We want to thank our sponsors:
This event is presented by:
Make sure you enter the Pride Festival's Pride raffle!
All proceeds will benefit the CU
PrideFest committee and the UP Center of Champaign County to help
continue developing outstanding programming for the local LGBT
community like Pride Festival.
1. Ultimate Reading Experiences
- $50 from Follett’s
- $10 from Jane Addam’s Bookstore
2. Illini Fan Gear
3. Music package
- CD from Amasong
- CDs from Desafinado
4. An Evening in Champaign
- $50 from Flat Top Grill
- 2 Tickets to CUTC show
- $50 from Clark Bar
- Night at La Quinta Inn
5. Ultimate Coffee Lover Package
- Starbucks
- Café Luna
- Espresso Royale
6. Ultimate Food Package
- $20 from Black Dog
- $25 from V. Picasso
- Basket from Great Harvest
7. Chicago Package
- 2 nights at the Westin on Michigan Ave
- $200 in ticketmaster gift certificates
Remaining Items
- 10 Class passes from Amara Yoga
- $25 from Blind Pig
- 4 Beverly Movie Tickets
- Glasses from Kevin Johnson
- 2 Weeks of vegetables
- $25 Wind, Water, Light
- $40 Ceramic Bowl
- Stained Glass from Angela
- Clock from Evelyne Tardy
- Plant from Rick Orr
- Painting from Trey Coppland
- Photo from Rebel Girls
Appearing at CU Pride Fest:
- Vendors:
- Ippatsu Salon: free buzz cuts for all Pride attendees!
- Farmboy Artworks: One-of-a-kind t-shirts
- Beads and Botanicals: Get a tarot reading while you browse
festive jewelry and incense
- Honey Two: Specialty crafts and jewelry
- Patti's Gourds: intricate gourd art/sculptures
- Tsuki Jewelry Design: Specialty ceramics and jewelry
- Garnets & Glass: Jewelry seller
- A Toffee Tale, Inc.: Sample and take home their infamous toffee!
- MMAFT Designs: Get yourself some t-shirts
- Berry Good Things
- Twin City Derby Girls
- Sparkles by Stephanie
- First Glass Jewelry
- Silk Illuminations
- Manrique Photograhpy
- Dana Major
- Cheryl Frances Cameron: artist
- Progressive Asset Management
- Information booths:
- Equality Illinois
- Acorn Equality Fund
- Greater Community AIDS Project
- Parents, Friends & Family of Lesbians and Gays
- Building Bridges
- McKinley Presbyterian Church and Foundation
- Representative Naomi Jakobsson
- Community UCC
- eCISSA
- eQuality
- GEO
- RACES
- UP Center
- Planned Parenthood
- Parkland College Ally Team
- MPowerment
- LGBT Resource Center at UIUC
- UIUC Women's Resource Center
- Financial West Group
For families: Your kids are going to love Face Painting, Potty Toss,
Down-A-Clown, Bottle Rings, Connect Four, Bounce Houses!
Food provided by:
- Piato Cafe: sliders, hot
dogs, chicken sandwiches, nachos, veggie burgers, pizza by the slice,
drinks, chips, cupcakes, ice cream, cotton candy and possibly sno cones
and popcorn. The cupcakes will be sold for $2 each and all proceeds
will go to Up Center as a donation
- Po Boy's BBQ: Sample
the best from one of CU's favorite pizza & barbecue joints! Sides
will include potato salad and cole slaw
Reserve a spot at CU Pride Fest now! Email
cu.pridefest@gmail.com to
find out what's available.