Pride Celebration Day 2026

Join us for our annual Pride Celebration Day—a joyful evening highlighting community, diversity, acceptance, learning, and love!

Enjoy free museum admission and a full lineup of activities for all ages, including live music from the Flower City Pride Band, Drag Story Hour, Drag performances, hands-on arts and crafts, community resource tables, and local food trucks. Dress in your favorite Pride or rainbow attire, relax in the Centennial Sculpture Park, or bring a blanket and picnic on the MAG lawn while enjoying the festivities with family and friends. We’ll see you there!

Schedule of Events

Vanden Brul Pavilion

5:00–7:00 pm —Community Organizations Fair
5:00–8:00 pm — Crafts with MAG’s Creative Workshop

In the Galleries

5:00–8:00 pm — Free museum admission
5:15 pm & 7:15 pm — Guided tours of LGBTQ+ artwork in MAG’s collection with Tim Peterson, MAG’s Ann and Irving Norry Curator of Contemporary Art (Space it limited! Tours will run for about 45 minutes)

M&T Bank Ballroom

6:00 pm — Flower City Pride Band

Bausch & Lomb Parlor

7:00 pm — Drag story hour

Auditorium

8:00 pm — Drag show

Shopping, Food & Drinks

5:00–8:00 pm — Pop-up at The Store @ MAG with local Queer artist Shelly Widlansky
5:00–8:00 pm — Brown Hound Downtown (open for dinner! Reservations recommended)
5:00–9:00 pm — Food trucks out front in Parking Lot A: Melt Food Truck, Netsin’s Ice Cream Truck, and Rollin’ Deep Food Truck

Celebration Series is sponsored by the MAG Council, with additional support from the Robert and Madeleine S. Heilbrunn Memorial Fund. This event is presented in partnership with Rochester LGBTQ+ Together.