PRIDES
Across Arkansas 2026
Visibility Matters, PRIDE is 365! Peaceful, with JOY and Resilience!
PRIDE is a safe place to celebrate your queer joy. COME OUT to be in community, make connections, and support each other. The LGBTQIA+ community represents over fifteen percent of the general population, with as many as twenty-two to twenty-six percent of Gen Z.
13 cities across Arkansas are standing PROUD in 2026! Developing an economic pathway for artists, vendors, and businesses to support Arkansas’s LGBTQIA+ community and allies.
Volunteer your time and talent, contact your local PRIDE Committee, and be involved in 2026 to support.
Be the CHANGE, your voice and representation matter.
Date PRIDE City contact info
April 3rd- 5th Spring Diversity Eureka, AR Facebook Out In Eureka
May 16 6th OZARK PRIDE Hardy, AR ozarkpride.org
May 30 Pettaway PRIDE Little Rock, AR Facebook Pettaway Square
June 4-7th 51st Memphis Pride Parade Memphis, TN midsouthpride.org
June 5-7th 21st LR Black PRIDE Little Rock, AR lrblackpride.org
June 6 Russellville PRIDE Russellville, AR Facebook Russellville Pride Committee
June 13 3rd SOMA PRIDE Little Rock, AR somalittlerock.com/soma-pride
June 13 NEA PRIDEfest Jonesboro, AR neaprogress.org
June 11-14th Eureka Springs PRIDE Eureka Springs, AR eurekaspringspride@gmail.com
June 20th Fort Smith Pride Fest Fort Smith, AR Facebook Jessi’s House
June 26-28th NWA Pride Weekend Fayetteville, AR nwaequality.org
June 27-28th PRIDE Hot Springs Hot Springs, AR Facebook PRIDE Hot Springs
July 31-Aug 2nd TRANS Equality Summit Little Rock, AR BeYoUUU.org
Sept 5 3rd South Arkansas Pride Magnolia, AR MapleSaplnc.org
Oct 17-18 14th Arkansas PRIDEFest Little Rock, AR arpride.org
Nov 14 Conway Pride Conway, AR Facebook Conway Pride Community
ARKANSAS PRIDEFEst applications (entertainment, parade, vendor, and volunteer) are now OPEN!
Email us at info@arpride.org for more information.
As additional community dates for 2026 are released, the page will be updated.
All are Welcome! OUT AND PROUD in Arkansas, please support your local Prides by attending and donating to them.