PRIDE CELEBRATION
2023
#TOGETHERWECAN
Sunday, June 18, 2023
10 am - 4 pm
Warren Place Venue - 136 E. Warren Street, Gardner, KS 66030
Join us for the third annual Gardner Pride Celebration! Enjoy this fun and family-friendly event at Warren Place Venue. This is a FREE, family-friendly event, open to the public. Tips for our entertainment are encouraged. Bring cash for food, vendor goods, and our prize drawings!
This event will go on rain or shine.
EVENT SCHEDULE
10:00 am - 11:00 am Pride Walk (from Warren Place Venue to Tumbleweed Bar & Grill and back) Donuts provided by Daylight Donuts after the walk at Warren Place Venue 🍩
11:00 am - 11:30 pm Music by DJ Phil
11:30 pm - 12:30 pm Speakers
1:00 pm - 3:00 pm Entertainment/Raffle Giveaways
3:00 pm - 4:00 pm Music by DJ Phil
event VENDORS
Aspire to Empower
TSRC Design
Thread 9 Dog Boutique
Always & Furever Midwest Animal Sanctuary
The Flour Box Bakery
Backyard Backcountry
Atomic Cotton
Amazon
Celebrity’s Cheesesteaks, Burgers & More
USD 231 School Board & Gardner City Council Candidates
Greater Kansas City American Foundation for Suicide Prevention
A Little Help Co.
Saint Andrew Christian Church
Transgender Kansas
9round Olathe
Pride Gone Wild
Garmin
Orangetheory Fitness Olathe South
Gardner Police Department
Banned Books
City Year - Kansas City
entertainment
Performance by Hayden Lee Sunshine - King of Kansas City Pride 2022
Performance by Thug Passion - First Alternate Mr. Salt City Pride 2022
Performance by Harley Q. Lunar - Duchess of Kansas City Pride 2022
Performance by Florence Faye - Fairy Princess of Kansas City
Music/Sound by DJ Phil with Pro Sound and Entertainment
Balloon Twisting by Amazing Balloon Creations
Photobooth by Pro Sound and Entertainment
prizes & Giveaways
Spin Pizza - $25 Gift Certificate
ExBEERiment - Gift Basket
5 Below - $25 Gift Certificate
Stone Pillar Winery - 2024 Concert Series Season Passes
Great Clips - Product Basket
Servaes Brewing Co. - $25 Gift Certificate
KC Royals - Royals-branded Pride Merch
Kendra Scott - Necklace
Red Crow Brewery - $25 Gift Card + Shirt
White Tail Run Winery & Vineyard - 2 Vouchers for Free Wine Flights
KC Current - 4 Game Tickets
Orangetheory Fitness - 1-month Elite Membership
Amazon - Fire TV
The Roasterie - Gift Basket
Zandy Kasper - Massage Gift Certificate
Event questions
-
Tickets are free! Donations and sponsorships help keep this event free. However, we strongly recommend bringing money to shop with vendors, buy food, buy raffle tickets, and tip performers.
-
No. This event is family-friendly. We welcome kids and families to a safe and welcoming space to celebrate Pride with the LGBTQ+ community and allies in Gardner.
-
This event is rain or shine. If the weather conditions are unsafe, the Pride Walk could be canceled, otherwise, dress accordingly and wear sunscreen for the Walk. The majority of our Pride Celebration is indoors.
-
Street parking is available around Warren Place Venue on most sides. It is first come, first serve. You might have to park a block or two away and walk to the venue.
-
Yes! While tickets are free, ticketing helps us track how many people are in attendance for future planning. Tickets are available online here and will be available during the event.
-
Yes. When your ticket is scanned, you will receive a wristband. You can leave and re-enter at any time. Most of our vendors will be inside, but we have some very special vendors outside, as well as yard games and kids’ activities.
-
No. You can attend one or the other or both. Pride Walk participants will leave from Warren Place Venue at 10 am. Pride Celebration doors open at 11 am. We will have donuts available after the walk.
-
The route for the Pride Walk is different from the past two years. We will leave from Warren Place Venue, walk down Elm Street to Main Street and then take the sidewalk east down Main to The Tumbleweed parking lot as our turnaround point. We will have water available there and after a group picture, we will return to Warren Place Venue for donuts and the Pride Celebration.