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2023 Parade and Vendor Applications Now Available!
CR Pride
Home of CR Pride Fest and year-round LGBTQIA+ events in Cedar Rapids, Iowa.
CR Pride
Home of CR Pride Fest and year-round LGBTQIA+ events in Cedar Rapids, Iowa.
A Message To our Community & Allies:
This year has seen an increased focus on our community and we know that this week has been especially tough for everyone. Our mission is to “Create opportunities for awareness, inclusivity and visibility of LGBTQIA+ individuals within our community.” Your CR Pride Board has been fighting alongside you this week to highlight the importance of our community and how legislation will negatively impact our community.
We will never stop advocating for our community. Our state motto is “Our liberties we prize, and our rights we will maintain.” And while it might be difficult to believe that right now, we need to appreciate those who stood up for our community this week. Iowa is a welcoming state and we will all continue to work together to shine the light on our amazing community.
Throughout the pandemic we realized how much the community relies on CR Pride. Canceling Pride in 2020 and 2021 was the most difficult decision our board members had to make. We know our presence in the community continues to be important. We were thrilled to return in 2022 with the largest festival to date with over 14,000 in attendance. Our board is hard at work to ensure that our programming is top notch this year. Your Pride board has many exciting events in the works. We’ve heard from many community members about how excited they are for pride and that they can’t wait for July.
We can’t either. We’re ready for the parade, the festival and all that comes in between those dates. Even though we are hard at work planning, we feel we owe it to our community to be honest. The hard truth is sponsorship dollars are down compared to 2022 and costs are up. We need to raise additional funds in the next month or the board will have to make some difficult decisions on priorities for the festival at our April board meeting.
Sponsorship and other ways to financially contribute to CR Pride are available on our website at crprideia.com. CR Pride is appreciative of Cedar Rapids and the surrounding communities for their continued support! Let’s make 2023 the best fest yet!
With pride and gratitude,
Board of Directors
Transgender Panel Discussion
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Pride Parade - June 10, 2023
We would love to have your group join us for our second annual parade. Click below for all the details.
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Pride Festival - July 8, 2023
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Get Ready for Pride
2023 Sponsorship Form Is Now Available!
2023 Sponsorship Form Is Now Available!
2023 Sponsorship Form Is Now Available!
None of our efforts are possible without the generous support of our sponsors. We are now accepting sponsors for 2023.
Vendor Application Is Now Available!
2023 Sponsorship Form Is Now Available!
2023 Sponsorship Form Is Now Available!
Interested in booth space at this years festival? Check out all the details and for the application by clicking on the link below.
Put Pride on Your Calendar
Put Pride on Your Calendar
Put Pride on Your Calendar
See all of CR Pride's upcoming events, and come out to support and celebrate with the whole community.
Become A Volunteer
Put Pride on Your Calendar
Put Pride on Your Calendar
Our events rely on the participation and contributions of the community. We work hard to create accessible low or no-cost events to insure Pride is accessible to everyone in our community. Find our more about the roles you could play at our next event.
Consider a donation to CR Pride
CR Pride is a 501c3 nonprofit organization with the mission to create opportunities for awareness, inclusivity and visibility of LGBTQIA+ individuals within our community. Your tax-deductible donation helps us host events to support the community in and round Cedar Rapids.
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