Pride Night

Celebrate the LGBTQ+ community with activities and live music in the Children’s Garden.

Come enjoy a welcoming gathering of LGBTQ+ families and allies at The Morton Arboretum’s Pride Night on Thursday, July 30, presented in partnership with EQuality Downers Grove.

The Children’s Garden will be open until 7:30 p.m. to host arts and crafts throughout the evening, and younger children will enjoy live music from children’s entertainer Ben Tatar and the Tatar Tots at 5:30 and 6:30 p.m.

Highlights

Enjoy kid-friendly activities and live music from Ben Tatar and the Tatar Tots.

Try out musical instruments at Bach to Rock’s instrument petting zoo.

Purchase food and beverages at a concession stand near the performance stage and vanilla frozen yogurt with a variety of toppings from the Arboretum’s new Yogurt Patch pop-up.

Tickets

Pride Night is included with Arboretum general admission.

Purchase Arboretum general admission online.

Discounted Arboretum evening admission is available on Thursday, July 30, after 5:00 p.m., at a price of $5 per person. To purchase this ticket type, select the “5:00 to 7:30 p.m.” time slot during checkout.

Become an Arboretum member to enter any day without purchasing general admission tickets, and enjoy early members-only hours in the Children’s Garden every week from 9:00 to 10:00 a.m. on Friday.

Community Partners

EQuality Downers Grove (EQDG) is a nonprofit organization working toward an accepting and equitable environment for LGBTQ+ people through education, support, social action, and advocacy.

Visit with Youth Outlook, PFLAG, Free Mom Hugs, Out Bowling League, and other local organizations supporting LGBTQ+ families during the event.

Presented in partnership with

Tatar and his band have been entertaining Chicago-area kids and young families since 2014, with two full-length album releases and a third due out this year. Every song on the albums Food! and Seconds are about food—and no two shows are the same! Tatar’s shows offer crowd interaction, spontaneity, humor, and the guarantee that kids and adults alike will have a great time.

Activities

Try out musical instruments at Bach to Rock’s instrument petting zoo during the event.

Explore the Children’s Garden, a safe and fun-filled place designed to encourage children of all abilities to connect with nature. Far more than just a playground, it is a 4-acre outdoor play space with ponds, streams, and things to climb on. Next to the Children’s Garden is a twisty Maze Garden made of living green shrubs.

Accessibility

The majority of the Children’s Garden can be reached by paved paths and accessible wooden bridges. The typical grade is 2%. Several areas of the Garden have other ways to enter by a rope bridge, stairs, or ladders.

Accessible restrooms, including a family restroom, are located in the Central Plaza of the Children’s Garden, near the picnic pavilion.

The partially covered picnic area, with accessible picnic tables, is typically available whenever the Children’s Garden is open.

Sensory Supports

The Children’s Garden has a wide variety of resources available for guests with sensory processing needs, including sensory bags, proprioceptive activity boards, and much more.

Visit Accessibility and Inclusion at the Children’s Garden for more information.