⭐Pride in the Park 2026 is in the works, and we need your help to make it happen!⭐

All of our funding for this event comes from regular people who want to see Pride in Bartlesville.

With this method of grassroots fundraising, we’re able to center your needs over corporate, state, or federal interests—now and always.

Who is Bartlesville Accepting Community Coalition (BACC)?

Founded in October of 2023 in response to the lack of vocally inclusive community spaces in Bartlesville, BACC is a grassroots intersectional community organization that promotes safe spaces, education, and connection through accessible events, programs, and resources with an especial focus on harm reduction, restorative justice, mutual aid, human rights advocacy, skill sharing, and the arts.

We host monthly peer support meetings, seasonal events, arts events and programs, online community spaces, and an annual Pride Family Picnic in June. We also collaborate with other organizations to connect community members with resources like Stop the Bleed training, crisis and deescalation education, literacy resources, and harm reduction supplies.

Pride in Bartlesville, Oklahoma

In 2025, the nonprofit 2SLGBTQIA+ advocacy organization Bartlesville Equality (previously OKEQ Bartlesville) voted to ban drag performances from the Pride festival they’d hosted annually since 2018.

This decision came after three years of extensive pressure to end drag shows in public spaces in Bartlesville not only from local and out-of-state right-wing groups but also from within city government.

Bartlesville Equality’s decision to enact a self-imposed drag ban on their own events was far from unanimous within the organization’s board. After the vote passed, multiple Bartlesville Equality (BE) board members immediately resigned.

The public backlash to BE’s decision to exclude drag performers from their events to appease right-wing groups was immediate and intense.

Several days later, BE announced that they were canceling their annual Pride celebration for the first time in eight years, citing their board resignations, financial concerns, and the claim that it was “unsafe to host Pride in 2025.”

In response, BACC organized PRIDE IS DEAD, LONG LIVE PRIDE, a celebration of our community’s refusal to be buried. The support we received was incredible. And despite the claims that Pride couldn’t happen in Bartlesville, we gathered together to dance, sing, share art and resources, enjoy incredible performances (yes, including drag!), and remember that Pride can never be canceled or killed because it lives in each and every one of us.

We believe we ALL have the right to freely, joyfully, and unapologetically live as ourselves and celebrate as a community. And with every step we've taken since we started this work almost three years ago, our community has made it clear that they do too.

We couldn't have done any of this without you. And we wouldn't want it any other way.

Last year, Pride in Bartlesville came back from the dead. This year, we're continuing to grow together!

We're so excited to come together, make this magic happen, and celebrate with y'all in 2026!

Date and venue TBA soon 👀

What will my donation be used for?

Your donations make Pride 2026 possible by funding:

🔴Private security

🟠Venue expenses

🟢Activities & entertainment

🔵Snacks & goodies

If we have any additional funds leftover after Pride in the Park 2026, they'll be used to support our future free events, programs, and resources.

BACC is fiscally sponsored by 501(c)3 organization Oklahoma Pride Alliance, so donations to this campaign are tax exempt.

If you’d like to support Pride in Bartlesville, help us make some noise and share this fundraiser!

As a community, we grow together, celebrate together, and make Pride happen together! 🌈

B'ville Pride in the Park 2026

Help us fund Bartlesville's Pride festival organized by the people for the people!