Pride & festivals / Marquette
UP Pride Fest
The Upper Peninsula's longest-running and largest Pride festival, held each June on Marquette's Lake Superior waterfront.
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UP Pride Fest, organized by Upper Peninsula Rainbow Pride, is the longest-running and largest Pride festival in Michigan's Upper Peninsula. On the second Saturday of June it fills Marquette's Lake Superior waterfront with food and merchandise vendors, nonprofit resources, games, art activities and drag shows. The 2026 festival on June 13 was its 11th, and the next one is set for June 12, 2027.
- Largest Pride in the Upper Peninsula
- Drag shows, vendors and art activities
- Next: Saturday, June 12, 2027
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