We are excited to announce that the  Holland PRIDE 2020 will be held June 26-27, 2020. More details to come spring 2020. 

Holland PRIDE 2019

On behalf of Out On The Lakeshore, we would like to thank all of our sponsors, vendors, advertisers, and attendees participating in the Holland PRIDE 2019.

Holland PRIDE is the annual fundraiser that supports the Out On The Lakeshore Community Center, and with your support you are ensuring the center continues to provide a safe, open, and accepting space for the LGBTQ community. You also played a part in bringing together the Greater Holland Area to celebrate diversity and inclusiveness, connect people and businesses, attract individuals and families to the lake shore, and ultimately enliven the entire town.

It is so important Holland PRIDE takes place each year so diversity can thrive, people have a voice, and the world can see Holland, Michigan’s stance on individuality and openness, as that is what attracts more people to come and visit for a little bit or stay for a lifetime.

We are so happy Holland PRIDE 2019 was an amazing time as we celebrated how far the LGBTQ community has come! Out On The Lakeshore is extremely motivated to continue the effort forward into the next year and beyond.

Sincerely,

Derek Hoehn and Sydney Sturm

Co-Chairs

Holland PRIDE 2019

Thank you to our sponsors for Holland PRIDE 2019!

• • • • • First Presbyterian Church
        • Holland UCC
        • Hope Church
        • Joanne Vanden Berg MA, LLP

• • • • • All Saints Episcopal Church, Douglas MI
        • Alliance for Cultural & Ethnic Harmony
        • Arbor Circle
        • The Brooks Family
        • Butch’s Dry Dock
        • Courtyard Marriott of Holland
        • Colette Volkema DeNooyer and Robert DeNooyer
        • Douglas Congregational UCC
        • Downtown Holland
        • Holland First United Methodist Church
        • Human Relations Commission/City of Holland
        • Hudsonville Congregational UCC
        • Lemonjello’s Coffee
        • Milagro Six/McDonalds
        • Ottawa County Department of Public Health
        • RE/MAX Saugatuck-Douglas
        • Resilience: Advocates for Ending Violence
        • Uncommon Coffee Roasters

Holland PRIDE 2019 details for June 21 and 22:

Friday night at the Park Theater:

Funny Girls 7:00 -9:00 pm
Mimi Gonzalez 8:00 – 9:00pm
Delilah DeWylde 9:30 – 11:00pm

There will be a raffle for some wonderful prizes!

Saturday in Centennial Park we will continue the celebration from 11:30am-5pm. There will be events for the whole family in Centennial Park. Persisterhood will warm up the celebration beginning at 11:30am. DJ Keller Shaw will begin at noon, followed by Maciek the Magician from 1-2 p.m. and musical group Groove Party from 2-5 p.m.There will be children’s activities provided by The Herrick Public Library, Carolyn Stich studio and others. About 40 vendors will be in the park and food from Hop Cat, Holland Police Polar Patrol with Hudsonville ice cream, Uncommon Grounds, A&B BBQ, Kona Ice and Pennyroyal will be available.

A new addition this year will be a Pub Crawl through 10 Holland businesses from 5:30-9 p.m. Saturday. The businesses include Big Lake Brewing, Our Brewing Co., Waverly Stone Gastropub, New Holland Brewing, Hops at 84 East, Big E’s Grill, Butch’s  Dry Dock, The Curragh, Lemonjello’s and City Sen at City Flats Hotel. Punch cards, which are $5 and will get purchasers $1 off their first drink at any location They are available at Out On The Lakeshore, 451 Columbia Ave., or will be sold at the festival.

Please note that these advertisements will not include front, back or inside cover ads.

One-quarter page advertisement ($150)

One-half page advertisement ($300)

One Full page advertisement ($600)

We would like to thank the following past sponsors of Holland PRIDE 2018, the annual fundraising event supporting the Out On The Lakeshore Community Center. Your support helped to make PRIDE 2018 the best! Thank you!

• • • • • First Presbyterian Church
        • Holland UCC
        • Hope Church
        • Smith Haughey Rice and Roegee

• • • • • All Saints Episcopal Church, Douglas MI
        • Alliance for Cultural & Ethnic Harmony
        • Arbor Circle
        • Butch’s Dry Dock
        • Campit Outdoor Resort
        • Carol Sarosik and Shelley Padnos
        • Douglas Congregational UCC
        • Hann Persinger PC
        • Hudsonville Congregational UCC
        • Kodiak Construction Company
        • New Holland Brewing Company
        • Trendway Corporation
        • Uncommon Coffee Roasters
        • Joanne Vanden Berg

Holland PRIDE 2018 – June 23

Live entertainment, food vendors, booths staffed by area businesses and organizations, a silent auction, and LGBTQ and allies fellowship will all be present when Out On The Lakeshore presents its 2018 Holland PRIDE Festival on Saturday, June 23!
This year’s festival will return to Centennial Park in downtown Holland, on River Avenue between 10th and 11th streets, from noon-5 p.m. and then head indoors at the Park Theater from 7-11 p.m. for more fun and entertainment.
On center stage for the afternoon portion of the annual PRIDE festival will be Holland’s own Persisterhood Choir from 12:15-12:45 p.m., kid-favorite Maciek the Magician from 1-2 p.m. and the Groove Party band from 2:15-5 p.m. Groove Party, which labels itself as “Michigan’s favorite party band,” and plays a variety of music for all ages from classic rock to funk, jazz, Motown and today’s hits. Groove Party has played for such organizations as GM, Ford, Kellogg’s, the Michigan Republican and Democratic parties, and Michigan governors’ celebrations.
While the music and magic is on stage, more than 30 Holland area businesses and organizations will hand out free gifts and offer information at their booths. Food and refreshments will be available, a caricature artist and face painter will be on site, and a Silent Auction will allow people to bid on a variety of items donated by area businesses in support of Out On The Lakeshore.
“We’ve tried hard to make the afternoon PRIDE festival very family friendly,” noted Jen Adams, an Out On The Lakeshore board member. ”It should be a great event for everyone from children to grandparents.”
At night, PRIDE will head across River Avenue to the Park Theater, where from 7-8 p.m. Grand Rapids-based Funny Girl, an inclusive collective of comedians, writers, and musicians, will perform. Then, from 8:30-10 p.m. Exit Left Theater, founded and led by Holland’s Jamie Colburn, will present the Illuminaughty Burlesque Show, which will feature drag, dance and live music. There will be dancing to the tunes of Park Theater’s DJ from 10-11 p.m. (Per Park Theater policy, PRIDE’s evening programs are for ages 17 and up unless accompanied by a parent or legal guardian.)
Thanks to the support of businesses and local organizations, all of the entertainment and gatherings that are PRIDE 2018 are free to the public. All proceeds from the festival will go toward Out On The Lakeshore’s programming and events held at its now one-year-old Community Center at 451 Columbia Ave. in Holland. Donations to Out On The Lakeshore are welcome and PRIDE 2018 T-Shirts will be sold.