Los Alamos Pride Collective fills June with LGBTQ+ events

Los Alamos Pride Collective is turning June into a countywide Pride season, with events scheduled from June 7 through June 20 and the annual Pride Festival set for Friday, June 12, from 3 p.m. to 7 p.m. on the Central Park Square lawn. The festival is being billed as family friendly and centered on celebrating the LGBTQ+ community, putting one of the month’s most visible public gatherings in the heart of downtown Los Alamos.

That location matters. Central Park Square is not a private hall or an out-of-the-way venue; it is one of the county’s most public civic spaces, where Pride will share the same downtown fabric that hosts everyday foot traffic, errands and community visibility. For residents, the choice of venue reinforces Pride’s role as a public statement about belonging in Los Alamos County, not just a single afternoon event.

The 2026 schedule extends that message beyond one day. Los Alamos Pride Collective’s calendar broadens the celebration across nearly two full weeks, giving local LGBTQ+ residents, allies and families multiple chances to show up in public and connect with one another. Proceeds from this month’s events will benefit Los Alamos Friends of the Shelter and Companion Animals, adding a local service component to the celebration and tying Pride to another community need.

This year’s programming builds on a tradition that has steadily expanded in scope. In 2023, organizers said that year marked the sixth Los Alamos Pride Week and the fourth in-person Pride Festival, again on the Central Park Square lawn next to Boese Bros. and the Y Express. By 2024, Pride Week had grown into a multi-event stretch that included a worship service, intergenerational game night, tie-dye, a Pride Flag Parade at Ashley Pond, a concert, a mural paint event in the Los Alamos Community Art Tunnel and Pride on the Patio.

That growth came with stronger turnout, too. Organizers said the previous year’s Pride Flag Parade was so well attended that it took close to two minutes for marchers to pass the stage a second time. Los Alamos Pride describes itself as a community of LGBTQIA+ folks and allies working to make Los Alamos safe, fun and welcoming for all, and this June’s calendar shows that mission moving through the town’s most visible public spaces.