Upcoming events.
Drag Bar Takeover w/ Dakota OutRight
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ScapeGoat Bar
Mandan, ND
April 17–19
Get ready for a full weekend of drag excellence at Scapegoat Bar in Mandan!
Friday, April 17 | 7PM – Close
Drag Bar Takeover
Our queens and kings are clocking in and taking over the bar! Expect high-energy performances, surprise numbers throughout the night, fierce looks, and nonstop entertainment. Tip your performers and help us show that Mandan loves drag!
Saturday, April 18 | 7PM – Close
Round Two Takeover
We’re doing it all over again! More glamour. More performances. More unforgettable moments. Grab your crew and make it a full weekend experience.
Sunday, April 19 | 10AM – 2PM
Drag Brunch
Close out the weekend with a fabulous brunch filled with performances, laughs, and sparkle. Perfect for your friend group, your chosen family, or anyone who loves a little glam with their eggs.
This weekend is about celebrating queer joy, supporting local drag entertainers, and showing up for LGBTQIA2S+ visibility in our community.
21+ event (please confirm with venue).
Bring cash to tip your performers generously!
Let’s pack the house April 17–19 and make it a weekend to remember.
Meet and Greet w/ Grand Forks Pride Organizations
Event by Bj Armani Grand Forks North Dakota Drag Shows, Grand Forks OUT and Proud and Grand Forks Pride
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Come and mingle and meet others! Ages 21+ welcome
LavGrad Celebration
LavGrad is a celebration to honor LGBTQ+ graduates of the University of North Dakota.
The LavGrad Celebration is a special recognition of LGBTQ+ students that are graduating in Spring, Summer or Fall semesters of the current year. Graduating students receive a lavender cord to wear with their academic regalia during UND Commencement. Pride Awards are also given at the celebration as a way to recognize students, faculty, and staff who have enhanced the campus climate for LGBTQ+ students. Graduating students are encouraged to invite friends, family, and those that have made an impact on their success to the LavGrad Celebration.
April 28, 2026 | 5 - 7 p.m.
Memorial Union 220—Henry Family Ballroom
RSVP by April 3, 2026
https://und.edu/student-life/community-belonging/pride/lavender-graduation
Minot LGBTQ+ Book Club
This month’s book is “The Picture of Dorian Gray” by Oscar Wilde.
Dakota OutRight Pride Celebration
DAKOTA OUTRIGHT PRIDE 2026 - Bismark, ND
Theme - Rooted. Resilient. Together.
June 5–7, 2026
Three powerful days.
One rooted community.
A Pride that’s here to stay.
Dakota OutRight invites you to Pride 2026 — a full weekend of LGBTQIA2S+ joy, visibility, care, and connection across North Dakota.
Community & Cultural Events
Live Entertainment & Celebration
Pride Spaces for All Ages
Resources, Vendors & Local Voices
Safe, welcoming places to gather, rest, and be seen
This isn’t just a celebration — it’s a statement.
We are rooted here.
We are resilient together.
And we’re not going anywhere.
Pride Takes Root — June 5–7, 2026
Misfits of Minot - Pride Show
Rainbows, chaos, and pure fun! Let’s ring out Pride Month with one last show! Featuring local musicians, dancers, drag artists, and everything in between. Bringing back fan favorites and fresh faces to the Misfits stage.
Event is 18+
Upstairs at The Spot
Doors at 7:00pm for VIP
Doors at 7:30pm for General Admission
Show time 8PM
Magic City Equality Pride Events
2026 MINOT PRIDE FESTIVAL
August 21–23, 2026
Three epic days. One powerful community.
Infinite Pride.
Magic City Equality is bringing Minot Pride back bigger, louder, and more joyful than ever — a full weekend dedicated to LGBTQ2S+ visibility, love, culture, and celebration across North Dakota.
Entertainment
Community & Cultural Events
Food, Vendors, and More
Safe, Welcoming Spaces to Gather, Celebrate, and Be Seen
This isn’t just a festival — it’s a movement.
We are here.
We are proud.
We are thriving.
Transgender Day of Visibility Open Mic
Pride Collective and Community Center, Fargo, ND
Transgender Day of Visibility with Grand Forks Out and Proud
Celebrate our Trans community with a family-friendly evening of games & snacks!
5:30pm - 8pm at Christus Rex
Grand Forks, ND
Transgender Day of Visibility Gala
At TellWell in Fargo, ND
Please join us for a TDOV Gala on March 28th, 2026!
Parachigo x Pride Collective & Community Center in collaboration with other orgs is thrilled to be hosting this community led event!
-Art Auction
-DJ sets
-Drag performances
-Speakers
-Free Community Meal
Come as you are and/or turn a stunt, serve a look or multiple , come be with community for a night and after celebrate at the after party with chigo!
*we will be providing masks at the event and will be encouraged to wear
NO KINGS PROTEST #3
Various locations across the state.
Check Mobilize to find your nearest. location.
Within Shadows Reach @ The Pride Collective
Within Shadow's Reach live-action role-playing troupe. We are a chronicle of One World By World, which is a global organization. Our chronicle is set in Fargo, North Dakota, of the World of Darkness game setting.
Matters of the heart - FM people’s pride act collective
People’s Pride Art Collective presents their first in-studio group show. “Matters of the Heart” will reflect our lived realities as a collective of both queer and BIPOC individuals loving, playing, and working in the colonized state we exist in.
This show will also serve to honor our commitment to reproductive and trans rights. There will be free sexual health resources available. Sales of zines, prints, and art pieces will go towards supporting the Prairie Abortion Fund, the Paper Lantern Project, and the Immigrant Rapid Response Fund.