Blue Ridge Pride 2022 (NC)

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Annual Blue Ridge Pride Festival & Welcoming WNC Procession takes place on Saturday, September 24th, 2022.

Our mission is to promote equality, safety, and quality of life for western North Carolina’s LGBTQ and allied communities, working as a united community through advocacy, celebration, education and service. We envision an inclusive community, where people are embraced for who they are and feel welcomed to engage and contribute.
Service Area: We seek to support communities in the following 23 counties: Alleghany, Ashe, Avery, Buncombe, Burke, Caldwell, Cherokee, Clay, Graham, Haywood, Henderson, Jackson, Macon, Madison, McDowell, Mitchell, Polk, Rutherford, Swain, Transylvania, Watauga, Wilkes, and Yancey.

Parade
Join Blue Ridge Pride for the fourth Annual Welcoming WNC Procession!
On Saturday, September 24th 10am, Blue Ridge Pride will kick off the Eleventh Annual Blue Ridge Pride Festival with a very special Procession through the city of Asheville.
Join Blue Ridge Pride as they walk across the city and into the heart of the festival. Whether you are a business, a group, a congregation, community, family, or a pack of friends — join us on this half-mile walk. Wear your logo, carry a banner, be proud! Let the world know that in WNC, we win with welcome.
Becoming Our Greatest Selves. When Blue Ridge Pride make one another feel welcome and valued, they enlarge our selves; they enrich our community. This procession is for everyone – not just members of the LGBTQ community. Blue Ridge Pride seek a community where all are welcome to work, shop, and congregate as their authentic selves –regardless of their race, ethnicity, sex, disability, class, sexual orientation, gender identity, or religion.

Festival
Saturday 24th 11am to 7pm @Pack Square Park
more to follow

After party
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