Delmarva Pride Festival

The Delmarva Pride Festival is a free, all-ages street festival on South Harrison Street in downtown Easton on Maryland's Eastern Shore, organized by the Delmarva Pride Center. The 2026 festival, billed as the fifth annual, took place on Saturday, June 13. Related weekend events included a drag show, brunch and a board game night.

The Delmarva Pride Center, which organizes the festival, is based at 7401 Ocean Gateway in Easton, the home of the Unitarian Universalist Fellowship at Easton. The festival draws more than 2,000 participants, and the town of Easton publishes a public parking map for visitors. Vendors register in advance, with registration closing at the end of May.

Pride weekend stretches beyond Easton. In 2026 a Friday evening drag show took place in Cambridge near Cedar and Race Streets, a Pride Center brunch was held on Sunday at 447 Venue on Race Street in Cambridge with tickets sold in advance, and the Queen Anne's County Pride chapter hosted a board game night at Portals Games and Comics on Kent Island.

Local sponsors have included the Unitarian Universalist Fellowship at Easton, University of Maryland Shore Regional Health, Talbot County Department of Social Services and a local mental health practice. Sponsorship tiers come with booth space at the Saturday festival and, at higher levels, tickets to the drag show or brunch and a chance to speak at the festival.

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.

Delmarva Pride Festival has included festival, vendors, drag show, brunch and game night.

Organizers reported over 2,000 participants expected people in 2026.

The organizer has not announced dates for 2027 yet. In 2026 it was held June 13, 2026. It usually falls mid-June.