Collar City Pride

08/29/2026

08/25/2026

Just over a month away for Collar City Pride’s 3rd annual Pride festival coming back to Riverfront Park in Downtown Troy on Saturday, October 10th!

Stay tuned for our Pride week schedule of events as we kick off Pride week October 4th!

The festival this year has your favorite returning haunts but so much new as well!

This year we welcome Refuge Event Space who will be hosting their glam station and costume making station in our Marisa Henry Family Fun area along with the Alphena Omega who will be pricing drag story hour throughout the festival.

The festival features a costume contest as well with cash prize, returning from last year along with our friends at Official Pride Martial Arts for a special live demo!

New this year will be a dedicated low sensory space in the park for those who need a break from the noise and stimulation of the day. Also, we welcome our friends from A Big Gay Market 🌈 |📍Upstate New York to host a pop up market!

We can’t wait to see you there!

08/24/2026

AND THAT IS A WRAP!

Collar City Pride’s Inaugural Swann Ball was a huge success and we can’t thank the community enough!

Thank you to our sponsors Nacy Warner WEXT Radio Andrew Elder and our beautiful venue sponsors Evermore Hall and Ilium Bar & Brewing

Thank you to our DJ for the night DJ Celeb and our performances produced by TachyCardia featuring the 2026 In Our Own Voices Ambassador Queenie👸🏾 along with Miss Simon Phoenix Aura Allure Ajax The Goblin and our kitten Destiny Delight

Shout out to our Congressman Paul Tonko for joining us alongside our friends at In Our Own Voices | IOOV and Lower Adirondack Pride

The CCP team is out for the week to recover as we go right into PRIDE SEASON! October 10th, Collar City Pride’s 3rd Annual Festival is back in Downtown Troy.

08/22/2026

Missed our first run of Aunty Sam totes by Nell Shanahan? We’re on First St at the Farmers Market with a fresh bundle! Only available in person and guaranteed to sell out again. Get ‘em while they’re hot🏳️‍🌈

08/20/2026

Don’t just come to the Swann Ball, bring a friend! For a limited time, tickets to our biggest fundraising event of the year are buy one, get one free. That means double the fun, half the cost while supplies last.

Ticket sales close TOMORROW, FRIDAY AUGUST 21st at 11:59pm, no ticket sales at the door!

All ticket sale proceeds support the opening of Collar City Pride’s brick and mortar center space! We can’t wait to see you Saturday for The Swann Ball!

08/17/2026

You can experience a magical night with CCP when you buy your ticket to our first ever Swann Ball THIS SATURDAY August 22nd at Evermore Hall.

An exquisite party with food by First + Adams , drinks by Ilium Bar & Brewing , and performances produced by TachyCardia, inspired by ballroom culture.

This night celebrates the legacy of BIPOC LGBTQIA+ icon William Dorsey Swann while raising funds for Collar City Pride’s vision of opening an LGBTQIA2S+ community center space in Downtown Troy!

Tickets are limited and not available at the door!

Learn more about the event and explore sliding scale ticket prices using the link in our bio

08/14/2026

Huge thank you to the sponsors of our upcoming fundraiser - The Swann Ball!

Nacy Warner
Andrew Elder
WEXT Radio
Evermore Hall
And bar services provided by
Ilium Bar & Brewing

Your support helps us keep ticketing on a sliding scale while raising funds for our mission.

Limited tickets still available for The Swann Ball, taking place Saturday, August 22nd at Evermore Hall. Snag yours today! Link in bio.

08/11/2026

Rensselaer County…Troy..ARE YOU READY FOR THE 3rd ANNUAL COLLAR CITY PRIDE FESTIVAL!

Bringing q***r joy BACK to Downtown Troy on Saturday, October 10th, starting at 2 pm at Riverfront Park.

We are so grateful to this year’s presenting sponsors: Nacy Warner and Associates, American Foundation for Su***de Prevention - Northeastern NY Chapter, and the YWCA of the Greater Capital Region!

Hosted by the beloved Stella Progress and the incomparable Lady Seanzia, with live musical performances from JJ’s Okay and Natalie Santini, drag from the Capital Region’s Femme Vogue Master Queenie Royale, rap performances from the outstanding Cam Lavish, and a family-friendly burlesque performance by The Vamp Vixens! And don’t forget the crowd favorite returning this year: Live Demonstration by our friends at Pride Martial Arts!

This year, we welcome our friends at A Big Gay Market as they host a pop-up vendor market during the festival.

We are also bringing back our Marisa Henry Family Fun area, with the inclusion of our friends at Refuge Event Space bringing their glam station and costume-making!

Introducing a new low-sensory space at the festival, food vendors, beer garden with bevvies from Illium Brewing, our costume contest with a cash prize, community resources, and so much more!

What are you looking forward to at Pride this year? What would you like to see?