Kentucky Black Pride Inc

🌈✨ LADIES, THIS ONE'S FOR YOU! ✨🌈
Kentucky Black Pride is bringing the energy with an unforgettable Ladies Night! 💃🏾🏳️‍🌈
Come out, connect, celebrate, and enjoy a night filled with music, great vibes, and community. Whether you're coming with your crew or making new friends, this is the place to be!

📅 Thursday, September 24
⏰ 6:00 PM – 10:00 PM
📍 Old North Bar
101 W Loudon Ave, Lexington, KY
🎉 FREE for ALL!

💜 Donations are appreciated and will go toward supporting Kentucky Black Pride and helping make our 2026 celebration even bigger and better.

Bring your pride, your friends, and your best energy as we kick off an amazing weekend together!

One Love. One Community. One Power. 🖤❤️💛💚💙💜

History:

Even though we’re celebrating 10 years of being in existence, We’re so proud to have crowned such amazing individuals over the last 8 years! Join our family on Friday, September 25, 2026 Mister & Miss Kentucky Black Pride Pageant 2026

Current Crown holders: 2025-26 Mister Romello & True Randy Frances

Past Title Holders:
2024-25: Mister Satisfy Lane & Miss Tori Summers & Honorary Miss KBP Sasha Grant
2023-24: Mister Rockii C. Sensation & Miss Alana Reign
2022-23: Mister Roman Young Hart & Miss Dalicious Pepper Milan
2021-22: Mister Jayy Rogerz & Miss Rahanna Mitchell St.James
2019-2020: Mister Shane Antonio & Miss Tracie Lords
2018-2019: Mister Psych Starr Valentino & Miss Aaliyah Milian

Before Kentucky Black Pride Festival there was a pageant system under the umbrella of Kentuckiana Gay Black Pride Association KGBPA- thankful to Tanya Hazelwood for her work, and merging that organization with us, this pageant system hosted its first pageant in Louisville KY in 2011, their last titleholder was Miss Vivika Hart (we have added her to our pageant system).

Formers:
KGBPA 2013 - Miss Vivika Hart
KGBPA 2012 - Mister Rocky Valentino & Miss Lady Bejon
KGBPA 2011 - Miss Terri Vanessa Coleman
KGBPA Emeritus 2011 Mister AJ Allen

Kentucky has some great performing artists (especially here in Lexington, KY), please support your local artists:

1. Cameron Ja'von
2. Kaykay Dah Khidd
3. SugNasty Dawson
4. La'La Bling

🔥 DO YOU HAVE WHAT IT TAKES?

Can you handle the heat in the kitchen?

FoodChain is looking for middle and high school students to compete in our Grillin' & Chillin' Youth Cooking Competition at Smithtown Day!

Show off your creativity by preparing a delicious dish using fresh, local ingredients while competing for amazing prizes and learning from local chefs.

🏆 Every selected participant will receive a $100 gift card for ingredients and a competition apron!

Plus compete for:
🥇 1st Place + Knife Kit
🥈 2nd Place
🥉 3rd Place
⭐ People's Choice Award

📅 Saturday, August 1, 2026
📍 Smithtown Day | Coolavin Park

Think you've got what it takes?
Apply today and let your cooking skills shine!

🔗 Application: https://forms.gle/89QRdxDGLDdt22s78

There’s still time to sign up for a vendor spot for the Kentucky Black Pride Festival 2026. You don’t want to miss our 10th Year Celebration 🎉!!

Click link and register today:

https://forms.gle/weNAscrNXQJrb8BU9

Today’s planning meeting for Kentucky Black Pride Festival 2026 is at the Northside Library at 1:00 PM. Small Conference Room all are welcome!!

1733 Russell Cave Rd

We’re excited to add another event during Pride Weekend - Thursday, September 24, 2026

Healthy Sexual Talk - Food, Music, HIV Testing, Prize Giveaway

Become a sponsor for Kentucky Black Pride Festival 2026

https://forms.gle/vWSZT4NeztgEetB66