River City Pride

06/17/2026

⚾🏳️‍🌈 PRIDE NIGHT AT THE OTTERS! 🏳️‍🌈⚾

Join River City Pride for one of our favorite summer traditions as we celebrate Pride Night with the Evansville Otters on Wednesday, June 24th at 6:30 PM at Bosse Field!

Come out for an evening of baseball, community, and Pride as we cheer on the Otters and celebrate the diversity that makes our region stronger!

🌈 Pride Night at the Evansville Otters
📅 Wednesday, June 24th
⏰ First Pitch: 6:30 PM
📍 Bosse Field
🧢 Limited Edition Otters Hats

Wear your Pride colors, bring your friends, and help us fill the stands with love, inclusion, and community spirit!

We are grateful to the Evansville Otters for partnering with River City Pride and helping create a welcoming environment where everyone can feel seen, valued, and celebrated.

See you at the ballpark! ⚾❤️🧡💛💚💙💜

06/17/2026

🍕🌈 PRIDE GIVEBACK AT AZZIP PIZZA! 🌈🍕

Looking for an easy (and delicious) way to support River City Pride? Join us all day today, Wednesday, June 17th at Azzip Pizza on First Avenue!

This year, we're excited to bring back the Stonewall Supreme 🍕— a pizza created in celebration of Pride that is absolutely delicious!

When you place your order, simply tell the cashier you're there for the River City Pride Giveback, and a portion of your purchase will be donated back to River City Pride to help support our programs, events, and community initiatives throughout the year.

📅 Wednesday, June 17, 2026
📍 Azzip Pizza – First Avenue
⏰ All Day

Online Code: GIVEBACK06

Bring your friends, family, coworkers, and fellow pizza lovers! Every order makes a difference, and every slice helps support the work River City Pride does in our community.

Be sure to check out the graphic for all the details and help us spread the word by sharing this post!

Thank you to Azzip Pizza for partnering with us and helping create a more inclusive Southwest Indiana—one delicious pizza at a time. ❤️🧡💛💚💙💜

06/16/2026

06/15/2026

What a weekend for River City Pride! 🌈❤️

This past weekend was packed with community, celebration, visibility, and Pride!

On Friday, we hosted our Pride Music Night & Resource Fair in Haynie's Corner Arts District , bringing together community organizations, resources, music, and fellowship!

On Saturday, River City Pride proudly joined the Indiana Pride Network and dozens of Pride organizations from across the state as we marched in the Indy Pride Parade. It was an incredible experience to stand alongside so many LGBTQ+ Hoosiers and allies, demonstrating the strength, resilience, and unity of our community. Seeing thousands of people celebrating authenticity and inclusion reminds us of our 'why'.

Then on Sunday, we wrapped up the weekend with our Pride Pickleball Event, where participants enjoyed friendly competition, laughter, and community-building both on and off the courts. It was a fantastic way to bring people together while promoting health, wellness, and connection!

As Pride Month continues, we're not slowing down! We have even more events, opportunities, and celebrations ahead, and we can't wait to share them with you!

Thank you for being part of our River City Pride family. 🌈

06/15/2026

Today, we celebrate the anniversary of the landmark Supreme Court decision in Bostock v. Clayton County, a historic victory for LGBTQIA+ rights and workplace equality.

On June 15, 2020, the Supreme Court ruled that discrimination based on s*xual orientation or gender identity is discrimination based on s*x and is therefore prohibited under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964.

This decision affirmed that LGBTQIA+ individuals deserve the same workplace protections as everyone else.

Bostock was more than a legal victory; it was a powerful statement that LGBTQIA+ people belong in every workplace, every community, and every corner of society without fear of discrimination.
We honor the advocates, attorneys, plaintiffs, and countless community members whose courage helped make this ruling possible. While progress has been made, the work continues to ensure that every LGBTQIA+ person can live, work, and thrive with dignity, safety, and respect in our community.

Today, we celebrate this milestone and recommit ourselves to the ongoing fight for equality.

Happy Anniversary, Bostock v. Clayton County! 🌈⚖️

06/15/2026

On June 6, over 15,000 people filled Downtown Evansville to celebrate love, authenticity, visibility, and unapologetic q***r joy at the 2026 River City Pride Festival & Parade.

To every attendee, volunteer, vendor, entertainer, parade participant, and supporter: thank you. You helped create a space where people could show up exactly as they are and know they belong.

This celebration would not be possible without the incredible support of our sponsors and community partners. Thank you for investing in a Pride that is welcoming, safe, accessible, and free for our community.

Main Stage Sponsor: Boyd Electric, LLC
Parade Sponsor: Evansville Living
Amcor
Atlas Van Lines
CenterPoint Energy
Deaconess
International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local 16
Old National Bank
Methodist Temple UMC
Woods & Woods, The Veterans Firm
Alcoa Warrick Operations
AstraZeneca
Berger Wren Group - Baird Private Wealth Management
BOSS Roofing & Construction
Boston IVF at The Women's Hospital
Droste's Jewelry Shoppes
Fifth Third Bank
Gerling Law
Heritage Federal Credit Union
InnerSpace Center for Emotional Health
Liberty Federal Credit Union
Mead Johnson Nutrition
Mental Health Matters + Tom Stratton & Valerie Stein
OneMain Financial
Kids Zone Sponsor: Unicorn Palace Evansville
Steve Rennels
Leslie Luebcke

Thank you to our Community Partners:
Bally's Evansville, Bravo Media Group, Evansville Fire Department, Evansville Department of Parks & Recreation, Evansville Police Department, Ford Center, Haynie's Corner Brewing Co. + Sam Buente, HOT 96, Mo's House, River Kitty Cat Cafe, Vanderburgh County Sheriff's Office, F.C. Tucker Emge, Townsquare Media, WNIN & Tim Black, High Score Saloon, Ashleigh Culiver and Ripley Davis

Thank you to the Pride Avengers & RCP Board that made this entire day possible:
Ashley Riester, Lauren Barker, Sam Buente, Lex Coston, Justice Crowley, Fletcher Crowley, Booker Crowley, Jacob Delk, Ellen Dippel, Lonna Dippel, Austin Ellis, Abby Elpers, Dawnyel Flavin, Brad Flittner, Megan Haug, Brittany Hirsch, Kevin Kirk, Molly Mattingly, Alex Postin, Bianca Snyder, Michael Stoker, and Billy Thorn.

Most importantly, thank you to YOU. Every person who marched, danced, volunteered, cheered, performed, laughed, cried, hugged, and celebrated helped create something bigger than a festival.

Take a look back at some of our favorite moments from Pride 2026 captured by the incomparable Citrus Collective Co. 📸

The stages are packed away. The parade route is clear. But the joy, visibility, connection, and love we witnessed throughout the day will stay with us for a long time.

Until next year, Evansville. 🌈

06/12/2026

🕯️🏳️‍🌈❤️ Today and always, we remember the victims, survivors, families, and the entire Pulse community.

Today marks 10 years since the tragic shooting at Pulse Nightclub in Orlando, Florida. On June 12, 2016, 49 innocent lives were taken and 53 others were injured in what remains one of the deadliest acts of violence against the LGBTQ+ community in United States history. Pulse was more than a nightclub. It was a sanctuary. A place where people could laugh, dance, love, and simply be themselves without fear.

Ten years later, we still carry the names, stories, and memories of those we lost. We remember the families whose lives were forever changed. We remember the survivors who continue to heal. And we remember a community that refused to be broken by hate.

The Pulse tragedy became a defining moment for LGBTQ+ people across the country. In the face of unimaginable grief, our community showed extraordinary resilience. We mourned together. We stood together. We fought for one another. And we continued building spaces where everyone can feel safe, seen, and celebrated.

As we gather throughout Pride Month, we do so with both joy and remembrance. Pride was born from courage, strengthened through adversity, and sustained by generations of people who refused to disappear. The best way we can honor those lost at Pulse is to continue creating a world where every LGBTQ+ person can live openly, authentically, and without fear. This year, to hold space for all those we’ve lost, to carry their love with us, and to honor our loved ones, we saved a seat just for them during our Pride Festival and Parade. 🌈

To the 49 souls we lost: you are not forgotten. Your lives mattered. Your love mattered. Your legacy lives on in every Pride celebration, every act of advocacy, and every person who finds the courage to be themselves.

Today, we invite our community to take a moment of reflection. Light a candle. Say their names. Share their stories. Hold your loved ones a little closer.

📸Citrus Collective Co. - Thank you for capturing our tribute.

06/11/2026

Thank you to our friends at The Oxford Comma Trivia Club for partnering with us and helping support our community! We’re excited to be part of Drag n’ Glow featuring Acacia Forgot on June 25th at The Helms Hall.

If you haven’t gotten your tickets yet, now’s the time! Join us for an incredible night with an open bar, music, raffles, and one of the stars of RuPaul’s Drag Race Season 17. River City Pride will be there with a raffle table featuring over 25 prizes from local and national businesses, and every ticket sold helps support the work we do right here in our community.

Come out, say hello, grab some raffle tickets, and spend the evening celebrating with us. We can’t wait to see everyone there!