ELGbtq+ made history last year with the first Elgin Pride Parade and Festival. This Saturday, the nonprofit is planning an even bigger event to celebrate the city’s LGBTQ+ community.
The Elgin Pride Parade and Festival is a daylong celebration organized by nonprofit ELGbtq+. This year’s parade will boast 52 entries and the festival will take over all of Festival Park, organizers said. ELGbtq+ made history last June with the first Elgin Pride Parade and Festival. On Saturday, the nonprofit is planning an even bigger event to celebrate the city’s LGBTQ+ community.
It’s followed by the Elgin Pride Festival in downtown Festival Park, which Hooker said will feature more food vendors, bands and family activities than last year.Running from noon to 5 p.m., there will be 13 food trucks, an assortment of vendors, and live performances by Sweetie, Smokey Smothers, Elgin poet laureate Aron Ryan, Orisun, Bloodhype and Due of Kush. An official afterparty follows at 7:30 p.m. at the Martini Room, 161 E. Chicago St., for anyone 21 and older.
ELGbtq+ learned a lot from last year’s parade, Hooker said, including the need to arrange parade units differently to ensure the pageant’s pace is steady. “We tried to put things in order this year to help reduce pauses in the parade,” he said. He’s also proud of the number of children’s’ groups involved this year, including Youth Outlook. The Naperville-based organization supports LGBTQ+ youth by providing drop-in centers in northern Illinois for youth, caregivers and their families.
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