Pridefully Speaking

As you can imagine, putting on an event like Circle City IN Pride takes months and months of preparation, and while there has been lots of things going on behind the scenes, we’re getting close to the early press deadlines, which means we can start to announce things.  We’re still hammering out all the details, but we can say there will be things going on everyday from June 6th through the 12th

The biggest news has to be the move to a new venue for the Festival on the 12th.  While we are still in same general area, instead of being just south of the War Memorial in University Park, we are moving one block north of the memorial to the American Legion Mall.  The mall is flanked by Meridian, St. Clair, Pennsylvania, and North Streets.  Since the venue is moving, this means the parade route will be slightly different, too, but we’ll have new maps available closer to the event.  The main reason for the move was simply the fact that we outgrew University Park.  It was so crowded last year, it was difficult to get around.

Outside of the move, the top story is that multiplatinum diva, Taylor Dayne will be the headliner on the big stage.  Along with Ms. Dayne, American Idol Season Six runner up, Blake Lewis and award winning, out singer Nhojj will be appearing, too.  Nhojj will also kick off the Festival’s events with the National Anthem.  Dayne, Lewis, and Nhojj will be joined throughout the day by the best local and regional acts making this year’s stage the best yet!

Of course, there is still a lot of work to be done.   We’re doing really well on selling vendor spots and the festival, and our sponsorship levels are going up.  We’ll be meeting the first and third Wednesday’s of each month to discuss the progress of the various planning committees, and really, before you know it, June is going to be up on us.

Keep checking back for more information!