Welcome to the Rochester Pridefest Information and Reservation Website The 11th annual Rochester GLBTA Pridefest will be held July 11th - 13th, 2008 in Rochester, Minnesota.

If you would like to participate in this event as a vendor, we will soon be enabling registration through this website. Registration fees will increase as we get closer to the festival, so be sure to register early. Sponsors may submit a pledge at any time. Also, please let us know if you have any questions or comments by using the form at the bottom of this page:

We're pleased to announce that our featured performers this year will be The Sloppy Donkey Band and SpinDrift. Our guest MC will be the famous (and fabulous) Gosh Alice Jones, and the Rochester Girls will be performing for us again this year.

Dr. Nancy Horvath-Zurn will be giving a non-denominational blessing to couples in attendance at the festival. We'll also be presenting awards to those outstanding individuals or groups who have made valuable contributions to the GLBT community in Rochester.

Our food vendors this year will be Ye Olde Butcher Shoppe and Roscoes. They'll be providing a variety of sandwiches, side dishes, and drinks for sale at the park. Healing Spirit MCC will be selling dessert items as a fundraiser for MCC. Of course, there will be many vendors representing a wide variety of organizations and businesses.

Reservations for vendor spaces, supplies, and advertisements are still being accepted through this website. Select the "Be a Pridefest Vendor" button to register. Please note that vendor space rates will increase on June 15th.

Do you know of any vendors, non-profit organizations, churches, or clubs that you would like to see represented this year that did not participate last year? If you do, please send us the contact information so that we can get in touch with them or feel free to contact them yourself.

With your help, this will be our best Pridefest ever!

If you have questions, comments, ideas, suggestions for entertainers, etc., please send them to us by using the following form. If you would like a reply to your message, you must provide us a valid e-mail address.

Note: We will not ask you to provide any financial or credit card information when you make any orders or reservations online. Any information you provide to us will be used only for our own planning purposes, and it will not be sold or given to any outside sources. All payments should be made via check or money order. Please do not send cash in the mail.