CENTRAL ARKANSAS PRIDEFEST AND PARADE

SATURDAY 10/18. 1110 W. Capitol Ave. 11 a.m.-6 p.m. Free, $50 for VIP passes.

Whether you think of Central Arkansas Pride as more of a celebration or a protest, you’ll likely be pleased by the 2025 relocation of the festival and parade, which has been transported from Argenta Plaza to Capitol Avenue, just blocks away from the headquarters of the state’s most powerful (and often most bigoted) lawmakers. “By moving this year’s Pride close to the Arkansas Capitol, we are ensuring that our community cannot be ignored. We are here, we are vibrant, and we are united,” Dolores Wilk, the organization’s executive director, said in a press release. Let legislators hear and see what they’re missing by belting and boogieing along to performances by Natural Sta

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