OKC Pagan Pride Day Celebrates A CommUNITY Harvest
The Fifth Annual OKC Pagan Pride Day Draws Pagans from Oklahoma and Beyond

Oklahoma City, OK:  On September 30, 2017, OKC Pagan Pride Day, Inc. will host its annual festival in celebration of the fall equinox: A CommUNITY Harvest. An affiliate of the international Pagan Pride Project, OKC Pagan Pride Day invites pagans and seekers from all corners of Oklahoma to enjoy a day of community, education, and family-friendly fun.

Saturday’s festival will run from 11 am to 5 pm at Wiley Post Park (2021 S. Robinson Avenue) in Oklahoma City.  The main stage will feature a variety of local musical entertainers, including Brent Blount, Jahruba Lambeth, Elecktra Stanislava, and Ravens Three.  The newly revived Learning Lounge will also present a number of educational workshops on everything from quartz mining to belly dancing.  A children’s area will entertain the young ones with a series of pagan-inspired games and crafts while adults look on or shop at the over 30 vendors selling their wares throughout the event.

Saturday’s event will be the fifth annual project of OKC Pagan Pride Day, Inc. Previous festivals have grown from some 300 visitors to close to 750 in previous years. This year’s festival hopes to draw as many as 1,000 visitors to Wiley Post Park in Oklahoma City, where the event will be held.

“Our vendors are coming from all corners of Oklahoma as well as from Kansas and Texas,” OKC PPD media coordinator Brandy Gunter-Cox says. “We hope the wide variety of activities will draw out not only those who are pagan-identified but also those who want to learn more about the community.”

As with all Pagan Pride Project affiliated events, A CommUNITY Harvest will also feature a public ritual in celebration of the autumnal equinox as well as a non-perishable food drive benefiting Sisu Youth, Inc., an organization that supports homeless youth in the OKC metro area. Although attendance and parking at the event are free, the organizers do ask that visitors consider donating to the food drive upon their arrival.

“Last year, we managed to collect 275 pounds of food items for Sisu Youth,” Gunter-Cox says. “We hope the generosity of the community will break that record this year.”