A Celebration of Sonoma County’s LGBTQI Community, Friends & Family

Sunday, June 2, 2013
Guerneville Lodge
15905 River Rd., Guerneville, California
11 AM to 6 PM

Guerneville, CA. Guerneville will be the setting for Sonoma County’s annual LGBTQI Pride Parade and Celebration on Sunday June 2, 2013. Organized by the Russian River Sisters’ Sonoma County Pride Planning Committee, the 2013 events will follow the theme “From Queer to Eternity.” There will be an abundant line-up of great entertainment and family-oriented games and activities. Pride 2013 will see the continuation of Lilith’s Lounge, the Radical Faerie Freedom Village, and the Pride in Wine Country Terrace, and Sister Lady Grace Pumpernickel will be hosting at the exciting new attraction for this year’s pride, the Bear Pavilion. The Pride parade will begin the march down Main Street at 11 AM with celebrants continuing on to the lush, grassy riverfront meadows of Guerneville Lodge with the last contingent.

Performers wishing to participate in Sonoma County Pride 2013 refer to the submission procedures on the Pride website: http://www.sonomacountypride.org/performers.html. We are also accepting submissions to MC the Pride Events.  If you are interested please refer to performer’s submission guidelines above.

Pride Festival attendees will be able to enjoy unique foods and beverages from celebrated chefs and vintners using our regions fabulous bounty of foods and wines.  Non-profits and businesses wishing to participate in Sonoma County Pride 2013 should go to the website www.sonomacountypride.org for the vendors application form.

Those wishing to assist with the production of this not to be missed event can demonstrate their support for Sonoma County Pride in several ways. The Pride Planning Committee is actively seeking business sponsorships, parade entries, vendors for the arts & crafts area, and advertisers in the official program. Sister Scarlet Billows, Chair of Sonoma County Pride 2013, said “We are excited about the new members who’ve joined us at the table this year.  We’re seeing lots of talent and energy from new committee members, and we would love to see more members of the community get involved with both the planning process and volunteer opportunities on the day of the celebration.”  The next Pride planning meeting is scheduled for February 6, 2013 at 7pm and will be at the Russian River Senior Center, 15010 Armstrong Woods Road, in Guerneville.

Fundraisers are being planned for early 2013, including a Russian River Sisters bingo, “Free to Be Me” on February 9th. Tickets for the bingo are on sale at the Sisters website www.rrsisters.org. Euphoria Pride fundraiser will be held at Chrome Lotus on February 28th. For more information please contact Sweet Nicky C @ Dannkhann@yahoo.com. Upcoming fundraisers and events are: From Queer to Eternity themed Give-Back Tuesday event at the Rainbow Cattle Company on March 5th, Polar Plunge on April 6th at the R3Hotel (formerly the Russian River Resort), SoCo Talent Idol Reunion on April 10th at the R3Hotel, and the SoCo Talent Idol auditions in May, stay tuned for auditions dates.  If you like to bowl, you can try your hand on Monday nights at the Rainbow Cattle Company’s Wii bowling tournament. A brand new Sunday night GLBT bowling league has designated Pride as a beneficiary – contact Joe Collard to join: jdc231@me.com

For more information, visit the Sonoma County Pride website: www.sonomacountypride.org or contact Sister Scarlet Billows @ info@sonomacountypride.org