West Old Shakopee Rd, Bloomington, MN, 55431, United States
The City of Bloomington will celebrate the contributions of individuals who identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual transgender, queer, and “+” (other gender identities) at a summer festival.
August 13, 4 – 8 p.m.
East lawn of Civic Plaza
1800 West Old Shakopee Road

Centering Queer Voices – 2nd Annual Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Series
2022-08-11 09:00 - 15:30 (America/New_York) | Rochester International Event Center, 7333 Airport View Dr SW, Rochester, MN, 55902, United States
Fernbrook Family Center invites you to join us for our FREE Equity, Diversity, & Inclusion Series: Centering Queer Voices.
This event is open and free to all community members and is supported by grant funding from the Minnesota Department of Human Services, and the Olmsted Bridge Collaborative, and federal funding.
This annual event is dedicated to growing inclusive, equitable communities through education and advocacy. Attendees can expect to hear about topics such as allyship, working with LGBTQIA+ youth and more.
