Pride · Abilene, Texas
Abilene Pride Festival
2027 dates not announced yet · usually June
About Abilene Pride Festival
The Abilene PRIDE Alliance holds the city's annual Pride festival. For 2026 organizers scaled back to a grassroots community festival at The People's Plaza with live music, local vendors and a community-designed Pride shirt, dropping the parade and the convention center venue because of rising costs.
What to expect
Pride events celebrate LGBTQ+ people and mark the Stonewall uprising of June 1969. Most combine a parade or march with a festival of performers, community groups, vendors and food.
Abilene Pride Festival has included festival, live music and vendors.
The organizer has not announced dates for 2027 yet. In 2026 it was held June 13, 2026. It usually falls june (held in September in 2025).
- Festival
- Live music
- Vendors
Where it happens
Abilene Pride Festival is held at The People's Plaza, 1290 S. Willis St. in Abilene, Texas. It is one of 60 Prides in Texas on this calendar.
Other nearby Pride festivals
Questions about Abilene Pride Festival
- When is Abilene Pride Festival 2027?
- The organizer has not announced 2027 dates yet. In 2026 it was held June 13, 2026. It is usually held june (held in September in 2025).
- Where is Abilene Pride Festival held?
- Abilene Pride Festival takes place at The People's Plaza, 1290 S. Willis St. in Abilene, Texas.
- What happens at Abilene Pride Festival?
- Events have included: festival, live music, vendors.
- Who organizes Abilene Pride Festival?
- Abilene Pride Festival is organized by Abilene PRIDE Alliance.
- What other Prides are near Abilene?
- The closest others on this calendar are LGBTQ SAVES Youth Pride Festival in Fort Worth, TX (about 141 miles); Trinity Pride Fest in Fort Worth, TX (about 141 miles); Lubbock Pride Fest in Lubbock, TX (about 146 miles).
LGBTQ-owned businesses in Texas
See allNone are listed in Abilene yet, so these are elsewhere in Texas. Eat, stay and shop with LGBTQ-owned businesses while you are in town. Ownership on every listing is sourced, never guessed.
