Pride Events ROC

05/23/2026

HAPPENING TOMORROW: Our community’s Q***r Clothing Exchange event, presented by Willow Dickerson and The Q***r Clothing Exchange, is back on Saturday, May 23 at Rainbow Seniors ROC Community Center (346 N. Goodman St.), 11:00am-5:00pm. Rochester LGBTQ+ Together is proud to be the community partner and sponsor again this year and will be tabling on site from 11:00am-3:00pm! Open to all members of the LGBTQIA+ community. Light refreshments available.

♿️🚏 Accessible venue with accessible parking spaces. Paved parking lot and sidewalk. Located in the strip mall in the rear of Village Gate. Easily accessible with public transportation via RTS bus routes 8, 9, and 41.

🛒 🛍️ Participants are *not* required to bring clothes in order to receive clothes.

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05/13/2026

NEW EVENTS ADDED! Not sure what LGBTQIA2S+ events are happening around Rochester and Monroe County? Check out the LGBTQ+ Events Community Calendar, presented by Rochester LGBTQ+ Together in partnership with the ROC Pride Collective. It’s updated regularly too!

🌈📆 https://rochester.lgbt/community-calendar/category/community-events/

05/05/2026

Via Rochester LGBTQ+ Together:

REGISTER NOW: Join Rochester LGBTQ+ Together for Pop-Up Pride events at various venues around Monroe County on 2nd Saturdays monthly.

🌈 Month of July: 📧 Email subscribers saw it first! 📧 Our Rochester Pride Month event is Pop-Up Pride Day at Seabreeze on Saturday, July 11 from 12:00-4:00pm at Seabreeze Amusement Park (4600 Culver Rd)! Come out and enjoy a fun afternoon at the park with community - and don’t forget to wear your rainbow colors or Pride outfits and accessories! This event has limited capacity!

✅ Registration: https://tinyurl.com/SeabreezePride2026

🎟️ Tickets: Our special reduced cost $40.00 group rate ticket price is thanks to support from our grantmaker Rochester Pride Fund at Trillium Health Foundation. Your ticket includes: Ride & Slide Day Pass, All-You-Can-Eat Picnic Lunch (during designated time), and Reserved Pride Grove pavilion access. No other discounts may be applied to this special offer.

👥 Ticket Pickup: Ticket pickup is the day of the event only. Gates open at 11:00am. Meet us outside the rear gate (past security, atop the hilly parking lot) between 11:00am-12:00pm to pick up your ticket(s). Only the purchaser can pick up tickets with photo I.D.

☔️ Note: Event (buffet lunch) will be held rain or shine, unless the park completely closes. If rides close for more than an hour, leave after the picnic lunch, and get a rain day pass at the gate.

03/13/2026

HAPPENING TONIGHT: Come out tonight (Friday, 3/13) for the Big Q***r Prom Fundraiser at Roar, 5:00-8:00pm. Hosted by Carmen Adore. With Valentino Rose & Chintz McMahon. 18+. $10 suggested donation.

📆 Check out the full LGBTQ+ Events Community Calendar here: www.Rochester.lgbt/community-calendar/category/community-events/

02/28/2026

HAPPENING TONIGHT: Come out tonight (Saturday, 2/28) for the Hawaiian Luau Fundraiser, presented by Rochester Gay Men's Chorus, at Roar (621 Culver Rd.), 6:00-9:00pm. Admission: $30.00 per person, $50.00 per couple. Tickets available at https://event.auctria.com/ad22a9ea-ac3f-4a28-b2bb-40aa1e390af1/a809178051b511ea91bae14d12592328.

👥 From the organizer: “It's time for our Hawaiian luau! It's not too late to get tickets to join us tonight, 6-9 pm at ROAR Nightclub, 621 Culver Road, Rochester. Tickets will also be available at the door, where the price remains the same: $30 per person, or bring a friend and both get in for $50.

Tonight, we'll enjoy a tropical escape while celebrating music, harmony, inclusivity, and community. We hope you'll be a part of it!”

📆 Check out the full LGBTQ+ Events Community Calendar here: www.Rochester.lgbt/community-calendar/category/community-events/

02/27/2026

VOTING ENDS TOMORROW! Make your voices heard in final selection of this year's Rochester Pride theme. Click below to cast your vote now!

✅ Take Poll: https://survey.alchemer.com/s3/8701145/Rochester-Pride-2026-Theme-Poll

From Rochester Pride & Trillium Health:
"Vote for Rochester's 2026 Pride Theme!
🪩 Pride Disco
🦄 Enchanted Pride
⭐️ Super Heroes: Icons of Pride
🧁 Pride is Sweet
Voting ends on Friday, February 27."

10/25/2025

Via ImageOut & George Eastman Museum:

Last chance to see "Seeing & Being Seen" 👉

"Seeing & Being Seen" celebrates the diverse, intersectional identities and experiences within the Greater Rochester LGBTQ+ community and spotlights the shared and unique Q***r and Trans existence, from celebration to struggle.

On view in our community gallery, Gallery Obscura, through Sunday, October 26. Curated by ImageOut. ✨

📷 Natalie Fox (she/they), "Resplendence," 2024. Resident of Rochester, NY.

10/09/2025

Via ImageOut:

09/12/2025

HAPPENING THIS WEEKEND: Come out tonight (Friday, 9/12) through Sunday (9/14) for Rochester Black Pride Weekend 2025, presented by Rochester Black Pride. Events include Y2K Karaoke at The Lab CRC on Friday, Black Three Six Five: The Official Rochester Black Pride Party at The French Quarter on Saturday, and We Outside! ROC Black Pride Cookout & OTA at Genesee Valley Park Roundhouse Shelter on Sunday!