Moab Pride Festival takes place Sept. 25–28

Moab Pride is celebrating its ninth year organizing in southeastern Utah. Their mission is to create queer visibility while providing accessible LGBTQIA programming and safe spaces for the community. Accessible LGBTQIA programming means creating awareness, dialogue, safe spaces and visibility through art, workshops, and celebrations that are inclusive for all ages.

This year, Moab Pride Festival will feature all ages workshops, musical performances, a poetry slam, Orange Party, and the featured Saturday afternoon Visibility March and Gay-La at Swanny Park. Visibility Marches happen around the U.S. to rally QTs (queertrans folks) and allies together to engage in a public display of PRIDE; Pride in ourselves, our community, the steps we take and the fights we fight to remain visible, safe, and strong in today’s world! Show your support by participating in the 2019 Visibility March: grab a friend, a rainbow flag or two, make a sign geared towards the themes of love and acceptance, and dance your way through downtown Moab.

Schedule:

THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 26

1-2:30pm @ MARC: Youth Workshop on Poetry & Identity (WTD Poetry Club)

6pm @ Star Hall: Film Screening of “Alaska is a Drag” (Moab to Monument Valley Film Commission)

6pm: Organizers Tea Ceremony

(Mobile Moon Co-op)

FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 27

1-2:30pm @ MARC: Youth

Workshop 3-4:30pm @ MARC: Creating

Consent Culture workshop 6pm @ Star Hall: Spit Love: A Queer Poetry Slam 9pm @ Woody’s: Orange Party

SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 28

12:30pm @ Swanny City Park: Opening Circle (Taiko Drumming, Mayor Emily Niehaus, and Lily’s Hope with Marcy Till)

1pm @ Swanny City Park: Visibility

March 2–5pm @ Swanny City Park: Gay-La in the park Vendor Booths, Food trucks, and Entertainment 2pm: Masturbating Hearts 3pm: Fists in the Wind 4pm: Stop Karen 8–11pm @ MARC: Moth Closet:

An All Ages Dance Party 8pm: Shaun Carley 9pm: Haven of Hues 9:30pm: Ava Lux Moab Pride Festival takes place at a variety of locations in downtown Moab: Moab Arts & Rec Center: 111 E. 100 North

Woody’s World Famous Tavern: 221 S. Main St (Hwy 191) Swanny City Park: 400 N. 100

West Star Hall: 159 E. Center Street Moab Community Tea Garden: 100 W. 165 North

More information at moabpride.org