Battle Ground Pride 2025

(directly from pride website):

"🌈 Join us for Battle Ground Pride 2025 — now a TWO-DAY celebration!
This is a free-to-attend, family-friendly event filled with joy, pride, and community connection! 🏳️‍🌈✨
📅 Friday, August 15 | 5 PM – 9 PM – Pride Market
🛍️ An evening market featuring local businesses, artists, and makers — plus Bingo Bash, Pride Trivia, and more!
📅 Saturday, August 16 | 11 AM – 3 PM – Pride Festival
🎉 A celebration with live entertainment, a Lip Sync Battle, community resources, and fun for all ages!
👕 Don’t forget to sign up for our free clothing closet, available both days! Find gender-affirming clothes and accessories in a safe, welcoming space. No clothing donation or exchange is required to participate — just come as you are and take what you need.
📍 Location: Battle Ground Event Center
📫 912 E Main St, Battle Ground, WA
Come for one day or both — and celebrate Pride with us in the heart of Battle Ground!

📋 Event Guidelines
- Service animals only — no pets allowed.
- Masks are required indoors to help create a safer space for immunocompromised and disabled community members. Masks will be provided at the door while supplies last.
- If people choose to protest, please do not engage. Let’s stay focused on joy, acceptance, and unity within our LGBTQIA+ community. 💕🤝

🚪 Venue Entrance
Please walk around to the east side of the Battle Ground Event Center and enter through the large double doors at the corner of Main St and Fairground Ave. Look for vibrant Pride decorations and friendly volunteers to welcome you!
The building is air-conditioned, ADA accessible, and features a gender-neutral restroom.

🚗 Parking
- A small parking lot is located to the west of the Event Center, with a larger lot to the north.
- Limited street parking is also available.
- Do not park at Battle Ground Produce across the street — vehicles WILL be towed.

📍 Don’t forget to participate in Passport to Pride in the weeks leading up to Battle Ground Pride! (More info coming soon)
🔗 Vendor applications now open — apply via our Linktree!
We can’t wait to celebrate with you! 🌟🏳️‍🌈
#BattleGroundPride #Pride2025 #LGBTQIA #PrideWeekend #QueerJoy"

Event Date and Time: Aug 15th from 5-9pm, Aug 16th from 11-3pm

Event Location: Battle Ground Event Center - 912 E Main St, Battle Ground, WA

Event Organizer & Website: Evoke Cascadia - Website

Facebook Event (if applicable): https://www.facebook.com/share/1C2u4ggeck/

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Pride Across Washington aims to showcase pride events around Washington state throughout June (and beyond!) and celebrate being 2SLGBTQIA+ in every corner of our state. Inclusion of an event in the Pride Across Washington Series is not indicative of the WA State LGBTQ Commission's presence at any event. Our commissioners, youth advisory councilmembers, and staff try to attend as many pride events as possible.