Each and every year, the festivities commence for the Rainbow Festival at 12:30 on the second Saturday in June to a large crowd gathered in the beautiful Gondola Meadows in Riverfront Park. It wasn't always this way; the first Pride Parade in 1992 was a couple of people marching on a sidewalk and there was no Festival portion of the event. But today the Festival has become a crowd pleaser, with up to 5,200+ people coming to see the entertainment, booths, beer garden and family area that have become a staple of the Rainbow Festival.
Organizations large and small, national and local join us for our Rainbow Festival every year by getting booth space to advertise their shops, services, advocacy and educational material. Groups ranging from Statewide LGBT organizations like Equal Rights Washington and local youth groups like INMx and Odyssey Youth to local businesses and shops like The Garland Theater, Over the Rainbow Shop and Native Bead Art participate in our festival. We also have a large family area with plenty of activities from face painting to children's bouncy castles and the WSU Raptor Club showing off their beautiful birds.
We invite all of you to come enjoy the fun this year in Gondola Meadows at Riverfront Park (South-West corner of the park by the Bloomsday Running Statues). The Rainbow Festival kicks off immediately after the Parade. Bring your friends, your family and your children! Celebrate our community. There is something for everyone at Pride; be a part of it.
To register your business, group, or organization to have a booth at the Rainbow Festival this year, please CLICK HERE.
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If you are interested in volunteering to help with Pride or one of our many events or fundraisers throughout the year, please fill out this Volunteer Application.
2011 Rainbow Festival Booths Were:
- Lutheran Social Services NW
- Pride T-Shirt Booth
- Spokane Gay Bowling League
- Inland Oasis
- nYne Bar & Bistro
- Spokane AIDS Network/INMx
- Camp Ten Trees
- Human Rights Campaign (HRC)
- Native Bead Art
- Entertainment Booth
- Entertainment Booth
- OutSpokane
- Odyssey Youth Center
- Queer SQouts
- Wedding Booth/PFLAG/Diversity Counseling
- The Alliance @ SFCC
- Pride Foundation
- OutSpokane Pride Photo Booth
- Westminster Cong. United Church of Christ
- Veradale United Church of Christ
- Frocked Out
- Friends of Richard Rush
- Spokane Regional Health District-HIV/AIDS and STD program
- Equal Rights Washington (ERW)
- YFA Connections
- Destinations/Equality Spokane
- Morel Ink
- Envision Spokane
- Imperial Soverign Court of Spokane (ISCS)
- Spokane County Democrats
- Inland NW LGBT Center
- Inland NW LGBT Center
- Ins & Outs Community Magazine
- Peace and Justice Action League of Spokane (PJALS)
- Over the Rainbow Shop
- Garland Theater
- Smokey Scents
- Hospice of Spokane
- Spokane Regional HIV/AIDS Speakers Bureau
- YWCA of Spokane
- Discover School
- GLOBAL ST. QSA
- Spokane Civic Theatre
- WA ST Human Rights Commission
- INBA
- INBA Outreach
2011 Rainbow Festival Family Area Was:
- Volunteer Check In
- WSU Raptor Club
- Child ID Kits by Rose Wardian Insurance Agency
- River's Wish Animal Rescue
- 7 Inflatables Bouncies
- Facepainting
- Wearable Crafts
- Comics
- Oobleck
- Carnival Games
- Bubbleman
Pride 2011 was a huge SUCCESS with 5,200 attendees!
We need help from our community-from YOU-to help us cover all of our expenses for the biggest and fastest growing Pride celebration the Inland Northwest has ever seen!
Your tax-deductible support and generosity make it happen.
Pride 2012: