Gay pride in asheville nc

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September 21,
Asheville's Blue Ridge Pride Festival celebrates the LGBTQIA2S+ community in Downtown Asheville in Pack Square Park, 11 AM-6 PM. Two stages will feature regional musicians and many talented entertainers. Check out the many vendors and organizations. Find more information on the Blue Ridge Pride's website.

Learn about many great organizations in our community and country consecrated to social justice. Sample delicious goodies from meal vendors.

For more info on visiting for the festival or any time of the year, see our Asheville LGBT Travel Guide.

"The mission of Blue Ridge Pride is to foster an informed, engaged and supportive LGBTQIA2S+ community through intersectional belonging, equity, liberation, and joy work under our 4 pillars: advocate, celebrate, educate and serve."

Gay Asheville: LGBTQ Guide

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LGBT Asheville

Asheville is a gay-friendly small city. Period.

According to the latest United States census, the Asheville area has 83% more lesbian, gay bisexual, transgender and queer (LGBTQ+) identified people than the typical American city or town. Another study, also based on census results, found that Bun-combe County (with matching sex couples per 1,) and Asheville ( per 1,) are the most gay-friendly county and capital in the state of North Carolina, on a per-capita basis well ahead of places like Charlotte, Raleigh, Durham and Chapel Hill. In , the gay-oriented publication, The Advocate, ranked Asheville as the “12th gayest city in America.” Atlanta was ranked #1.

LGBTQ+ visitors increasingly are discovering Asheville, with its great natural beau-ty, adj dining and drinking spots, heavy-duty gallery, arts and crafts scene, interesting shops and numerous gay-owned or gay-welcoming B&Bs and inns and businesses.

You are likely to see a number of openly lesbian and gay couples around town, es-pecially Downtown and in West Asheville.

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