🏳️🌈✨ Are you ready for a PRIDE PARADE?! ✨🏳️🌈
Returning for 2026 - it’s the Lexington Pride Festival Parade Powered by VisitLEX! 🎈🎉
The parade will again serve as the kick off event for this year’s festival. Be part of a celebration that honors love, diversity, and community. Let’s fill the streets with color, joy, and pride! 🌈🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈
📅 Date: Saturday, May 30
🕚 Time: 12:30 pm
📍 Location: Oliver Lewis Way
Want to march with us?
Head to the link in our bio and fill out the parade registration form! Parade participation costs $25 per unit.
#LexPride2026 #PrideParadeLexington
LexPride 2026 is almost here — and we need YOU!
Join us on May 30 from 12:00 pm to 10:00 pm at Oliver Lewis Way for a day full of love 🌈, celebration 🎉, and community 🤝 — but we can’t do it without our amazing volunteers!
Whether you’re a pro at setting up, love helping folks find their way or just want to be part of something meaningful, there’s a spot for you on our team.
Ready to jump in? Visit lexpridefest.org/volunteer to sign up! Questions? Send us an email at [email protected].
Let’s make LexPride 2026 unforgettable — together!
#LexPride2026 #PrideFestival #LexPrideVolunteers
🏳️⚧️🎉🏳️🌈Kick off Pride Season with the 2026 Lexington Pride Festival!🏳️🌈🎉🏳️⚧️
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🌈Join us on Saturday, May 30 on Oliver Lewis Way to celebrate our community’s Pride! We’ll be kicking off at 12:00 pm and going until 10:00 pm this year. Our 2026 festival will be filled with vendors, sponsors, food trucks, and entertainment from around Kentucky, along with a variety of activities to help YOU celebrate Pride!
Mark your calendars today and join us in 2026! 🌈
🌈 A heartfelt THANK YOU to Republic Bank for their incredible support of the 2026 Lexington Pride Festival! We are excited to recognize them as the Official Bank of Lexington Pride Festival 💰💖✨
Stop by their booth at the festival to learn more about all their banking offers - from checking and savings to home ownership to car loans to small business support and more! Republic Bank is here to support your financial needs during pride and throughout the rest of the year!
🗓️ Date: Saturday, May 30
📍 Location: Oliver Lewis Way, Lexington
🌈 A heartfelt THANK YOU to Gilead for their incredible support of the 2026 Lexington Pride Festival! 💖✨
Your commitment to inclusion, community, and LGBTQ+ visibility helps make events like ours possible, creating spaces where people of all ages can feel seen, celebrated, and empowered.
With your support, we’re building a brighter, more compassionate future together. Thank you, Gilead, for standing with us! 🌟🌈
🗓️ Date: Saturday, May 30
📍 Location: Oliver Lewis Way, Lexington
🌈 A huge THANK YOU to Kroger for their generous support of the Lexington Pride Festival! 🎉
Thanks to their kindness, we’re happy to bring you the Lexington Pride Festival Shade Tent, presented by Kroger – a cool, comfortable space to relax, recharge, and connect during all the excitement!
🗓️ Date: Saturday, May 30
📍 Location: Oliver Lewis Way, Lexington
Whether you’re cooling off or catching your breath, stop by the Shade Tent and remember to give a big thanks to Kroger for keeping our community cool and cared for! 💖⛱️🙌
We're excited to announce our Grand Marshal for the 2026 Lexington Pride Festival Parade Powered by VisitLEX! 🌈🌈🎉🎉
See Adriana Fuentes - and so many other community members and organizations - at this year's parade on Saturday, May 30, stepping off at 12:30 pm.
Adriana Fuentes hails from Venezuela and now calls Lexington, KY home. She hosts a bi-monthly night show at Crossings Lexington, as well as a monthly Bingo and Dinner show at Mexico Mi Amor.
Adriana has been in the art of female impersonation since 2006. She was featured on and competed in the second season of Revry’s reality TV drag competition, DragLatina, where she became the season’s first runner-up.
Throughout her career, she has captured four national titles, including Miss Gay United States 2010, Miss Wessland Grand Empress 2017, All American Goddess at Large 2018, and Miss Universo Latina USA Plus 2025.
She has traveled across the nation entertaining and competing, bringing her passion for fashion, makeup, and beauty to every stage she graces.
She is excited, humbled and flattered to have been selected as this year’s Lexington Pride Grand Marshall giving her the opportunity to represent her community while also representing her Latin heritage. She would like to thank the Lexington Pride Festival and everyone who nominated her for this amazing opportunity.
🌈 A huge THANK YOU to our Green Sponsors for their incredible support of the 2026 Lexington Pride Festival! 💚🎉
Your generosity helps make this celebration of love, identity, and unity possible, and we are beyond grateful to have you by our side!
🗓️ Date: Saturday, May 30
📍 Location: Oliver Lewis Way, Lexington
Special thanks to:
✨Battle Axes @battleaxesky
✨Christ Church Cathedral @ccclex
✨Debra Hensley - State Farm
✨Hicks & Funfsinn Law Office @hfkylawyers
✨Red Mile @redmileky
✨Unitarian Universalist Church of Lexington @uulexington
✨Glamazon @glamazon_ag
Let’s celebrate OUT and LOUD and show some love to the sponsors who help power our Pride! 💖🌿🙌
🌈 A huge THANK YOU to HITS 106.3 for being the Official Radio Station of the 2026 Lexington Pride Festival! 📻🎉
We’re thrilled to have HITS 106.3 on board, helping us turn up the volume on love, celebration, and community! From festival coverage to feel-good tunes, they’re bringing the energy all day long!
🗓️ Date: Saturday, May 30
📍 Location: Oliver Lewis Way, Lexington
Tune in, turn it up, and join us in showing HITS 106.3 some love for keeping the Pride spirit loud and proud! 💖🎶🙌
🌈 A huge THANK YOU to AVOL Kentucky for their amazing support of the Lexington Pride Festival! 🎉
Thanks to their generosity, we’re excited to bring you a fabulous Lexington Pride Festival Stage presented by AVOL Kentucky – the heart of live performances, inspiring speakers, and unforgettable entertainment throughout the day!
AVOL Kentucky will also be present at the Lexington Pride Festival with their bus to provide free and confidential HIV and STI testing!
🗓️ Date: Saturday, May 30
📍 Location: Oliver Lewis Way, Lexington
Join us for a day filled with music, movement, and meaningful moments, and be sure to show AVOL Kentucky some love for helping make it all happen! 💖🙌
🌈 A huge THANK YOU to VisitLEX for their incredible support of the Lexington Pride Festival! 🎉
Thanks to their generosity, we’re excited to bring you the 2026 Lexington Pride Festival Parade Powered by VisitLEX – where the community can come together in celebration, visibility, and love! Get ready for vibrant floats, dazzling costumes, music, dancing, and a whole lot of pride!
🗓️ Date: Saturday, May 30
📍 Location: Oliver Lewis Way, Lexington
Come celebrate love, equality, and community with us, and be sure to give VisitLEX some love for making this unforgettable experience possible! 💖🙌
🌈 A huge THANK YOU to The Manchester for their wonderful support of the Lexington Pride Festival! 🎉
Thanks to their generosity, we’re proud to recognize The Manchester as the Official Hotel of Lexington Pride Festival! Located less than a mile walk from the main stage at the Lexington Pride Festival, you can plan your weekend at The Manchester and easily move to/from the festival throughout the day. Use code PRIDE when making your reservation for a discount!
🗓️ Date: Saturday, May 30
📍 Location: Oliver Lewis Way, Lexington
Be sure to check out the ground floor bar and dining hall, Granddam, or the roof top bar, Lost Palm, during your stay at The Manchester! Whether stopping in for a drink or for the whole weekend, be sure to give The Manchester some love for making Pride possible! 💖🎨🙌
