PrideFest Milwaukee: Tickets are now on sale for the 2016 festival
MILWAUKEE -- Plan your PrideFest Milwaukee weekend! Tickets are now on sale for the 2016 festival, to be held June 10, 11 and 12 at Henry W. Maier Festival Park at Milwaukee's beautiful lakefront.
PrideFest 2016 celebrates the 30th consecutive LGBT pride festival in Milwaukee. To commemorate this special occasion, the festival is offering a one-day weekend pass special on Friday, February 19 only: Three day weekend passes will be just $30 until midnight, today only, a discount of over 40% off same-day gate pricing.
Buy tickets now
After Friday, February 19, tickets are priced as follows:
| Type of ticket | Before May 10 | After May 10 | Gate price |
| Single day | $13 | $15 | $17 |
| 3-day weekend | $33 | $36 | $39 |
| Single day VIP | $100 | $100 | $100 |
| 3-day VIP | $225 | $225 | $225 |
Say "Plus One" during your ticket purchase -- online or at the gates -- to add a charitable donation of $1 (or any amount.) All donations will directly support this year's PrideFest Plus One beneficiary, the Healing Center, which provides free and holistic healing services to local survivors of sexual violence.
"We believe in a world where everyone can live proud with full expression of their authentic sexual and gender identities," said Scott Gunkel, president of Milwaukee Pride, Inc. "We are honored to bring this proud annual tradition to life, in ways that so many LGBT people in the world can only dream of. PrideFest is a reminder that we are always strongest together."
Since 1996, PrideFest Milwaukee has been hosted by Henry W. Maier Festival Park, making it the only pride festival in the world with permanent festival grounds. Last year, PrideFest saw record-breaking attendance, with almost 33,000 visitors over the three-day weekend.