Sonoma Valley Pride’s first-ever Pride Festival is happening on Sunday, June 1, from 2-5 pm on our historic plaza square. We hope you will come out, unite with the community, dance, march, and show your pride to all of Sonoma.  Expect live music, speakers, marching, and a biiiiiig Rainbow.  All are welcome!

Pride Festival on The Plaza

On Sunday, June 1, the City of Sonoma will honor Pride Month by raising the Pride flag and lining the plaza with our annual Sonoma Valley Pride banners. Additionally, to commemorate our growth and give back to the community, the city will also light the plaza in pride colors for the month of June.

Please gather with your friends and family and join us at the amphitheater at 2:00 to celebrate Pride on the Plaza as a proud community.

Pride Festival Details

Sonoma Plaza Amphitheater

Our first Pride Festival will take place at the Amphitheater. It will feature speakers, table vendors, and performances from queer artists and Sonoma’s famed Transcendence Theatre Company.

Performances at Amphiteater

2:00pm – 4:00

Pride Raising and March

4:00

Afterparty at Sunflower Cafe – Details here

5:00pm

Lineup

Musicians:

Transcendence Theatre Co.

 

Lambert Moss

 

Niko Storment

KC Shane

Speakers include:

Suzanne Ford- Executive Director of San Francisco Pride

Patricia Farrar-Rivas- Sonoma Valley Mayor

Christopher Cabaldon- State Senator for the 3rd District

Brandon Cutting- SV Chief of Police

Rebecca Hermosillo- Our 21st District Supervisor

Sam Coturri- Local Winery Owner, Winery Sixteen 600

Just added – Eva Hellmold, founder of “Break the Stigma — rooted in pride we bloom” in the Bay Area, a newly founded youth led organization to build affirming, inclusive systems of care for LGBTQIA+ communities.

Pride Organizers

Special thank you to organizers Gary Saperstein of Out In The Vineyard and Lisa Stormont of WakeUp Sonoma and marketing and branding by Matthew Long Design

Matthew Long Design & Strategy is a queer owned brand design and marketing company in Sonoma California

About Pride

Pride started as a protest, and this year we have seen a great need to take a stand and say hands off our freedoms and liberties. So this pride, Sonoma Valley Pride is going to be bigger than ever. Why do we celebrate when pride is a protest? Because we need to embrace our queerness, our allies and our community to build awareness, strength, and unity. We are stronger together.  When times are tough, we need our friends, and we need to support one another as we fight for freedom. We must celebrate while we fight and this pride month, we will do both.