Indy Pride

On June 11, Indy Pride returned with its first in-person festival in two years.

On June 11, Indy Pride returns with its first in-person festival in two years. But a controversy involving the group and IMPD highlights how much the world has changed since 2019.

The best parties in town and online.

Pride returns to its activist roots, elevates people of color

Scenes from the 2019 Cadillac Barbie Pride Parade.

Pride Edition.

Just make time for a disco nap.

“You have a wide array of personalities who celebrate as a community. People from so many different backgrounds gather together, and for that day, become a family.”

… Like new digs this year, with a move from the American Legion Mall to the larger (and shadier!) Military Park. Four headlining acts instead of the usual one. A reversed route for the Cadillac Barbie Pride Parade. And a new $5 admission fee (more on that later). Relatively new Indy Pride, Inc., president Jason H. Nolen-Doerr briefed IM on the changes to this year’s fest, his Lady Gaga aspirations for Pride, fishing revelers out of fountains, and how Pride is like The Nightmare Before Christmas (in the best way possible).

“What’s not to love about a parade? Floats, motorcycles, walking groups, drag queens, hot men.”

A pug with a rainbow tail and a pit bull in a purple tutu were just a few of the sights at this year’s Indy Pet Pride at Riverside Park.

The first time in the parade’s history that a sitting mayor has served as grand marshal.

“This is a very progressive city,” says Hofstetter. “We wanted to do something positive to change the bill. For bands to give something, not take it away.”

The pop-minded country singer will perform here twice in three days.

Josh Kaufman and Valerie Rockey and John Green, oh my!