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OutBoise took an opportunity to reach out to
Rodney Busbee, founder of Boise Pridefest. We
wanted to make sure the community was ready for
the upcoming 2015 Season. Here’s what we found
out:
You just wrapped things up with the Idaho Pride
Tour. What was the best part of the tour?
The Idaho Pride Tour was so amazing, it is hard
to pinpoint one thing but the passion we saw from
fans while on the road was amazing. There are so
many people around the state who are in need
of diverse interaction. Each town had people who
met other diverse individuals in their communities
and have already started working on better ways
to keep their communities in touch with one another and host more events on their own! This was
the vision of the Idaho Pride Tour and I feel it was
a huge success as it brought people together and
helped strengthen each community in ways we
could have never imagined!
You have mentioned in the past that you might
be putting a tour together for northern Idaho. How
does that look so far?
Boise Pridefest and the Idaho Pride Tour are looking into the possibility of a Northern Idaho Tour. I
don’t see it happening until after Boise Pridefest as
It may put too big of a burden on the small group
of individuals who are already putting in countless
hours on this years 25th anniversary. It will happen,
its just a matter of time!
OutBoise.com | Issue 3.2 | January 2015
celebrate our 25th Anniversary! We are looking for
local entertainers who would like to be involved in
this historic event. Anyone interested should email
[email protected]
Last year’s PRIDE was in BODO. There was a big
split when it came to having it there vs. having it
at the park again. Are we to expect it in BODO
again?
This years event will be in BODO again. We are
looking into the entire BODO area with a stage
in the middle of 8th and Broad to help open up
space and to offer shade on 8th street! There will
also be entertainment for families and youth will be
a major part of the festivities!
OutBoise plans to help out this year with PRIDE.
We plan to make sure our issue that month is all
about PRIDE, and we hope to have it in print to ensure more people attend. What are a few things we
should be prepared for? Any big surprises?
There will be plenty of surprises that we release
through OutBoise! If we tell people what they are
now they will not be a surprise so they will need to
read OutBoise’s PRIDE edition for all the details!
Where can people find out about volunteering for
Pride this year? Are you asking for volunteers yet?
Are you excited about PRIDE this year? With it
being the 25th anniversary, people are probably
expecting it to be bigger and better than ever.
We are getting everything situated for Volunteers
and we will have specific areas for where and
when you can volunteer. We will have all those
details on boisepridefest.com by Feb. 1st. If people
believe they would like to oversee a large portion
of volunteers at Pride they should email me now at
[email protected]
Excited may be an understatement! This years
Pride Festival will be the largest Festival Boise has
ever witnessed! We are looking to mix in local
entertainment with some national headliners to
Vendors & Sponsors will be able to sign up starting Jan. 10th. The sponsorship/parade/vendor
packets will be released online at boisepridefest.
com by that date!