Friday, September 22, and Saturday, September 23
LeClaire Park, 400 Beiderbecke Drive, Davenport IA
For the third consecutive year, LGBTQ culture will be celebrated in a riverfront festival boasting live music, burlesque, belly dancing, drag shows, arts and crafts, food and beverages, children's activities, and even blazing batons courtesy of QC Sol Fire.
Both festival days will feature 11 p.m. performances by the pyro and poi performers of QC Sol Fire, with Friday's live entertainment also including the QC Fall Pride Pageant at 9 p.m., the artists and comedians of Bottom's Up Quad City Burlesque at 11:30, and earlier music in the park provided by Funktastic Five, the Jordan Danielsen Band, Phoenix Qamar, and DJ Wayne.
On Saturday, Fall Pride Festival guests will be treated to a 3 p.m. belly-dancing demonstration, the 7 p.m. Queens of the QC Drag Show, and the 10 p.m. QC Fall Pride Royalty Drag Show. Live music will on hand in sets by Corporate Rock, Juliana Logan and Haley Teel, and DJ Wayne, while drag art will be celebrated with guests including Sasha Love, Gisela Cassidy Carter, and Jada J. Weiss. The free kids' area, meanwhile, will be open from noon to 5 p.m. on Saturday, with Ginger Snaps hosting an Open Stage for Adults at 2 p.m.
Friday's Fall Pride Festival gates open at 4 p.m. and Saturday's gates open at noon, and the LeClaire Park events will last until midnight on both days. Admission is $7 for Friday, $10 for Saturday, and $15 for a weekend past with ages 12 and under free, and more information on the weekend is available by calling QuadCitiesFallPride.com.
