June 2025

While our Pride Festival is on September 27th, we’ve got several events lined up for Pride Month too! Plus, find more queer community events all year round on our Community Calendar.

Blue Ridge Pride

presents…

Pride 5K: Race for Queer Health.

JUNE 14
8 AM-11 AM

Join us at Carrier Park (220 Amboy Road, Asheville) for our second annual Pride 5K!

Register TODAY!

Thank you to our 5K sponsors!

  • Pinegate Renewables

  • Burial Beer

  • Brevard Screenprinting

  • Jus' Running

  • Marlowe Pasarilla Wealth Management Group

  • Mosaic Realty

  • Eaton

  • The Matt and Molly Team

  • Bill Kaelin Marketing

  • Central Bark

  • Asheville Realty Group/Christian Witt

  • Givens Communities

  • Asheville FM

  • Sugar Hollow Solar

  • Parks Hospitality

  • ISI Elite Training

  • Bank of America

WNC Trans+ Pride

JUNE 21
12 PM-6 PM

Blue Ridge Pride is excited to partner with Youth OUTright and Tranzmission to present WNC Trans+ Pride, the first ever transgender pride event in Asheville!

Learn more and get involved!

at Hi-Wire Brewing Biltmore 2A Huntsman Place

Presented by

Youth OUTright logo
Blue Ridge Pride logo
Tranzmission logo

Thank you to our Trans+ Pride sponsors!

  • The Matt and Molly Team

  • Burial Beer

  • FOLX Health

  • Fosnight Center

  • Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Asheville

  • Campaign for Southern Equality

  • Western North Carolina Community Health Services

  • WNC CBD

  • Ginger's Revenge

  • Western North Carolina AIDS Project

  • ReVolve Merc

Presented By:

JUNE 28
5 PM-10 PM

Join us for our second annual Stonewall Gala! Tickets on sale NOW!

Thank you to our Gala sponsors!

  • Fred Anderson Subaru

  • Purl's Yarn Emporium

  • Burial Beer

  • Mosaic Realty

  • Sanstone Health and Rehabilitation

  • Eaton

  • Bill Kaelin Marketing

  • Western North Carolina AIDS Project

  • New Belgium

  • Givens Communities

  • Central Bark

  • Parks Hospitality

  • Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Asheville

Pride with

purpose

Check out these community events benefiting Blue Ridge Pride!

True Colors: Pride Drag & DJ Show

JUNE 7
8 PM

Join us at Eulogy for a pride party featuring performances by Blue Ridge Pride royalty and a DJ set to follow by Phantom Pantone & AVL:XLR!

Get your FREE tickets here!

Takeover Tuesday: Pride Edition

JUNE 3
5:30 PM-8:30 PM

Come in your fiercest Pride ‘fit, bring your besties, and get ready as DJ Molly Parti takes us on a fabulous journey through the ultimate queer anthems at Soprana Rooftop Cucina. Proceeds go towards Blue Ridge Pride, so let’s make this one for the gay history books!

Asheville Drag Brunch

Katarina's Saturday Cabaret Fundraiser

JUNE 21
11 AM and 1 PM

Join us at Banks Ave Bar for this love-filled event featuring a cast of dazzling drag performers in a colorful celebration of Pride Month. BiscuitHead South will provide a mouthwatering brunch, and proceeds from the event will benefit Blue Ridge Pride. Open to ages 13+ with tickets starting at $25, and hosted by the ever-glamorous Katarina SynClaire, the Pride Brunch promises an unforgettable afternoon of entertainment and community connection.