Your NWA Pride Month calendar
June is Pride Month, which commemorates and advocates for the LGBTQ community. Here's how to take part in NWA.
🏳️🌈 Saturday – The Momentary in Bentonville is hosting an all-day celebration with food, music and dance plus showings of musicals. And you can picnic on the Green. It's free to attend but a couple of events require additional $15 tickets.
🏳️⚧️ Sunday — NWA Equality is hosting TRANScends, a community conversation intended "to deepen understanding of the challenges, joy and lived experiences of our transgender neighbors and move Northwest Arkansas from awareness to action."
1-5pm at The Jones Center in Springdale. Free but reserve a spot.
🤣 June 12-15 — Eureka Springs' Pride weekend is complete with live music and drag shows. And comedian Tig Notaro is performing a sold out show.
🎤 June 21 — An LGBTQ resource fair plus a sing-along screening of "Rent" will take place from 1-4pm at the Fayetteville Public Library.
💃 June 27-29 — NWA Pride weekend, the state's largest Pride celebration hosted in Fayetteville by Northwest Arkansas Equality, kicks off Friday evening with a trans march and rally down Dickson Street plus a concert from Adore Delano, who competed on "RuPaul's Drag Race."
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