We love seeing you in June, but why not all year? Join Knox Pride throughout the year as we provide a varied offering of events for the LGBTQ+ and Ally communities. From our signature events to Adventures with Knox Pride, we look to provide an outlet for everyone. We hope to see you there!
Come sit in on a board meeting. Bring any concerns, comments, or suggestions to our visitors form.
Or learn how it all works and how you can help the pride community.
Come sit in on a board meeting. Bring any concerns, comments, or suggestions to our visitors form.
Or learn how it all works and how you can help the pride community.
Come sit in on a board meeting. Bring any concerns, comments, or suggestions to our visitors form.
Or learn how it all works and how you can help the pride community.
Come sit in on a board meeting. Bring any concerns, comments, or suggestions to our visitors form.
Or learn how it all works and how you can help the pride community.
Come join the community for a day of fun tubing at River Romp in Sevierville! This has been a popular way to cool down and relax after all the events of June the past 2 years. We will be there at 11:45am with a sign and meet in front of the building. Please wear a blue shirt so we can all find each other.
Pricing starts at $12 for all day tubing!
Come sit in on a board meeting. Bring any concerns, comments, or suggestions to our visitors form.
Or learn how it all works and how you can help the pride community.
Come join Knox Pride for brunch, enjoy the food and drinks at Cru as we celebrate Dine Out with Pride and thank them for their support of Knox Pridefest 2019!
We will probably have a group table around 12:00 pm. More details will follow closer to the event, check Facebook. Feel free to grab your own group and form a table.
Yogis!
We’re excited to be back with Elkmont Exchange to celebrate Pride Month with Pride Yoga! We believe in acceptance for everyone, community & friendship, and love.
Join us in celebrating our friends in the LGBTQ+ community with an empowering yoga flow and glitter! Class will be led by Kris Evans.
Dressing up is optional, but let's have some fun! Come early or stay after to get glittered and take cool pics! Free Class Pass to BRY to anyone who dresses up in costume! ;)
Sunday, June 23rd
10am-11am Vinyasa Flow Class
@ Elkmont Exchange
Stick around for brunch after class!
$10-20 donation to attend - 100% donated to Knox Pride
Your donation will help promote inclusion and equality for the LGBTQ+ citizens of Knoxville and surrounding areas!
Sign up in advance - space is limited! :)
Knox Pridefest 2019 is an open (and free) celebration of music, celebration and speakers focused on promoting Equality and Inclusion of ALL people. This year it will be held at the same venue as last year, the Mary Costa lawn next to Knoxville Coliseum in downtown Knoxville on June 22nd, 2019 from 12pm-8:00pm. This will follow the Pride Parade, being held earlier that day, with the end destination being the festival grounds.
Throughout the afternoon and evening, vendors will have the opportunity to display information about their organizations and/or business, sell or handout items of interest and interact with our community to promote inclusion and equality for the LGBTQ citizens of Knoxville and surrounding areas.
In order to ensure the safety of everyone and to comply with our obligations please be aware of the following:
PROHIBITED ITEMS
The following items are not permitted into Knox Pridefest: bottles or cans; outside food; coolers; backpacks; Frisbees and beach balls; laser pointers; any noisemaking devices; fireworks; illegal drugs and outside alcohol; weapons or any dangerous devices of any type; tents/canopies; and beach umbrellas.
PERMITTED ITEMS
Blankets/Towels, small umbrellas, purses, fanny packs, small bags, sunscreen, strollers, diaper bags, chairs, dogs in adherence with city ordinance
All patrons, employees and entertainers will be subject to a search of personal belongings. Anyone that refuses to turn over unauthorized items or refuses to be searched will not be allowed access into the KCAC.
There is water provided at Knox Pridefest for free. All Bags will be searched by KPD before entry. Having Folding chairs out of bags will help speed up KPD's security search.
*All bags entering the festival grounds are subject to search.
*Coolers are NOT permitted.*
*Weapons are prohibited.
*You may not bring alcoholic beverages into the festival or carry them out with you.
*In the event of a weather emergency we will evacuate everyone into the parking structure adjacent to the lawn.
You may bring folding\camp chairs and small awnings are permitted, but only in designated areas. Leashed dogs are permitted, but please clean up after your pet. We reserve the right to have you move or remove the awnings\chairs\pets to ensure the safety and enjoyment of all our guests.
*If medically necessary please contact us at info@knoxvillepridefest.com to arrange an exception.
Join us on Gay Street from 10:30am-12pm on June 22nd for Knox Pride’s Annual Parade!
We are really getting into the Pride spirit now!! Only 2 days til the festival and we are ready to turn it up!!!
Come out to Elkmont Exchange and dance the night away with Silent Disco Knox.
The event starts at 6pm with Silent Disco from 7pm-10pm.
More details to follow as we get closer!
Come join Knox Pride for dinner, enjoy the food and drinks at Melting Pot as we celebrate Dine Out with Pride and thank them for their support of Knox Pridefest 2019!
More details will follow closer to the event., check Facebook. Feel free to grab your own group and form a table.
Knox Pride is excited to be hosting its 11th Annual Art Out in the City Art Show & Auction (Art Out)! This year’s Art Out event will be held on June 14th from 6 pm - 9 pm at Jackson Terminal in the heart of Knoxville’s Old City.
The event consists of around 100 live and silent auction pieces from a variety of donors. Although the event prides itself on its enormous selection of art, items donated by local businesses allow for Art Out to have something for everyone! Guests have around two hours to bid on items of their choosing all while being able to partake in locally catered food plus a delicious selection of beer and wine.
There is a $20 cover at the door, and $15 online presale expiring at 6:00 PM June 13th. All guests must be 18+ to enter and 21+ to drink.
If you are interested in becoming a donor, please visit https://knoxpride.com/artoutmainpage.
For any questions regarding the event or donations, please contact Art Out Chair, Morgan Thompson at Morgan@knoxpride.com or art@knoxvillepridefest.org.
Join Knox Pride and community partners as we remember the tragic events to our LGBTQ+ family in 2016. We will be at the Friendship Pavilion at the UT Botanical Gardens.
Come sit in on a board meeting. Bring any concerns, comments, or suggestions to our visitors form.
Or learn how it all works and how you can help the pride community.
Join us June 7th from 6-10pm as we visit 13 local pubs for an evening of fun!
All revelers will start off the night by picking up their wristband and swag bag on the 2nd floor of Preservation Pub.
Each ticket includes:
entrance to all the participating pubs
swag bags
drink specials at each stop
hop on and hop off the Knox Brew Tour Pub Crawl bus
a raffle and "make the best poker hand" contest for prize baskets
We will end the evening at Crafty Bastard, with live music starting at 8pm. Drop off your poker hand card at Crafty by 10:30pm for your chance to win.
Pubs: Crafty Bastard, Merchants of Beer, Barley's, Old City Wine Bar, Last Days of Autumn, Hexagon Brewing, Preservation Pub, Scruffy City Hall, Lost Tavern, Tommy Trent's Sports Saloon, Bernadette's Crystal Barroom, Elkmont Exchange and Pretentious Beer Glass Company.
Central Cinema and Knox Pride are thrilled to be teaming up again for yet another movie night with two screenings of After Stonewall! This one is also Knox Pride’s June Adventures With Pride so we hope to see many of you there!
Showtimes: 6:30pm & 8:30pm
Join us after the Pride Picnic down at Crafty Bastard Brewery!
Join us for one of our longest running events, Pride Picnic, on June 2nd from 1-4 pm! This year it will be held at a new location, Holston River Park.
We will provide the hotdogs, hamburgers and all the fixings. Please bring a side dish or dessert that you would like to share! We hope to see you there!
Enjoy Drag Queen Brunch at Old City Wine Bar as we celebrate Dine Out with Pride and thank them for their support of Knox Pridefest 2019!
Enjoy the food and drinks at Olive Garden as we celebrate Dine Out with Pride and thank them for their support of Knox Pridefest 2019!
We will probably have a group table around 7:00 PM, please comment here if you want to join us. More details will follow closer to the event. Feel free to grab your own group and form a table. RSVP on Facebook!
Join us for Cocktails at Tailgate on May 19th from 6-9pm! The evening will include food, drinks, live entertainment and dancing!
Tickets are $15 online and $20 at the door.
We look forward to seeing you there!
Join us at Central Cinema May 16th and 17th for Knox Pride Movie Night featuring “But I’m A Cheerleader”.
Go to https://centralcinema865.com for showtimes and tickets!
Come join Knox Pride for dinner, enjoy the food and drinks at Wild Wing Cafe as we celebrate Dine Out with Pride and thank them for their support of Knox Pridefest 2019!
We will probably have a group table around 7:00 pm, please comment here if you want to join us. More details will follow closer to the event. Feel free to grab your own group and form a table.
Come sit in on a board meeting. Bring any concerns, comments, or suggestions to our visitors form.
Or learn how it all works and how you can help the pride community.
Come join Knox Pride for dinner, enjoy the food and drinks at Wild Wing Cafe as we celebrate Dine Out with Pride and thank them for their support of Knox Pridefest 2019!
We will probably have a group table around 7:00 pm, please comment here if you want to join us. More details will follow closer to the event. Feel free to grab your own group and form a table.
Spend the evening with us, climbing the walls!
$15 a person (includes a harness)
Check in at the front desk and let them know that you are with Knox Pride to get the discount rate. All participants will need a waiver on file if they have never been to this gym before. Waivers can be filled out ahead of time at www.onsightrockgym.com. Click on the first visit tab.
Please wear athletic attire and closed toed shoes. It is recommended to wear tennis shoes unless you want to rent climbing shoes.
We will have an orientation at the beginning, where we will be taught the basics of how to use an autobelay and all general safety rules, tips and tricks.
Hope to see you there!!
Come out and support Knox Pride while also spending some time with us and friends as we take over Bearden Beer Market for a Pint Night! From 6 pm to 10 pm, a percentage of sales will be donated to our cause, to help keep Knox Pride free!
Come sit in on a board meeting. Bring any concerns, comments, or suggestions to our visitors form.
Or learn how it all works and how you can help the pride community.
From her humorous storytelling to her lively Q&A with audience members, the no-holds-barred entertainer is truthful, vulnerable and, most importantly, as hilarious as ever. From her food obsession to her physical transformation with the help of bariatric surgery more than six years ago, to her compulsion to date the junk food of men, Lisa -- with the help of former Daily Show regular and gay icon, Frank DeCaro -- will tell all in a way youve never seen before.
Tickets on sale now at the Bijou Theatre website!
Come sit in on a board meeting. Bring any concerns, comments, or suggestions to our visitors form.
Or learn how it all works and how you can help the pride community.
Bring your 80’s flair and join the community for an afternoon of fun at Skatetown! This is an all ages event and we will be there at 11:45am with a sign to meet in front of the building. Dressing up is encouraged, but not required.
Pricing:
Admission: $6
Skates: Regular - $3 / Inline - $5
Hope to see you all there!
