Sonoma Valley Pride Presents Beyond the Rainbow
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Documentary Beyond the Rainbow to Benefit Sonoma Valley Pride at Sebastiani Theatre Sonoma, CA — Sonoma Valley Pride in partnership
We couldn’t be happier with the community turnout to our 2025 Pride celebration. We hosted our biggest to date with a full weekend of entertainment from Friday to Sunday! To commemorate this landmark year, we’ve put together some highlights of the weekend. Browse through some selected photos from our 2025 pride photo gallery, or browse the entire photo gallery and share with your friends.
We kicked off the weekend with our first-ever Evening Pride Dance Party at Buena Vista Winery, welcoming Sonoma’s LGBTQ+ residents and allies. The night took place in true Sonoma Wine Country flair, with beautiful wines, great friends, chosen family and the music by DJ MProper.
Our largest Pride Festival and March was filled with performances, speakers, vendors and a lot of community pride.
First, we not only raised the pride flag and lined the square with pride banners and lights, but we also witnessed Sonoma’s largest unfurling of the pride flag to date.
The day featured vibrant performances by LGBTQ+ artists like Lambert Moss and KC Shane as well as allies like our town favorite, Transcendence Theatre Company. We had inspiring words from Suzanne Ford, Executive Director of San Francisco Pride; Mayor Patricia Farar-Rivas; Chief of Police; 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, Eva Hellmold, founder of “Break the Stigma. Of course, we can’t forget our Pride team and sponsors, Gary Saperstein of Out In the Vineyard and Lisa Storment of Wakeup Sonoma.
Over 15 community groups and local businesses participated — including WakeUp Sonoma, Sonoma Community Center, Mentoring Alliance, Sparc, and the beloved Artescape, who brought joy to families with art and face painting.
The community of Sonoma truly showed up — LGBTQ+ residents, allies, families, and friends of all ages gathered together in love and celebration.
We’re especially grateful for the City of Sonoma’s incredible commitment to Pride, shown through their words and actions. This year, the city issued its first official proclamation declaring June as Pride Month, raised the Pride flag, lit up the Plaza, and supported our event with a generous grant that ensures our 2026 celebration will be even more impactful.
To keep this momentum going, this November, we are shifting from Pride Month to the Rocky Horror Picture Show, celebrating its 50th Anniversary with a showing at the Historic Sebastiani Theatre. Proceeds will help support Sonoma Valley Pride and the 2026 Pride Celebration. We hope you will join us in celebrating on November 8. Not only willl we be screening the movie, we will also be hosting a costume contest for the best dressed. Dress up if you dare and win prizes!
We have big plans and big ideas. However, we are seeking support in planning and fundraising. If you would like to get involved with our planning committee, please fill out this form or get in touch. If you would like to Sponsor Sonoma Valley Pride, please contact us. If you’d like to donate to Sonoma Valley Pride you can connect with our fiscal agent, WakeUp Sonoma, to help us continue building an inclusive, joyful, and visible community for all.
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Documentary Beyond the Rainbow to Benefit Sonoma Valley Pride at Sebastiani Theatre Sonoma, CA — Sonoma Valley Pride in partnership
Sonoma Valley Pride Announces 2026 Event Dates: June 12–14 Sonoma, CA — Sonoma Valley Pride is thrilled to officially announce the dates for the 2026 Pride Celebration, taking place June 12–14, 2026, in the heart of Sonoma.