Thursday, June 25, 2026
Nashville, Tennessee
Nashville, TennesseeThe Nashville Pride Weekend 2026 takes over Music City from Thursday, June 25 through Sunday, June 28, produced by Nashville Pride, and it's the biggest LGBTQ+ celebration on the city's calendar. The headliners are the free Nashville Pride Parade on Saturday, June 27, stepping off at 10 a.m. and rolling down Broadway from 8th to 2nd Ave, and the one-day Nashville Pride Festival that same Saturday from 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. at Bicentennial Capitol Mall State Park, with general admission running $10. The festival is a single day this year, so plan your big celebration around Saturday. The weekend opens Thursday with the official Kick-Off Party at Virgin Hotels and Nashville Sounds Pride Night at First Horizon Park, then builds through Saturday's parade and festival into the Pride Unleashed dance party at The Trimble. It winds down Sunday with the Pride Pool Party at Drift. Earlier in June there's plenty more to fill the runway, including the STRUT tea dance on June 6, Turnabout on June 12, the Pride Pageant on June 14, and a bar crawl plus deadlift party on June 20. Downtown is walkable and parade-day parking near Broadway gets rough fast, so take a WeGo bus or grab a rideshare and have it drop you a few blocks off the route. After the festival, keep the night going in the Church Street district in Midtown at spots like Play and Tribe, or head over to East Nashville for the Lipstick Lounge. Local tip, get to the parade route by 9:30 a.m. for a shaded curb spot before the Broadway crowds fill in.
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Sat, Jun 6
2 PM - 9 PM
Rosemary & Beauty Queen
Fri, Jun 12
7 PM - 10 PM
Play Dance Bar
Sat, Jun 13
12 PM - 3 PM
Virgin Hotels Nashville
Sun, Jun 14
7 PM - 10 PM
Play Dance Bar
Sat, Jun 20
9 AM - 12 PM
Crazy Gnome Brewery
Sat, Jun 20
4 PM - 10 PM
Live Oak (start)
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