Saturday, June 13, 2026
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Two weeks before Loring Park gets blanketed in 475,000 people, the other side of the Mississippi throws its own quieter, weirder, more neighborhood-y Pride. Saint Paul Pride Festival — known to everyone who shows up as STP Pride — happens June 13–14, 2026 at Dual Citizen Brewing Company on Raymond Avenue, with a sidewalk-style Pride Walk down the block on Saturday afternoon. It's brewery-anchored, family-and-puppy friendly, free to enter, and the lineup leans hard on Minnesota artists, drag, drumline, drag queens, drag kings, and a Break Dance Cypher Battle that's become a signature event of its own.
This is the locals' Pride. If Twin Cities Pride is the parade-and-festival blowout, STP Pride is the block party your most-organized friend throws — with better tacos. Here's everything you need to plan your weekend at Saint Paul Pride 2026.
Pro Tip
STP Pride is two weeks before Twin Cities Pride — they're completely different vibes and well worth experiencing separately. If you're flying in from out of town, an extended trip lets you hit a brewery festival weekend, then come back two weeks later for the 475,000-person Loring Park weekend.
Saint Paul Pride Festival 2026 takes over the Dual Citizen Brewing campus and a stretch of Raymond Avenue on Saturday, June 13 and Sunday, June 14, 2026. Festival hours track 2025's pattern of roughly noon to 8 PM each day; the official 2026 schedule and lineup are posted on stppride.org.
The footprint is compact and walkable: the brewery taproom and patio host the main stage, vendor village, and the Taste of STP food court, with overflow programming spilling onto Raymond Avenue itself. There's no festival fence, no admission line, no wristband to enter. You walk in, you grab a beer, you stay as long as you want.
Address: Dual Citizen Brewing Company, 725 Raymond Ave, Saint Paul, MN 55114
The neighborhood is St. Anthony Park — also marketed as the Creative Enterprise Zone — straddling the Minneapolis–St. Paul border along University Avenue and the Green Line. It's an industrial-turned-creative district full of breweries, makers' studios, design firms, and the kind of low-slung warehouse architecture that makes it feel like nothing else in the Twin Cities.
STP Pride's parade is technically called the Pride Walk, and it's exactly what it sounds like — a sidewalk-only procession down Raymond Avenue from one brewery to another. It's the antithesis of Twin Cities Pride's massive Hennepin Avenue parade, and that's the point.
When: Saturday, June 13, 2026 | Launch Party at 11 AM, walk steps off at 1 PM Where: Urban Growler Brewing Company (2325 Endicott St) → south down Raymond Avenue → finish line at Dual Citizen Brewing (725 Raymond Ave)
The route is sidewalk-only — no street closure, no float-scale rigs, no formal grandstand. Contingents walk together with banners, drag, drumlines, a DJ float or two, and dogs. Lots of dogs. STP Pride explicitly bills the walk as "Family Friendly: YES — this is a family friendly event!" and "Puppy Friendly: YES — your PRIDE PUP can come!"
Nonprofits and community groups can register a contingent for $150 (up to 5 walkers per unit) at stppride.org — registration usually opens in March and fills by mid-May.
Pro Tip
The walk is short — about a half-mile down Raymond — so the best strategy is to start with the launch party at Urban Growler at 11 AM, walk with the procession at 1 PM, and you're at the festival by 1:30 PM with the rest of the day still ahead. Don't drive between the two breweries. Park once at Dual Citizen and walk back up to Urban Growler before the launch.
Once the walk wraps, the action consolidates at Dual Citizen for the rest of Saturday and all day Sunday. The brewery is the natural anchor — Dual Citizen has been a queer-friendly cornerstone of the Creative Enterprise Zone and uses the festival as its biggest community event of the year.
What you'll find on the festival grounds:
The vibe is decidedly different from a stage-and-vendor festival in a downtown park — Dual Citizen's industrial-meets-warm-wood taproom and big concrete patio set the tone, and the crowd skews local, neighborhood, and brewery-comfortable rather than tourist-Pride.
Pro Tip
Get to the festival early on Saturday — the post-walk energy peaks between 2 and 5 PM, and the taproom can hit capacity by mid-afternoon on a sunny day. Sunday is noticeably lighter and a great choice if you want to actually hear the cultural performances over the crowd.
The full 2026 STP Pride lineup is published on stppride.org/festivaldetails. What's already confirmed for the 2026 program:
For context on what to expect, the 2025 lineup featured ELOUR, Leslie Vincent, Theatre Mu, Prairie Gospel Choir, Circus Juventas, and the Break Dance Cypher Battle as recurring marquee acts — STP Pride consistently centers Minnesota artists and community arts groups rather than circuit-tour headliners.
This is one of the most family-friendly Prides in the metro. STP Pride dedicates a Youth & Family Music Section and runs much of its earlier-day programming with kids in mind:
It's a brewery, so kids are welcome but not the main focus — most parents who bring kids hit the festival between noon and 4 PM, then duck out before the evening sets when the dance music ramps up.
Pro Tip
If you're bringing kids, target Sunday over Saturday. Sunday's crowd is smaller, the cultural performances and circus arts programming is most concentrated in the early afternoon, and you avoid the Pride Walk crowd surge.
The festival's food program is its sleeper highlight. Taste of STP runs both days and rotates through 10+ food trucks alongside pop-ups and tents from local restaurants — historically representing 15+ different cultures and cuisines, drawn from St. Paul's deep diaspora communities along University Avenue.
In a typical year you'll find Hmong, Karen, Ethiopian, Mexican, Salvadoran, Vietnamese, Korean, Filipino, West African, Caribbean, Italian, Polish, Lebanese, soul food, and BBQ vendors — a much wider range than you get at a typical Pride food court. The lineup turns over each year, and the official set of vendors is published in early June.
The brewery itself stays fully operational — Dual Citizen's draft list runs from their flagship hazy IPAs and lagers through seasonal sours and the festival-only Pride beers. If you don't drink, the brewery serves coffee, soda, and zero-proof options on draft.
If you've never been to this part of St. Paul, the festival is a great excuse. St. Anthony Park sits along University Avenue between Minneapolis's Prospect Park and downtown St. Paul — historically an industrial corridor anchored by the State Fairgrounds, now a thriving makers' and small-business district known as the Creative Enterprise Zone.
Within a 10-minute walk of Dual Citizen you'll find:
The whole zone is built for walking, with low traffic on side streets and the Green Line cutting straight through it on University Avenue.
If you only know Twin Cities Pride at Loring Park, here's what makes STP Pride a genuinely distinct experience:
They're complementary, not competing. The locals' move is to do both.
Pro Tip
If you're piecing together a multi-event Pride trip in the Twin Cities, the natural sequence is: STP Pride (June 13–14) → Twin Cities Pride Beer Dabbler (June 26) → Twin Cities Pride Parade & Loring Park festival (June 27–28) → MNPOC Pride / Twin Cities Black Pride (August 12–16). Four distinct Prides, one full Pride season.
Most STP Pride attendees are local and don't need a hotel — but if you're flying in or driving from elsewhere in the Midwest, the play is to stay near the Green Line so you can get to Dual Citizen without a car.
These hotels put you on the Green Line — 15–20 minutes by light rail directly to Raymond Avenue station, one block from the festival:
If you're doing both Prides on a single trip, base in downtown Minneapolis — you're a 30-minute Green Line ride to Raymond Avenue for STP Pride, and walking distance to Loring Park for Twin Cities Pride two weeks later:
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Pro Tip
Saint Paul hotel inventory is much smaller than Minneapolis, so if you want a downtown St. Paul base for STP Pride, book 4+ weeks out. If you're flexible, downtown Minneapolis hotels often offer better value and the Green Line connection makes the festival a non-issue.
The single best way to reach STP Pride: Metro Transit's Green Line. Dual Citizen Brewing is one block from the Raymond Avenue station at University & Raymond. The Green Line runs the full length of University Avenue between downtown Minneapolis and downtown Saint Paul, hitting Target Field, the U of M campus, and downtown St. Paul along the way.
From Minneapolis-Saint Paul International Airport (MSP), the routing is Blue Line → transfer at U.S. Bank Stadium → Green Line → Raymond Avenue — about 50 minutes total.
Dual Citizen has a small parking lot on-site that fills quickly during the festival. Better options:
Uber and Lyft are widely available; expect modest surge pricing during the Pride Walk dispersal around 1–2 PM on Saturday. The drop-off corner at Raymond & University handles all rideshare and is steps from the festival.
The Green Line and University Avenue have protected and painted bike infrastructure most of the way across the metro. There's covered bike parking at the Raymond Avenue station and racks scattered around the festival grounds.
When STP Pride wraps each night around 8 PM, the natural move is to roll into downtown St. Paul or back across the river to Minneapolis's Hennepin Avenue cluster. Two queer-anchored venues on the St. Paul side are worth the detour:
Black Hart of Saint Paul is the city's gay sports bar — a queer-owned bar and performance space on University Avenue with live music, comedy, drag, Minnesota United FC supporter-bar watch parties, and a packed community calendar. Pride weekend programming usually includes drag, DJ sets, and STP Pride after-parties.
Camp Bar and Cabaret is downtown St. Paul's drag and cabaret room — performances, themed dance nights, and a welcoming atmosphere a short Green Line ride from Raymond Avenue. It's the closest thing St. Paul has to a traditional gay bar, and it's an easy after-stop on Pride weekend.
For something quieter — and unique to St. Paul — head to Black Garnet Books, Minnesota's first Black-owned bookstore with a strong queer literature section, regular author events, and Pride programming throughout June.
The Green Line connects directly to downtown Minneapolis if you want to keep the night going at the bigger gay bars on Hennepin Avenue:
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Saint Paul Pride Festival 2026 runs Saturday, June 13 and Sunday, June 14, 2026 at Dual Citizen Brewing Company, 725 Raymond Ave, Saint Paul. The Pride Walk happens Saturday, June 13 with a launch party at 11 AM and the walk stepping off at 1 PM from Urban Growler Brewing.
No — they're two completely separate Prides. STP Pride is a smaller brewery-based festival in Saint Paul on June 13–14, 2026. Twin Cities Pride is the much larger free festival at Loring Park in downtown Minneapolis on June 26–28, 2026, including the Ashley Rukes GLBT Pride Parade. They have different organizers, different vibes, and many locals attend both.
Yes — admission to the festival and the Pride Walk are completely free. Beer, food, and merchandise are sold on-site. Nonprofits and community groups can register a Pride Walk contingent for $150 (up to 5 walkers).
The Saint Paul Pride Walk steps off at 1 PM on Saturday, June 13 from Urban Growler Brewing Company at 2325 Endicott St and proceeds south along Raymond Avenue (sidewalk-only) to the festival site at Dual Citizen Brewing Company, 725 Raymond Ave. The walk is about a half mile, dog-friendly, and family-friendly.
The Green Line light rail stops at the Raymond Avenue station, one block from Dual Citizen Brewing. From downtown Minneapolis it's about 25 minutes; from downtown Saint Paul it's about 15 minutes. From MSP airport, take the Blue Line and transfer to the Green Line at U.S. Bank Stadium.
Yes — STP Pride explicitly bills itself as family-friendly and puppy-friendly. The festival includes a Youth & Family Music Section, Circus Juventas youth circus performances, lawn games, arts and crafts, the Pride Treasure Hunt, and a lower-volume programming block in the early afternoon. Most families come during the day and head home before the evening DJ sets.
For STP Pride alone, stay near the Green Line — the Best Western Plus University Park is closest to Dual Citizen, and downtown Saint Paul hotels (the Saint Paul Hotel, InterContinental Saint Paul Riverfront) are 15 minutes by light rail. If you're combining STP Pride with Twin Cities Pride two weeks later, base in downtown Minneapolis near Loring Park.
The festival hosts Taste of STP, a food court with 10+ food trucks and pop-up vendors representing 15+ different cuisines drawn from Saint Paul's diaspora communities — historically including Hmong, Karen, Ethiopian, Mexican, Salvadoran, Vietnamese, Korean, Filipino, West African, and Caribbean vendors. Dual Citizen Brewing's full draft list is available on-site.
The 2026 headliner is announced in March 2026 on stppride.org. The lineup typically centers Minnesota artists rather than national-circuit headliners, with recurring marquee acts including the Break Dance Cypher Battle, Theatre Mu, Prairie Gospel Choir, and Circus Juventas.
Planning your Twin Cities Pride trip? Read our Twin Cities Pride 2026 Guide for the Loring Park festival weekend, our LGBTQ+ Guide to the Twin Cities for the full city rundown, and browse all Minneapolis events on Out x Out for the latest listings.
