50th Annual Iowa City Pride Festival

From the City of Iowa City:

June 15, 2020

Iowa City Pride will celebrate its 50th Annual Iowa City Pride Festival, Iowa's longest-running LGBTQ Pride celebration, with a variety of different virtual events with in person events canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. This year’s theme is “Our Pride We Will Maintain”.

All of the below videos will be posted on Iowa City Pride's Facebook.

• 7 p.m. Wednesday, June 17 - Queer BIPOC Transgender Discussion - Where Do We Go From Here?
• 7 p.m. Thursday, June 18 - Dance Your Call-to-Action Off.
• 11 a.m. Sunday, June 20 - Virtual Parade.
• 7 p.m. Thursday, June 25 - Your Word is Your Truth, Pride Solidarity.
• Various times Saturday, June 27th - Broadcasting global Pride events via Facebook and Youtube.

Iowa City Pride has created yard signs to go with the virtual parade. Orders may be placed online. Each yard sign is $20. All proceeds from sales will support community endeavors. Other 50th Anniversary merchandise is available on Iowa City’s Pride online store. A list of all events can be found on Iowa City Pride's Facebook page.

This press release was produced by the City of Iowa City. The views expressed here are the author’s own.