ROC Pride Picnic

07/14/2025

🌈 Thank You from the Bottom of Our Hearts! 💖

What an incredible day at the ROC Pride Picnic! Despite the weather doing its own thing, the love, joy, and unity were unstoppable. 🌦️☀️✨

To every vendor who brought color, creativity, and community…
To every volunteer who showed up early, stayed late, and kept things running smoothly…
And to every person who came out to celebrate—whether it was your first time or your 15th—thank you for making this day so special.

We laughed, we danced, we reconnected, and we made memories that will last far beyond this one day. 🫶

Pride isn’t just a moment—it’s a movement. And yesterday, you reminded us all what that truly means. 💪🏽🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈

From all of us on the ROC Pride Picnic team:
THANK YOU for showing up, for showing love, and for showing Pride. 💕💛💙

Until next year… 🌈

07/13/2025

07/13/2025

🎉 The ROC Pride Picnic is Rain or Shine! 🌦️
Grab your lawn chairs, pack a cooler wish your favorite refreshments, and don’t forget your canopy tent—whether it’s sun or sprinkles, we’re celebrating no matter what! 🏳️‍🌈✨

Come ready to make new friends, reconnect with familiar faces, and enjoy the vibes. Food, laughter, music, and community—you bring the joy, we’ll bring the Pride! 💃🎶🍉

🚗 PSA: Please remember to park in the Zone 3 lot to help us keep the event safe and accessible for everyone. Look for the signs and friendly volunteers to guide you!

To access general parking, enter the park from Elmwood Ave, to Moore Rd and park in that lot. Follow the path and signs over to the picnic area!

See you there, rain boots or sunglasses in tow! ☔😎

07/12/2025

Shout out to our Sponsor Trillium Health and the Trillium Health Foundation!

The Trillium Health Foundation is a separate 501(c)(3) organization whose goal is to support Trillium in its mission to provide extraordinary care for all, including LGBTQ+ health, by ensuring equitable, judgment-free, and affordable care. The Foundation is governed by a separate board of directors whose focus is to ensure the appropriate distribution of funds in support of Trillium Health's mission.

07/12/2025

Shout out to Human Rights Campaign for their sponsorship of the ROC Pride Picnic!

The Human Rights Campaign envisions a world where every member of the LGBTQ+ family has the freedom to live their truth without fear, and with equality under the law. We empower our 3.6 million members and supporters to mobilize against attacks on the most marginalized people in our community.

07/12/2025

A Shout out to our Sponsor and the ROC Pride Parade Grand Marshall Harry Bronson!

Harry serves as chair of the Assembly Labor Committee where he is dedicated to increasing worker protection and rights, workplace safety, and making sure we have an economy that works for everyone. Fighting for social justice, labor reforms, fair wages, health care access, LGBTQ protections, equality and fairness have been a lifelong endeavor. Harry’s work embraces and promotes the simple principle that all human beings have dignity and, “No matter who you are, where you come from, what you look like, what your abilities, whom you love, or how you identify – we all have dignity and deserve equity, justice and the opportunity to succeed.”

07/12/2025

Shout out to our Sponsor and Entertainment partner ROAR!

Roar features local drag talent every day but in different ways than a traditional drag bar would.

From trivia, karaoke, painting classes, spin classes, happiest hours, dinner shows, brunches, live bands, and comedy to full club nights with two floors of dancing featuring local and guest DJ's and drag performers from across the country.

Visit ROAR:

Wednesday 5 – 11 pm
Thursday 5 – 11 pm
Friday 5 – 2 am
Saturday 9 – 2 am