On January 28, 2026, Qnotes reported that the SC Upstate Pride Celebration would no longer be held in Spartanburg, ending a tradition that started in 2009 when the first event was held in cooperation with Spartanburg’s Unitarian Universalist Church (UUCS). A crowd of about 500 people attended the initial event.
The following year, the Hub City’s mayor at the time, the late Junie White, signed a proclamation designating LGBT Pride Day in the city.
Attendance last year was somewhere between 3,000 and 5,000 people at the celebration held in Barnet Park…