The history of Pride Month is rooted in the LGBTQ community responding to police violence and discrimination during the Stonewall Riots in 1969. Today, Pride is still about staking a place in the world and speaking truth to power.
Pride has always been, and always will be, protest. But it's also a celebration.
Here is a listing of 2024 Pride Month events in Iowa.
JUNE
Thursday, May 30-Sunday, June 2
Sioux City Pride
Sioux City
Friday, May 31-Sunday, June 2
SUX Pride
Sioux City
Friday, May 31--Saturday, June 1
Quad Cities Pride Festival
Rock Island, IL
Saturday, June 1
Dubuque Pride Festival
12:00 p.m.
Dubuque
Saturday, June 1
Ottumwa Pride Block Party
3:00 p.m.
Ottumwa
Friday, June 7--Sunday, June 9
Capital City PrideFest
Des Moines
Friday, June 7
Riverside Pride Festival
Fort Madison
Saturday, June 8
Cedar Rapids Pride Parade
1:00 p.m.
Cedar Rapids
Saturday, June 8
Let Love Fly in Centennial Park
11:00 a.m.
North Liberty
Thursday, June 13
Pride Night with the Quad Cities River Bandits
6:30 p.m.
Davenport
Saturday, June 15
Des Moines People’s Pride
12:00 p.m.
Des Moines
Saturday, June 15
Iowa City Pride Festival & Parade
12:00 p.m.
Iowa City
Saturday, June 15
Pride Party at Bass Street Landing
3:00 p.m.
Moline, IL
Saturday, June 15
Benton County Pride
11:00 a.m.
Vinton
Saturday, June 22
3rd Annual Ankeny Pride
4:00 p.m.
Ankeny
Saturday, June 22
Pride Parade in Downtown Burlington
10:00 a.m.
Burlington
Saturday, June 22
Pride on the Riverfront
11:00 a.m.
Burlington
Saturday, June 22
Fort Dodge Annual Pride Festival
10:00 a.m.
Fort Dodge
Friday, June 28
Iowa Cubs Pride Night
7:00 p.m.
Des Moines
Saturday, June 30
Valley Junction Pride
12:00 p.m.
West Des Moines
JULY
Saturday, July 6
Cedar Rapids Pride Festival
12:00 p.m.
Cedar Rapids
Saturday, July 13
Pride in the Park
10:00 a.m.
Marshalltown
Saturday, July 13
Heartland Pride Parade
10:00 a.m.
Omaha
Saturday, July 20
Mason City Pride 2024
9:00 a.m.
Mason City
AUGUST
Friday, August 23--Saturday, August 24
Cedar Valley Pridefest
Waterloo
OCTOBER
Saturday, October 12
Decorah Pride Festival
3:00 p.m.
Decorah
Saturday, October 19
Orange City Pride
Orange City
Do you know of an Iowa Pride event not listed here? Share it with us at info@aclu-ia.org.
