North Shore Pride Fest

June 1, 2019

To kick off Pride Month, Celebrate Highwood is ‘showing its pride on the north side’ at its 7th Annual North Shore Pride Fest on Saturday, June 1st throughout Downtown Highwood. The full day of activities will feature a Pride Family Picnic, Family Friendly Drag Show and Taste the Rainbow (adult only) Pub Crawl.

Pride Family Picnic
12pm-2pm
Location: Everts Park | 130 Highwood Ave. Highwood, Illinois 60040

Conveniently located within walking distance of the Highwood Metra Train station, North Shore Pride Fest welcomes people of all ages from around the Chicagoland area for a full day of fun, celebrating diversity. Events kick off Saturday, June 1st with a Pride Family Picnic in Everts Park (130 Highwood Avenue) from noon-2 p.m. Families are invited to bring their picnic baskets, blankets and chairs, and enjoy the great outdoors. There will be music, a bounce house, an ice cream truck, and family crafts and games lead by the North Shore School District 113 Spectrum Club.

Family Friendly Drag Show & Taste the Rainbow Pub Crawl
5pm-til bar close
Location: 210 Live
Registration Fee: $20

At 5 p.m. the party moves indoors for the Family Friendly Drag Show at 210 Live, which will also be the starting point of the Taste the Rainbow (adult only) Pub Crawl. Each location will serve a different mixed drink inspired by a different color of the rainbow.

Registration is $20 and includes a commemorative North Shore Pride Fest Pub Crawl glass, a rainbow lei and five raffle tickets. At each venue, use your glass and enjoy drink specials. Don’t forget to throw a raffle ticket in the raffle boxes at registration to qualify for free give-aways. See below for the raffle drawing time at each venue.