GREEN BAY, WIS. – In solidarity, resilience, and pride, the Green Bay community will come together on Saturday, October 4, 2025 with We Will Still Be Seen: A Pop-Up Pride in downtown Green Bay.
The grassroots, family-friendly Pride celebration will start with a rally on the CityDeck along the Fox River at 12 PM featuring speakers representing the LGBTQIA+ community at 1 PM. A community walk will connect the rally to a pop-up Pride block party on the 100 block of South Chestnut Avenue at The Tarlton Theatre and The Truck Yard At The Tarlton.
The block party will feature music, performances, community resources, vendors, food trucks, and beverage offerings, alongside The Tarlton Theatre’s bar and kitchen. Bar proceeds will support Green Bay Pride, a community-driven Pride festival planned for Saturday-Sunday, June 13-14, 2026 in downtown Green Bay – a partnership between Bay Area Council On Gender Diversity, The Tarlton Theatre, and community leaders including Representative Amaad Rivera-Wagner, Alderman Joey Prestley, Matthew Buchanan, Sly Chou, Tarl Knight, Nicole Kurth, Rachel Maes, Mark Mariucci, Martha Marvel, and Joseph Torres. Downtown locations are currently being considered for Green Bay Pride.
We Will Still Be Seen: A Pop-Up Pride and the launch of Green Bay Pride 2026 are being presented out of urgency to provide visibility, celebration, and connection in Green Bay, Wisconsin as the LGBTQIA+ community faces political and social pressures, intimidation, and threats in our local and global community. We Will Still Be Seen will be a statement to our community: Pride isn’t about pomp and pageantry – it’s about people.
For additional updates or volunteer opportunities, please contact Tarl Knight at tarl@thetarlton.com. For sponsorship or vendor inquiries, please contact Martha Marvel at transgreenbay@gmail.com. Updates will be posted to our Green Bay Pride Facebook page.
