There’s no shortage of pride festivals aimed mainly at adults in the LGBTQ+ community, but the upcoming Royal Oak Family Pride event is focused on adults and their children in an evening’s celebration.

Now in its fourth year, the event takes place at the Farmers Market from 4-9 p.m. June 12 with a food truck rally, a host of activities and live entertainers.

Royal Oak’s Family Pride got off the ground after a young father approached the city, said Judy Davids, Royal Oak’s community engagement specialist.

“He came to us saying there wasn’t anything for children with gay parents or other family members,” Davids said. “This event is geared to families and young people. The demographic is teens and their parents.”

Christie Siegel, event planner for the Farmers Market, said the event draws a good crowd of a couple thousand people.

“We have about 40 vendors with information and vendors with crafts,” she said. “We also have diversity clubs from the middle school and the high school.”

There’s plenty of entertainment and activities with stilt walkers, jugglers, a Drag Queen Story Time, and musical performances.

There is a meet and greet with queens, and performances from the Prism Men’s Chorus and Captain Fantastic Detroit, an Elton John tribute band.

Other attractions include a kid’s craft table, button making, balloon art, glitter tattoos and face painting.

“Originally we said it was for the Royal Oak community,” Siegel said, “But we want everybody from the LGBTQ community everywhere to come. It’s a safe place and it’s inclusive.”

Though the event is only several years old, it is growing roots in the city.

“The nice thing is that year after year people have been reaching out to us to be involved in the event, which we appreciate,” Siegel said.

Community nonprofits with information taking part in the event offer useful information, Davids said.

“For example, it’s good to know which churches in the community are accepting of families with gay members,” Davids said.

Royal Oak will also have a large pride event in late July that started a couple of years ago on Washington Avenue and is called Pride Royal Oak.

Siegel is on the planning committee and said Pride Royal Oak is set for July 26-27 and will be centered at the Centennial Commons downtown park.

Pride Royal Oak attracts about 20,000 people and is sponsored by the city’s Downtown Development Authority and other sponsors, she said, and will include two main stages and a children’s area.

“What we are doing this year is selling T-shirts with the Pride Royal Oak logo on them as a fundraiser for the kids’ zone,” Siegel said. “We’ll have them for sale at Royal Oak Family Pride.”