Atlanta Black Pride will mark its 25th anniversary this coming Labor Day weekend, having grown into the largest Black pride celebration in the world.
Numerous events are happening, and extensive information about a wide range of activities and programming is available at the following websites. (Please make sure to check in with these websites for further details about any developments or event contingencies due to the evolving situation with the pandemic and the delta variant.):
- Atlanta Black Pride: https://atlantablackpride.org/, a non-profit group dedicated to organizing many of the weekend's public and community events (updates also available at the group's Facebook page, linked here).
- Pure Heat Community Festival: https://pureheatcommunityfestival.com/
- Traxx Girls, Inc.: http://atlantaprideweekend.com/, listing events and performances from Sept. 1-Sept. 7
An Atlanta Black Pride festival is scheduled to be held in Central Park in Atlanta during the weekend on Sept. 4-5. (Precautionary measures are being taken following CDC recommendations.) This is in addition to the popular annual Pure Heat Community Festival, scheduled to return to Piedmont Park after a 2020 hiatus due to the pandemic, on Sunday, Sept. 5 (more information is available at https://pureheatcommunityfestival.com/ - please return to the website there for any updates about the event).
Atlanta Black Pride was founded in 1996 when a small group of African American lesbian and gay friends held a picnic over Labor Day weekend to celebrate their unique experience in Atlanta’s LGBTQ community. Each year, the group grew with others from the community and neighboring cities.
The annual Atlanta Black Pride celebration now attracts LGBTQ people of all racial backgrounds from every part of the nation, as well as from countries aboard. Atlanta Black Pride continues to roll out the rainbow carpet for the entire LGBTQ community and its visitors in celebration of the values, contributions, and ideals of Pride.
Between Atlanta Black Pride weekend events and the Pure Heat Community Festival that takes place during the weekend, the estimated economic impact to the city of Atlanta was $3 million prior to the pandemic.
— Jeremy Craig, Communications Manager