INAUGURAL NORTH SIDE QUEER PRIDE HOSTS PRIDE WEEKEND

Start: Saturday, June 27, 2026 10:00AM
End: Sunday, June 28, 2026 5:00PM

NSQP will feature a wide range of events throughout Rogers Park, including live music, drag and performance art, dance parties, film screenings, educational programming, immersive art tents, community discussions, family-friendly activities, sober spaces, and local business participation. Built “for the community and by the community,” NSQP aims to celebrate the creativity, resilience, diversity, and radical spirit that have long defined Rogers Park and Chicago’s North Side queer communities. NSQP 2026 highlights: Saturday, June 27: Jarvis Block Party - 10am - 6pm. Come for Free Food and Make Protest Art! Hosted by Chicagoland alumni of Delta Lambda Phi. 10am - 4pm: DJ Irona and DJs Lost Loft 4:30pm - 6pm: Drag Show with Winter Dior Jarvis Square & Jarvis Square Family Pride - Performances from 11 a.m. – 10 p.m. 11am - 11:30: Mr. Brian (toddler performance) 12pm - 1pm: Miss Aimee Leigh (toddler/kid performance) 1pm - 1:30pm: Kelly Cassidy book reading 2pm - 3pm: Phoebe Snow Memorial Family Pride Parade 2pm - 4pm: DJ Ca$h Era 5pm - 7pm: DJ RonS & T-Dance by the Dior Family 8pm - 10pm: Amy Kelly & the Beaver Moon Band NSQP Queer and BIPOC Business Pop-Up - 1pm - 5pm. On Paulina Street north of Howard Produced by A Just Harvest Free Food Music and Dancing Artists Market & Wellness Activities Sunday, June 28: NSQP Cobblestone Pride Fest - 12pm - 5pm. Street Celebration from Morse to Lunt on Glenwood. Food, Music, Artists Tents and More! Produced by Rogers Park Social 12pm: Moose the DJ 2pm: DJ Milty Evans 4pm: DJ Nevin Hersch 6pm: DJ Greg Haus, performing at Rogers Park Social Jarvis Square Pride Party - 11am - 5pm 11am - 2pm: Lost Loft DJ 2pm - 4pm: DJ RonS & performances by the Dior Family 4:30pm - 5:30pm: JFill 6pm - 8pm: Amy Kelly & The Beaver Moon Band, performing at R Public House