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05.05.2025

ISYY organises Pride park festival with Seta and Fiktio on 17 May

ISYY is participating in the Pride parade and in cooperation with Pohjois-Karjalan Seta ry and Fiktio ry organising the Park Festival in Joensuu on Saturday 17 May!

Equality and transparency are important values for ISYY. ISYY encourages all its members to take part in the Pride parade and park festival, as well as to wear student overalls to form a rainbow.

The parade starts moving at 3 pm from the yard of art museum Onni and ends at 4 pm at the Ilosaari park, which features a picnic, music, Drag workout and, of course, great company. ISYY and Qirjava ry has their own area in Ilosaari that brings together all students. In the Picnic-area you can find ISYY's glitter make-up station where you can decorate yourself with glitter for the evening's Pride party. The first 150 students at the picnic-area will be given ISYY's Pride-Hemmo overall patch as a memory.

The event follows the guidelines for a safer event. Throughout the event there are anti-harassment contact persons who you can contact if you experience or notice any harassment.

Timetable

3 pm The parade starts from Art Museum Onni's yard

4 pm - 7 pm The park festival at Ilosaari, the programme includes, among other things:

  • speeches
  • Fiktio DJs
  • Pop-up for sexual health counseling
  • Drag workout

After party is in Kerubi. This year's theme is Queer Joy, and the party will feature an amazing drag show. In addition, the night's music will be brought to you by fabulous drag DJs.

So make your sign, put on your overalls and come and enjoy yourself with other students in Pride!

Read more:

tapahtumat.joensuu.fi: Pohjois-Karjala Pride -kulkue ja puistojuhla (Joensuu)
Pohjoiskarjalanseta.fi: North Karelia Pride 2025 programme
kide.app: Pohjois-Karjala Pride -iltabileet: QUEER JOY!
Pohjoiskarjalanseta.fi: Guidelines for a safer event

More information:

Eveliina Scharin, Community Coordinator, Student Union of the University of Eastern Finland (ISYY), yk(at)isyy.fi, tel. +358 44 576 8408

Nox Herranen, member of the Executive Board, Student Union of the University of Eastern Finland (ISYY), nox.herranen(at)isyy.fi

This news was last updated on 5.5.2025.