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!
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.
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 celebrate our 25th Anniversary! We are looking for local entertainers who would like to be involved in this historic event. Anyone interested should email rodney@boisepridefest.com
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?
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 rodney@boisepridefest.com
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!
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