Start planning your costumes for this year’s Halloween-themed Pride & Folk Festival! Our mainstage lineup features drag, music, & healing arts alongside a slew of activities including vendor trick-or-treat, bracelet & stress ball-making, hair-braiding, live art sabotage, tarot, face painting, a sensory creation space, & more! As always, our phenomenal vendor lineup is full of artists selling their incredible handcrafted work & community partners excited to share their affirming resources with you.
Thank you to the sponsors making this event possible: Muse Marketing, Poynter Heating & Cooling, Appalachian Community Fund, Mindsight Behavioral Group, Drs. Jesse & Candice Pace, Pointer Adventures, Resilience Counseling Services LLC, & Beverly Yancey as well as all those who made personal and/or business donations! Thank you to our partners at Watershed Arts Alliance & Lake Cumberland Diversity Collective for facilitating our sensory creation space!
You must be a ticket holder to attend. Tickets are non-refundable & non-transferable. Kids under 16 get free admission, but must still be a ticket holder. Tickets are priced in tiers this year. They are priced at $5 each September 1st-September 22nd, then increase in price to $10 each until October 25th. Tickets purchased at the admissions gates the day of will cost $15 each. Volunteering for a 4-hour shift earns volunteers free admission. The volunteer application will be available soon!
Rules are as follows:
No large coolers. Food and beverages will be available onsite. Small coolers for water, items that meet dietary needs, &/or medication are fine – all subject to search.
No handouts or signs unless vending.
No oversized bags – all bags subject to search.
No weapons or toy weapons.
No pets except service animals.
No voice amplifiers.
No discriminatory speech, actions, or attire.
Alcohol, illegal substances, & tobacco are prohibited.
Free on-site lot parking is available.
Bring cash for vendors & to tip entertainers.
Lawn chairs, blankets, & emotional support water bottles are encouraged.
Bring cash for vendors & to tip entertainers.
Lawn chairs, blankets, & emotional support water bottles are encouraged.