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: downtown Highwood

At 5 p.m. the party moves indoors for the Family Friendly Drag Show at location TBD, 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:

5pm - 6 pm – Family Friendly Drag Show at location TBD, -drink special TBD

6pm -7pm – location TBD, -drink special TBD

7pm - 8 pm – location TBD, -drink special TBD

8pm - 9 pm - The Humble Pub, 336 Green Bay Road –drink special TBD

9pm - 10 pm - The Toadstool Pub, 327 Waukegan Avenue –drink special TBD

10 pm til bar close - The Wooden Nickel, 444 Lake View Avenue –drink special TBD and ‘End of the Rainbow’ celebration with DJ

Taste the Rainbow Pub Crawl- View Schedule

The Icla da Silva Foundation Bone Marrow Registry Drive at North Shore Pride Fest!

Be the Match bone marrow registry will be on site during the Family Friendly Drag Show at location TBD and at the End of the Rainbow celebration at The Wooden Nickel, offering anyone, between the ages of 18-44, the opportunity to possibly save the life of a patient, most often suffering from blood cancer. Joining the registry is easy, requiring a consent form and fast cheek swab. Only 1 in 430 people who join will ever match a patient. Unlike blood donation, the bone marrow registry welcomes everyone in general good health, regardless of sexual orientation. If you are not able to attend the North Shore Pride Fest, anyone can join the bone marrow registry online at https://join.bethematch.org/NorthShorePride