San Diego Pride

10/30/2026

Take us back to Latine Pride!

Thank you to everyone who joined us at Liberty Station to celebrate the vibrancy and joy of our Q***r Latine community. From the music and performances to the food, local vendors, and community connections, this year’s celebration was a beautiful reminder of the power of coming together and embracing our Q***r Latinidad!

To our performers, vendors, community partners, volunteers, and everyone who showed up to celebrate: thank you for making Latine Pride special.

10/29/2026

Dear Pride Family,

Pride Week fills our streets with color, music, and q***r joy. Now we’re asking you to carry that spirit one step further, into the ballot box.
Pride has always been about more than celebration. It is rooted in civic engagement, collective action, and the belief that our voices can create change, challenge injustice, and combat hate. Generations of LGBTQ+ people fought for the rights and visibility we have today, and we can’t take that progress for granted. The fight continues, and we will not back down. Efforts to make voting harder are a reminder of just how powerful your vote is.

Make your plan to vote

Your ballot is already in your mailbox. Under state law, vote-by-mail ballots are sent to every active registered voter. You can mail it back, drop it off at a ballot drop-off location, or drop it off at any vote center in San Diego County.
Want the full rainbow experience? Vote at The Center.
The San Diego LGBT Community Center (3909 Centre St.) will be a four-day vote center for the Midterm General Election. It’s a safe, affirming space for LGBTQ+ and allied folks to cast their ballots, and many San Diegans make the trip just for the experience. Drop off your ballot or vote in person, and you’ll leave with the iconic rainbow “I VOTED” sticker.

Vote Center Hours

Saturday, Oct. 31 – Monday, Nov. 2: 8 am–5 pm
Election Day, Tuesday, Nov. 3: 7 am–8 pm

Know Before You Go

Any registered voter can use any vote center in the county.
San Diego County offers same-day voter registration. If you’re not registered yet, you can still register and vote.
Not sure of your status? Check your registration before you go.
If you run into any problems, the National Election Protection Hotline is available at 866-OUR-VOTE (866-687-8683).
Find a Vote Center Location
Get informed

Take a few minutes with the San Diego Pride Voter Guide before you fill out your ballot. Vote your full ballot, all the way down >>> sdpride.org/vote
Pride started as a protest. Today, it’s also a polling place. Vote your values and Vote with Pride.
In community,

San Diego Pride

10/24/2026

Latine Pride is almost here, and the vendor lineup is 🔥. Come hungry, come ready to shop, and come ready to support small businesses from our community.

📍 Liberty Station
📅 Saturday, October 24
🕐2- 7 PM
See you there!

10/23/2026

Join us Saturday, October 24, at Liberty Station for an afternoon celebrating Latine Pride through music, performance, and the vibrant talent of our community.

Mictlán Stage: Feel the energy and celebrate the sounds of our community.

Main Stage: Get ready for live entertainment and unforgettable moments.

Food Vendors: Come hungry and discover your next favorite bite.

Vendors & Community Partners: Shop local, explore community resources, and connect with organizations making a difference.

Programs & Workshops: Get creative, learn something new, and celebrate Q***r Latinidad.

Alcoholic Beverage Garden: Grab a drink, take a breather, and soak up the festival vibes.

Youth Zone: A space for young people to connect, explore, and celebrate.

Restrooms, Medical & Sensory Zone: Find essential resources and spaces to support your festival experience.

Come celebrate culture and connect with the community that makes Latine Pride so special. We’ll see you there!

Saturday, October 24, 2026 | 2–7 PM
Liberty Station – Central Promenade
2641 Truxtun Road, San Diego, CA 92106
Learn more at sdpride.org.

10/23/2026

The Latine Pride Line-up is here!

Join us Saturday, October 24, at Liberty Station for an afternoon celebrating Latine Pride through music, performance, and the vibrant talent of our community.

Hosted by ChiChi Fuera, this year’s lineup features: Betty Bangs, El Arcoíris del Sur, i-Karla, El Cabaret de las Divas featuring Lady Blanca, Amore Envy and ChiChi Fuera, André, and the Manny Cepeda Trio.

Come celebrate culture and connect with the community that makes Latine Pride so special. We’ll see you there!

Saturday, October 24, 2026 | 2–7 PM
Liberty Station – Central Promenade
2641 Truxtun Road, San Diego, CA 92106
Learn more at sdpride.org.

10/22/2026

Hola Pride Comunidad,

As we celebrated Hispanic Heritage Month, we were reminded of how important it is to continue advocating for our Latine Community; particularly our Q***r and Trans Latine siblings that face further marginalization in this current political and social state. Our intersectional experiences as being Latine and LGBTQIA+ coincide with each other, meaning we all recognize and face these struggles together.

That is why joy, resilience, and resistance is important. Latine Pride was created and sprouted as a space to bring together community in spite of what we continually face. It emphasizes to the rest of the world that regardless of what they might believe, we will continue to persist, loudly and proudly.

We encourage you to continue your advocacy that is aimed towards a just and equitable society. One that involves q***r and trans joy – in the myriad of ways it manifests. This includes joining spaces like Latine Pride that provide a platform for local LGBTQIA+ artists and small businesses within our community. It also includes speaking at City Council meetings; utilizing your constitutional right to vote, especially for these November 3rd midterms; contributing to the orgs that are advocating for these causes, including San Diego Pride via our Pride Sustainer Campaign; or just giving back to those in need. All of these actions require introspection of privileges we might have, while validating and acknowledging the societal disadvantages we also might face. That, too, is vital in the movement towards liberation.

We hope you will join us THIS Saturday, October 24th, at Latine Pride. It is a FREE event, taking place at Liberty Station Central Promenade from 2-7 PM. We encourage you to RSVP!

Looking to continue the celebrations? The Official Latine Pride After Party will be at The Brass Rail, playing Latin Music all night long! You can purchase tickets for that HERE. 100% of ticket proceeds benefit Pride and will go directly to our year-round programming.

Saturday, October 24, 2:00 to 7:00 PM
FREE, Family Friendly Event
Liberty Station Central Promenade

10/21/2026

The Latine Pride entertainment schedule is here!

Join us Saturday, October 24, at Liberty Station for an afternoon celebrating Latine Pride through music, performance, and the vibrant talent of our community.

Hosted by ChiChi Fuera, this year’s lineup features Betty Bangs, El Arcoíris del Sur, i-Karla, El Cabaret de las Divas featuring Lady Blanca, Amore Envy and ChiChi Fuera, André, and the Manny Cepeda Trio.

Come celebrate culture and connect with the community that makes Latine Pride so special. We’ll see you there!

Saturday, October 24, 2026 | 2–7 PM
Liberty Station – Central Promenade
2641 Truxtun Road, San Diego, CA 92106
Learn more at sdpride.org.

10/21/2026

Sabados en Fuego: Latine Pride The After Party

The celebration doesn’t stop at Liberty Station!

Join us for the Official Latine Pride Afterparty, presented by San Diego Pride, Latine Coalition, and The Brass Rail.
Latin music all night long

Doors open at 9 PM
$10 cover all night
Saturday, October 24, 2026
The Brass Rail

100% of ticket proceeds benefit San Diego Pride. Dance, celebrate, and support our community, all in one night.

Get your presale tickets now: https://www.eventim.us/event/Sabados-en-Feugo/708908?ttc=1925505
or visit the link in bio.

Tag your crew and we’ll see you on the dance floor!

10/20/2026

The celebration doesn’t stop at Liberty Station!
Join us for the Official Latine Pride After Party.
Presented by San Diego Pride, Latine Coalition, and The Brass Rail

Latin music all night long
Doors open at 9 PM
$10 cover all night
Saturday, October 24, 2026

The Brass Rail

10/19/2026

Save the Date

The San Diego Pride Board of Directors invites you to attend Community Conversations, Tuesday, October 27 at 6:30 PM.

Please RSVP at https://form.asana.com/?k=hueL8yjZpb_iqOsXbFn6qQ&d=618621497285316

St. Paul's Cathedral
2728 SIXTH AVE
SAN DIEGO, CA 92103

10/15/2026

Dear community,
Art has always been one of the ways our community tells the world who we are. It carries our history, hints at our future, and reminds us to live in our truth. The world needs q***r artists. And q***r artists need people willing to invest in them, not just once, but all year long.
We’re preparing for OUT at the Museum tomorrow night, Friday, October 16 from 6 to 10 pm, as q***r artists take over the Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego for Be the Muse, an evening of art installations, a fashion contest, live performances, burlesque, and an online auction. Get your tickets and join us.
But one night can’t carry a year of work. That’s where the Pride Sustainer Program comes in.

Why Sustainers Matter

Like many nonprofit organizations, San Diego Pride is navigating rising costs and a changing funding environment. Community support has sustained us for more than five decades, and we are deeply grateful to everyone who supports our mission. Now we need a steady foundation to keep going.
Sustainers are monthly donors who provide reliable, predictable support, and that consistency lets us plan ahead and say yes to the work that matters. Your monthly gift helps make possible:

Platforms and exhibitions for LGBTQIA+ artists
Performances that bring our stories to life
Artist development that helps creatives grow their craft and careers
Opportunities for LGBTQIA+ creatives to be seen and paid
Year-round programs, advocacy, and community partnerships through Pride365

The Goal: 1,000 Sustainers

Give $25 a month to keep Pride shining all year long. If 1,000 people join, together we’ll build a strong foundation beneath Pride365, helping San Diego Pride navigate this challenging political and financial environment with confidence.
Whether you’re bidding, cheering, or simply soaking in the creativity tomorrow night, we hope you’ll leave inspired to be a muse all year round.
Become a Pride Sustainer today at sdpride.org/donate, and we hope to see you tomorrow!

10/14/2026

The world needs q***r artists. And q***r artists need people willing to invest in them. OUT at the Museum and donor support make possible:
Platforms and exhibitions
Performances
Artist development
Opportunities for LGBTQIA+ creatives to be seen and paid

Join us Friday, 10/16 from 6-10pm at the Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego for a night of local artists, art installations, a fashion contest, performances, burlesque, and an online auction. This year’s inaugural theme: Be the Muse.

Give to fund the arts at sdpride.org/donate

10/14/2026

San Diego Pride is more than a place. It is a reminder of what happens when a community shows up for itself.

San Diego Pride Festival 2026 brought us together through music, art, connection, and unapologetic self-expression, we proved that Pride is more than a celebration. It’s a commitment to one another.

But the work doesn’t end when the stages go dark. The community we build at Pride deserves to be supported every day of the year.

Help keep that spirit alive. Your contribution sustains San Diego Pride’s year-round education, advocacy, community programs, and supporting LGBTQIA+ organizations.

The future of Pride is something we create together. Help sustain it at sdpride.org/donate.

10/13/2026

The 2026 election is days away and we need your help getting out the vote! Join us for one of our phone banking or canvassing shifts to receive up to a $60 gift card per shift worked. Visit sdpride.org/vote to register for a shift.

10/11/2026

You see the performance. We see the work behind it.
Through artist development, mentorship and opportunities for creative expression, San Diego Pride invests in LGBTQIA+ artists beyond the festival stage.
Because q***r art deserves more than a moment in the spotlight. It deserves a future.
This National Coming Out Day, sustain q***r creativity year-round by becoming a Pride Sustainer at sdpride.org/donate.

10/09/2026

You've seen the celebration. Now see the work behind Pride. 365 days of building community, developing leaders, uplifting artists, and advocating for a more equitable world. Help us sustain the work today. Because a year-round movement, needs year-round support. Become a Pride sustainer at sdpride.org/donate. (edited)

10/09/2026

Happy Le***an Visibility Day! To the le****ns, the femmes, the mascs, the U-Haul enthusiasts, the carabiner collectors, and everyone who's ever turned a coffee date into a six-hour conversation about their childhood… We see you. We love you. And we thank you for your commitment to keeping astrology apps and farmers markets in business. Who's meeting us at Gossip Grill tonight for buy one get one Happy Hour?

10/08/2026

This week is Banned Books Week!

First launched in 1982 in response to a surge in book challenges across libraries, bookstores, and schools, Banned Books Week celebrates the importance of free and open access to information, and our freedom to read.
This year’s theme, “Let Books Be: Protect the Freedom to Read,” feels especially meaningful as book challenges continue across the country, including right here in California. While California has enacted important protections through legislation, “silent” book banning can still happen in our own communities. This can include educators or librarians choosing not to purchase certain titles out of fear of professional or community backlash, or placing books in more restricted areas where they are less accessible to readers.
For LGBTQ+ youth, access to q***r literature is especially important. Seeing yourself reflected in a book can be a powerful experience, and for many young people, it can be their first introduction to other LGBTQ+ people, identities, and experiences. Representation can help young people feel less alone, understand themselves and others, and know that they belong.

This Banned Books Week, we want to highlight local q***r bookstores

Meet Cute Romance Bookshop - 8235 La Mesa Blvd, La Mesa, CA
Hosting a Banned Books Week Read-In TONIGHT

Feminist Bookstore - 930 West Washington St. Suite 10 San Diego, CA

What’s your favorite banned or challenged book? Share it with us on social media for a chance to win a banned book of your own!
the books are: All Boys Aren't Blue and Heart Stopper- Graphic novels

In a series of personal essays, prominent journalist and LGBTQIA activist George M. Johnson explores his childhood and adolescence growing up as a gay black man

The Heartstopper graphic novel series by Alice Oseman follows the story of Charlie Spring and Nick Nelson as they navigate high school, friendship, and first love.

10/05/2026

Early voting begins today San Diego! Make sure to check your mail for your ballot and brush up on the candidates and ballot measures you will be voting on. Want to learn more about the upcoming election or hear about ways you can get involved? Join us tomorrow at Good News Bar for our Vote with Pride Mixer. Your first non-alcoholic drink is on us! Register at the link in our bio.
https://www.eventeny.com/events/catmixer-30172/

10/01/2026

Dear Community,
October is LGBTQ+ History Month, a time to honor the people, movements and moments that made our lives and our communities possible.
Our history is powerful because it was built by people who chose to act. People who organized when it was dangerous. People who created spaces for joy and belonging when those spaces did not exist. People who gave their time, their resources and their voices because they believed the next generation deserved something better.
For more than five decades, San Diego Pride has been part of that incredible ecosystem of movement work. Our community gathers each year for a Parade and Festival, but Pride has always been about more than a single weekend. The resources, relationships and organizing power built through Pride extend throughout the year and far beyond our events.
Since 1998, San Diego Pride has invested more than $3 million back into community organizations, supporting work that serves transgender people, people of color, youth, seniors, people living with HIV/AIDS and others who experience overlapping systems of inequity.
That legacy is something we are incredibly proud of. It is also something we have a responsibility to carry forward.
That is why, during LGBTQ+ History Month, becoming a Pride Sustainer has never been more important. We invite you to help build the next chapter of Pride.
Throughout LGBTQ+ history, our progress has never depended on a single institution, corporation or moment. It has depended on people. People organizing together. People caring for one another. People contributing what they could to sustain the places and movements they believed mattered.
That same spirit can help carry San Diego Pride forward.
A monthly gift of an amount that is meaningful to you becomes part of something much larger when our community gives together.
We inherited an extraordinary legacy from those who came before us. Now, we have the opportunity, and responsibility, to decide what we will leave for those who come next.
This LGBTQ+ History Month, I invite you to be part of that future.
Become a Pride Sustainer today and help keep Pride shining all year long.
Happy LGBTQ+ History Month.
With Pride,
KishaLynn Elliott
Executive Director
San Diego Pride

09/29/2026

Great food. Q***r community. A great cause.
This fall, San Diego Pride is bringing a little more q***r joy to the table.
We’re excited to present the Big Q***r Foodie Fest, a special LGBTQIA+ food, beverage, arts, and community experience in partnership with the Del Mar W**e + Food Festival. Taking place during the Festival’s Grand Tasting on Saturday, October 3-4, this celebration will bring together incredible flavors, local businesses, q***r creativity, and community all while raising funds to support San Diego Pride’s year-round work.
Curated by San Diego Pride, the Big Q***r Foodie Fest will spotlight LGBTQIA+-owned, led, and supportive restaurants and beverage brands alongside local artists, entertainers, businesses, and community partners. It’s a chance to discover something delicious, support q***r and allied entrepreneurs, connect with community, and experience Pride beyond Pride Week.
And when you purchase your ticket using San Diego Pride’s code, you’re giving back while you celebrate.
Use code SDPRIDE to receive 10% off your Del Mar W**e + Food Festival ticket.
A portion of eligible ticket sales made through Pride’s promotional code will benefit San Diego Pride, helping fuel the programs, advocacy, community building, and celebrations we deliver throughout the year.
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09/29/2026

San Diego FC, in community partnership with San Diego Pride, is proud to host Pride Night on Wednesday, October 14, when SDFC takes on the Houston Dynamo!

Celebrate with us by purchasing the limited-edition Pride Night Ticket Package, which includes a match ticket, an exclusive Pride-themed clear f***y pack, and a donation to San Diego Pride.

Season Ticket Members can also purchase an exclusive Pride-themed bucket hat by signing in to Account Manager. Quantities are limited, so be sure to reserve yours while supplies last.

Looking to celebrate with your group? Learn more at https://www.sandiegofc.com/tickets/pride

09/24/2026

There is something powerful about walking into a space and knowing you belong there.

For LGBTQIA+ people, that feeling has never been a given. We have built it together: at kitchen tables and on dance floors, in galleries and public parks, through food, music, art in a million moments large and small. Q***r events carry that work forward.

That room matters now more than ever. LGBTQIA+ communities are facing renewed attacks on our rights while many of the organizations that support us are under financial strain. We can no longer treat a celebration as separate from the serious work of justice. The act of gathering is part of how we sustain that work. It is how relationships begin, artists find an audience, neighbors become advocates and people remember they are not alone.

This fall, San Diego Pride is creating more ways for our community to gather and shine.

Latine Pride is a free celebration that brings people together across generations through culture, connection and shared joy. Free events matter. They make space for someone who might not otherwise be able to attend, and they remind us that belonging should not depend on the price of admission. Latine Pride honors the richness of LGBTQIA+ Latine communities and the people whose leadership and creativity help shape San Diego every day.

At OUT at the Museum, San Diego Pride’s Art of Pride program will celebrate LGBTQIA+ artists at the Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego. The evening is a fundraiser, but it is also an invitation to see what happens when q***r creativity takes center stage. Artists help us tell the truth about our lives. Supporting their work is an investment in the voices and visions our community needs.

And at the Big Q***r Foodie Fest, presented in partnership with the Del Mar Food & W**e Festival, q***r food and hospitality talent will take up space in a cultural experience that reaches well beyond our own community. Food tells stories of family, connection and care. Shining a spotlight on LGBTQIA+ people has never been more vital.

Each event offers something different. Together, they tell one story: LGBTQIA+ people belong in every part of cultural life. We belong at the table, on the stage, on gallery walls and in the crowd.

These gatherings are also opportunities to show up for one another. Attend a free event and bring a friend. Buy a ticket that helps support q***r artists and year-round community work. Discover a chef, performer or maker whose work you want to follow. Every connection helps build a stronger community.

The world is better because we are here. We are the muse and the makers. We feed our communities with art, culture, care and possibility. In every room and every corner of the world, q***r people shine.

San Diego Pride
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09/23/2026

Dear Pride Family,
Summer is over, but Pride Shines On!
This fall, we’re bringing Pride into restaurants, museums, cultural spaces, and community celebrations across San Diego because Pride has always been about more than one week in July. From incredible food and q***r creativity to art, culture, music, and the joy of Q***r Latinidad, there are plenty of ways to gather with community this October.

BIG Q***R FOODIE FEST
October 3–4 | Del Mar W**e + Food Festival
Come hungry and make your plate a little more proud.
San Diego Pride is teaming up with the Del Mar W**e + Food Festival for the Big Q***r Foodie Fest, a special LGBTQIA+ food, beverage, arts, and community experience during the Festival’s Grand Tasting.
We’re spotlighting LGBTQIA+-owned, led, and supportive restaurants and beverage brands alongside q***r artists, entertainers, businesses, and community partners.
Use code SDPRIDE for 10% off your ticket. A portion of eligible ticket sales made using our code benefits San Diego Pride and our year-round work.

GET TICKETS
https://delmar.wine/

OUT AT THE MUSEUM: BE THE MUSE
October 16 | 6–10 PM | Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego, La Jolla
For one unforgettable night, q***r art, culture, and community take center stage at MCASD.
Art of Pride invites you to Be the Muse at the inaugural OUT at the Museum, an evening celebrating the artists, icons, and creative voices who help us see ourselves — and imagine what is possible.
Expect live music, performances, art, community activations, a silent auction, and an opportunity to experience MCASD surrounded by q***r community.
Your ticket also helps raise vital funds to support San Diego Pride's Art of Pride program and LGBTQIA+ artists.
Tickets start at $30. 21+
BE THE MUSE
https://www.eventeny.com/events/outatthemuseum-30285/

LATINE PRIDE 2026
October 24 | 2–7 PM | Liberty Station Central Promenade
¡Celebremos juntes!
The San Diego LGBTQ+ Latine Coalition invites you to the 6th Annual Latine Pride, San Diego’s official Q***r Latine Pride celebration. Come experience the vibrancy and joy of Q***r Latinidad with music, food, performances, community resources, local vendors, and plenty of opportunities to connect.
Latine Pride is free, family-friendly and open to all ages.
CELEBRATE LATINE PRIDE
https://sdpride.org/event/latine-pride-2026/

With Pride,
San Diego Pride