Saturday, October 16
DAY: 1-5pm
NIGHT: 10pm-12am

Join Charlotte Pride all afternoon and evening on Saturday, Oct. 16 at select locations across Charlotte for your opportunity to gather together with Pride. Pick up your Pride swag, limited edition 2021 Charlotte Pride T-shirts, and more as we make a toast to Pride in the Queen City. Pop-Up Shop locations announced! Click More Info below.

Saturday, October 16-Sunday, October 24
Plaza Midwood

Explore Plaza Midwood and its bounty of LGBTQ-owned and -friendly businesses as you search for prizes and fun Charlotte Pride swag. Hosted on the Charlotte Pride Mobile App, the Charlotte Pride Scavenger Hunt is a unique way to explore one of the city’s queerest neighborhoods, meet friends, and support local businesses who give back. Coming soon to the Charlotte Pride Mobile App.

Friday, October 22, 8-10pm
Broadcast Live!

Gather with your friends in an at-home watch party or head out to select community establishments across the city to tune in to this year’s Charlotte Pride Drag Pageant. After a year off in 2020, local drag artists will compete to be crowned and reign with their peers in the 2021 Charlotte Pride Drag Court. Want to host a watch party? Click here to let us know and get watch party hosting tips!

Livestream links and more details will be announced soon.
Want to compete? We’ve reopened contestant submission!

Saturday, October 23, 1pm
South End

Join Time Out Youth and Charlotte Pride on Saturday, October 23rd as they join forces to produce a one-of-a-kind Mask-Queerade Bar Crawl! Tickets are $20 in advance, $25 day-of. Tickets are now on sale!

Saturday, October 23, 7-10pm
Broadcast live from the iHeartRadio Charlotte Studios

The Charlotte Pridestream will bring you the best of local community entertainers, leaders, and speakers to empower and uplift the LGBTQ community in Charlotte and the Carolinas. Special live performances, tributes, and remarks. Join a watch party at select community establishments across the city or team up with friends to host your own at-home watch party! Want to host a watch party? Click here to let us know and get watch party hosting tips. A full entertainment line-up, livestream links, and more details will be announced soon.

Sunday, October 24, 6pm
Broadcast live from St. John’s Baptist Church

The annual Charlotte Pride Interfaith Service returns with remarks and special musical offerings, broadcast live from the sanctuary at St. John’s Baptist Church, featuring keynote speaker, the Rev. Clifford Matthews, Jr., Senior Pastor, St. Luke Missionary Baptist Church. Livestream links and more details to be announced soon.

Friday, Nov. 5-Sunday, Nov. 7

Reel Out Charlotte, the Queen City’s Annual LGBTQ Film Festival, will host an in-person, outdoor, double-feature film screening and later that weekend unveil its annual short films screenings and competition in a live special broadcast online. More details will be announced soon.

Saturday, November 13, 9 a.m.-5 p.m.
Virtual

Join together with other community members for a day-long job fair and community conference. We’ll lift each other up, learn from each other, and build a stronger community, all while connecting community members with potential employers. More details coming soon.

Are you an employer and interested in exhibiting during the virtual job fair? Click the button below to fill out our interest form.

Sunday, November 14
Location to be announced

Charlotte Pride teams up with a variety of community partners to host the Charlotte Pride Free Store, fully stocked with new and gently loved clothes and other essentials for community members in need. More details to be announced soon. Want to donate clothes? Click the button below to learn more about the Charlotte Pride Clothing Drive, being hosted now!