An important announcement from Reading Pride Celebration

It is with great sadness that we announce the cancellation of our (in-person) Reading Pride Celebration scheduled for July 19, 2020. Our board has been monitoring the pandemic closely and reviewing all options, in hopes of continuing on with our celebration. We've decided that for the health and safety of our community, and in-person event would not be possible. 

As we have been communicating through our social media platforms, and in our newsletters, we hoped to make this year’s Pride event bigger than ever, and will carry that hope over to our 2021 pride event. 

Pride, however, is not lost. We have never needed large festivals to celebrate who we are and share our pride. We do that every day through living our truths, loving one another, and taking care of each other. Keeping that in mind, we will still have time to connect and celebrate.

With the announcement of the cancellation of our in-person pride event, we are excited to share that this year we will hold our first ever Virtual Pride. We will be working with our sponsors, and entertainers to move our Pride Celebration to an online platform where we can still celebrate on July 19th. Details about our virtual pride will be announced soon. We look forward to seeing you all there!

In the meantime while you are home, we would remind you that Reading Pride Celebration continues to host Saturday Night Social Hours, with different themes every week. These events give us all the opportunity to be together, while apart. We hope you will join us. More family-friendly events will follow!

When we can finally begin to gather again (even in small groups), we will plan other smaller get-togethers. We also hope to announce a new date for our "An Evening at The Stirling Event", when we are sure it’s safe to gather again. 

We are in this together, and we will get through it, an emerge as a community that is stronger than ever before. Pride is meant to be celebrated year round, and Reading Pride will be showing you how throughout the remainder of this year. 

We would like to thank our sponsors, and vendors for always being loyal to our community. We will be reaching out to you soon to discuss options. And to our community of supporters, we ask for your continued support. Our Pride festival, and other fundraisers help us raise the funds needed to continue to put together our festival. Unfortunately these fundraisers have all been canceled this year. Please consider supporting our efforts with a one time or monthly donation, as there is still much work to be done for our now virtual pride, and much more work to be done for the future of Reading Pride Celebration.

We will continue to post updates to our social media pages, but please don't hesitate to email us with your questions at readingpridecelebration@gmail.com.

Be Safe, Be Strong, Stay Proud, and Celebrate who you are each day!

In solidarity and hope,

The Board of Reading Pride Celebration