The UP Center of Champaign County has set the CU Pride Fest and Parade for September 15th-17th. From the Facebook event page:
ATTENTION: The UP Center is excited to announce that our annual CU Pride and Parade will happen this year September 15-17. September 15th will feature a kick off party at C-Street and other activities in Downtown Champaign. The Family Area & Vendor Zone with pop up performances will happen on September 16th from 12PM-6PM with CU’s Pride Parade at 4PM. New this year evening activities will be held at Chester Street Bar with an outdoor stage and tons of drag performances! More details on that coming soon. Then Sunday don’t miss Drag Brunch with some of your favorite queens at CityView at Illinois Terminal. Tickets will go on sale soon for that too. More details coming soon to www.unitingpride.org
If you are currently accepting vendor and parade participant applications which can be found at www.unitingpride.org. Those interested in helping with planning can email [email protected] for details.