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Entertainment
Town clock stage
Gabriela Ines
Town Clock Stage | 12 PM
Michelle Carpenter
Town Clock Stage | 12:35 PM
GWYN & Friends Stand-up
Town Clock Stage | 1 PM
Cirque Du Buque (Act 1)
Town Clock Stage | 2 PM
StrumDrum
Town Clock Stage | 3 PM
Cirque Du Buque (Act 2)
Town Clock Stage | 4 PM
Main street stage
Sue Flogel, Silly Stories in Song
Main Street Stage | 12 PM
Elliot WageGap
Main Street Stage | 1 PM
Moni Hughes
Main Street Stage | 2 PM
Gabriela Ines
Main Street Stage | 3 PM
The Groundhogs
Main Street Stage | 4 PM
Food Trucks
Birds. Food Truck
Moo Moo's Ice Cream Truck
Hot Diggity Dogz
The Rice is Nice
ElevateHER Network
Vendors & Resource Booths
Free parking will be available in both the Iowa St. Parking Ramp and Locust Street Ramp for the event.
Shop Local Crafts, Art & More While Exploring Resources from Local Nonprofits
151 Permanent Style w/Karla • Alphabet Soup Collective • AMC Theatres • Apron Love LLC • Area Substance Abuse Council • B&B Expressions • Beetle Babe Apothecary • Black Bird Designs • Bmblbree Studios • Carnegie-Stout Public Library • Celestial Sisters Co • City of Dubuque Pride ERG • Clarke University • Crow Haven Ceramics • Dizzy Moon Designs • Dubuque Jaycees • Dubuque Pagans • Dubuque Rescue Mission • Dubuque Visibility Brigade • ELEVATEHER NETWORK • Festa Glassworks • Fly-By-Night Productions • Foundation 2 Crisis Services • Free Temporary Tattoos by Adam and Friends • Friends of Dubuque Parks • Higher-Self Holistics LLC • Hillcrest Family Services • Indivisible Dubuque County • INK Tattoo Studio • Iowa Immunizes • Iowa Safe Schools • Julie Sendt • Level3D Up Printing • Lilypad Paints • Little Panda Art Studio • Looped with Love • Mental Health America of DBQ County • Molly May’s Art Market LLC / Third Space Maker LLC • Mud & Moo Boutique • New Moon Counseling • Nordstrom DC 299 • Northeast Iowa Community College • NotheeArt • Ockenfels Creative • One Iowa • Ritual Beauty & Cryptid Cuties Creations • Riverview Center • Sisters of Charity of the Blessed Virgin Mary • Squidlegs/AliCat • St. John’s Episcopal Church • St. John’s Lutheran Church • St. Luke’s United Methodist Church • Stitch N’ Fluff • The American Red Cross • The DZ Combo @ Friends • The Grand Opera House • The Rice is Nice, LLC • Triple Moon Designs • Tri-State Women Warriors • UMB • Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Dubuque • UnityPoint Health-Dubuque Visiting Nurse Association • What the Flux Stained Glass • Volunteer Dubuque
All Day Activities
DBQfest Creation Station
Bounce Houses
Face Painting
After Party
The Pride Show After Party
Dubuque Pride’s After-party on Main Street!
Location: Dimensional Brewing Company (67 Main St, Dubuque, IA)
Time: Saturday, June 6th | 5PM-10PM
Music Schedule:
Queen Deer – 6
Dad Bods – 7
Big Sloth -8
DJ XYNWAVE – 9
Featuring: Live Music, Food from Birds food truck, and refreshments from Dimensionsal Brewing.
Admission: Free
DBQ Pride After Party
Location: ReveLuna (197 Main St, Dubuque, IA)
Time: Saturday, June 6th | 5PM-7PM
Music: Daniel Roeth
Featuring: Special Glow and Glitter cocktail and mocktail, $1 off drinks, & 10% of proceeds going to DBQ Pride.
Admission: Free
Thank you to our 2026 Festival Sponsors
Rainbow Platinum Level
First Congregational Church UCC, Multicultural Family Center
Gold Star Level
Diamond Jo Casino (Boyd Gaming)
Silver Circle Level
City of Dubuque Neighborhood Support Grant, Bluff Strokes Art Center, SEIU Healthcare Minnesota & Iowa Lavender Caucus, Community Foundation of Great Dubuque, P Fund
Bronze Ally
Life Connections Mental and Behavioral Health Services, Dubuque Museum of Art, Green State Credit Union, Dubuque County Democrats, Bread of Life Presbyterian Church
Community Supporter
Digital Dubuque, CHAIN Vintage, Monks Kaffee Pub
Monthly Events
Become a Sponsor
Support love, visibility, and community by becoming a sponsor of the DBQ Pride Festival. Your sponsorship helps create a vibrant, inclusive celebration in Dubuque while supporting LGBTQ+ artists, performers, and local organizations. Join us in making Pride bigger, brighter, and more welcoming for everyone.
Be An Ally
Stand with the community by becoming an Ally of the DBQ Pride Festival. This individual and family sponsorship is a simple way to show your support for LGBTQ+ neighbors, friends, and loved ones while helping make Pride in Dubuque welcoming, joyful, and accessible for all.
our mission
To connect and empower the Dubuque LGBTQIA+ community and beyond; through events, education, & advocacy.
our Vision
Enriching the Dubuque community by keeping queer joy safe, visible, and accessible for every person.
