As we celebrate 200 years of passion, growth, and advancement in our favorite Tallahassee, the 2024 Pride Week design, Pride & Joy, embraces a record of endurance, and most important, of pleasant exuberance of the LGBTQ+ community.
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By allowing people to get their true selves, this community-wide party aims to lift all of our neighbors. Whether you are a member of the LGBTQ+ group or a devoted alliance, we invite you to attend any of these events.
Melissa Etheridge, a Grammy and Academy Award-winning rock legend, performed a concert on Sunday, followed by a Monday yoga class on Monday, and a Tuesday un-tea sociable. Situations continue through Sunday.
Celebrate faith and joy across religions on Wednesday, dig into Tallahassee’s LGBTQ+ past on Thursday, express yourself at open mic night on Friday, party in Kleman Plaza and ( for our older crowd ) into the night at 926 Bar & Grill on Saturday, and walk off your worries on Sunday morning with Queer Hikes.
Our society is as attractive as we make it, and we have a lot to celebrate this season.
Created for Joy! : Pride Interfaith Service
6 p. m. Wednesday, April 17, United Church in Tallahassee, 1834 Mahan Drive.
Faith officials from Jewish, Quaker, Unitarian, and Christian cultures will promote works, tunes, and rituals from their traditions that celebrate the god of all animal creation. We’ll share stories of how our lives have brought joy. We’ll also examine how our collective joy can help us withstand attempts to devalue our joy. We were made to be joyful.
Understanding the LGBTQ History of Tallahassee
A bicentennial lecture by Prof. Charles Upchurch. 5 p. m. reception, 6 p. m. lecture, Thursday, April 18, Room 1858 at Visit Tallahassee Visitors Center, 918 Railroad Ave.
What would a queer history of Tallahassee entail? What are the most significant changes in queer and LGBT history, and how can they be used to interpret the queer experience in Tallahassee over the past 200 years?
One of the nation’s first academic authors on gay and lesbian history, Dr. Robert P. S., founded his PhD program at Florida State in the early 1970s, and taught some of the nation’s first university courses on LGBT history and culture on the Florida State campus. Why is n’t this story better known, and how can we build on this legacy? How can theory help ensure that we write histories that acknowledge the centrality of race, class, gender, and gender identity, while also always foregrounding issues of political power, labor, coercion, and class?
Join Professor Charles Upchurch, Professor of British & LGBTQ History at Florida State University, for a 40-minute illustrated exploration of all of these themes as they relate to Tallahassee’s queer history.
Pride & Joy Open Mic Night
6:30-8:30 p. m. Friday, April 19, Common Ground Books, 128 N. Bronough St.
Gather your favorite poem, tune up your guitar, practice that spoken word piece you’ve been working on, and drop by Common Ground Books for a special Pridefest Open Mic Night!
The Kleman Plaza is named after the first lady.
Noon-5:30 p. m. Saturday, April 20, Kleman Plaza downtown Tallahassee.
Celebrate the joy and pride of our amazing LGBTQ+ community in Tallahassee at Tallahassee Pride’s annual Pride in the Plaza. Presented in partnership with Visit Tallahassee and the City of Tallahassee, this inclusive, family-friendly festival features musical performances, delicious eats and food trucks, and local and regional vendors all in the name of celebrating with PRIDE
Pride Official Afterparty
Saturday, April 20, 926 Bar & Grill, 926 W. Tharpe St.
Celebrate Tallahassee’s queer performers! This killer variety show features queer performers of all walks of life, from drag to burlesque and everything in between. Join us for a night of cabaret after spending the day at Pridefest in Kleman Plaza! Grab a few of these tickets for your friends and watch the hottest show on the town! They are less expensive in advance. 18+ event
Queer Hikes Tallahassee
10 a. m. Sunday, April 21, Alford Greenway
Join us for our first joint hike, Queer Hikes Tallahassee! We welcome hikers of all skill levels to enjoy a fun hike in the woods while making new friends. Our goal is to unite LGBTQIA + people for a fun exploration of local nature. Allies are always welcome. Visit
Lauren Kelly-Manders is Interim Chair of Tallahassee Pride, Inc.
