2017 Frederick Pride, June 24 11am-6pm

6th Annual! Free admission. For garage parking info see website : www.frederickpride.org Ecumenical Service: 11am - Pride Ecumenical Service at Grace UCC (3 blocks away) Frederick Pride: 11am - Frederick Pride opens at Carroll Creek Linear Park Booths open, Non-profit area open, Food open, Pride Store open, Beer/Wine/Whiskey Tent open Amphitheater Stage: 11:00am Live Music: James Dronenburg, Harpist 12:00pm Welcome: Kris Fair, TFC Chair; Whitney Hahn/emcee 12:10pm DJ 1:00pm Drag#1: Nocole, Alondra, Ashley, Manila Luzon 1:30pm Proclamations 2:00pm DJ 2:15pm Music-Second Hand Ramblers 3:00pm Announcements: Ally of the Year Award presentation, PFLAG scholarship presentation... 3:20pm Drag#2: Araya, HoneyBee, KC, Chasity, Manila Luzon 4:00pm DJ 5:00pm Live Music: DC Groove 5:30pm DJ Market Street Stage: 11:00am DJ Chase 12:10pm SoldierFit Demonstation 12:30pm DJ Chase 2:00pm Drag#1: Alondra, Chasity, Lil Baby 2:15pm DJ Chase 3:20pm SoldierFit Demonstation 4:00pm DJ Chase 4:15pm Drag#2: Araya, HoneyBee, KC 4:30pm DJ Chase 6:00pm Pride Ends: the cool people stay to help clean up 9:00pm After-Party begins at The Lodge, including additional performances by Manila Luzon, goes till 2am =============== Kids zone at top of amphitheater Buy Pride business discounts: http://www.thefrederickcenter.org/frederick-pride/buy-pride Frederick Pride is celebrating its 6th year in 2017! This year’s festival takes place Saturday, June 24, 2017, from 11 a.m. to 6:00 p.m., once again at Carroll Creek Linear Park in beautiful, historic downtown Frederick. We are anticipating up to 6,000 attendees and over 100 participating organizations! There will be bands, drag, DJ, dancing, and more live acts at the amphitheater. At the Market Street venue there will be smaller acts, drag, DJ dancing, and more. There will be organized youth sports and craft activities compliments of The Frederick Center Youth Group. For accompanied younger kids there will be face painting and other activities in the Kids tent. The program will be full, there is no way to see it all. The food court will be located above the amphitheater, the beer and wine area next to them. Be sure to visit the official TFC Pride Store at the top of the amphitheater for all your Pride paraphernalia, proceeds support all the programs of our local LGBTQ community center (including this event). The information booth will be under the centrally located big suspension bridge, next to the library. See the website for parking garage info. A whole week of activities! Related events include Silent Auction Party, Proclamation Ceremony at City Hall, Pride Film Festival, Pride Interfaith Ecumenical Service at nearby Grace UCC, and the Pride After Party. Frederick Pride is organized by The Frederick Center: a 501(c)(3) organization dedicated to support, educate, link, organize, and provide outreach to the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Queer community of central Maryland. We cherish our allies. We offer weekly youth meetings, an adult transgender meeting, free HIV test kits, this annual Frederick Pride, the annual Welcoming Frederick all-day education/best-practices conference, LGBTQ sensitivity and awareness training for organizations, a group for parents of transgender children, plus more. General Pride email: pride@thefrederickcenter.org General TFC email: tfc@thefrederickcenter.org Web: www.frederickpride.org