Events

We’re headed back to Club Diesel for a second round of Dining with Friends—this time featuring four sickening drag entertainers! Dining with Friends is a yearly fundraiser hosted by Central Illinois Friends in partnership with local bars, restaurants, and cafés. A percentage of the proceeds during the allotted time from this event are donated back […]

Make your way downtown for this Dining with Friends location! Start your week of with a night on the town, and delicious food and drinks. Dining with Friends is a yearly fundraiser hosted by Central Illinois Friends in partnership with local bars, restaurants, and cafés. A percentage of the proceeds during the allotted time from […]

What’s better than one Dining with Friends location? Well two, of course! Start your evening with the classic Midwestern BBQ of Slow Hand, and then make your way down to Pour Bros. to sample a taste of the extensive brews that make up their pour wall. Dining with Friends is a yearly fundraiser hosted by […]

Central Illinois Friends is offering support groups for our transgender & gender diverse community every 2nd and 4th Friday in the Marsha P. Johnson Community Room. This weeks topic is: Gender Presentation How do I look, or how do I want to be seen Validation Passing Getting Misgendered Whose opinion matters? Our Support Groups seek […]

Central Illinois Friends is offering support groups for our transgender & gender diverse community every 2nd and 4th Friday in the Marsha P. Johnson Community Room. This weeks topic is: […]

Come get a taste of the Sunday Scaries at this month’s Sunday Funday Drag Show! We’ve got four amazing entertainers ready to serve some tricks AND treats, so don’t miss […]

Central Illinois Friends is offering support groups for our transgender & gender diverse community every 2nd and 4th Friday in the Marsha P. Johnson Community Room. </br> This weeks topic […]

Take a break from your holiday shopping to meet your new Friends on the block! Come up to the 4th floor of the Bondi Building to meet the Central Illinois […]

Join Central Illinois Friends and Unite at ICC at the ICC Performing Arts Center for a sickening drag show featuring Deja Skye from RuPaul’s Drag Race Season 14 and All-Stars 10! Hosted by America’s Queen 2nd Alternate, Miss Flo NoMo’, we’ll be joined by local legends Artemisia VanHo and DeCevia Mann, along with the winners […]

Central Illinois Friends invites you to join us for World AIDS Day in Galesburg. Together we will honor those lost to HIV and celebrate the light and lives of our HIV+ friends and neighbors, accompanied by live music and refreshments.