Akron Pride Festival
Category: Event Calendar
Date and Time
- Saturday, Aug 23, 2025 10am - 10pm
Location
Lock 3
200 S Main St
Details
We celebrate Akron LGBTQ+ Pride 2025!
Join us as Pride takes over downtown Akron. Click here for a map of the festival.
Click here for the entertainment schedule.
Click here to view Pride specials and events offered by downtown Akron businesses.
Enjoy local and national entertainers, exhibitors, interactive children's area, food trucks, nosh and so much more!
Featuring performances by David Archuleta, Onya Nurve, and Susie Toot.
A limited number of VIP meet and greet passes are available for each of the 3 marquee performers. Click on each for more information and to purchase passes.
Stage Schedule:
Lock 3 Stage
10 am • DJ Honk
11 am • Singout
12 pm • Dreamstates
1 pm • D.Airy
2 pm • Anthony Convatta
2:30 pm • DJ Nikolina
3 pm • Drag Show ft. Susie Toot
5:30 pm • Millennial Theatre Project: The Cast of Hairspray
6:30 pm • David Archuleta
7:30 pm • Drag Show ft. Onya Nurve
10 pm • Fireworks sponsored by Knight Foundation and Downtown Akron Partnership
Equity Stage
11:30 am • Timi Funk
12:30 pm • Mia Herrera
1:30 pm • Elek: Trik Dance Crew
2:30 pm • Wednesday Demonstration
3:30 pm • Girl Cologne
4:30 pm • Krown Bay
5:30 pm • The Last Go Round Band
6:30 pm • Edwen
View the list of Food and Drink Vendors.
Akron Pride Festival Equity March
We begin our annual March at 10 am.
Akron Pride Festival’s seventh annual March (now “The Akron Equity March”) is a celebration of our lives and our community. Join us as we march to show that Akron as a whole, supports equality and equity for all people! The March will kick off the 2025 Akron Pride Festival with step off Downtown on Main Street (from Spaghetti Warehouse) at 10 am.
NEW! COFFEE & BREAKFAST SNACKS AVAILABLE NEAR MARCH STEP-OFF
Register as an individual or group on the Akron Pride website.
Sponsorship opportunities available on the Akron Pride website!
Click here for the Pride footprint, parking, and road closure map.
