Iconic Pride

Friday, May 15, 2026
6:30pm

Join author Brad Gooch as he discusses his 2024 biography of the iconic American artist Keith Haring with the Very Reverend Winnie Varghese. This talk will take place in the Chapel of Saint Columba, home of the Life of Christ (1990), a bronze and white-gold triptych altarpiece, Haring’s final work.

Tickets are free with reservation.

Sunday, May 24, 2026
1pm

Join us for a conversation at 1pm between the Very Reverend Winnie Varghese and Dr. Rima Vesely-Flad followed by a book signing at 2pm.

Dr. Vesely-Flad’s new book The Fire Inside: The Dharma of James Baldwin and Audre Lorde engages the voices of these two renowned Black, queer thinkers/writers in discourse with Buddhist teachings and practices. It is also both part memoir, as Dr. Vesely-Flad describes the emotional process of connecting with her Black family roots, and part expressly political within a dharma context.

Tickets are free with reservation.

Saturday, May 30, 2026
6pm

Pride Eve 2026 returns a day early and better than ever with expanded offerings, including an evening of crafts, color, and pageantry. The night will begin with cocktail hour at 6pm, inviting visitors to tour the Cathedral, mingle, and visit different craft stations, as well as enter a raffle to win a variety of prizes.

Returning for the third year after a two consecutive sold-out shows, the Greedy Peasant will then take to the stage for a 45-minute performance culminating in the illumination of the Cathedral in its annual rainbow lights.

All are welcome for this special occasion, with monochromatic fanciful dress encouraged. The suggested colors include red, orange, yellow, green, blue, purple, and pink. Tassels also implied.

Tickets go on sale on April 6, and all proceeds go to keeping all other Iconic Pride events free for all.

Purchase tickets here.

Family Picnic
Saturday, June 6, 2026
11am-2pm
Pulpit Green on the Cathedral Grounds

Performance by The Queer Big Apple Corps
Saturday, June 6, 2026
12pm
From 11am to 2pm, the Cathedral Gardens will be open for all to enjoy. Visitors are invited to bring a picnic, play yard games, and spend an afternoon in community. The Queer Big Apple Corps Marching Band will perform at 12pm Following the performance, there will be a musical instrument petting zoo for a hands-on introduction to a variety of instruments.

Tickets are free with reservation.

Sunday, June 21, 2026
4pm

Join us for a 4 p.m. Evensong service featuring LGBTQ+ composers and performance by the Cathedral Community Choir. All are welcome to sing or just to listen! Learn more.

Saturday, June 27th, 2026

The Cathedral is pleased to welcome Gay & Sober, for their annual welcome meeting. All are welcome to the open Gay & Sober Welcome Meeting at 8 p.m. on Saturday, June 27th. This event is free and is a special interest speaker meeting of AA for the LGBTQ community.

Sunday, June 28, 2026
10:30am

Join us on Pride Sunday for our Holy Eucharist service featuring the Rev. Paul Raushenbush as guest preacher. Learn more.

Wednesday, July 1, 2026

In collaboration with the American LGBTQ+ Museum, join us in celebration of Pauli Murray on their Feast Day, July 1st. Dean Winnie Varghese will be in discussion with Pauli Murray scholar and Associate Professor of Social Ethics at Union Theological Seminary, Sarah Azaransky; Canon Theologian, The Reverend Canon Dr. Kelly Brown Douglas; and Associate Professor of History at Antioch College, Kevin McGruder.

Tickets are free with reservation.