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Atlanta Pride celebration

This is what LOUDER & PROUDER looks like! 🌈✨ Atlanta Pride 2026 was a powerful reminder of what makes our community so special. Even with unexpected challenges, the love, energy, and spirit of Pride shined through. Thank you to everyone who helped make this year’s celebration possible and continues to make Atlanta Pride a place where everyone belongs. ❤️

One incredible community. Countless reasons to be proud. 🌈 From the Atlanta Pride Board of Directors and staff, thank you to everyone who played a part in this year's celebration. It's an honor to bring Atlanta Pride to life alongside a community that continues to inspire us year after year.

To the hundreds of volunteers who gave their time, energy, and heart to make Atlanta Pride 2026 possible, THANK YOU! From welcoming attendees and supporting festival operations to helping bring the celebration to life, your dedication makes all the difference. Rain or shine, your commitment to our community never wavered. Atlanta Pride wouldn't be possible without you, and we're so grateful to have you as part of our Pride family! 🌈

Thank you for being part of the 2026 Atlanta Pride Festival! As we reflect on this year's celebration, we want to hear from YOU. 🌈 From your favorite moments to ways we can improve, your feedback helps shape the future of Atlanta Pride and make our festival even better for our community. Take a few minutes to complete our Festival Survey and help us make 2027 louder, prouder, and better than ever! 🔗 Share your feedback at the link in our bio.

Atlanta showed up Louder & Prouder! 🎉📣 A storm took Saturday, but it couldn’t take our Pride. On Sunday this community filled the streets for the parade, packed the Marketplace, danced in front of both stages and turned Piedmont Park into the celebration we all needed. You danced, you marched, you sang, and you were Louder & Prouder all weekend long. Hit play and feel it all over again!

Let’s officially kick off Atlanta Pride Weekend together! 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ Join us Friday, October 9, at 1 PM in Piedmont Park for our first-ever Pride Flag Raising as we mark the start of an unforgettable weekend of community, celebration, and Pride.

Atlanta Pride wouldn’t be possible without the incredible organizations that help bring our celebration to life. 🌈 A huge THANK YOU to our 2026 Rainbow Sponsors for supporting Atlanta Pride and helping us create a weekend filled with community, visibility and celebration.

Join us at El Viñedo Local for an Empanada Blitz on Tuesday, September 29th and Wednesday, October 7, from 5–9 PM in celebration of Atlanta Pride. ✨ Yes! All proceeds from empanada sales will benefit Atlanta Pride. ✨ The bar team is shaking things up with a special Pride cocktail + mocktail for the night. Bring your friends, grab some empanadas, and see if you can sell us out! 🥟 No reservations required, just come hungry and ready to celebrate!

What does it take to bring Atlanta Pride to life? 🌈 Join Operations Manager Marshmallow Cofer for a look around Piedmont Park and see how months of planning come together, from the Marketplace and Artist Market to the AIDS Memorial Quilt display, stages, family programming, wellness spaces and more. In just a few weeks, these open spaces will be filled with community, celebration and Pride. Join us October 10–11 and get Louder & Prouder with us! 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️

Meet Marshmallow Cofer, Atlanta Pride’s Operations Manager! 🌈 With seven years of experience working in Atlanta’s queer community, Marshmallow brings a passion for creating events and spaces that are accessible, diverse, welcoming, and fun for everyone. Her first Atlanta Pride was at 16 years old. Now, she’s helping bring the festival to life for a whole new year of celebration. Get to know Marshmallow and join us for the Atlanta Pride Festival, October 10–11! 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️

Three Atlanta Pride traditions return to the Festival, bringing our communities together for visibility, celebration, equality and Pride. 🏳️‍⚧️ Annual Trans March — 1:45 PM 🩷💜💙 Annual Bi & Pan March — 3:30 PM 🧡🩷💜 Annual Dyke March — 5:00 PM All three marches step off from the Charles Allen Gate and travel through Midtown before returning to Piedmont Park. Bring your friends, make a sign and show up loud and proud for our community. 🌈

Atlanta, get ready for Shea Couleé! ✨ The internationally renowned drag icon, actor, recording artist, and fashion trailblazer is joining JT, Cain Culto, and Zee Machine in the 2026 Atlanta Pride Festival lineup. Shea is bringing their magnetic stage presence, boundary-pushing artistry and unapologetic queer excellence to Piedmont Park for a truly Louder & Prouder celebration. 📅 October 10–11, 2026 📍 Piedmont Park 🌈 Free and open to everyone Who’s ready to see Shea take the Atlanta Pride stage? 🔥

Atlanta... are you ready? 🔥 We're turning it up Louder & Prouder this October as JT takes the stage as the headliner for the 2026 Atlanta Pride Festival! 🌈 Joining the celebration are Cain Culto and Zee Machine, bringing even more incredible talent to a weekend filled with music, community, and Pride. More artists and entertainment announcements are still to come, so stay tuned! 📍 Piedmont Park 🗓 October 10-11, 2026 Who's ready to see JT at Atlanta Pride? 👇

Are you ready to be Loud and Proud, Atlanta? 🔊🌈 The wait is over. We're excited to unveil the official theme for Atlanta Pride Festival 2026: ✨ Louder & Prouder ✨ This year's theme is a celebration of visibility, authenticity, resilience, and joy. It's about raising our voices, embracing who we are, and showing the world the strength of our community. Join us October 10-11, 2026, for the biggest Pride celebration in the Southeast. Logo designed by Katie Costa Design

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