Carlisle Pride Week

Carlisle Pride Week Cancels 2020 Festivities
Will Regroup for 2021 Celebration
Carlisle, PA— April 18, 2020 — Carlisle Pride Week, originally scheduled for Mid-June, will not go on as planned this year, due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
“It’s just too soon to risk it,” said Chris Kapp, Carlisle Pride Week Founder. “We have to think responsibly and do our part to keep our community safe. We can’t, in good conscience, throw a week-long festival full of large gatherings when, with only a little over a month and a half to go, we are under stay at home orders with social distancing firmly in place. It wouldn’t be wise, or ethical. So we will regroup, and look forward to Pride Week 2021.”
What started as a ‘happy accident’ in 2019 has grown into a blossoming, grassroots LGBTQIA+ community here in Carlisle. The newly formed Carlisle Pride Week Planning Committee, comprised of more than a dozen citizens and community leaders, was hard at work planning this year’s 10-day festival when planning sessions held at Miss Ruth’s Time Bomb were derailed by COVID-19’s arrival in PA. Organizers now encourage members of the LGBTQIA+ community, along with their allies, to fly pride flags and decorate with rainbows for the month of June, and to join Carlisle’s online Pride group at https://www.facebook.com/groups/CarlislePA.LGBTQIA/.
“Last year’s Pride Week was such an incredible experience of shared community,” said Kapp. “There will come a time when we’ll celebrate together again. Until we do, stay home, stay safe, stay proud, Carlisle.”