Welcome to the start of our
2026 Pride Festival Preparation Season!
Thats a wrap! The 2025 Ashtabula Pride Festival was an amazing success and we loved getting to see so many of you from our community! We had more than 4,000 people join us and browse the 111 vendors, enjoyed the stage entertainment and family zone. The day was hot, and oh so hot, did we mention hot? The heat didn’t stop this highly anticipated event and we cannot express enough how thankful we are to all of our attendees, all 4k of you. That thanks extends to our vendors, entertainment, volunteers and sponsors that helped bring the Ashtabula Pride Festival to life.
There are big changes and new things to come for us and we cannot wait to share that with you. The website is getting updates this October so be sure to pop back and see what we have going on, what we’ve been doing, and what we are most proud of from our festival. The summer is officially over, and we are falling right back to work to bring Ashtabula County one of the best festivals ever!
Looking ahead: Coming soon, we will have additional pages with updates from the art show, the Pride Festival 2025 itself, and a lot of new information to share. We hope you are as excited as we are!
We will also be adding more to the website in the coming weeks including surveys to help make the festival all you are dreaming of, photo submissions to feature from previous festivals and so much more. Keep checking back!
With a new location, better parking and walking access, and lots of goals to hit for the year, our vendor spaces for 2026 will open soon!
We need you! Join our amazing group of volunteers and help out on the big day. We have a variety of areas that need some additional help, just fill out the above form and we will get in touch with you to find the perfect volunteer position for you! Don’t worry, you will still get to enjoy the festival!
As we set our new and exciting new location into action, all new entertainment goals and decisions are in the works. We will open up applications to join the team soon.
You are not alone
Now, more than ever, we want everyone within our community to know they are not alone. We here at Ashtabula Pride stand with you, and we are a safe space for all. We see you. We hear you. We value you. You are valid and loved! We will stand by you and together we will grow, we will overcome and we will prevail because Love…is Love.
