Major Changes Coming to Boise’s Annual Pride Festival in 2025

For years, Boise Pride Festival has gathered the Treasure Valley to celebrate "pride"--individuality and freedom to be one's self. An event built on foundations of love and acceptance, it has grown over the last 10+ years into one of the largest events to happen all year long in the State of Idaho.

While Pride Month is traditionally celebrated in June, for Boise Pride, the festival now takes place in September.

As the festival shared with one Instagram user asking about the September dates just this weekend:

We host Boise Pride in September so we can book amazing talent that might not be available during the busy June season. Plus, the cooler weather makes for a more enjoyable celebration! There are a few other scheduling factors too, but no matter the month, Pride is all year round!

We have to agree--the cooler temps make being outside all weekend a lot more enjoyable!

While Boise Pride isn't going anywhere--it is, sort of?

Two major changes were announced by the festival over the weekend that have event goers really happy, looking ahead to the fall!

The first of the changes involved Boise Pride's location.

For the last several years, Boise Pride Festival has taken place at Cecil D. Andrus park right in front of the State of Idaho capitol building. Truth of the matter is: that park is a bit small for how much pride has grown. The event will now be MOVING to Anne Morrison Park! 

The second change means that Pride will now be a Friday & Saturday celebration--dropping the Sunday festivities that have been a rather recent addition over the last few years. The move here will allow a much more jam-packed stage schedule & elevated festival atmosphere.