SWFL PRIDE 2016

Pride-SWFL, Inc. officially invites you to SWFL PRIDE 2016 on Oct. 8th at The Alliance for the Arts. Join your LGBTQA family from Charlotte, Lee and Collier Counties and beyond as we gather to celebrate, to dance, to eat, to organize and to wake up SWFL in Pride! This year's SWFL Pride theme is: "Equality Needs YOU"! Pride-SWFL is excited to announce that for the FIRST time ever we are EXTENDING THE HOURS of Pride this year!!! This year SWFL Pride will be from noon - 7pm! We have an extra 2 hours to celebrate, dance, organize and wake up SWFL in PRIDE!!!!!! This year marks Pride-SWFL’s 8th Annual SWFL Pride Fest Event. SWFL Pride will take place on Saturday, October 8, 2016 (rain or shine) from noon - 7:00pm at The Alliance for The Arts (10091 McGregor Blvd). SWFL Pride has shown phenomenal growth – moving from a few hundred participants in 2009 to an estimated 6,400 people in 2015. We hope to see you there! Pride SWFL is also extremely excited to announce the extension of the celebration in the first ever second day event. On the Sunday following the SWFL Pride Festival, Pride SWFL will be sponsoring a T Dance. Attendees are asked to wear white and join in dancing, fun, and good music. There will be a cash bar and featured DJs such as DJ Koshie, DJ Mad Mel, and DJ Ajar. Huge thank you to our allies at Celsius for providing a venue large enough to accommodate our first ever T Dance and and also giving us the ability to fulfill a wish to have a SWFL Pride event downtown. #equalityneedsusall Get details on the event here: https://www.facebook.com/events/323161211363758/ Planning for SWFL Pride 2016 is already underway. Volunteers are always welcome. For information about volunteering or to get signed up, please go to: http://prideswfl.com/get-involved/volunteer-with-pride/ and click the "Volunteer with Pride" button. Interested in being a Vendor, Sponsor or want to Volunteer? Get those details and download the Sponsor/Vendor Form on our website:http://prideswfl.com/events/pride-2016/ or email us info@prideswfl.org. Are you interested in Entertaining at SWFL Pride? For more information please go to our website: http://prideswfl.com/events/pride-2016/ and click the "DOWNLOAD THE ENTERTAINMENT APPLICATION HERE" button. Become a member and join Pride-SWFL...the benefits of membership are outstanding! For information about becoming a Member with Pride please go to: http://prideswfl.com/get-involved/become-a-member/. Stay tuned..... We have lots of new and exciting things to come! Thank you for your support! Spread the word and invite everyone you know – let’s make this the biggest and best Pride SWFL Florida has ever seen! This is a family fun event! We will have a kid zone! Connect with Pride-SWFL! Follow US! Facebook: facebook.com/Pride.SWFL Facebook: facebook.com/groups/Pride.SWFL/ Twitter: @SWFLPride Instagram: SWFLPride Please bring a chair, CASH and please no coolers! This is an all ages event. Admission is a suggested donation of $5. As much as we love our furry friends... due to insurance reasons, we ask you to please leave your animals at home.