These roads will close temporarily for this year’s Lexington Pride Festival
Lexington Pride Festival organizers will host this year’s event Saturday, June 28, although several previous sponsors and vendors will not attend. Several roads around downtown Lexington will temporarily close for the festival.
Lexington Police Department spokesperson Hannah Sloan said in a June 25 email to the Herald-Leader the following roads will be closed from 7 a.m. to 10 p.m. Saturday for pride celebrations:
Oliver Lewis Way between High Street and S. Broadway
Freedom Lane
Scott Street
Emmaline Lane
“Motorists are asked to use caution in the area and use alternative routes,” Sloan added.
Lexington Pride Festival will feature a parade, a drag queen story hour, performances, vendors and more. The event will kick off at 11 a.m. Saturday, with the parade stepping off at 11:30. The festivities will conclude at 9 p.m.
“The Lexington Pride Festival is a community celebration to empower and bring awareness to the intersectional lives of LGBTQIA+ Kentuckians. The event means something different to everyone, but there are some common themes we hear when we ask what it means to attendees. Belonging. Freedom. Safety. Acceptance. Love,” the event website reads.
Nonprofit organization Lexington Pride Center hosts the event, and more than 15,000 people attended the 2024 festival, according to the event website. Saturday will mark the 17th year the festival has been celebrated in Lexington.
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