🌈 June is Pride Month! While there’s plenty to celebrate, Pride is also a time to honor history, uplift voices, support our LGBTQ+ community, and learn how to show up as better allies. Below you’ll find local events, meaningful ways to get involved, and resources to help you celebrate with purpose. 💛💚💙💜❤️
Here are some upcoming events in and around the Greater Lansing area. If we missed any, please let us know and we will update this list, and our Community Calendar!
Saturday, May 30
Owosso Pride in the Park at Curwood Castle Park – You can look forward to a variety of amazing vendors, fun music and entertainment, delicious food, and even some new surprises! Most importantly, we hope to provide a safe space for the LGBTQ+ community to come together and celebrate. This event is FREE and open to the public!
Saturday June 6
Lowell Pride, Pride Over Fear. LOWELL PRIDE RETURNS FOR YEAR 6!
Meridian Pride, their 4th Annual Meridian Pride event will take place on Saturday, June 6, from 5:00 pm to 10:00 pm at the Marketplace on the Green Pavilion (1995 Central Park Drive, Okemos). The event will bring LGBTQ+ members, allies, and organizations together to celebrate the Meridian community!
Motor City Pride is on both Saturday, June 6 and Sunday June 7, at Hart Plaza in Detroit, is an all-volunteer run event celebrating the lives of Michigan’s LGBTQ citizens. Motor City Pride does not accept or condone hate speech, discrimination, or harassment in any form.
Sunday, June 7
Book Days: Lansing Pride Fund Raiser at Schuler Books – Between June 7-13, 20% of your purchase at ANY Schuler Book Store, including the online store will go towards ensuring Lansing Pride is free and accessible to all!
Just make sure that you either 1) tell the team member at check out that you’d like your purchase to be part of the Lansing Pride Fundraiser or, 2) use the online code at check out on their website: lansingpride
Tuesday, June 9
Pride Night with Lansing Lugnuts – The ‘Nuts are back in town! The Lugs are proud to partner with local advocacy groups as part of Pride, including by not limited to: The Lugnuts were joined by local groups like GAAY Sports, LanSING Out, Lansing Pride, and the Salus Center.. The are using the game of baseball to bring communities together and create a space where 𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙧𝙮𝙤𝙣𝙚 𝙛𝙚𝙚𝙡𝙨 𝙬𝙚𝙡𝙘𝙤𝙢𝙚
Plus, don’t miss your chance to win some amazing 𝙧𝙖𝙛𝙛𝙡𝙚 𝙥𝙧𝙞𝙯𝙚𝙨 during Tuesday’s game, a perfect way to show your 𝙋𝙍𝙄𝘿𝙀 and take home a piece of the celebration!
Friday, June 12
Pride Month Boozy Book Fair at Hooked Lansing – Plan to visit a Pride Month Boozy Book Fair featuring storewide deals, and discounted theme drinks. While you are there, help the Lansing Area AIDS Network’s Little Rebel Libraries book drive! Purchase a book to donate for 50% off.
Saturday, June 13
PRIDE East Lansing – Come celebrate PRIDE in the heart of downtown East Lansing!
The fourth annual East Lansing PRIDE will take place along Albert Avenue between Abbot Road and M.A.C. Avenue. This year’s event will feature an open floor drag show, live music, art activities, vendors, giveaways and more.
Saturday, June 20
SJ Call-In Coalition presents CommUNITY: Pride in the Park at St. Johns City Park
Learn more about Pride in St. Johns here: sjcallin.com/pride2025
Pride Drag Show at BAD Brewing – In conjunction with The Equity Taskforce in Mason, plan for another fabulous drag show for charity! All profits will be donated to the Salus Center in Lansing who help support LGBTQ+ people in the Lansing area.
Mason Pride Picnic at Rayner Park – Join the fun at Mason’s free and family-friendly Pride Picnic! All are welcome. Food trucks, yard games, face painting, magic show, resource tables, community art and more!
There will be amazing photo ops, music, food trucks, youth tent and 50+ vendors.
TEEN Pride Party at East Lansing Public Library from 3 – 6pm.. Celebrate Pride with a photo booth, games, activities, snacks, music, Just Dance on the Nintendo Switch, and more!
Lansing’s White Pride Event at Urban Beat – Get the Lansing Pride Weekend started with the annual White Party! Join Sir Pizza, Copper Moon, Urban Beat, Zoobies, Esquire Bar and Lansing Pride for a party in Old Town! This is for the grownups and wristbands are only $10 and will get you into all the participating bars! To learn more visit lansingpride.org/whiteparty
Saturday, June 27
Lansing Pride Festival Turner Street in Old Town – Get Ready to Shine at Lansing Pride 2025 in Old Town! A day filled with love, laughter, and celebration at Lansing Pride 2025! Get your rainbow gear ready and mark your calendars for a spectacular day filled with love, laughter, and celebration at Lansing Pride 2026!
Non-stop entertainment from drag shows to live music, the festival will be buzzing with entertainment all day long! Groove to the beats and let the music fill you with Pride. Bring the whole family for a day of fun and visit the Children’s Area while you are there ! Food Trucks & Beer Tent. Explore vendors galore offering everything from LGBTQ+ merchandise to artisan crafts and beyond. Support local businesses and find unique treasures to commemorate this special day. And don’t forget the dozens of Old Town shops lining the streets!
For more information about Lansing Pride, visit lansingpride.org/pride2026
Sunday June 28
Pride in the Park – join DeWitt Pride at Riverside Park for their second annual Pride In The Park celebration! Pride in the Park is a family-friendly, inclusive, public event where all are welcome to celebrate the wonderful diversity in and around our community.
Celebrate Pride at Playing Picasso – Celebrate Pride Month and donate to a local LQBTQIA2S+ organization. On this day ALL PIECES will be 20% off, and a portion of all of the sales will be donated to Michigan State University’s Gender and Sexuality Campus Center. Join anytime between 12-6pm for walk-in pottery painting, and your purchase will be supporting this amazing organization! Learn more at https://gscc.msu.edu
PRIDE across the state:
Celebrate PRIDE with Great Lakes Bay Pride across the state the whole month of June. From Bay City, Saginaw, Midland, Mt. Pleasant and beyond, find additional information HERE
* Information shared is from website events, Facebook and Instagram.
PRIDE resources and allyship opportunities:
Trans-ilience Michigan Map of Resources: Trans-ilience.com/MI-resources
Safe Schools Coalition: SafeSchoolsCoalition.org
The Trevor Project: TheTrevorProject.org
Health Concerns for Gay and Lesbian Teens: HealthyChildren.org/Health-Concerns-for-Gay-and-Lesbian-Teens.aspx
National Youth Advocacy Coalition: NYACyouth.org
2SLGBTQ+ Healthcare Resources, Gay and Lesbian Medical Association: glma.org/find_a_provider.php
Minus18 (an interactive website for learning how to use various pronouns): Pronouns.Minus18.org.au
For a comprehensive list of Greater Lansing area and online resources, visit the Salus Center at saluscenter.org/resources/community-resources
Other resources and ways to support, found on Greater Lansing Area Moms:
PRIDE Fatherhood
How to Be an Ally to LGBTQ+ Children
If you know of more Pride in Greater Lansing resources and or activities, please share by sending to [email protected]
* Information shared is from website events, Facebook and Instagram.
